BODY AND SOUL: Megan Curet: in collective rhythm

Megan Curet (photo: Jonathan Maier)

Light skin black woman in a turtle neck sweater smiling with arms wrapped around neck. Dark short black hair brushed back. Backdrop of cliffs and a sandy beach. Image shot in black and white.

In her work with Afro-Puerto Rican bomba traditions and contemporary dance, Megan Curet considers the relationship between movement, sound, and decolonization within communal practice in Black diaspora. She says, "I wanted to be a part of the conversation that shakes up the body, that shakes up the way we think, and I believe no other approach does so better than the act of moving, the act of repeating movement, and that act of coming into space together."

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Megan Curet in PULSATION (photo: Michelle Mor)

Dark skin black Latina female hovering over the floor of a dimly lit theater stage. In an all white long sleeve turtle neck with her long braids following over in front of her chest and her upstage left arm arched over.

Bio: Megan Curet is a Bronx Native Nuyorican dancer, choreographer and educator. Currently serving as Coordinator to the Artist of Color Council at Movement Research while completing a practice-led research PhD in decolonial methodology within dance at Plymouth University in the UK. Curet’s practice expands upon the elements of bomba through cultural syncretism of contemporary dance through her public En Ritmo workshops. Other public community programming efforts include the annual youth dance Symposium, Bronx Grows dance, which takes place at BAAD! and made possible through Pepatian South Bronx. Former founder and artistic director of Curet Performance Project, a contemporary dance company, and founder/editor of online dance magazine TiLLT Magazine. Currently based in San Diego, Curet’s work, choreography and practice has toured South America, The Middle East, The Caribbean, North America and Europe. http://megancuret.com/