Jodie Randolph Dance

We aim to bring dance to Michigan through performance and education, JRD has repeatedly found unique ways to increase accessibility to the art of dance and employ dance artists. As part of our mission, JRD aims to help the community connect with dance through workshops, performances, and collaborations. We strive to immerse the communities we serve into the healing power of dance!

JRD is constantly working to broaden its audience. We do this in the form of lecture demonstrations, workshops, open rehearsals, as well as marketing strategies. We recently began associating a free workshop for ticket holders of a performance, helping to engage the community further. We have cultivated workshops catered to people of all ages and abilities, including those with physical, mental, or socio-economic hardships. Each performance or event is an additional opportunity to connect with our community. The dancers, staff, board members, and volunteers are all actively involved in dialogue with the audience members before and after each event.

JRD employs professional dancers to perform and teach from southeast Michigan, and around the country. We have a staff of five highly trained individuals including One Artistic/Executive Director, two Artistic Directors for our youth company, Young Dancers Initiative, a Design & Brand Manager to help with promotion, and an Executive Assistant to help with administrative work, grant research, and event planning.

We are a consistently growing organization, with a dedicated staff. Our programs continue to thrive, including the expansion of our youth company Young Dancers Initiative from one location (Ann Arbor, MI) to two locations (Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, MI) in 2020. As we continue to expand and work on programming and booking, we plan to hire an Executive Director to take some of the administrative weight off of the Artistic Director, which will allow more undivided focus on creating meaningful work.