Joi Ware (Choreographer) is an interdisciplinary performing artist, choreographer, and educator from Dallas, Texas. She began her formal training at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center and the renowned Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before continuing her studies at Point Park University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Sports, Arts, and Entertainment Management.

Her performance credits include works by distinguished choreographers such as Benoit Swan-Pouffer, Dwight Rhoden, Robert Battle, Lar Lubovitch, Sidra Bell, Joshua L. Peugh, and Christopher Huggins. Joi has collaborated with companies and productions including New Dialect, Bombshell Dance Project, David Flores Productions, Visionary Vocal Collaborative, and PYDANCE.

As a choreographer and creative director, her work has been commissioned by Oz Arts, Apple, CMT, The Nashville Repertory Theatre, The Nashville Children’s Theatre, Studio Tenn Theatre Company, and Street Theatre Company. Grounded in both artistic excellence and strategic leadership, Joi brings a multidisciplinary approach to movement that bridges performance, storytelling, and cultural impact. She is thrilled to be working with MTSU Theatre!"