Jade Treadwell is a dance artist based in Murfreesboro, TN. She is the Director of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Middle Tennessee State University. Professionally, she has performed with Staib Dance, ClancyWorks, and as a freelance performer throughout Atlanta, the DMV area, and FL. She received BFA and MFA degrees in dance performance and choreography from Florida State University. While at FSU, she was a member of Dance Repertory Theatre under the direction of Lynda Davis where she worked with artists such as Dan Wagoner, Tim Glenn, Gerri Houlihan, Susan Marshall, Alex Ketley, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women. Jade choreographed "A Soldier’s Tale", in collaboration with the FSU Schools of Dance, Theatre and Music directed by Stephen Higgonbotham. Her research interests explore movement screens and injury protocols in undergraduate dancers as a PhD candidate in Exercise Science at MTSU. Choreographically, she is inspired by historically informed storytelling of African American culture, music, community, spirituality, and celebrating women in these spaces.  For this production, she has enjoyed engaging in the choreographic process with the talented artists in the Cabaret cast.