Fall 2024
The beginning of our school year is ridiculously exciting—with our students returning from incredible international summer experiences, our nervous new students arriving from around the country, an astonishing adjunct faculty joining to support our full-time faculty, new musicians, new Dance Partnership Council members, a new $10,000 gift (wow), and a Kennedy Center performance within our first three weeks of school! Oh….and don’t forget we performed at Arts by George on September 28th, ok, maybe we plan to show off just a LITTLE bit.
Our annual Freshmen Welcome, hosted by Donna Kidd, Peter Stearns, Elizabeth (Buffy) Price and Mike Brown, was as fun as ever, with 25 new students to welcome, all with incredible stories of why they chose Mason. A stunningly beautiful night at the Fairfax Country Club, the food, flowers, views, and most importantly, our new dancers made it an easy and truly enjoyable night. Thanks to VP of Advancement and Alumni Relations and President of the GMU Foundation, Inc., Trishana Bowden and Dean Rick Davis for their incredibly inspiring words to our dancers, and as always, the 100% participation of ALL our faculty and staff; present, supportive, and well… kinda cool as usual, just made it such a meaningful event!