The Department of Theatre and Dance announces its last program for the 2025-26 season. “Pillars,” the Spring Dance Concert, will be performed April 23-26 at the John Goodman Amphitheatre (JGA).
Show times are 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $13 for students/seniors. Special advance rates are available for students with a Missouri State ID.
Assistant Professor of Dance Jessica Madden coordinated this year’s production.
Concert features variety of dance styles
Madden is excited that the “Pillars” concert marks the first time a fully produced dance concert will be performed on the JGA stage.
“This is the first dance concert I am coordinating at Missouri State since joining the faculty this fall,” Madden said.
Thirty-seven students are scheduled to appear in the program. Works by three graduating seniors, Caroline Wolfe, Peyton Nicholson, and Nicole Mayer, will be featured. Guest artist Halle Lawson, a recent graduate of the dance program, has also choreographed a special dance piece.
In addition, Madden collaborated with five of the students to present her new work, “Intrepid.”
Audiences can expect to see variety of dance styles performed, including “contemporary, tap, house, jazz, hip hop, majorette and step,” Madden said.
“It has been a very rewarding experience working with these incredibly talented students,” she said.
Interpreting the public affairs mission
In addition to the season’s “Awakenings” theme, the dance concert’s “Pillars” theme gives students a chance to explore Missouri State’s public affairs mission.
“Each of the choreographers have their own take on how they are engaging with these pillars in their work,” Madden said. “There is a significant emphasis on community in many of the pieces, and a call to ‘awaken’ these principles in how we engage with the world today.”
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