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.
Schedule (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.
10:20am-12:00pm OBSERVE MOVEMENT PRACTICE CLASSES, Sullivant Hall
There will be four different technique classes taking place during this time frame. College Day participants will be divided into two groups that will rotate between the classrooms. We have taken care to organize a rotation schedule that provides maximum viewing opportunities for you with minimal impact to the other academic classes that take place in the building. Please use your best audience etiquette both inside the studio and outside in the hallways.
- Students and parents/guardians will be divided into 2 Groups: Scarlet and Gray (indicated on label attached to the packet that you will receive at check-in)
- Technique classes:
O Professor Momar Ndiaye, Sullivant 320 Barnett Theatre
- Scarlet will observe Professor Ndiaye’s class from 10:20 – 11:10am
- Gray will observe Professor Ndiaye’s class from 11:10am – 12pm
- Please choose one of the following 3 classes for the other half of the time
(Gray 10:20 – 11:10am and Scarlet 11:10am – 12:00pm)
H Professor Alfonso Cervera, Sullivant Studio 290
I Professor Daniel Roberts, Sullivant Studio 270
O Professor Eddie Taketa, Sullivant Studio 390
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 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 Crystal Michelle Perkins in Sullivant 390
- Gray group instructed by Abby Zbikowski in Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
2:20pm-2:50pm Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
Q & A Forum with Undergraduate Studies Committee (USC) Chair Tanya Calamoneri, USC Student Representative and Class Representatives
3:00pm-3:30pm Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
Showcase
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
You are invited to attend the following evening events on Friday, April 17:
6:00pm–6:30pm Barnett Theatre (Sullivant 320)
Join us for a conversation with Bill. T Jones ahead of Still/Here on April 17You are warmly invited to join us for a special evening celebrating the return of Still/Here by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, 30 years after its original premiere at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
We invite all College Day participants and guests to begin the evening with an exclusive preshow conversation at 6 PM in Sullivant Hall’s Barnett Theater with Bill T. Jones, choreographer and company cofounder, and Sidra Bell, New York–based choreographer and current PhD candidate in the Department of Dance. This gathering is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the performance before seeing it on stage at Mershon Auditorium.
We encourage you to arrive at Sullivant Hall (1813 N. High St.) by 5:45 PM on April 17.
If you plan to join us, please RSVP by April 15 by emailing rsvp@wexarts.org. We also encourage you to secure your tickets for the performance in advance.
We look forward to having you join us for this special evening at the Wex.
- Free Admission to the preshow conversation
- Please RSVP by April 15 by emailing rsvp@wexarts.org
- Free Admission to the preshow conversation
- 7:00pm Mershon Auditorium (north of Sullivant Hall, adjacent to the Wexner Center for the Arts)
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company “Still/Here”- Read more and buy tickets>
- Use the code STILLHERE which gives you 20% off tickets.
- Student tickets are $18, so no discount code needed
- For ticketing questions please call the Wexner Center for the Arts Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.
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.