MJL Director and Owner

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Megan Levine has been teaching and choreographing classical and contemporary ballet within pre-professional training programs and competitive teams. In 2020, Megan was offered company contracts, but due to the ongoing pandemic, decided to take her love and passion for dance and pass that on to the next generation of young artists. Soon after, Megan established her own studio, MJL Center for Dance.

Megan Levine is the recipient of several Outstanding Teacher Awards. Her students have won Third place, Top 12 placements at YAGP Semi Finals and have received invitations to several YAGP Finals. Additionally, Megan's students have received multiple first place awards at various ballet competitions and numerous choreography awards at both regional and national dance competitions. 

To date, her students have obtained many scholarships, acceptances, professional company positions as well as college dance programs to Royal Ballet School London, Alberta Ballet, John Cranko, American Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, Arizona State University, Colorado Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Texas Ballet Theatre, among others.

As a young dancer, Megan attended various regional ballet schools in the Chicago area studying Vaganova and Balanchine. Throughout the summers, she trained as a scholarship student at several esteemed schools, including Cincinnati Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Arizona, and American Ballet Theatre in New York.

At the young age of 14, Megan received invitations to train year-round at both Colorado Ballet and Ballet Arizona. She also had the pleasure of working with former American Ballet Theatre dancers Amanda Mckerrow, Valerie Madonia, Ethan Brown, Harriett Clark, former American Ballet Theatre Studio Company director Kate Lydon, and former Ballet Arizona Studio Company Director Carlos Valcarcel.

Megan’s repertoire includes La Bayadère, Giselle, Paquita, Cinderella, numerous

Nutcrackers as Snow Queen and Arabian, as well as contemporary works such as Moonlight Rush and Firebird. She was also a featured dancer in the neo classical production Ornaments staged by Alvin Ailey II director Troy Powell.