Friday, April 9, 2021
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Zoom: Registration Required

College Day is a free online event for high school students, but registration is required.  

High school students interested in pursuing dance in college are invited to spend a day in the life of an Ohio State Dance major! Visiting students will take and observe classes online, see student work online, attend an information session about our major and minor programs online, and mingle with our current BFA students online. Students will also have the opportunity to take a guided virtual tour of our state-of-the-art facilities.

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Sample Itinerary (subject to change): 

10:00am Welcome (Zoom)

Communications Specialist Damian Bowerman, Academic Program Coordinator Amy Schmidt, and current BFA Dance students will welcome and provide participants with a brief overview of the day’s events and activities.

10:20am-12:00pm OBSERVE CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE CLASSES (Virtual Sullivant Hall)

There will be four different contemporary technique classes taking place during this time frame. College Day participants will observe 20 minutes of each class. Online hosts will rotate between the classrooms. We have taken care to organize a rotation schedule that provides maximum viewing opportunities.

• Technique classes:

O  Momar Ndiaye, Virtual Recreation and Physical Activity Center
H   Eddie Taketa, Virtual Sullivant Hall Studio 390
 I   Countess Winfrey, Virtual Sullivant Hall Barnett Theatre 390
O  Crystal Michelle Perkins, Virtual Sullivant Hall Studio 270

12:30pm-1:00pm CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS for College Day Dancers
Instructed by Momar Ndiaye in Virtual Sullivant Hall Studio 250

1:05pm-2:00pm Virtual Sullivant Hall 320 Barnett Theatre
OPEN REHEARSAL of Crystal Perkins’ Freedom Practices followed by Q & A

2:05pm-3:00pm Virtual Sullivant Hall Barnett Theatre
Chair Dr. Nadine George-Graves Greeting and Q & A Forum with Current Ohio State Dance Students

3:00pm-3:45pm Virtual Sullivant Hall Barnett Theatre
SHOWING of Ohio State Dance student work

OHIO STATE VIRTUAL COLUMBUS CAMPUS TOUR

Attendees are invited take a self-guided virtual tour of the Columbus campus at your leisure: https://www.osu.edu/tour.html

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact us at dance@osu.edu. Requests made by March 26, 2021 will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.