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MFA Work Selected for ACDA National Festival
Congratulations to MFA Students Benjamin Roach, Alisha Jihn and Isa Bowser for being selected by the 2025 American College Dance Association (ACDA) East-Central Conference to attend the 2025 ACDA…
Alumnus Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine (MFA 2024) selected as a finalist for Dance/USA Fellowship
Dance/USA selected Alumnus Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine (MFA 2024) as a finalist for their Fellowship to Artists Program.
Washington, DC (March 13, 2025) Dance/USA, the…
NBC4 WCMH-TV Columbus features PhD Student Sidra Bell
NBC4 WCMH-TV Columbus featured PhD Student Sidra Bell on the Saturday, March 8, 2025, 6:00 p.m. news for her performance at The Met, her academic work at Ohio State Dance and as an associate at…
PhD Student Sidra Bell's new commission for ODC/Dance Company to premiere in San Francisco in April
PhD Student Sidra Bell's new commission for ODC/Dance Company premieres at the Yerba Buena Performing Arts Center in San Francisco April 10-13, 2025. SF/ARTS featured the work in their March…
Activists in Motion Recognized as a Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship
The Office of Outreach & Engagement selected Activists in Motion (AIM), led by Associate Professor Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown, as one of Ohio State’s 2025 Programs of Excellence in Engaged…
PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Associate Alyssa Stover wins Ray Travel Award
The Ohio State University Council of Graduate Students awarded PhD Candidate Alyssa Stover with an Edward J. Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service in the amount of $1000. Stover is using…
PhD Student Sidra Bell featured in Dance Magazine
How Pivoting to Choreographing Full-Time Changed 3 Former Dancers’ Lives, Creative Processes, and Work
by Lauren Wingenroth
Emerita Professor Melanye White Dixon's essay and afterword published
Dr. Dixon's essay on dancer Mary HInkson ("Black Body Between the Lines: Mary HInkson Dancing Graham and Transforming White Spaces") and several other dance essays have been…
Pachanga E Poder: A Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Social Dance Incubator
March 18 - 22, 2025
Developed by Department of Dance Assistant Professors Irvin Manuel Gonzalez and Alfonso Cervera, Pachanga e Poder is community-driven research incubator. The event brings…