West Virginia Dance Company

05/07/2026

WV DANCE COMPANY is so appreciative of all the years of support by the BECKLEY AREA FOUNDATION to enable us to serve our community! The staff is always so efficient and helpful. Thank you so very much!

05/04/2026

Happy birthday to our incredible artistic director Toneta! A guiding light for dance to all of West Virginia! You make such a profound impact on both our company dancers and all the students we reach under your guidance. Thank you for all you do! 🤍

05/03/2026

How wonderful to have Dane Toney and Emily Dodrill Akers perform this beautiful work by Gerri Houlihan this touring season.

WV Dance Company brings an evening of concert dance to ADF’S Scripps Dance Studios!

Artists, yes. Athletes, certainly. But even more so, we are explorers, examining the world with curiosity, enthusiasm, and compassion. We are humanists and scientists.

Through the art of movement, we will celebrate two beautiful works choreographed by Gerri Houlihan, our esteemed guest choreographer. Other repertory works will be performed including a solo by Donald Laney, a multigenerational piece by Dane Toney, and a composition of Holden Akers-Toler, a master’s graduate of North Carolina Central University.

We hope you will join us for this special event!

📆Saturday, April 18, 2026 @ 6 pm
📍ADF Samuel H. Scripps Dance Studios
721 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
⭐FREE!
‼️Registration is required! https://loom.ly/DBG8W3Q

For any questions, please contact Annabel Lopez, [email protected]

Photo by Perry Benett

05/03/2026

Another chapter of touring has ended. Here are a few photos of WVDC last adventures. Thank you all who follow us! We were able to spend time with so many special people the entire tour! It was especially a wonderful way to end by performing at ADF studios and being with Gerri Houlihan once again! Her class had WVDC dancers from different generations dancing beautifully together! And then to visit Radford University, WV Dance Festival and have the last day be with our WV students and teachers at Whitesville Elementary. Until we meet again...

04/17/2026

AS the director of WV Dance, I am beyond appreciative for all the beautiful work that Gerri Houlihan has shared with us. We are all beyond excited to be on our way to Durham to spend the weekend performing her work at ADF studios and getting to take her class on Sunday! Thank you Gerri!

04/12/2026

WV Dance Company brings an evening of concert dance to ADF’S Scripps Dance Studios!

Artists, yes. Athletes, certainly. But even more so, we are explorers, examining the world with curiosity, enthusiasm, and compassion. We are humanists and scientists.

Through the art of movement, we will celebrate two beautiful works choreographed by Gerri Houlihan, our esteemed guest choreographer. Other repertory works will be performed including a solo by Donald Laney, a multigenerational piece by Dane Toney, and a composition of Holden Akers-Toler, a master’s graduate of North Carolina Central University.

We hope you will join us for this special event!

📆Saturday, April 18, 2026 @ 6 pm
📍ADF Samuel H. Scripps Dance Studios
721 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
⭐FREE!
‼️Registration is required! https://loom.ly/DBG8W3Q

For any questions, please contact Annabel Lopez, [email protected]

Photo by Perry Benett

04/08/2026

Happy Wednesday! Our dancers are hard at work preparing for the final leg of spring tour! Will we see you in Durham or at West Virginia Dance Festival this year?

04/03/2026

We had the best time at WVU earlier this week! Our incredible artistic director Toneta Akers-Toler began the day by teaching a class to an inspiring group of dancers. Later that afternoon our main company had the chance to perform for the dance department and answer their questions. Thank you for having us!

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