Member, Committee on Nominations
Elected September 2022, term ends September 2025
Megan Slayter is a Professor of Dance and the Acting Associate Director of the School of Theatre and Dance at Western Michigan University.
Her ongoing collaborative research with dance historian Jessica Lindberg Coxe has resulted in the reconstruction of four dances by modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller. Fire Dance, Night, Lily of the Nile, and La Mer have been reconstructed and commissioned for performance by universities, dance companies, and art museums across the country. Fire Dance, Night, and Lily of the Nile are featured on the DVD documentary Loïe Fuller: Dancing in the Light Fantastic, available through Dance Horizons. A DVD of the reconstruction process for Fire Dance was produced in 2003 by John Mueller and is available through The Dance Film Archive. Professor Slayter and Jessica Lindberg Coxe are founding members of Dancestry, a coalition of artists who seek to put the work of Loïe Fuller, Isadora Duncan, and Erik Hawkins in conversation through live performance and community engagement. The inaugural Dancestry concert at the Long Center in Austin, TX in 2015 received critical acclaim from the Austin Critics’ Table, including nominations for Best Dance Concert, Best Dancer: Jessica Lindberg Coxe, and Best Lighting Design: Megan Slayter. As the resident dance lighting designer at Western Michigan University, Professor Slayter has designed for new works by numerous esteemed guest artists; and reconstructed designs for works by Gerald Arpino, George Balanchine, Robert Battle, Frank Chaves, Lou Conte, Ohad Naharin, David Parsons, Anthony Tudor, and Doug Varone.
Professor Slayter is an elected representative to the Board of Directors of the American College Dance Association (ACDA), where she serves as the East-Central Regional Director.
Professor Slayter serves NASD as a visiting evaluator.
Professor Slayter received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance with an emphasis in Lighting Design from The Ohio State University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Western Michigan University.
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Posted September 2022