Maggie Segale

Bio

Maggie Segale (US 1991) is in her second year in the MFA program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She works between the fields of dance and visual arts, conducting research on the ocular and the imaginary. Maggie graduated from The Juilliard School with a BFA in dance in 2014. Soon after, she won a fellowship for her publication entitled ArtFull, which included interviews and illustrations on the topic of dance and self-image. Maggie earned a certificate in art theory from Maumaus Independent Study Program in Lisbon, Portugal in 2021. Since 2016, Maggie has been a main collaborator of artist Cally Spooner, working in visual arts contexts internationally including Centre Pompidou, King’s College London, Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, The New Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and many others. She has also worked as a performer and choreographer with artist Irena Haiduk. Since 2023, Maggie has been a co-director of The Sable Project, an off-grid artist residency in Vermont. She has been on faculty of The Putney School VT and Irvington High School NJ, has worked as a guest lecturer at Università Iuav di Venezia and LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore. Fall 2024, she is teaching Making Dances and is assisting Alexandra Barbier’s Dance 100 course.