As we welcomed our dancers backed to campus this past week, it’s time to mark your calendars for our Spring 2026 JMU Dance Performances! These performances are happening in Forbes at the Earlynn J. Miller Theatre and the Forbes MainStage Theatre. You can get your tickets today on the Forbes Center Website!
📸: Richard Finkelstein
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Dreaming of dancing in college? 🕺🏼
Come experience JMU Dance! Join us for a tour & take class with our faculty at one of our Visitation Days:
🗓️: September 22nd, 2025
🗓️: October 13th, 2025
🗓️: November 3rd, 2025
🗓️: February 16th, 2025
Discover your next step with JMU Dance! 💜 Visit the “Visitation Day” link in our bio to register!
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Create your Path with the JMU School of Theatre and Dance! ✨
Audition registration is now open for the @jmu_arts Bachelor of Arts in Dance! Join us for one of the following dates:
🕺🏼Saturday: November 8, 2025
🕺🏼Saturday: December 6, 2025
🕺🏼Saturday: February 7, 2026
Click the link in our bio to register for your audition date. We hope to see you there!
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Today is the day 🎓
Congratulations to the JMU Dance Class of 2026! We are so proud of everything you have accomplished thus far and can’t wait to see the journey ahead! The Forbes doors will always remain open to you! 💜
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As the semester closes out today, we want to take a look back on this amazing year! 💥🕺🏼😆
This past year was filled with many residencies, rehearsals, and performances that has lead to growth and cultivated relationships among all our dancers. We can’t wait to see what will come next!
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Interested in seeing even more dance this weekend? Come watch the EJM Showcase! 🕺🏼
The EJM Showcase runs this Saturday May 2nd at 1pm. This event is nonticketed and first come first serve!
The Spring Student Dance Concert will continue to run May 1st and May 2nd at 7:30pm in the Earlynn J. Miller Theatre. The event will be free of charge but reservations will be required on Zeffy! Reserve your seats today using the link in our bio!
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Spring Student Dance Concert opens TODAY!! 🌟💜
The concert features works of our 12 wonderful student choreographers, the Associate Dance Ensemble student directors, and a faculty work! The concert will run April 30th-May 2nd at 7:30pm in the Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre!
This event will be free of charge but reservations will be required on Zeffy! Reserve your seats today using the link in our bio!
Video 1: “unrivaled in essence” by Lauren Coles
Video 2: “Looks That Deceive Me” by Kira Geniesse
Video 3: “a war called balance” by Abby Reinhardt
Video 4: “Eurydice (I. Wedding; II. Underworld)” by Suzanne Miller-Corso
Filmed by Katie Shin and Kayla Clements
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Tara Lee Burns, @jmudance Assistant Professor of Dance and Technology presented this past week at the International Conference on Movement and Computing at Cité des Arts in Montpellier, France. Tara presented the VR Installation Gone Fabulous; Adele Myers and Dancers @adelemyersanddancers premiered the live stage component of the work in the same weekend!
Congratulations to these wonderful artists and collaborators!💜💛
Photo by Sally Cohn
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SPRING STUDENT DANCE WEEK!! 💐😆
Take a look at our Spring Student Dance choreographers: 12 student choreographers, the Associate Dance Ensemble student directors, and one faculty work! Come check all the beautiful works our dancers have been working on throughout this semester, April 30th-May 2nd at 7:30pm in the Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre!
This event will be free of charge but reservations will be required on Zeffy! Reserve your seats today using the link in our bio! 🎟️
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UPCOMING SHOW 💫
The Spring Student Dance Concert is taking place on April 30-May 2nd at 7:30pm in the Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre! Come see our student choreographers and all the beautiful work they have been working on throughout this semester!
This event will be free of charge but reservations will be required on Zeffy! Reserve your seats today using the link in our bio!
📸: Maddie Gaffney / Leah Overton
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Happy closing to New Voices in Dance 2026 ✨
Featuring JMU’s Contemporary Dance Ensemble
New Voices in Dance 2026 brings together student choreographers, faculty, and guest artists to celebrate the power of creativity, movement, and collaboration.
Artistic Director Ryan Corriston
Photography by Richard Finkelstein
Costume Design by Rachel Herrick
Lighting Design by Emily Becher-McKeever
Choreographers: Tara Lee Burns, Daniel Charon, Grace Kohler, Brooklyn Moses, Zada Sudduth, Hailey Thompson, Alana Turflinger
✨To see a full list of our artists, collaborators, and team please see the link in our bio to view the program!
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From rehearsals to performance mode: New Voices in Dance 2026 💥🕺
Two more chances to see the New Voices in Dance concert on the Forbes MainStage Theatre, featuring JMU Dance’s Contemporary Ensemble!
Saturday April 11th @ 7:30pm
Sunday April 12th @ 2pm
For more information, visit the link in our bio or the Forbes Box Office!
🎥: Katie Shin, Kayla Clements, Myah Scott
Artistic Director: Ryan Corriston
Costume Designer: Rachel Herrick
Lighting Designer: Emily Becher-McKeever with Stella Shoemaker and Jessica Scanlon
Choreographers: Alana Turflinger, Brooklyn Moses, Daniel Charon, Grace Kohler, Hailey Thompson, Tara Lee Burns, and Zada Sudduth
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