As Legion of Honor celebrates 100th, Megan Lowe Dances moves for authenticity - 48 hills

"Bay Area multidisciplinary artist Megan Lowe might be described in one word as "daring." That's not only due to the signature aerial and vertical movement she and her company Megan Lowe Dances have come to be known for when conversing with a space, but also through the subject matter they have taken on since the group was founded in 2013."

"Last year, Maria and Devin, staff members at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, invited Megan Lowe Dances to come back for their 100-year celebration. They wanted to create something really joyful and warm for the Legion of Honor, which has a little bit of a reputation as being a cold, far, stuffy place with some cool art in it. So they invited [us] to hopefully invite other people who don't normally come to the museum to go-younger generations, more diverse representations of race and culture."

"Given a total of 14 days at the site to create and rehearse the piece-during nearly half of which they shared space with museum-going passers-by-Lowe and five fellow dancers arrived at something Lowe feels honors the institution's history, while also challenging its narrative looking forward."

Megan Lowe Dances created Legacies and Legion to celebrate the Legion of Honor's 100th birthday and to perform inside the museum for the first time. The company developed the work over 14 days on site, spending nearly half that time sharing space with museum visitors during rehearsals. The piece features Megan Lowe's signature aerial and vertical movement and involves six dancers from varied movement backgrounds. The project aims to honor the institution's history while challenging its narrative and to invite younger, more diverse audiences to the museum.

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