MSA Dance Students Perform at 2023 Fini Dance Festival in Italy
Fini Dance in Italy was born from Antonio Fini’s desire to bring an American Summer Dance Intensive to Italy. The festival is a meeting of artists and young people who want toRead More…
Training the Next Generation at Mississippi School of the Arts
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) opened its doors for the first time in 2002 with three arts disciplines – theatre, vocal, and visual art. Over the years, new programs wereRead More…
MSA Dancers Study and Perform in Italy
Four Dancers from The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA), were awarded scholarships to train and perform at the Fini International Italian Dance Festival in Villapiana Lido, Italy this summer. Carolina CassisaRead More…
MSA Student from Oxford Receives Highest Award on National Exam
MSA junior dance student, Carolina Cassisa, has received the Platinum Award, the highest possible award for her score on the national French Exam, Le Grand Concours. Cassisa began studying French while atRead More…
Dance Department Back in Enochs Black Box for Concert
The Mississippi School of the Arts Dance Department recently held its Spring 2022 Dance Concert in Enochs Hall Black Box. This comes after delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The concert welcomedRead More…
MSA Dancers To Showcase Talent in Dancewave Auditions
Mississippi School of the Arts’ Department of Dance is proud to be a part of Dancewave Through College & Beyond. This unique, nationwide event serves hundreds of high school students annually, includingRead More…
Partnership To Provide Exciting Opportunities for MSA Students
Jonathan Sharp, who has deep Mississippi roots will be bringing his worldwide experience to benefit students at the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) in Brookhaven where he has family. His partnershipRead More…
MSA Dance Students Receive Full Scholarship To Summer Institute
Allison Dobson (a recent Dance graduate ’21) and Paige Henry (rising Dance senior ’22) have been selected to receive a full scholarship for UArts pre-college summer dance institute. The intensive will beginRead More…
MSA Dance Department in Dance Gala Concert – University of Southern Miss
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Dance Department performed in the first annual Dance Gala Concert as part of the Dance Revelry series at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) onRead More…
MSA Educators Receive 2019 AIM Award by the Arts Institute of Mississippi
The Mississippi School of the Arts congratulates two educators for receiving the 2019 AIM Award by the Arts Institute of Mississippi. According to the institute’s web site, “The Arts Institute of MississippiRead More…
MSA Dance Alum Returns to Teach Classes
Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) alum, Cassidy Simmons, is returning to MSA next week to teach current MSA students in “Master Classes”, as part of MSA’s Guest Artist Program. MSA’s ExecutiveRead More…
MSA Dancers Accepted in Prestigious IBC Program
Several Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Dance students have been accepted into the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition (IBC) Dance School, to be held in conjunction with the 11th USA InternationalRead More…
Dance Students Complete Spring Concert, Prepare for Informals
Repertory Dance majors (and one non-major) at the Mississippi School of the Arts recently concluded a series of concert events for Spring Dance in the Black Box Theater. Seniors were responsible forRead More…
MSA Dance Represented at 2017 Mississippi Dance Festival
Students from the Department of Dance at Mississippi School of the Arts recently performed at the Mississippi Dance Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. The choreographic works of MSARead More…
Merrie K. Christmas Teaches Master Classes to Dance Students
Merrie K. Christmas, a certified teacher and performer of the Isadora Dance Institute, recently resided at Mississippi School of the Arts to set Brahms Waltzes and teach master classes to junior andRead More…
MSA Dance Performs at Carey Dance Leader Alliance Concert
A new organization has emerged for dance artists, originating at the campus of William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On September 9th, Dance students from the Mississippi School of the Arts had theRead More…
Alumni Spotlight: Jamiaus Marion (Class of 2012)
Jamiaus Marion graduated with honors with a dance diploma from the Mississippi School of the Arts in 2012. He was a member of the second Repertory Dance Company. He studied under theRead More…
Angela Thomas Receives Honorable Mention in Contest
Angela Thomas, a senior dance student at Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA), recently received honorable mention for a submission to the Discover FAA (Fine+Applied Arts) Talent Scholarship Competition through the University ofRead More…
Annaleigh Kurr’s Work to be Performed at MS Dance Festival
MSA 2015 graduate, Annaleigh Kurr’s dance works entitled Radiation of Vibration and Unbreakable Bonds, were selected to be performed at the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday, September 11, 2015 in conjunction with the MississippiRead More…
Alumna Aubrei Whitney to Perform Lead Role in Dance Production
MSA 2015 dance graduate, Aubrei Whitney has been selected to perform the lead role in Radiation of Vibration at the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday, September 11, 2015 in conjunction with the Mississippi DanceRead More…