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2017-18 Dance Preservation Award Recipients
The Dance Preservation Fund (641562) was established in 1994 to further the recording of dance through awards to current students, graduates of the department, current faculty and…

Abigail Zbikowski (MFA 2012) is Choreographer-in-Residence at Princeton
Ohio State Dance Alumna Abigail Zbikowski (MFA 2012) has been selected to be one of four inaugural Caroline Hearst choreographers-in-residence for the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance…

#ASCspotlight - Dance Minor Emma Baranksi
Emma Baranski, a fourth-year from Connecticut, is studying arts management with a minor in dance. She is part of Ohio State’s synchronized swim team. This summer Baranski is moving to Northern…

Dance Department Founder’s Legacy Lives On
Helen Alkire once said, “I loved dancing and thought it should be the center of the whole university.”
So she made it her mission. Alkire founded The Ohio State University Department of…

Dr. Melanye White Dixon Receives OhioDance Award
The Department of Dance congratulates Associate Professor Dr. Melanye White Dixon for receiving the 2017 OhioDance Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Dance Education from…

Ph.D. Candidate Janet Schroeder Wins AGGRS Award
Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Janet Schroeder for winning the Graduate School’s Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) for her project, "Staging Appalachia, Maintaining…

Timothy Scott Allan Award for Modern Dance
Named for Ohio State University Department of Dance alumnus Tim Allan ('85) who passed away in 1996, this award is given to an undergraduate dance major specializing in modern dance who…

Autism and Ohio State Dance
Making an impact through movement
Ohio State Dance students are changing the lives of local children with the power of dance.

Susan Van Pelt Petry Wins Grant Award
The Deparment of Dance congratulates Professor Susan Van Pelt Petry for recieving a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Grant. The grant is supporting the production phase of her new half hour…