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Autumn 2016
Autumn 2016
In this issue
Welcome Message
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…
Performance Spotlight: Brazil Dance Tour Group
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…
Faculty Spotlight: Karen Eliot
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…
Visiting Artist Spotlight: Eddie Taketa
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…
MFA Student Spotlight: Sarah Levitt
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…
BFA Student Spotlight: Serena Chang
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…
Faculty Spotlight: Mitchell Rose
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,…