Recipient
of the Distinguished Teacher Award, 2009-2010, for the College of Visual
and Performing Arts, Suzanne Miller-Corso is a tenured Associate
Professor of Dance at James Madison University where she primarily
teaches jazz, musical theatre and tap classes. She has performed
professionally in the musicals Hello Dolly, Annie Get Your Gun,
and A Chorus Line and
abroad in Sydney, Australia in Phantom of the Opera. Her performing experience
includes work with choreographers Daniel West, Remy Charlip, Derrick Evans,
Maurice Fraga, Daniel Burkholder and Vincent Thomas. Her choreography
has been presented at the Jack Guidone Theatre at the Joy of Motion
Dance Center in the D.C. area, the Harris Theatre Millennium Park in
Chicago, and the Scottish Rite Theatre in Austin, Texas. She has been a two-time finalist
in the Leo’s Jazz Dance Choreography Competitive Event at the Jazz Dance
World Congress in New York and Chicago. Her original work also has been
presented in Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.
After receiving a JMU Summer Grant, she studied extensively the Pilates®
Method of Body Conditioning which she incorporates into her coursework.
For three years, she served on the Board of Directors for the American
College Mid-Atlantic Regional Dance Festival Association. Suzanne
received her M.F.A. degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from
the University of Colorado at Boulder and a B.F.A. degree in Dance from
Towson University.
