MISSION

To provide a space for dancers to connect with a deep sense of their artistic potential and how it intersects with who they are as a human being.

We believe the creative experience is ever-evolving and multi-dimensional, particularly in the 21st century. We want to help you discover and hone adaptable skills that will functionally support you and your ongoing artistic practice.

OUR Values

  • In order for our work to sustain, we believe that it requires an environment that centers deep care. This expands into the ways we show up as leaders, and how we nurture the communities we cultivate.

  • Fostering imagination and wonder is essential to nurturing future artist-humans. By encouraging an active practice of discovery, allows for a deeper understanding of self and the unknown.

  • A dedication to craft fosters an investment in process, leading to fulfillment and growth.

  • Centering connection is vital to thrive as a living + growing entity. As a community, we build from a collaborative mindset that invests in the relationship between diverse individuals.

Co-founder, Director

Megan KYLE ALLEN

Megan Guise is a multi-faceted artist currently residing in Southern California. Her creative practices include photography, videography, performing, choreographing, improvising, and movement research and educating. Her early dance training started in Santa Ana, California, at Orange County School of the Arts where she studied Commercial Dance and eventually led to her BFA in Dance from California State University, Long Beach. She has had the privilege of appearing in works created by Alex Ketley, Becca Lemme, Andy Vaca, Lorin Johnson, Christian Burns, Keith Johnson, Sophia Monat, amongst others. She has also participated in workshops with BodyTraffic, OBOC Countertechnique, Szalt, Ate9 Dance Company, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.

Megan's choreography has been well-recognized at the Youth America Grand Prix, American College Dance Association and the Southern California dance community at large. In recent years she co-directed Westside Dance Project for six years at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, where she was also on faculty. Megan is elated to have supported students that now attend education institutions such as Juilliard, SUNY Purchase, California Institute of the Arts, Chapman University, USC, Pace University, CSU Long Beach, UC Irvine, Stanford University, and with companies Nederland’s Dans Theater, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, SALT Contemporary Dance, The TL Collective and Gibney Dance Company.

Megan finds joy in sharing her love of dance through a multiple movement forms including ballet, modern, composition, contemporary, and improvisation. In her personal movement practice, Megan draws inspiration from a wide range of sources, including music, visual art, anatomy, and her own life experiences. She has long been captivated by the exploration of identity, using movement as a way to observe life, embody her thoughts, and express ideas. Through this process, she seeks to deepen her understanding of herself and others with greater compassion and empathy. Currently, Megan is on faculty at N10 Dance Studios and directs the Hyphen Artist Program at Prynstev Ballet Academy in Laguna Hills.

As co-founder and director of Hyphen Art House, Megan is interested in providing a creative space for dancers to find a closer relationship to their artistic voice and technical potential through various dance forms, discussions, journaling, collaboration and improvisation.

“WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE HUMANS CAN CELEBRATE THEIR BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXITY, EMBRACING ALL FACETS OF THEIR unique IDENTITy.

WE BELIEVE THAT MOVEMENT AND MINDFUL REFLECTION IS A PORTAL INTO TRANSFORMATION.

COMMITTING TO thE journey of THIS DEEP & intentional WORK, CULTIVATES more VIBRANT & diverse COMMUNITIES…AND ULTIMATELY A BETTER WORLD.”

- Co-founders Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai & Megan Allen