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Dr. Melayne White Dixon, associate professor in the Department of Dance, was honored at April 4th's Faculty Recognition Reception. This reception celebrates The Ohio State University faculty who…

By Paige St. John

This year, the Department of Dance has welcomed Bessie award winner Eddie Taketa onto the Faculty as a visiting artist. Taketa has spent this past semester and a half…

At this year’s OhioDance Festival and Conference (“Dance Matters: Paving Possibilities”, taking place April 22-24), Professor Susan Van Pelt Petry will be given an award for outstanding…

Makeda Thomas is an artistic director, choreographer, dancer, writer and curator. She visits OSU Dance on Tuesday April 12th to teach masterclasses and share her creative research.

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Souleymane ‘Solo’ Badolo is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and dancer born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  He visits OSU Dance on Friday April 8th to teach masterclasses in technique and…

From March 5-8, 2016, Department of Dance BFAs and MFAs attended the American College Dance Association Regional Conference at Western Michigan University. Students took classes, taught classes,…

Professor Karen Eliot received the OSU Distinguished Teaching Award on Thursday, March 24 when her ballet technique class was interrupted by a surprise visit from Provost Bruce McPheron,…

Story by Paige St. John  

On February 26th, 2016, fourth-year doctorate candidate Kaustavi Sarkar received first place at the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum for her project…

Dr. Susan Chess (Music Supervisor in OSU Dance) and MFA students Kristina D’Onofrio and Joshua Manculich will be featured performers in the TEDxOhioStateUniversity event on March 5 at Mershon…