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MFA Student Shaela Davis presenting self-choreographed solo for the 5th Annual Baltimore Black Choreographer's Festival
MFA Student Shaela Davis self-choreographed a solo entitled "She Is..." for the 5th Annual Baltimore Black Choreographer's Festival, which runs October 10-12, 2025.
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PhD Dance Student Robin Raven Prichard wins Outstanding Researcher Award
PhD Dance Student Robin Raven Prichard has received the Outstanding Dance Researcher Award from the National Dance Educators Organization. With more than 5,000 members and two journals, NDEO is…
Assistant Professor in Dance Film + Digital Technologies Kym McDaniel presents a virtual workshop
Assistant Professor in Dance Film + Digital Technologies Kym McDaniel, is an American College Dance Association (ACDA) Screendance Adjudicator this year. As an adjudicator, she presented a virtual…
Show your spirit - Order your official Ohio State Department of Dance apparel
The Ohio State University enjoys the spirit and support from one of the nation’s longest standing alumni associations (now nearly 600,000 strong) and one of the nation’s largest single-campus…
PhD Student Jeremy Zihao Yuan wins the NDEO Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers
PhD Student Jeremy Zihao Yuan won the The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) 2024 Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers for his Journal of Dance Education publication, "A Call…
PhD Student Sidra Bell receives co-commission from the Museum of African Diaspora
PhD Student Sidra Bell received a co-commission along with Cleveland based artist M. Carmen Lane (lead artist) from the Museum of African Diaspora (San Francisco). The piece titled "Irresistibly…
Department of Dance Hosts Dialogues in Dance Studies: Author Series
September 30, 2025
2 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall 247, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210…
PhD Student Sidra Bell on creative team for "Old Man and the Sea" at the Wex
PhD in Dance Studies Student Sidra Bell worked with Slovenian director Karmina Sîlec as principal collaborator/movement advisor in collaboration with Beth Morrison Productions and renowned…
Ohio State's Department of Dance Welcomes Cyrah L. Ward
The Ohio State University Department of Dance welcomes Cyrah L. Ward (pronounced seer-ah) (she/they) to our faculty in autumn 2025 as an assistant professor of practice. Ward is a scholar of…