MISSION STATEMENT
Morgantown Dance. Inc. is dedicated to promote education in dance and to provide performance opportunities for greater Morgantown and surrounding communities.

HISTORY
Founded in 1991, Morgantown Dance, Inc. formerly the Northern West Virginia Dance Council, was established to provide oversight and to organize development opportunities in support of the Morgantown Dance Studio. It also works to create relationships with other arts organizations and regional businesses to promote dance in the communities supported by those enterprises.

Going back to our origins, The Morgantown Ballet, which flourished during the 1980’s under the artistic direction of Fiona Morris, grew out of Jim Laub’s Appalachian Dance Theater. In turn, the Morgantown Ballet became Ballet West Virginia until funding cuts made it impossible to support a professional company.

In 1991 the Northern West Virginia Dance Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dance education and performance, was founded and provided performance opportunities for local dancers, and dance education through its school, the Morgantown Dance Studio. Then in 2005, in an effort to reflect the scope of its work accurately, the Northern West Virginia Dance Council became Morgantown Dance, Inc.