October 23, 2025
🍂 InForm Autumn 2025: News from Ohio State's Department of Dance 🍂
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Dance Faculty Summer Research and Creative Inquiry Updates
Associate Professor Tanya Calamoneri co-organized a panel and Presented a paper for the Dance Studies Association in Washington, D.C. pictured here with…
Ohio State's Department of Dance Welcomes Gerson Lanza Ruiz
The Ohio State University Department of Dance welcomes Gerson Lanza Ruiz to our faculty in autumn 2025 as a tenure-track assistant professor. Gerson is…
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…
Spotlight on Students
PhD Student Sidra Bell Sidra Bell receives Yaddo Artist Medal with Jill Viney and Langston HughesYaddo honored Sidra Bell with an artist medal on October…
Greater Columbus Arts Council awards grants to Ohio State Dance faculty and alumni
On June 11, 2025, the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced the recipients of the first round of its 2025 Artist Projects grants. Grant applications…
Summer Dance Intensive for High School Students
With the successful launch of the Ohio State Dance Summer Intensive as initiated by Ohio State Dance Professor Dr. Nyama-McCarthy Brown at the request of local Columbus City School dance teachers who…
Doug Varone and Dancers lead HATCH Summer Dance Intensive
Ohio State's Department of Dance hosted HATCH (Holistic Approaches to Transformative Choreography) summer incubator program July 7-12, 2025, an exhilarating week of boundless exploration,…
Department of Dance hosts Institute for Dunham Technique Certification Conference
A collaborative research project between Ohio State Dance Professor Dr. Harmony Bench and Dr. Kate Elswit (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) focused on choreographer Katherine Dunham paved…
Buckeyes Abroad: Meghan Bhanoo
“This program abroad was important for me because it allowed me to experience culture beyond just tourism. By engaging with communities, art and nature firsthand, I felt more connected with the…
Department of Dance Hosts Dialogues in Dance Studies: Author Series
September 30, 20252 pm - 3:30 pmLocation: Sullivant Hall 247, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210Speaker: Cindy…
Assistant Professor Irvin Manuel Gonzalez leads department's inaugural course through the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project (OPEEP)
In Spring 2025, Dr. Irvin Manuel Gonzalez led the Department of Dance’s inaugural course through the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project (OPEEP). The semester focused on introducing students to…
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…
Associate Professor Nyama McCarthy-Brown appears on Voices of Excellence podcast
Nyama McCarthy-Brown: Everybody is a DancerOctober 1, 2025 at 12:00pm by juliabillerNyama McCarthy-Brown, Associate Professor of Dance Pedagogy through Community Engagement, discusses her work and…
In Memoriam: Ann Lilly
Ohio State Dance mourns the loss of Emerita Professor Ann Lilly, who died on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. She worked for Columbus City Schools and knew Department…
Assistant Professor Alfonso Abrahm Cervera presents his solo work RP at the Cleveland Dance Festival
The Department of Dance is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Alfonso Abrahm Cervera will present his solo work RP at the…