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Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown Wins Dance Teacher Magazine Award

Dance Teacher Magazine selected Ohio State Dance Professor Nyama McCarthy-Brown as one of their 2021 Dance Teacher Award Honorees. "After reviewing thousands of nominations, the DT …

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Professors Perkins and Petry Premiere Land, Sugar, Bone & Other Illustrations

Choreographers and dancers Crystal Michelle Perkins and Susan Van Pelt Petry join for an evening of original dance theater, Land, Sugar, Bone & Other Illustrations. With one duet and two solos…

Crystal Michelle Perkins

Professor Perkins Wins 2021 Princess Grace Honoraria Award for Choreography

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA awarded Dance Professor Crystal Michelle Perkins with the 2021 Princess Grace Honoraria Award for Choreography. She was nominated by South Chicago Dance…

Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown

Dr. McCarthy-Brown Wins NDEO 2021 Outstanding Dance Educator (Higher Education) Award

The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) awarded Ohio State Dance Professor Nyama McCarthy-Brown with the 2021 Outstanding Dance Educator (Higher Education) Award, to be presented at…

Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman

MFA Dance Student Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman Blogs About Group Studies Seminar

Our Experience of Art in Conversation with Life

Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman, Ohio State MFA Candidate in Dance
Jul 26, 2021
From: wexarts.org 

So much of our time over the past…

Dance Studies Association

Graduate Students Win 2021 DSA Selma Jeanne Cohen Award and Travel Award

The Dance Studies Association (DSA) presented the 2021 Selma Jeanne Cohen Award to Ph.D. Student Alissa Elegant for "Dancing Revolutionary Change: China Railway Cultural Work Troupe…

Dr. Valarie Williams

Professor Valarie Williams Wins Excellence In Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award

The Office Student Academic Success—Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry (UR&CI) offers the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award to honor individuals…

Susan Van Pelt Petry

Susan Van Pelt Petry named Department of Dance interim chair

Susan Van Pelt Petry, a professor in the Department of Dance, was named the department’s interim chair for a one-year term, effective July 1. She previously chaired the department from 2006-…

Crystal Michelle Perkins

Crystal Michelle Perkins receives Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award

Assistant Professor of Dance Crystal Michelle Perkins received the 2021 Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award for her outstanding mentoring and leadership on behalf…