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Stage & Production Specialist Nico Lawson's work featured in Creative Lives: Staff Artists & Makers Exhibition
Creative Lives: Staff Artists & Makers Exhibition
January 14 - January 25, 2025
11:00AM - 6:00PM
Urban Arts Space
Many individuals who take art classes, study the arts, or learn…
Apply now for our Summer Dance Intensive for High School Students
June 2-6, 2025, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sullivant Hall
1813 North High Street
Columbus OH, 43210
The Ohio State Dance Summer Intensive is a one-week immersive dance experience…
Andrew Shelton Named Interim Chair
College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Horn appointed Professor of History of Art Andrew Shelton to serve as the interim chair of the Department of Dance effective January 1, 2025.
Shelton…
Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Manuel Gonzalez’s Primera Generación Dance Collective named to Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2025
Dance Magazine recently announced their top 25 dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies to look out for in 2025. These artists are acknowledged as innovative figures shaping the direction…
Your Winter 2024 InForm has arrived! ❄️
Dear Department of Dance Community,
As you have heard from the College of Arts and Sciences, I will have stepped down as chair by the time you read this message. This final InForm…
Abby Z and the New Utility's "Radioactive Practice" ranked the #1 dance performance in 2024 by the Guardian
The Guardian ranked Associate Professor Abby Zbikowski's company Abby Z and the New Utility's work "Radioactive Practice" the #1 dance performance in 2024. Presented in association with Dance…
Alumna Wu Menghang (PhD 2024) honored with the Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award
The American Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference honored Alumna Wu Menghang (PhD 2024) with the Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award. Wu's award-winning paper, titled "If…
Professor and Chair Charles O. Anderson’s proposal to bring Guest Artist Doug Varone to campus awarded $20,000
The Office of Academic Affairs awarded $20,000 to support Chair Anderson’s proposal to continue the HATCH (Holistic Approaches to Transformative…
Professor Emeritus John Giffin featured in The New York Times
Revisiting Pina Bausch’s World of Love and Longing in Aging Bodies“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to…