Melinda Jean Myers
Melinda (ensemble) joined Lucky Plush in 2012, originated roles in Cinderbox 2.0, The Queue, SuperStrip, and Happy Returns, and joined the touring cast of Rink Life. She is a multidisciplinary artist who creates in the areas of dance and choreography, theater and storytelling, and music composition. Her research includes solo choreography and performance, and collaborations with theater artists, filmmakers, writers, music composers, media designers and dance artists. At University of Iowa, she is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance and Choreography. Myers earned her MFA from University of Iowa (2012) where she received a Stanley Graduate Award for International Research and Iowa Arts Fellowship. She earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (2005). She was honored to perform internationally with the Trisha Brown Dance Company for four years (2006-2010) and has been privileged to re-stage repertory works. As a member of The Cambrians (Chicago, IL), her collaborative work Clover (2015) was named one of Chicago Tribune's Top 10 Dances of 2015. Her interdisciplinary dance works have been presented in South Korea, Germany, NYC, and throughout the Midwest.