Dance Educator | Choreographer

Jade Treadwell is a dance artist based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Middle Tennessee State University. She has performed with StaibDance, ClancyWorks, and Duncan Dance South as well as freelancing throughout Atlanta, the DC area, Tennessee and Florida. She received BFA and MFA degrees in dance performance and choreography from Florida State University. While at FSU, she was a member of Dance Repertory Theatre under the direction of Lynda Davis, where she worked with artists such as Dan Wagoner, Tim Glenn, Gerri Houlihan, Susan Marshall, Alex Ketley, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women. As a choreographer, she is inspired by historically informed storytelling of African American culture, music, community, and spirituality, and elevating the significance of women in these spaces. Jade is a member of the International Associations of Blacks in Dance and she serves on the Research Committee for the National Dance Education Organization. Her research explores the relationship of injury prevention protocols in the dance training and performance setting to promote health and wellness for the undergraduate dancer. Jade's training background includes the movement vocabularies of modern, ballet, jazz and tap and she employs all into her theory based and movement-based teaching and choreographic experiences.