40th Anniversary Blog Series: No 3. Miya Hisaka
February 13, 2016

No 3.  40 Never Looked So Good: An interview with Miya Hisaka, JOMDC faculty since 1984, 40th Anniversary Faculty Honoree, and the Founder/Producing Artistic Director of the DC CONTEMPORARY DANCE […]


BIG NEWS: Daniel Pink, New York Times Best-Selling Author, will host our 40th Anniversary Gala!
February 8, 2016

We are thrilled to announce that the highly-anticipated 40th Anniversary Gala, Party Like It’s 1976, will be hosted by Daniel Pink, New York Times best-selling author, host of National Geographic […]


10 H.Y.P.E. Program dancers and Program Director, Alana Hill, headed to the White House to perform for First Lady, Michelle Obama
February 8, 2016

In honor of Black History Month, 10 H.Y.P.E. Program dancers and Program Director, Alana Hill, headed to the White House to perform for First Lady, Michelle Obama, Judith Jamison, Debbie […]


40th Anniversary Blog Series: No 1. Michelle Ava
January 27, 2016

No. 1: An interview with Michelle Ava, JOMDC Founder and 40th Anniversary Honoree  We’re talking just after the blizzard. Winter Storm Jonas took out the East Coast for the weekend, forcing JOMDC […]


PRESS RELEASE: JOMDC 40th GALA ANNOUNCEMENT
January 20, 2016

JOY OF MOTION DANCE CENTER ANNOUNCES 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Washington, DC – January 20, 2016 – Joy of Motion Dance Center (JOMDC) today announced that its highly-anticipated 40th Anniversary Gala Concert, […]


WELCOME TO JOMDC’S INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE!
January 4, 2016

WELCOME TO JOMDC’S INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR! As we kick off 2016, the Board of Directors of Joy of Motion Dance center (JOMDC) extends a warm thank you to our outgoing […]


FREE CLASSES @ the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage this January 2016!
December 21, 2015

JOMDC teams up with the Kennedy Center to bring you NINE free dance classes in the Foyer in front of the Millennium Stage. Open to all ages and abilities, first […]


What is a DNA Workshop?
December 4, 2015

WHAT IS A DNA WORKSHOP? JOMDC has a long history of fostering hip hop dance talent in the DMV area. We’ve had hip hop technique classes for almost four decades […]