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Teaching engagements / Michael Medcalf
Masterclasses.
Workshops.
Residencies.
Rigorous training. Thoughtful exploration. Room for each dancer to grow.
Bring Michael Medcalf to your university, conservatory, company, or pre-professional program for an experience shaped around your dancers and your goals.
Rooted in the Lester Horton modern dance tradition, his teaching connects strength, clarity, musicality, and expressive range with curiosity and individual artistic development.
Choose a starting point
Masterclasses
A focused studio experience introducing or deepening technical and expressive practice.
- Lester Horton Modern Dance Technique
- Strength, alignment, and clarity of movement
- Musicality and performance intention
Workshops
Time to investigate a particular area of practice through movement, reflection, and discussion.
- Technique and its expressive application
- Composition and improvisation
- Rehearsal practice and artistic development
Residencies
A sustained engagement that creates space for training, creative investigation, and meaningful exchange.
- A sequence of studio sessions
- Choreographic development or rehearsal
- Artist dialogue and mentorship
Featured workshops
Space to create.
Room to find your voice.
Creating Inside the Box
Bring Creating Inside the Box to your students, artists, or organization. Get in touch to discuss the workshop and how it can fit your program.
Inquire about Creating Inside the Box →Finding Your Voice
Explore hosting Finding Your Voice for your community. Get in touch to discuss the workshop, your participants, and possible dates.
Inquire about Finding Your Voice →The approach
Lineage in motion.
Technique provides the structure. The dancer brings it to life.
Medcalf’s teaching draws on professional performance, choreography, university teaching, and program leadership. The studio is a place for precision, inquiry, and the development of an individual voice.
For your program
Built around
your dancers.
Each engagement begins with a conversation about your students or artists, your schedule, and what you hope the experience will make possible.
When you get in touch
- Your organization and location
- The format you are interested in
- Preferred dates and approximate schedule
- Participant ages, experience, and group size
- Your training or creative goals
- Available studio facilities and budget, if known
Experience across contexts
From the classroom
to the company.
Medcalf founded the BFA in Dance at Alabama State University and served as a tenured professor and dance program head at the University of Memphis. His international teaching includes Horton technique at Hinton Battle Dance Academy in Tokyo and Performing Arts Studio Munich.
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What would you like
your dancers to discover?
Tell me about your program, your people, and the work you want to do together.