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Autumn 2016

Autumn 2016

Dear Friends and Alumni, Welcome to the second edition of InForm, a new electronic format for news and stories from The Ohio State University Department of Dance.  To maintain more…
In March 2016, 11 BFA and MFA dancers traveled to Salvador, Brazil, under the direction of Chair Susan Hadley, to perform in six community sites including…
March 20, 2016, was just another day in Karen Eliot’s ballet class, except that students kept filing into the studio until the walls were lined with more than 100 Ohio State dance majors. When…
Throughout the year students have stopped by the chair’s office to say, “Eddie Taketa has changed my life.  Not just my dancing, my LIFE!” Born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, Taketa received a BFA…
The word community permeates Sarah Levitt’s teaching, research and service. Returning to graduate school after seven years as a member of Liz Lerman’s Dance Exchange, Levitt embraced the…
To fully explore both her left and right brains, Serena Chang completed a BFA in dance and a BS in molecular genetics. Her Senior Distinction Project connected these worlds by exploring dance and…
One Ohio State Dance Professor and 42 Choreographers Partner to Create an Ode to Dance, Exquisite Corps Mitchell Rose, associate professor of dance-filmmaking, recently created a dance-film,…
Photo by Jessica Cavender Anthea Kraut: Guest Scholar Lecture and Book Signing Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. Barnett Theatre, Sullivant Hall Black Mountain College Exhibit Cunningham Dances…