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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

VCU Dance

What can you do with a dance degree? Tour. Perform. Teach. Build a theatre. Help run ADF. Start your own dance company. Make video dance. Write grants. Advocate. Create.

The sky's the limit - what do you want to do with yours? VCU Dance is a community of highly motivated, disciplined and creative dancers who are interested in shaping the future of the field. We are an energetic department with an established reputation, diverse guest artist program and professionally active faculty dedicated to working with students. Dancers intent on preparing for careers in danc

e thrive in our program. VCU Dance offers the benefits of a teaching and learning environment with a high level of student/faculty interaction. It is housed in the VCU School of the Arts, which is ranked in the top six arts schools nationally. Our production calendar is full of opportunities for students to perform and choreograph. Our facilities include seven dance studios with floor-to-ceiling windows and a fully-staffed theater specially designed for dance. VCU Dance supports a vibrant and stimulating atmosphere where students prepare for the demands and challenges of dance careers. In a community setting where communication, mutual respect and self-motivation are encouraged, classes provide students with disciplined training that will maximize their potential to become dancers of technical excellence, choreographers with original and powerful voices, and thinkers with high academic standards.

08/20/2026

It’s the first week of classes and we’re ready! 🌟
A new season full of movement starts now
✨ Welcome back VCUarts Dance + Choreography!

📷 Photography by Anthony Johnson and McNair Evans

07/15/2026

Auditions are coming, are you ready? 🌟

VCUarts Dance is holding auditions for the 26–27 season at the VCU Dance Center, 10 N. Brunswick St. (9:30 am – 3 pm) on the following dates:

⭐ Friday, November 20, 2026
⭐ Friday, January 29, 2027
⭐ Friday, February 19, 2027

Learn more and find everything you need to prepare: 🔗 https://arts.vcu.edu/dance-choreography/dance-audition-information/

Photography by McNair Evans

06/03/2026

Fall 2026 is full of reasons to show up. 🌟

Here's what's coming from VCUarts Dance this semester:

⭐ Dance on Camera — September 25 | Grace Street Theatre, 7:30 pm
⭐ Salon — October 23 | In 203, 7:30 pm
⭐ Audition — November 20 | VCU Dance Center, 9:30 am
⭐ Senior Projects — November 20–21 | Grace Street Theatre, 7:30 pm

Stay tuned for more!

05/21/2026

Congratulations to the one and only Dr. E. Gaynell Sherrod on her well-deserved retirement! 🌻

We are so appreciative of everything she has brought to this department over the past 12 years - her artistry, mentorship, and presence have challenged and inspired students and colleagues alike.

From championing student success through the Friends of Dance initiative, to securing scholarship support for summer intensives, to developing courses that launched careers in arts administration, Dr. G invested in her students throughout her timer here. The work she's done here will continue to ripple through every dancer she's mentored.

We are so proud to have had her as part of the VCUarts Dance family, and we cannot wait to see what this exciting new chapter holds for her. Thank you for everything, Dr. G! 💛🖤

Read more here: https://arts.vcu.edu/news/six-decades-of-excellence-celebrating-the-distinguished-careers-of-six-retiring-faculty/

03/27/2026

Ana Levi is a Junior in the VCU Dance and Choreography department- this semester she choreographed a piece for the Student Concert! Watch this video to learn about her choreography, and what it’s like to be an emerging artist at VCU!!
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We do not own the rights to this music.

02/02/2026

In preparation for DanceNOW 2026, VCUarts Dance sat down with our guest choreographer, Founder and VCUarts Dance Alumni, Jelani Taylor (BFA ‘19) to discuss his piece Midnight Offering

DanceNOW 2026 will take place February 19-21, 2026 at the Grace Street Theatre at 7:30pm nightly. Tickets available using the Linktree in bio 🔗

Watch the full video on VCU Performing Arts YouTube channel, available in our Linktree
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Video Credits:

Video by Jacqui Ris & Jacob Schwartz
Choreography by Jelani Taylor
Assistant Choreographer Taylor Bonadies
Rehearsal Assistant Kate Lingo
Music by Chet Frierson and C.J. Alicea
Performers include Jemiah Alex, Liesl Berckmueller, Henry Carroll, Abby Clark, Kayden Conover, Cara Cristaldi, Hannah Devenie, Mahari Dow, Zoe Fisher, Laila Gaddist, Ella Garcia, Aiyana Jenkins, Madisyn Littlejohn, Andrea Mendez, Alannah O’Hern, Sophia Pimentel Yoder, Nia Ricks, Aniyah Scott, Ari Stephens, and Ney Wilson.
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About Jelani Taylor:

Jelani Taylor is a dancer, choreographer, and arts administrator from Virginia Beach currently working out of New York City. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of ERA Dance Company and the Coordinator for the Artists of Color Council for Movement Research. Jelani’s choreography has been presented nationally at Inside/Out at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Danspace Project’s Draftwork, the National Dance Society Conference (NDS), and various festivals in Virginia and New York City. He has performed in work by Nathan Trice, Sinclair O’Gaga, and Mariah Lopez. Jelani and ERA Dance Company were artist/company in residence at Norfolk State University and a part of the Digging in Group, Artist Residency program at Green Space Studio. He is currently a 2024/25 Performance Project Fellow at University Settlement. Jelani graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) with a B.F.A in Dance and Choreography in 2019. While at VCU, Jelani was the recipient of the African American Studies Department’s “Black History in the Making” Award.

01/23/2026

Auditioning for VCU Dance and Choreography? Watch this video to get the inside scoop on what our auditions look like!
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Thank you Sophia, Sammi, Liz, and Ana!

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11/06/2025

Learn more about A Chorus Line with third year dance students Mia Correll and Sophia Mishoe!
Make sure to grab your tickets!

Address

Box 843007, 1315 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, VA
23220

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+18048281711

Website

http://arts.vcu.edu/dance

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