André Megerdichian (Director, Choreographer) performed professionally with such companies and choreographers as the Limón Dance Company, Janis Brenner and Dancers, The Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, Soundance Repertory Company, Reidel Dance Theatre, Daniel Charon, Seán Curran, and Dance Kaleidoscope. An Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina he has also served as a faculty member at the Duncan Center Conservatory in Prague Czech, Republic, The Limón Institute in New York City, and the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, among others. In addition, he regularly teaches workshops and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, and China.

André’s work has been commissioned by numerous universities, festivals, and dance institutions throughout the United States. Internationally, he collaborated with Czech physical theatre director Petr Hudecek and co-choreographer/performer Jennifer Deckert, in the creation of the evening length duet, Kiss Romeo Bang! Juliet, which premiered at the Alta Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, choreographed for the Opening Ceremony of the Corpus Christi Annual Commemorative Run presented by Prague Castle, and was commissioned by the Painted Lights Dance Project to create Moving Light, an evening length work premiered at the Statkino Theatre in Salzburg, Austria. His work is rooted in the humanistic, highly physical, explorations of modern dance traditions while exploring the diverse tensions and curiosities of today.

With composer Fahad Siadat, André co-founded The Resonance Collective - an interdisciplinary project-based company cross-pollinating the aesthetic, formalistic, creative, and performative aspects of multiple genres. Since then, they have created 3 evening length works; Saharava-a ritualized dance-opera, The Moon Has Made Us Brothers, and 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, in addition to works presented throughout the NYC area.

Raised in Beirut Lebanon, Athens Greece, and Geneva Switzerland, André holds a BFA from Butler University, and an MFA in Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts.