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JMU Dance Program The JMU Dance Program is situated within the JMU School of Theatre and Dance

10/19/2026

What happens when the camera becomes another performer? 🎥

Dancers have been diving into the intersection of dance, technology, and live performance with guest choreographer Kathryn Nusa Logan (Kathryn Nusa Logan ) !

Through the use of live-feed cameras, Kathryn’s work amplifies performers in real time, creating a captivating duet between the physical and digital worlds. 📹🌀

As we gear up for DANCESCAPES, November 6–8, we’re exploring new possibilities for how movement can be seen, experienced, and transformed.

👀 Check out our bio for links to tickets, auditions and more!

09/17/2026

Still thinking about this one. ✨

A look back at NEW DANCE FESTIVAL: OFF-SITE & REWIRED — an evening where dance moved beyond the traditional stage and into a world of projection, sound, technology, virtual reality, and immersive performance.

Through the collaboration of dance faculty Tara Lee Burns, Adele Myers and Dancers, and Cecilia Benitez, audiences were invited to move through the JMU Office of Creative Propulsion, walk amongst the performers, experience dance up close, and engage with the space in entirely new ways.

The event featured excerpts from Adele Myers and Dancers’ a world gone Fabulous alongside JMU dancers performing Traces, a new work by AMD company member and emerging choreographer Cecilia Benitez.

Thank you to our artists, dancers, collaborators, production team, and everyone who stepped inside the experience with us. 💫

Want to be part of what happens next? 👀
✨ Come visit JMU Dance and experience our program in person.
✨ Sign up for an audition and see yourself dancing with us.
✨ Or join us in the audience for our next performance, Dancescapes. Nov 6th-8th.

There’s always something moving at JMU Dance! Come be part of it. 💜

09/11/2026

POV: you’re mic’d up inside rehearsal for ✨ NEW DANCE FESTIVAL: OFF-SITE & REWIRED ✨ 🎤🕺

Come experience dance beyond the traditional stage as movement, projection, sound, technology, and virtual reality take over JMU’s Office of Creative Propulsion.

Featuring the work and collaboration of Tara Lee Burns, Adele Myers and Dancers, and Cecilia Benitez — including excerpts from Adele Myers and Dancers’ a world gone Fabulous and Cecilia Benitez’s newest work, Traces, performed by JMU dancers.

And this is NOT your typical sit-down performance 👀
You’re invited to move through the space, walk amongst the dancers, experience the work up close, and try the VR installation yourself.

📍 JMU Office of Creative Propulsion
131 W. Grace Street

🗓 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
7:00 PM + 8:30 PM

🗓 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7:00 PM + 8:30 PM

🎟 Tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/new-dance-festival-off-site-and-rewired

Come get OFF-SITE & REWIRED with us. ⚡️

As we have begun preparing for our 2026 New Voices in Dance Concert, let us take a look back on the awesome student work...
03/12/2026

As we have begun preparing for our 2026 New Voices in Dance Concert, let us take a look back on the awesome student works from last year! 🙌🏼🌟🥳

“Surrender to the Spiral”
Choreographer: Jordyn Butts
Dancers: Jordyn Butts, Isabella Deem, Sireena Dunford, Kiley Flaherty, Haley Tabor

📸: Richard Finkelstein

Mark your calendars for this Forbes Center MainStage performance on April 10th & 11th at 7:30pm and April 12th at 2pm! You won’t want to miss it!!

As we have begun preparing for our 2026 New Voices in Dance Concert, let us take a look back on the awesome student work...
02/27/2026

As we have begun preparing for our 2026 New Voices in Dance Concert, let us take a look back on the awesome student works from last year! 🙌🏼🌟🥳

“Graveyard Groove”
Choreographer: April Eickhoff with dancers’ contributions
Dancers: Kaylynn Albert, Allison Buckmaster, Lauren Clingenpeel, Taylor Coffey, Alexis Henk, Abby Reinhardt, Sarah Schmidt, Zada Sudduth, Haley Tabor

📸: Richard Finkelstein

Mark your calendars for this Forbes Center MainStage performance on April 10th & 11th at 7:30pm and April 12th at 2pm! You won’t want to miss it!!

Last chance to see “Until We Meet Again” is TONIGHT 🙌🏼Come celebrate our senior class of dancers tonight at 7:30pm in th...
02/07/2026

Last chance to see “Until We Meet Again” is TONIGHT 🙌🏼

Come celebrate our senior class of dancers tonight at 7:30pm in the Forbes Center - Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre!! Get your tickets by using the link in our bio or by visiting the Forbes Center Box Office!

📸: Sarah Hardin

02/04/2026

Hear from a few of our senior dancers: Sophia, Grace, Alexis, and Emma, as they share the process of putting the Senior Dance Concert together! 💜

Come celebrate our dance seniors and buy your tickets now for this special performance using the link in our bio or by visiting the Forbes Center Box Office.

“Until We Meet Again” takes place in the Forbes Center - Earlynn J. Miller Theatre on February 6th and 7th at 7:30pm.

2026 🎓✨It’s time to meet the class of 2026 of the JMU Dance Department!! Get to know these seniors and their senior quot...
02/03/2026

2026 🎓✨

It’s time to meet the class of 2026 of the JMU Dance Department!! Get to know these seniors and their senior quotes that inspire them everyday!

Come see these seniors take the stage for their Senior Dance Concert taking place in the Forbes Earlynn J. Miller Theatre on February 6th and 7th @7:30pm!

To get tickets, use the link in our bio or visit the Forbes Center Box Office. 🎟️

📸: Sarah Hardin

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