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In the News: The Linen Closet & Other Collections

"We are born and we die, and in between we wear clothes."

That's dancer, choreographer and…

Kylee Smith: Black Female Bodies in American Culture

Kylee Smith (BFA 2017) is featured in the College of Arts and Sciences Autumn 2017 Field Guide to Arts at Ohio State. Congratulations Kylee! 

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The Linen Closet & Other Collections

Dance Theatre Performance by Susan Van Pelt Petry
Performances:
Friday and Saturday, September 8 & 9, 2017
3:00 & 7:30
Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus, Ohio

Susan performs…

Buckeyes Represent at the ICKL Conference in Beijing!

Congratulations to all the Buckeyes who just returned from the International Council of Kinetography Laban Conference in Beijing!

Standing L-R: Wendy Chu (Hong Kong Academy of Performing…

Abby Zbikowski (MFA 2012) Wins 2017 Juried Bessie Award

Ohio State MFA Dance Alumna Abby Zbikowski was presented with the 2017 Juried Bessie Award at a press conference in New York, NY on July 12, 2017. The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies…

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…