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The department recognizes a responsibility to build public understanding and appreciation of dance as a diverse creative, cultural and educational expressive art form. A commitment to cultural, racial and ethnic diversity is reflected throughout the curriculum and in recruitment of faculty, students and staff. We are committed to academic and artistic excellence, inclusive diversity, freedom of expression, anti-racist activism, social transformation and civic responsibility.

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March 21, 2025

CANCELED: (How to Feel Your) Body as a Crossroads with Marina Magalhães

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March 21, 2025

Public Presentation - Pachanga e Poder: A Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Social Dance Research Incubator

The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350

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March 22, 2025

Latin American Social Dance Workshop Series: a Partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies

Sullivant Hall 390, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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March 27, 2025

BFA Senior Concert: What Remains

Barnett Theatre, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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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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March 11, 2025

NBC4 WCMH-TV Columbus features PhD Student Sidra Bell

NBC4 WCMH-TV Columbus featured PhD Student Sidra Bell on the Saturday, March 8, 2025, 6:00 p.m. news for her performance at The Met, her academic work at Ohio State Dance and as an associate at…

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March 11, 2025

PhD Student Sidra Bell's new commission for ODC/Dance Company to premiere in San Francisco in April

PhD Student Sidra Bell's new commission for ODC/Dance Company premieres at the Yerba Buena Performing Arts Center in San Francisco April 10-13, 2025. SF/ARTS featured the work in their March…

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Daniel Roberts

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Associate Professor

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Michael Kelly Bruce

Emeritus Associate Professor

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