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2012-2014

2012-2014

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Welcome Message
Dear Reader, Welcome to the latest edition of Inform. On hiatus last summer, we are happy to bring you a linked edition this year that gives you both…
Sullivant Hall as seen from High Street.
Sullivant Dance Spaces Renovation by the Numbers
Five large studios – three of those with two walls of windows One smaller studio, also set up as hybrid for academic…
Students stand in the atrium windows of Thompson Library just before a performance starts.
Architectural Shifts
Between 2008 and 2014 the department participated in three large shifts simultaneously, unprecedented in the history of the program. These three shifts…
Wesley Tyree practicing for Dance Uptown.
Dance Uptown: Feast Your Senses Autumn 2012
Susan Hadley: Commonplace By Megan Davis (MFA 2015) Commonplace became my first performance as a MFA student in the Department of Dance. The piece,…
Twelve dancers perform Brute Force by Abby Zbikowski.
Dance Downtown: Autumn 2013
Bebe Miller: Hendrix Redux By Jill Guyton Nee (MFA 2014) Many of the highlights from my graduate career involved working with Distinguished Professor and…
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Global Connections
OSU Dance has been traveling around the globe lately. Whether in our study abroad programs or the creative research of our faculty, staff and students, we…
Four students in orange raise their arms overhead while white paper falls from above.
America to China and Back
By Leisa DeCarlo (BFA 2014) Initiated by a State Department Grant obtained by Bob Eckhart, faculty member of the Department of English and director of Wuhan University,…
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New Faculty Spotlight
Rodney A. Brown, Assistant Professor By Leisa DeCarlo New to our department, Assistant Professor Rodney A. Brown choreographed a work that was integral to…
A man holds his arms out for a pose on the grass in front of an enormous old mansion.
New Film Spotlight
Globe Trot By Allegra Angelini and Leisa DeCarlo Award winning filmmaker and Assistant Professor Mitchell Rose collaborated with fellow faculty member and…
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New Book Spotlight
Dance on Its Own Terms: Histories and Methodologies By Allegra Angelini Dance on its Own Terms: Histories and Methodologies is an anthology of recent…
Black and white photo of Abby Carlozzo.
Abby Carlozzo: Beinecke Scholar
By Leisa DeCarlo (BFA 2014) 2014 Beinecke Scholar, Abby Carlozzo, was chosen as one of 20 students nationwide to receive a $34,000 scholarship in support…
Lauren Bedal in front of windows in one of the Department's studios.
Dance Students Sweep Denman Awards Spring 2014
By Leisa DeCarlo (MFA 2014) The Department of Dance has been overwhelmingly represented through outstanding undergraduate research. Most prestigiously, the…
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Faculty News
Melanie Bales In the past two years, Melanie Bales has co-edited the volume Dance On Its Own Terms (Oxford University Press) in 2013, created a new work for Drums Downtown, and presented a…
Melissa A. Bontempo-Wiseman.
In Memoriam
Melissa A. Bontempo-Wiseman Media Manager for the Department of Dance The department mourns the loss of Melissa Bontempo, who passed away in Columbus on…
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Meet Our Staff
Susan Chess The Music Supervisor in the Department of Dance since 1978. She has earned her bachelor’s, masters and PhD in music education from Ohio State. Chess has given so much to the department,…
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Alumni News
Sample of Past Alumni Europe and Abroad London: Sara Wookey (BFA 1996) West Portland, OR: Noelle Stiles (MFA 2007) Oakland, CA: Betsy Strome (BFA 1983) Los…
Sullivant's Travels by Stephan Koplowitz. Photo: Nick Fancher.
Giving, Scholarships
Many friends, alumni, emeriti and Department of Dance faculty and staff have sponsored and continue to support the following funds. Thank you for…