. . . . . . Meghan Cooley is a cofounder of Paradigm Dance Project (PDP). She received her Master of Fine Art in modern dance from the University of Utah, where she received the Dee R. Winterton Award for excellence in the field of dance. Meghan earned a Bachelor of Art cum laude from Wellesley College and a Master of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While completing undergraduate and graduate studies, Meghan danced with the Wellesley College Dancers, UNC's Modernextension, and the U of U's Performing Dance Company. She was a member of Mixed Metaphor Movement Company and performed with Dance South Repertory in North Carolina. At present, Meghan is choreographing, performing, and teaching with PDP, as well as pursuing creative endeavors with other independent artists and organizations. Meghan teaches dance through the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program and Repertory Dance Theatre's Community School. She has extensive teaching experience, sharing dance with a wide range of dancers including disabled children and adults, elderly populations, amputee patients, junior high school teachers, and traditional dance students. She and her partner, Andy, live in Salt Lake City, Utah with their two dogs, Loulou and Odin.