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As Elizabeth “Buffy” Price retires from the School of Dance, a gift from her and husband Mike Brown, together here in the large dance studio at the deLaski Performing Arts Building, will continue their memorable Mason legacy.

A watershed moment. That’s how choreographer Lar Lubovitch recently described his now-classic A Brahms Symphony. Now, a group of 16 George Mason University dance majors are having their own watershed moment with that jubilant work: They will dance it at the venerable Joyce Theater in New York City, where they will close the 50th anniversary season of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company on April 22.

Members of the Mason Dance Company are grateful to be performing in this year’s Dance Gala and Fete on March 26-27.

Following the announcement of the LIVE Center—which was officially launched in December 2020 by CVPA and the School of Dance—we received an outpouring of support for this innovative virtual education solution. Below you will find the most recent news items related to the LIVE Center. We invite you to learn more about the LIVE Center concept and to visit this page often for the latest updates. 

Welcome 2021 with a resolution to discover a new artistic pursuit! And, satisfy a Core Arts and/or Global Understanding requirement at the same time! Have you ever wanted to learn the story behind a piece of music?

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at George Mason University, in collaboration with its School of Dance, announced today the official launch of the LIVE Center, also known as The Center for Live Interactive Virtual Education.

While teaching at George Mason University, Heritage Professor of Dance Christopher d'Amboise saw the need for a video conferencing system that would allow for life-size, full-body interaction—projecting dancers from a remote location directly

George Mason University honored the largest and most diverse graduating class in its history with a virtual Celebration of the Class of 2020 on May 22.

We are the College of Visual and Performing Arts. We are a community of more than 2,000 students, faculty, and staff. We are seven academic units (on four campuses), two community academies, two performing arts centers, the nation's best pep band, and many galleries, theaters, and studios. Every one of us can play a vital role in this viral time.

Rising sophomore, Carmella Leilah Taitt, is keeping busy this summer dancing in New York City. She has danced with New York Dance Project, Bounce, Zvi at City Center, and will be finishing with Rioult!

“There is definitely a strong relationship between dance and beauty,” I said to myself, looking at all the beautiful dancers, young and old, when I attended the 2019 Mason Dance Company Gala Concert on March 30. It even made me feel that everyone should enroll in a dance class to enhance their own beauty instead of using artificial beauty products. Not only does dance sculpt our bodies, it also sharpens our senses.dance