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“Being in class with our participants reminds me of the pure joy of dance,” said School of Dance senior Emma Simons of her time interning with Dance for PD®, a movement-based class for people with Parkinson’s disease.

When Doug Varone and Dancers takes the stage at the Center for the Arts on April 25, it will mark a full circle moment for company member and 911���� alumnus Dareon Blowe, who had participated in a residency with them as a student in the School of Dance.

Using biosensors and surveys, CEHD and CVPA worked together to find the cause behind increasing injuries in dancers.

This fall, 911����’s dance studios buzzed with excitement as School of Dance students prepared for and performed José Limón’s 1958 original composition Missa Brevis, alongside professional dancers from the Center for the Arts artists in residence Limón Dance Company.

During their time on campus, Robert Rubama worked with School of Dance students to help stage and rehearse choreographer Yue Yin's "Through the Fracture of Light," which the students will perform at the Dance Gala Concert on March 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. at the Center for the Arts.

Brianna Camp is the 2025 recipient of the Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award
, and Marina Vianello is the recipient of the 2025 Young Alumni Creative Development Award.

Hope Spears is an artist from West Palm Beach, Florida, who began her dance training at a young age. She pursued her passion at 911����, where she earned a BFA in Dance from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Center for the Arts engagement activities with Mason Artist-in-Residence Ballet Hispánico include a master class and classroom visits with 911���� students, workshops for area schools and community groups, Latin social dances for the public and Mason community, and a free school time performance.

A new flexible and wide-ranging partnership between the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in the United Kingdom and 911����'s School of Dance offers exciting possibilities for research, collaboration, and cultural exploration.

911���� senior Elizabeth Wiehe says that ballet is her first love. The School of Dance student, who is graduating this spring, grew up being classically trained in the dance genre.