Michaela McGowan

Michaela McGowan began her dance training at the age of five in Northern Virginia, calling the Loudoun School of Ballet her home away from home. Focusing only on ballet training until age 14, she didn’t consider a professional dance career until jazz and contemporary became part of her dance vocabulary just before high school. Michaela spent her summers studying at Boston Ballet and, Point Park University.

Michaela attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for dance, where she graduated with honors. While there, she performed works by resident faculty members Cherylyn Lavagnino, Pamela Pietro and Aszure Barton. She also had the pleasure of performing in the 2010 Tisch Gala as a featured dancer.

Outside of Tisch, Michaela has also worked with and performed works by Calen Kurka, BT (Brian Thomas) and Cara Goodwin, and performed in the :pushing progress Showcase Series and Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc.'s Choreography Showcase. Most recently, she danced with Beyond Lines Contemporary Dance Company (Cara Goodwin, Artistic Director) in "Behind Painted Lines," an evening-length performance benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, participated in the CURRENT SESSIONS performing work by Carol Mendes and performed with Noesis/ Kinetics under the direction of Calen Kurka at the Capezio A.C.E. Awards.