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Your Winter 2024 InForm has arrived! ❄️
Dear Department of Dance Community, As you have heard from the College of Arts and Sciences, I will have stepped down as chair by the time you read this message. This final InForm letter…
Abby Z and the New Utility's "Radioactive Practice" ranked the #1 dance performance in 2024 by the Guardian
The Guardian ranked Associate Professor Abby Zbikowski's company Abby Z and the New Utility's work "Radioactive Practice" the #1 dance performance in 2024. Presented in association with Dance…
Alumna Wu Menghang (PhD 2024) honored with the Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award
The American Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference honored Alumna Wu Menghang (PhD 2024) with the Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award. Wu's award-winning paper, titled "If the…
Professor and Chair Charles O. Anderson’s proposal to bring Guest Artist Doug Varone to campus awarded $20,000
The Office of Academic Affairs awarded $20,000 to support Chair Anderson’s proposal to continue the HATCH (Holistic Approaches to Transformative Choreography) incubator program, an…
Professor Emeritus John Giffin featured in The New York Times
Revisiting Pina Bausch’s World of Love and Longing in Aging Bodies“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to it…
Ph.D. Candidate Yujie Chen wins one of the 2024-2025 Presidential Fellowships
Ohio State Dance congratulates Ph.D. Candidate Yujie Chen for being named one of the 2024-2025 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by…
PhD Student Sidra Bell featured in new exhibit at the Met
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live PerformanceBlack artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.www.nytimes…
Abby Z and the New Utility's "Radioactive Practice" London, UK performance earns 5 star review from the Guardian
Associate Professor Abby Zbikowski's company Abby Z and the New Utility earned a 5 star review from the Guardian for her work "Radioactive Practice" presented in association with Dance Umbrella UK, a…
Radical Accounting Visualizations open at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Ohio State Associate Professor of Dance Harmony Bench and collaborator Kate Elswit, Professor of Performance and Technology at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London),…