Perry Bennett Photography

07/21/2026

Big canvas photo prints are here, FINALLY! Look for another post TONIGHT for the various options I'll have available for pick-up in Charleston!

07/18/2026

Final update for my MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative friends!

GREAT NEWS!!!! The LAST gallery from the 2026 MADI has started uploading, and should be full done early on Saturday morning.

Over 1,000 photos from the Friday night Faculty Exhibition are available here:
https://perrybphoto.smugmug.com/MADI-Mid-Atlantic-Dance-Initiative/2026-MADI-Faculty-Exhibition-Friday

Thank you, everyone, for your extreme patience!

In total, there are OVER 12,500 photos POSTED from the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative across the various galleries.

If you were waiting on everything to be uploaded before placing a photo order, wait no longer! :)

I appreciate your support.

This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.

07/18/2026

Dancer Megan James, winner of the MADI Award in 2021, performs a solo variation from Act 3 of "Sylvia" during Friday night's Faculty Exhibition at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative.

07/18/2026

Dancers participating in the James Madison University Dance Collaborative (choreography by: Javier Ignacio Padilla Garcia) perform "three scenes on the topic of changing" during Friday night's Faculty Exhibition at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative.

07/18/2026

Dancers Brienne Wiltsie & Christian Chester perform a pas de deux from "Le Corsaire" during Friday night's Faculty Exhibition at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative.

07/18/2026

Dancer Christian Chester performs a solo from "Le Corsaire" during Friday night's Faculty Exhibition at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative.

07/18/2026

"Oh, Look! A penny!"

Dancer Maddy Bosnic, winner of the 2025 MADI Award, performs her dance, "Sines," onstage during the Friday Faculty Exhibition at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative.

07/18/2026

In an incredible display of strength, balance, and --most importantly-- trust, professional dancers with the Louisville Ballet Mark Krieger holds Ellie Prince in an elevated torch lift as he runs offstage at the end of "Spring Waters" pas de deux at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative

07/18/2026

Dancers participating with the WVU Dance Program's Collaborative perform "Fragments of One" (with choreography by Brogan Ward) on Friday night at the 2026 MADI - Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative during the Faculty Exhibition Concert.