Dance Artists

Megan “Memphis” Dawn

Megan "Memphis" Dawn began her dance training at age 9 at Motions School of Dance in Gooding, Idaho under the tutelage of Cindy Jones. Megan moved to Portland in 2009 to study Fine Art with a Foundation Scholarship at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Megan's has recently performed along the West Coast in dance festivals by Jamuna Chiarini, Andrea Parson, Kate Rafter, Meaghan Novoa and others. In April and May of 2019 Megan performed in Amelia Unsicker's World Premiere of "Scrambled" in Pathways at Performance Works NW. Megan is a freelance dancer and choreographer and concurrently teaches ballet, jazz and Pilates at the Multnomah Arts Center, Center for Movement Arts and the International Leadership Academy. Megan dances with Rose City Ballet School in their advanced American Ballet Theatre curriculum.

MeganAnna Griffin

MeganAnna Griffin began her dance training in Ayden, North Carolina where she twirled baton competitively for fifteen years. After competing at the Junior Olympics in Seattle, Washington for Rhythmic Gymnastics, she began her ballet training in Greenville, North Carolina. Later, she graduated from East Carolina University with a BFA in Dance Performance.

MeganAnna has worked with many choreographers such as Igal Perry, Sidra Bell, Michele Oliva, BalaSole Dance Company, Emily Schoen, Koresh Dance Company, and Galina Panova. Her choreography has been showcased in North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Oregon and at BAM Fisher in Brooklyn, New York City. Juan Michael Porter II from The Huffington Post in New York City described her style of dance and choreography: "is the sort of dancer who can seemingly do anything one asks of her"

Kasy Martinez-Musgrave

Kasy Martinez-Musgrave is an Oakland, CA native and began dancing at a very young age. She trained at the Skyline Performing Arts Academy under the direction of Dawn James. She then graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara B.A. dance program in 2016 where she was awarded the Alice Condodina Performance Award. She has performed works by acclaimed artists such as Jose Limon, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Cherice Barton, Nancy Colahan, and Jerry Pearson.

Willow Swanson

Beginning with classical jazz, and then expanding to a variety of styles including tap, hip hop, and contemporary, Willow Swanson fell in love with dance early on.  Fascinated by other types of movement, as well as how to apply them to dance, she has also trained in Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Yoga, and Acrobatics, and rock climbs as another way to train.  She has collaborated with a number of Portland locals such as DarVejon Jones, Alicia Cutaia, Jamuna Chiarini, Beth Whelan, and Katie Burkes, and her performance experiences include dancing with Portland companies Polaris Dance Theatre, Agneizska Laska Dancers, and Tongue Dance Project, as well as the Vancouver-based company Horizon3 Dance.  Credits also include performing with Victoria Perez at the Young Choreographer's Festival 2019 in New York City, showing and performing her own work at Chapel Theatre earlier the same year, and several small film roles.  She currently teaches a diverse range of dance classes at studios across Vancouver and Portland, and continues to work with dance companies and independent artists on several projects, including live shows, film and photography, and dance outreach.