Dance Alumna Megan Flynn, M.F.A. '12, Joins University of Cincinnati Faculty

Flynn begins her new appointment as Assistant Professor of Dance this fall

By Curt Whitacre

UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras has announced the appointment of Megan Flynn, M.F.A. '12, as CCM's new Assistant Professor of Dance. Her faculty appointment officially begins on Aug. 15, 2026.

A portrait of new CCM faculty member Megan Flynn. Photo/Hiromi Platt
New CCM faculty member Megan Flynn. Photo/Hiromi Platt

Flynn is a versatile dance educator, choreographer and performer. She is passionate about supporting students to discover a more expansive, holistic embodiment of dance technique, performance and art-making, which reflects her own journey as a dance artist.

Flynn joins CCM after serving as Resident Faculty at the Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy, where she taught across the Professional Training, Young Dancer, Preparatory and Adult Divisions.

From 2022-24, she served as the Gustave L. Davis ’59 and Susan S. Davis Director of Dance/Artist-in-Residence at Union College in Schenectady, NY. Previously, Flynn was an Assistant Professor of Dance in the Theatre & Dance Department at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where she was on faculty from 2013-22. In addition to teaching courses in dance technique, choreography, improvisation and dance history, she served as the Artistic Director and a faculty mentor for the Muhlenberg Community Dance Center. She has guest taught for the Cincinnati Ballet’s Summer Intensive and Youth Summer Intensive (OH), Earl Mosely’s Institute of the Arts (NYC), Philadelphia Dance Academy (PA), Delaware Valley Dance Academy (PA), Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy (MA), Summer Stages Dance at the Boston Ballet School (MA) and the Skipton Summer School (England).

Flynn earned her MFA in Dance from the University of California-Irvine in 2012, and her BFA in Dance, summa cum laude, from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 2003. She continued her studies at the Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, England, and received a Professional Diploma in Dance Studies in 2004. After graduating from LABAN, she was invited to join Daghdha Dance Company’s inaugural cohort of emerging artists for their mentorship program in Limerick, Ireland. Performances abroad include: Edinburgh Fringe (Scotland); Brighton Fringe (England); Resolution! Festival (England); The Russia Project (Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Ekaterinburg, Russia); and the Dance Improvisation & Choreography Festival (Spain).

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