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April 4, 2025

Intro to Remote Performance in Isadora with L Wilson Spiro

2:30 pm
The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350

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April 7, 2025

Expression and Politics: Exploring South Indian Dance Technique

2:45 pm
Sullivant Hall 290, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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April 9, 2025

Movements and Migration: Understanding Race and Caste in Bharatanatyam Choreography in the United States

9:30 am
Sullivant Hall 225, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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April 9, 2025

Expression and Politics: Exploring South Indian Dance Technique

2:45 pm
Sullivant Hall 290, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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April 2, 2025

Dance Preservation Fund 2025-2026

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The Dance Preservation Fund was established in 1994 to further the recording of dance, supporting projects dealing with Labanotation or other notation systems, movement analysis,…

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March 29, 2025

Columbus Makes Art Presents Eddie Taketa and Ohio State Dance Students Tackling Doug Varone’s Double Octet

As a member of Doug Varone and Dancers from 1994-2015, Ohio State Dance Assistant Professor of Practice Eddie Taketa served as the company’s rehearsal director and performed as an original cast…

March 19, 2025

MFA Work Selected for ACDA National Festival

Congratulations to MFA Students Benjamin Roach, Alisha Jihn and Isa Bowser for being selected by the 2025 American College Dance Association (ACDA) East-Central Conference to attend the 2025 ACDA…

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March 13, 2025

Alumnus Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine (MFA 2024) selected as a finalist for Dance/USA Fellowship

Dance/USA selected Alumnus Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine (MFA 2024) as a finalist for their Fellowship to Artists Program.

Washington, DC (March 13, 2025) Dance/USA, the…

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Crystal Michelle Perkins

Associate Professor

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Irvin Manuel Gonzalez

Assistant Professor

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Nadine George-Graves

Professor

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Susan Hadley

Emerita Professor

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