My D was admitted to the MT program at JMU last week. We have visited the campus and the facilities are state of the art. Can anyone weigh in on any details about the program itself. Don’t hear much chatter about this one. What is the quality of the dance curriculum in the MT program? Any info would be helpful.
I teach in the program an James Madison, and would be happy to put your daughter in contact with current students and alums, and am also happy to answer her questions. As far as I know there are not very many current students or parents of students who are on the CC board.
Short answer is that the MT students take dance with dance majors if they are at that level. There are leveled dance classes across the curriculum, and there are students who enter as not as strong dancers, who graduate as competitive in dance. There are also students who enter strong in dance and are able to grow and develop. We have also encouraged some students to take advantage of the Broadway Dance Center summer intensive. Students have opportunities to choreograph, assistant choreograph, and dance captain at JMU. Alums are working successfully in dance heavy productions professionally, including Book of Mormon on Broadway, Bodyguard National Tour. In other news… one of our alums made his Broadway debut in Aladdin just last night 
<3!! One of our faculty is a former Broadway dancer, and overall the dance faculty is strong.
Please feel free to PM me or email me at arecchkm@jmu.edu.