College Day is a free in-person event for high school students, but registration is required.
High school students interested in pursuing dance in college are invited to spend a day in the life of an Ohio State Dance major! Visiting students will take and observe classes, see student work, attend an information session about our major and minor programs, and mingle with our current BFA students. Students will also have the opportunity to take a guided tour of our state-of-the-art facilities.
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Sample Itinerary from 2024 (subject to change):
9:45am-10:15am CHECK in at Sullivant Hall Rotunda and then you will be directed to the Barnett Theatre. We look forward to greeting you in Sullivant! Plan to arrive sometime between 9:45 and 10am as we want to have time to disperse groups from the theatre to the studios before the beginning of movement practice classes at 10:20am.
10:20 – 11:50am CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS for College Day Dancers
Please wear comfortable clothing with clear and simple lines. Bare feet, slip-on jazz, or half-sole shoes requested.
- Scarlet group instructed by Orlando Hunter and Ricarrdo Valentine in Sullivant Hall 250
- Gray group instructed by Charles O. Anderson in Sullivant Hall Room 270
12:00pm-1:00pm Ohio Union
LUNCH on your own. Student participants will be provided with a $10 BuckID card to use toward their lunch that may be redeemed at any food vendor in the Ohio Union.
1:00pm-2:15pm OBSERVE MOVEMENT PRACTICE CLASS for Dance Majors, Sullivant 320 and 390
Instructed by Momar Ndiaye and Alfonso Cervera
- Scarlet group in Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320) with Momar Ndiaye
- Gray group in Sullivant 390 with Alfonso Cervera
2:20pm-2:50pm Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
Q & A Forum with Administrative Team, Faculty and Current Students
3:00pm-3:30pm Watch Repertory
You are invited to watch any or all the rehearsals for our upcoming H.A.T.CH. Spring Concert choreographed by the following dance faculty:
- Ryan Johnson, Sullivant 390
- Abby Zbikowski, Sullivant 290
- Charles O. Anderson, Sullivant 250
- Crystal Michelle Perkins, Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
OPTIONAL FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED
3:30pm-4:15pm SULLIVANT HALL AND PARTIAL CAMPUS TOUR – meet in Barnett Theatre Lobby
Tour Sullivant Hall and part of campus with dance major tour guides. It would not be a visit Ohio State without a glimpse of the amazing Thompson Library, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and of course the famed Oval. Your guide will also be able to show you the Sullivant Hall Dance Media Lab, ACCAD Motion Lab, Conditioning Studio, and give you the inside scoop on what it’s like to live in the dorms.
For those of you unable to stay for the University tour, please visit our virtual tour at https://www.osu.edu/tour.html
Please be our guest to attend the BFA Senior Concert “Resonant: all we've seen”
ADMISSION IS FREE, but an online reservation is required.
If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact us at dance@osu.edu. Requests made 10 business days in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
The ADA Coordinator's Office collaborates with University departments to ensure equal access for guests and visitors with disabilities to University programs, activities, and services. Guests or visitors seeking an accommodation to participate in a university program, activity or service are encouraged to contact us at dance@osu.edu as early as possible and in advance of the event.
Visitors may also contact the ADA Coordinator's Office at 614-292-6207 or ada-osu@osu.edu for additional assistance or guidance.
