Academic Work on Students
Choreography by Melinda Jean Myers at The University of Iowa Department of Dance
In my academic role at the University of Iowa, I create research-based works in collaboration with my students. These projects sit at the intersection of teaching, service, and research, integrating technique, theory, and composition. Rather than acting as sole author, I invite students to contribute their artistic voices—fostering creative agency, shared ownership, and essential professional skills of team building and creative problem-solving.
Us- Crossing
DECEMBER 2024
Graduate/Undergraduate Dance Concert
Space Place Theater, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Jarett Purdy and Lex Leto
9 minutes, 14 dancers
Promise of a Life Lived Slowly
NOVEMBER 2024
International Writing Program and Dance Department Collaboration
Space Place Theater, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Poetry by: Daryl Li
10 minutes, 4 dancers
call the rains, call the reigns
NOVEMBER 2023
UIowa Dance Gala, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Mathanki Kalapathy
16 minutes, 9 dancers
Right Here
SEPTEMBER 2022
University of Iowa Dance Company Home Concert
Space Place Theater, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Lex Leto
47 minutes, 10 performers
magnificent.
FEBRUARY 2022
University of Iowa Dance Company Home Concert
Space Place Theater, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Jackie Davis
9 minutes, 2 performers
threshold
OCTOBER 2021
Dance Gala, Strauss Hall, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Ramin Roshandel
Poetry by: Donika Kelly
9 minutes, 7 performers
Can’t Catch You
FEBRUARY 2021
UI Dance Virtual Concert Venue, Strauss Hall, Hancher Auditorium
Filmed and Edited by: UIowa Office of Strategic Communication
Music by: Elizabeth Moen
5 minute dance film, 3 performers
something we could do
OCTOBER 2020
UI Dance Virtual Concert Venue, Dance Gala 2020
Filmed and Choreographed by: Melinda Jean Myers
Music by: Ramin Roshandel
Edited by: Auden Lincoln-Vogel
12 minute film, 7 performers
LOOKS LIKE HAPPY
FEBRUARY 2020
Space Place Theater, Dancers in Company, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Sound design by: Ramin Roshandel
Music by: Mount Kimbie, Doug Carroll, Conga Radio
15 minutes, 5 performers
I ASSUME YOU’RE ASSUMING I’M ASSUMING
FEBRUARY 2019
Space Place Theater, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Mathanki Kalapathy
12 minutes, 9 performers
She Is Seeing
FEBRUARY 2018
Space Place Theater, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Mathanki Kalapathy
15 minutes, 7 performers
in the air/to the bone
MARCH 2017
ACDA North-Central Conference, University of Wisconsin Madison (2018)
Space Place Theater (2017), Dancers In Company, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Music by: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Gayings and Loscil
15 minutes, 5 performers
