Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Megan Trappe is currently a Senior pursuing both a B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance and a B.A. in English at Indiana University. Originally from Muncie, IN she has been dancing for the majority of her life and has been trained in a plethora of dance styles. Thus far, Megan has performed in faculty works by Robert Burden in the Journeys of Joy (2022) and Cultural Immersion (2023) winter showcases. She has choreographed in the Junior Choreographic Performance Project (2023) as well as the SLIP student choreography showcase (2022, 23). Megan has had the privilege of being part of other performances such as the Moving Memory: Next Generation showcase in New York City where she performed work Koto by Picabo Saunders (June 2024). She has participated in Movement at the Mies, an independent project by Frances Koper Heintzelman (Oct. 2022), and a MainStage theatre production of The Winter’s Tale as a dancer in February 2022. She has also worked with peers to perform in JCPP (Nov. 2021, 22, 23), the New Moves/New Directions Senior Capstone Showcase (April 2022, 23, 24), SLIP (April 2022, 23), and Advanced Choreographic Investigations (2021, 24). In the summer of 2023, she attended and trained at the Bates Dance Festival with artists Jenna Riegel, Antonio Ramos, Gesel Mason, Cynthia Oliver, Xan Burley, and Alex Springer. Currently, she is completing a thesis for her English B.A. investigating the connection between the works of dancer Isadora Duncan and writer H.D. through the lens of ecstatic vision, modernism, and the mythology of self.