Week 8 Announcements: November 16-22

Featured video: Melanie Bales new work, set to Nocturnes No. 4 and No. 6 by Erik Satie, and performed by visiting artists Abby Yager and Ming-Lung Yang will be one of several featured at this year's Resident & Visiting Artists Concert “Manimals and Other Human Creatures,” taking place November 19-21 in Sullivant Theatre. Visit the OSUDance website to view more.




Faculty and visiting artists from the Department of Dance at Ohio State present “Manimals and Other Human Creatures,” an evening of new works, Thursday—Saturday, November 19-21, 2009 at 8 p.m. in Sullivant Theatre, 1813 N. High St. on campus. Click here to view clips and download a press release. RSVP on Facebook!

Buckeyethon
Brock Schroeder, Entertainment Chair for Buckeyethon this year, is seeking dance majors from the OSU Department of Dance to perform at the Buckeyethon Dance. The date for the dance is February 20, 2010 from 12:00pm to 2:00am. It will be held in the RPAC special events gym. There will be other entertainment acts so Brock will need to schedule a time slot for each performance if the Department of Dance is interested.
 
If interested and/or have any questions feel free to contact Brock via email schroeder.460@buckeyemail.osu.edu or phone (419) 996 – 9687.

Dance Africa
Dr. Chuck Davis will be presenting "Dance Africa" at the King Arts Complex February 20, 2010. For more information on this and other events at the King Arts Complex go to their website.




Call for Papers
Dance and Music: Moving Dialogues International Conference March 10-12, 2011
The “Moving Dialogues” conference will provide an occasion to rearticulate and re-imagine the critical questions raised by scholars and practitioners on the difficult art of communicating across these two disciplines. Moreover, it will provide a broad framework of interaction and the sharing of perspectives by music and dance scholars, as well as choreographers and composers. As an international center for dance and home to a vibrant musical culture supported by two dance departments and five university-level schools of music, Montréal is a natural venue for this interdisciplinary venture. This bilingual conference will take place at McGill University 10-12 March 2011. For further information, please contact: Steven Huebner, huebner@music.mcgill.ca http://www.sqrm.qc.ca ; http://www.oicm.umontreal.ca

Call for papers
BMCA-USA 25th Annual Conference, Somatic Pedagogy
; June 3-6, 2010

Denison University, Granville, Ohio


This year's conference will balance experiential workshops with round table conversations. We aim to invite and include practitioners of several modalities.

To submit a proposal for a workshop or to ask to be included as a presenter in a round table conversation, please follow this link.

Deadline for submission is November 10, 2009. Notification by December 1.

Call for Papers:
 International Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: "The End?" ; March 25-27, 2010 at Indiana University in Bloomington.

 Bookends, happy endings, at wit’s end, means to an end, split ends, making ends meet… the list could go on. We imagine the end in endless ways when we think about our languages, our cultures, our disciplines, our arts, and ourselves. What sort of ends are we at, or fast approaching? What ends have we passed? When we structure our thinking around an ending, do we imply a certain teleology? Do we point to a moment of division or rupture? Do we ask about a new beginning? 

This conference seeks to investigate, and perhaps challenge, the notion of ‘the end’ from a wide array of angles. We hope to receive papers from a variety of disciplines, employing any number of methodologies, and considering any time period. Below are some suggestions for possible topics. This list is by no means exhaustive; rather, we hope these ideas might inspire some exciting new thoughts about ends:

We encourage proposals for individual papers as well as panel proposals organized by topic. We particularly encourage creative presentations and interdisciplinary projects. Please submit (both as an attachment AND in the body of the email) an abstract of no more than 250 words along with a few personal details (name, institutional affiliation, degree level, email, and phone number) by January 15, 2010 to iugradconference@gmail.com.

Needed: Choreographer/Dance Instructor for Company B- Musical Theatre intensive classes. Placement Audition: January 12 from 6-8:30pm. Classes held January 19-March 13;
Tuesdays 6-8pm and Saturdays 1-4pm (Dance teacher needed both days full time). “In-formance” March 13, Time TBA. Base pay $15 hr.
Age of Students: There will be two groups: Group 1: Ages 11-13 Group 2: Ages 14-18
If you loved our Musical Theatre Intensives this summer, then join us for Company B! Take your musical theatre skills to a whole new level as you work towards being a “triple threat.” This eight week class will culminate in a “sharing” of our work on March 13. All Company B students must complete a placement audition. If interested in this opportunity please contact Heather Burley: hburley@phoenix4kids.org

Lacina Coulibaly
Monday, November 16; 10:30-12pm in Studio 1
Sign up sheet for 12 people. Brown Bag Lunch discussion and viewing open to all in Studio 1 from 12-12:30pm.
Lacina Coulibaly, from Burkina Faso, has trained and performed in both traditional African dance (as a member of Kongo Bâ) and contemporary modern dance (with Lassann Congo, the well-known African choreographer). In 1995, Mr. Coulibaly created the Cie Kongo Ba Teria with Souleymane Badolo and Ousseni Sako. Their creations, Frères sans stèles (1999), Vin Nem (2001) and Hydou Bye (2004) toured the world and won international awards, including the Pan-African choreographic competition, SANGA. In addition, Coulibaly has danced and choreographed with other international dance companies including Faso Danse Theatre. He has performed in collaboration with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project at Cornell University in 2009. In 2007 he was featured in the documentary “Movement (R)evolution Africa” which documents the emergent African experimental dance scene . He is teaching at Yale University in the fall of 2009 and is a Research/Artist Fellow at the Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning at Stony Brook for fall 2009.




Thanks to the Undergrad Studies Committee and to all the volunteers who helped to make last weekend’s audition process smooth and productive. Many visitors commented on the welcoming and thoughtful process. The extra effort many of you put into our recruitment efforts really pays off in the future. My thanks to you and kudos to Susan Hadley’s leadership.


Check out the preview of Eran Hanlon and Julie Fox's Autumn Perspective MFA show in the Lantern!




Graduate Fellowships

The Samuel M. Melton Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies 
The George M. & Renée K. Levine Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies 

Each fellowship is awarded annually. Application Deadline is February 1, 2010. 
Detailed application information can be downloaded from the OSUDance professional resources webpage under "graduate fellowships." Each fellowship provides a $15,000 stipend and a full fee remission for one academic year. 

The fellowship must be used for graduate research in a core area of Jewish Studies. For information about the Jewish Studies faculty at OSU please see our website. 

To be eligible for a Jewish Studies Fellowship you must first be accepted into an OSU affiliated department with a graduate degree program. You should contact the department for specific graduate admission requirements. An application and Graduate School Bulletin may be obtained from the OSU Graduate Admissions Office, 3rd Floor, Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive, Columbus, OH 43210 or you may apply on-line by going to the OSU Graduate Admissions Office section of the OSU website. Additional information may be obtained from The Graduate School, 250 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210. Current OSU graduate students are also eligible to apply.




Ouagadougou Dance and Drum: July 18- August 5, 2010
Study West African Dance and Drumming in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso This Summer with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project and DAFRA Drum Ensemble, In association with Napam Beogo/Center for Artisans and Visual Arts
Two weeks of exciting dance and drum workshops with established West African dance and drum teachers ranging from the griot tradition to established contemporary artists. In addition to the daily program of dance classes and drumming classes there will be a workshop in batik making. We will tour outside of Ouagadougo with three excursions to see wild elephants, baboons and many animals at the Nazinga National Reserve near the Ghana border, the leather making village of Kaya, and the artistic granite village of Lango. The fee covers all workshops, lodging, three delicious homemade meals per day, local travel with group, and excursions outside of the city. Airfare to and from Burkina Faso is not covered. For more information please see attached or feel free to go to the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project website, email bakertarpagadance@gmail.com or call (614) 247-7394.

Week 7 Announcements: November 9-15

Featured image: MFA candidate Eran Hanlon performs his work The Anathema Project, part of last week's Autumn Perspective MFA Dance Concert.




Anthro(pop)ology II
November 13-15, 2009
Columbus Dance Theatre, 592 E. Main Street, Columbus, OH
Friday & Saturday; 8:00pm
Sunday Matinee; 3:00pm
all tickets $10
Visit the Amerifluff website for more info.




Undergrads! Great opportunity to fulfill your Experiential Learning Requirement!
 Daryl Flemming, the vocal music teacher at The Columbus Alternative High School is producing a “musical review” tentatively scheduled for May 14, 2010 in the early evening. The “musical review” will include vignettes of Broadway musicals. If you are interested in being the choreographer for this event, please do contact Mr. Flemming. Mr. Flemming is planning to conduct the first rehearsal meeting in mid-February; rehearsals would resume in late March and continue through May 13. The school would provide a $150 stipend to reimburse the Dance Major choreographer-volunteer for her/his expenses. Please contact Mr. Flemming either at telephone number 614-365-6006 (no voice mail) or at his e-mail address, dflemming9473@columbus.k12.oh.us.

Jerome Robbins Bogliasco Fellowship in Dance

The Bogliasco Foundation is pleased to announce that, thanks to a generous grant from the Jerome Robbins Foundation, it will offer its sixth annual Special Fellowship in Dance to an American choreographer during the 2010-11 academic year at the Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities, near Genoa, Italy. The one-month residency is intended for a single choreographer working on material for a future piece or on a solo work. Any choreographer who is interested in being considered for this special Fellowship needs to submit an application by January 15, 2010 for the fall/winter semester and April 15, 2010 for the winter/spring semester. Announcements as to the recipients of all Special Fellowships are made on July 1.

 We encourage interested candidates to visit the Foundation’s website which provides more detailed information about how to apply to the Bogliasco Foundation’s Fellowship program.

Imagining Bodies: Landscape, Memory, Community: May 13-15, 2010

The Department of Choreography, Institute of Fine Arts, Tallinn University, Estonia

Proposal deadline: December 15, 2009
 

A symposium examining relationships between bodies and communities – looking at how dance and body based practices intersect with dialectics of nation and identity across shifting global terrains and economies.
 
Please submit a 250-word abstract describing your roundtable, panel or paper. Proposals may be accompanied by a brief bibliography. Performance, workshop, film and installation proposals should also be 250 words, including an explanation of your proposal’s connection to the symposium topic, and duration of activity. Please also include a link to an online video sample or, if it is easier, you may mail us a DVD. Please include your name, phone number, email address, affiliation, a brief bio (2-3 sentences), and any technical requirements (internet, power point, video/DVD, etc.).
 
Deadline: Proposals must be received by December 15, 2009, notification by February 2010.
 
Send your proposals to Heili Einasto.
 Email: heiein@tlu.ee (please write your name and “Conference Proposal in the subject line)
. Address: Heili Einasto, Kunstide Instituut, Lai tn 13, Tallinn 10133, Estonia



Dance Under Construction: Call for Papers and Performances
Hosted at UC Riverside April 16 & 17, 2010

In response to the times, the conference theme intends to investigate and unravel economies in dance, the body, performance, and other embodied sites of critical analysis. The economy as defined by its financial or monetary meaning greatly impacts dance and the study of dance in a university setting, but there are so many other economies at play, in motion. Economy also refers to the organization of something, a system of exchange and interaction. Choreographers account for these economies (for example, of space, sexuality, gender, politics, power…the list goes on and on) when creating work and these encounters and systems of organization are ripe for the picking by dance scholars.

We invite broad and innovative interpretations of the conference theme through papers, projects, and performances. Work that utilizes and/or analyzes various mediums such as dance, film, text, cultural production, and other performance genres are encouraged. Proposals for panels, working groups, professional development workshops, and roundtable discussions are also welcome.

For more information please see attached. Please direct your proposals or inquiries to dance_under_construction@yahoo.com by January 15, 2010.

Please join us for the next Project Narrative Event: A Dialogue on Feminist, Cognitive, Rhetorical, and Postmodern Narratologies 
Friday, November 13 from 1:30 - 3:30pm in Denney 311. For more information please conact Jim Phelan, Distinguished University Professor and Editor, phelan.1@osu.edu

Ending Domination: Diversity Matters
November 5, 2009; 4:30 p.m.
Saxbe Auditorium in Drinko Hall
The President and Provost’s Diversity Lecture & Cultural Arts Series is hosting "Ending Domination: Diversity Matters" by bell hooks. hooks currently is in residence at Berea College in Berea, Ky., near her hometown — an experience that inspires her most recent book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Contact: 292-4355. Click here for more information or download the flyer.




Contact Improvisation Jam - OSU

November 14, 4:00-6:00pm, Studio 3 (No jam November 28, Thanksgiving)

Lesson: before jam 3:30pm-4:00pm, Studio 3

Contact Improvisation is a physical investigation into gravity, momentum, and weight sharing between two or more bodies. Dancers move with constant attentiveness to their own bodies, impulses, and trajectories, while listening and responding authentically to their partners. The form encourages mindful awareness and mutual exchange. A Contact Jam is an open, informal space to which dancers of all types and backgrounds are invited to explore their bodies in a kinesthetic relationship to other bodies. Come early for a short lesson before the jam, 3:30-4pm. The jam is not facilitated, but beginners are welcome and can receive an informal introduction to the form.

Robert Wechsler - Teaching multimedia dance and choreography. Director of Palindrome Dance and former Cunningham dancer
Friday, November 13 12:30-2:30pm in Studio 5
Sign up sheet on the board outside Studio 1.
In this workshop Robert will share some of Palindrome’s recent work and teach “motion tracking – this means using sensors and computers to make movement control the music, lights, text, sounds, video... actually anything you could think of! The workshop has two features 1) you learn what motion tracking is good for, and 2) you learn how to do it. He has taught dancers, composers, singers, computer engineers, designers, actors, architects, musicians, performance artists, and choreographers.

Lacina Coulibaly
Monday, November 16
10:30-12pm in Studio 1
Sign up sheet for 12 people
12-12:30 Brown Bag Lunch discussion and viewing open to all in Studio 1
Lacina Coulibaly, from Burkina Faso, has trained and performed in both traditional African dance (as a member of Kongo Bâ) and contemporary modern dance (with Lassann Congo, the well-known African choreographer). In 1995, Mr. Coulibaly created the Cie Kongo Ba Teria with Souleymane Badolo and Ousseni Sako. Their creations, Frères sans stèles (1999), Vin Nem (2001) and Hydou Bye (2004) toured the world and won international awards, including the Pan-African choreographic competition, SANGA. In addition, Coulibaly has danced and choreographed with other international dance companies including Faso Danse Theatre. He has performed in collaboration with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project at Cornell University in 2009. In 2007 he was featured in the documentary “Movement (R)evolution Africa” which documents the emergent African experimental dance scene www.movementrevolutionafrica.com. He is teaching at Yale University in the fall of 2009 and is a Research/Artist Fellow at the Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning at Stony Brook for fall 2009.




Yoga: Theory and Practice
Winter 2010: 3 credit hours
Dance 601.08 Lab 7555
Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30am-12:18pm in Pomerene 205

In the practice component of this class, you will learn and practice yoga techniques- including poses, sequences, breathing exercises, meditation, and relaxation exercises. In the theory component you will explore the larger context of yoga, including history, philosophy, energetics, and applications of yoga to modern wellness. In addition, you will have the opportunity to more deeply investigate an aspect of yoga that is personally or professionally relevant to you. Each class meeting will have both practice and theory components. Basic yoga experience recommended but not required. Fulfills a course in the Dance Minor. Fulfills a course in the Integrative Approaches to Health and Wellness (IHW) Minor. Questions? Email the Instructor: Beaker Prince prince.78@osu.edu

West African Dance with Olivier Tarpaga
Winter 2010: 2 credit hours
Dance 601.08
Monday and Wednesday, 7-8:30pm in Studio 1, Sullivant Hall
The Department of Dance welcomes Olivier Tarpaga, acclaimed dancer, drummer, choreographer, originally from Burkina Faso, and newly relocated to Columbus from Los Angeles. His wife, Esther Baker-Tarpaga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dance. Join this class for the beginning of a growing relationship.

This course is an intensive dance class where students will be learning and demonstrating traditional dances while engaging in contemporary movement and themes. Students will learn about the Manding Empire, which comprised of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal. Students will learn movements, rhythms, and several African language greetings. Through discussions of culture, music and movement traditions, students will understand the integrity of dance in the daily life in West Africa. The live drumming will represent a crucial part in this course.




Limón Intensive Studies Program
This intensive will be held this spring if there are enough interested participants. The program runs for twelve weeks start on March 1, 2010 with an option to start earlier on February 14.
 
The program consists of daily technique classes, Limón and Humphrey repertory workshops, as well as sessions on musicality, alignment, performance techniques, Limón's choreographic legacy, tickets to performances, open Limón Company rehearsals, and a final performance experience.
 Students should be at the advanced/intermediate level, and can be accepted after taking an audition class, or by means of a video audition.
 


Choreographic Intensives at the Limón Institute
This is a series of three twelve-week sessions exploring the craft and art of choreography. Each session will be taught by three different faculty members, and will culminate in a New York Studio Showing. The faculty will include Jim May, Janis Brenner, Sue Bernhard and Ann Vachon.

For more information on these two opportunities please visit Limón Institute Web site. Please feel free to email Ann Vachon, Director of the Limón Institute at avachon@limon.org if you have any questions.

Week 6 Announcements: November 2-8

Featured image: OSUDance Hip-hop students, led by MFA student Jolene Bartley, perform Thriller on the Oval on the Friday before Halloween.




Featured image: MFA student Julie Fox directs a rehearsal of her piece for the Autumn Perspective Dance Concert on November 5-7.

Contact Improvisation Jam - OSU

November 14, 4:00-6:00pm, Studio 3 (No jam November 28, Thanksgiving)

Lesson: before jam 3:30pm-4:00pm, Studio 3

Contact Improvisation is a physical investigation into gravity, momentum, and weight sharing between two or more bodies. Dancers move with constant attentiveness to their own bodies, impulses, and trajectories, while listening and responding authentically to their partners. The form encourages mindful awareness and mutual exchange. A Contact Jam is an open, informal space to which dancers of all types and backgrounds are invited to explore their bodies in a kinesthetic relationship to other bodies. Come early for a short lesson before the jam, 3:30-4pm. The jam is not facilitated, but beginners are welcome and can receive an informal introduction to the form.

Also hosting... Contact Improvisation Jam with Heidi Henderson. Friday, November 6, 4:30-6:30pm. Studio 1 in Sullivant Hall
. Come one come all!




Contact Improvisation Class with Heidi Henderson

Thursday, November 5, 8:45am-10:00am in Studio 4. 
Sign Up on the bulletin board outside Studio 1.


Yoga with DJ Laura Evans
Friday, November 13, 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Yoga on High, 1081 N. High St. Columbus 43201
Cost: $20.00. Preregistration is Required: Call 614.291.4444 by November 10.
Join us for our first-ever yoga dance party: flow yoga set to an eclectic playlist chosen by your dj and yoga teacher, Laura Evans, who practiced in the music/yoga tradition for years at Jivamukti Yoga in Toronto. For two hours, we’ll dance with some traditional—and many non-traditional—yoga asanas to music of a variety of styles.

Hip-Hop Dance Classes
A special invitation for OSU dance students to attend a hip-hop workshop at a reduced rate: Jean Stevens is offering a 5-class workshop for $50.00 at the Columbus Convention Center. Both dance majors and students in the elective program are welcome at that rate. You can find more information and registration forms on the Midwest Moves website. If interested please contact Jean directly at 614-668-0022 or by email at jeanlstevens@gmail.com.




Alexander Technique
Dale Beaver will be teaching Alexander Technique in Winter Quarter through the Department of Theatre in the Drake Center.
• Theatre 405.10-50 (Undergrad) 800.08-80 (Grad) Monday and Wednesday 9:30-10:18am
• Theatre 405.10-60 (Undergrad) 800.08-60 (Grad) Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:18am
• Theatre 405.10-70 (Undergrad) 800.08-70 (Grad) Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:18pm
All are welcome to register!

IRB and Exempt Review Workshop
10:30a.m. -12:00p.m. on Friday, November 13 in Page Hall 020
Arts & Humanities faculty and graduate students are invited to a workshop on the IRB and Exemption processes for human subjects research review at OSU. The workshop will focus exclusively on topics and examples concerning researchers in the Arts & Humanities, such as what "counts" as research according to federal regulations, how to navigate the review process if the regulations apply to you, how to effectively use the flexibility in the regulations to conduct artistic and humanistic research, and other frequently asked questions. Featured speakers will be IRB Chair and Professor Shari Speer, IRB Member and Comparative Studies Professor Tanya Erzen, and Senior Protocol Analyst for Exempt Research Cheri Pettey.

Graduate Students
The following electives may be of particular interest during Winter Quarter:

• PUBPOLM 810 - Managing Public Organizations, 4 credit hours

• PUBPOLM 880.02 - Grants Policy and Administration, 5 credit hours

• PUBPOLM 880.05 - Markets or Mandates: The Political Economy of Regulation, Deregulation and Reregulation, 5 credit hours

• PUBPOLM 880.06 - Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Theory and Practice, 5 credits

• PUBPOLM 880.06 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector, 5 credits


The following elective may also be of interest during Winter Quarter:

• PUBPOLM 890 - Ph.D. Seminar on Logic of Inquiry, 3 credits 
 
More information about these courses can be found here.




Julie Cruse has been invited to present on her work-in-progress with VICKi at Automaton II, presented by the Fuse Factory. Congrats Julie!





The call for dancers to improvise for Tone Elevator is still open. If anyone is interested please contact choreobot8@gmail.com by November 1.




Motion Capture
Neelima Karanam, a graduate student in the Computer Science and Engineering department, is seeking participants for her research, which involves analysis of gait based on age and gender using motion capture. She is currently looking for volunteers (over 40 years old). If interested please contact her at karanam.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu.

Featured image: John Giffin and John Giffin (Louise Eberle) in the Studio.

Week 5 Announcements: October 26-November 1

Featured image: Professor Emeritus John Giffin and Professor Victoria Uris, in preparation for the Resident Artists performance on November 19-21, 2009.





Dance on Camera
October 28, 2009
OSUdance Alumni Dance for Camera works. Please see attached flyer for more details.

MFA 2009-2010 Dance Concert Season
Follow the third year grads' final MFA projects by reading their blog! Their season titled, Perspectives, begins November 5th! Visit their blog to see where they are in their process and what to expect at these performances, exhibitions and lectures.

Dance at The Wexner Center’s Super Sunday
Sunday, November 1
Check out Super Sunday and witness dancers relating to Luc Tuymans’s paintings through movement. Featured dancers include Erik Abbott-Main, Dante’ Brown, Mair Culbreth, Fiona Lundie, Eric Nordstrom, Rashana Smith and Abby Zbikowski. Performances are Sunday, November 1st at 2:30 and 4:30pm in the galleries. Admission is FREE! For more information about Super Sunday activities and events, click here.




The Upper Arlington Parks & Recreation Department is seeking a ballet instructor. Please see attached for more information.




Sololos Project
Abby Yager will be working Spring Quarter MWF beginning with technique from 8:45am then transitioning into Rep until 12:00pm. Those who are interested in this project should come and speak with her by the end of this week.

Studying Abroad
The attached document provides information about $25,000 scholarships for studying abroad in 2011-2012. Rotary International will be particularly interested in Arts and Humanities undergraduates, including those who want to pursue a master's degree through the Rotary World Peace Scholars program. Students majoring in a foreign language with a business emphasis may be particularly interested.
The 15th annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at RPAC! Mark your calendars now - more information about the Denman can be found here.

Undergrads! Great opportunity to fulfill your “Experiential Learning Requirement”!
 Daryl Flemming, the vocal music teacher at The Columbus Alternative High School is producing a “musical review” tentatively scheduled for May 14, 2010 in the early evening. The “musical review” will include vignettes of Broadway musicals. If you are interested in being the choreographer for this event, please do contact Mr. Flemming. Mr. Flemming is planning to conduct the first rehearsal meeting in mid-February; rehearsals would resume in late March and continue through May 13. The school would provide a $150 stipend to reimburse the Dance Major choreographer-volunteer for her/his expenses. Please contact Mr. Flemming either at telephone number 614-365-6006 (no voice mail) or at his e-mail address, dflemming9473@columbus.k12.oh.us.




Dominic Moore is seeking African-American dancers
Attached is a flier about an upcoming dance company in Akron, Ohio that he is artistically directing. This would be a good opportunity for dancers to rehearse, perform, and experience the makings of a company that is just beginning.




H1N1 Updates
!
For the latest information on H1N1 please visit the Ohio Department of Health’s website. There is also a link to where people can pre-register to receive the H1N1 vaccine once it becomes available to the public.




Announcing the "Name That Ghost Light" contest for our newest acquisition on Sullivant's stage. Carrie Cox is compiling a list of potential names for a departmental vote later in the month. Suggestions, thus far, have been for Casper, Helen, Lumis, and Floyd. E-mail her (cox.193) your great ideas by October 26; we'll vote before Halloween!

Week 4 Announcements: October 19-25

Featured image: OSUDance Lecturer Meghan Durham-Wall, in preparation for the Resident Artists performance, taking place in late November.

Columbus Dances X!!
Concert on October 23-25.
Featuring work by:
Megan Pitcher (MegLouise Dance)
Paige Phillips (The Express Boatman)
Mariah Layne French (Xclaim Dance)
Sarah Hixon (Hixon Dance)
Alejandra Jara
CoCo Loupe (cocoloupedance) For more information see the CM2 events page. Come to the Improvisation Jam on Friday, October 30 from 6:00-8:30pm! Gather friends, family, musicians, dancers, and non-dancers for a night of jamming before Halloween! Dress in costume if you like! Spread the word around and let's have some fun! The jam will be in Studio 1 in Sullivant Hall. See you then!

Ming-Lung Yang will be presenting his research in Taiwan and touring it throughout Europe from October 19 to November 7, 2009. The performance dates are as follows:
October 23 & 24, 2009 – Novel Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
October 28, 2009 – Zuiderpershuis, Anvers, Belgium
October 30, 2009 – KIT Royal Tropical Theatre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
November 1, 2009 – RASA Theatre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
November 5-7, 2009 – Palermo, Italy
Colleen Leonardi, an outstanding OSU alumnus who earned her MFA two years ago, will be teaching in his absence.

Thursday, October 22; 7:00-8:30pm

OSU Urban Arts Space


A screening of the feature-length documentary, Thinking On Their Feet: Women of the Tap Renaissance followed by a short Q&A with director Jenai Cutcher. 

More information is available here.

Contact Improvisation Jam - Three Chances to Jam
October 24, November 14 & 28, 4:00-6:00pm, Studio 3
Lesson: before jam 3:30pm-4:00pm, Studio 3
Contact Improvisation is a physical investigation into gravity, momentum, and weight sharing between two or more bodies. Dancers move with constant attentiveness to their own bodies, impulses, and trajectories, while listening and responding authentically to their partners. The form encourages mindful awareness and mutual exchange. A Contact Jam is an open, informal space to which dancers of all types and backgrounds are invited to explore their bodies in a kinesthetic relationship to other bodies. Come early for a short lesson before the jam, 3:30-4pm. The jam is not facilitated, but beginners are welcome and can receive an informal introduction to the form.

Performance Improvisation Ensemble
Most recently, the Improv Rep Ensemble performed at the 60x60 Columbus performance at Wall Street Nightclub and at the first annual Clintonville Crawl. We are continuing our performative practice and invite all students, faculty, and staff to a showing of our work/process in progress on Thursday, October 22 at 1:30pm in Studio 2 Sullivant Hall!




FOD maintenance personnel will be undertaking the annual cooling-to-heating season transition in your respective buildings in the weeks to come. As we transition into the heating season, you may notice increased activity from FOD maintenance personnel in and around the mechanical spaces of your buildings. During the next several weeks, year-end cooling maintenance will be occurring while the heating systems are prepared for the upcoming demand.

Specifically, in your building the maintenance personnel will be shutting down certain cooling systems, where applicable, and performing the proper maintenance to bring the heating systems on-line. We are working to ensure a seamless changeover from cooling to heating. However, weather variations may cause unanticipated fluctuations to interior temperatures as we progress through this transition. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience as we perform these necessary tasks. If you have any questions or concerns related to this transition to heating, please contact your designated Zone Leader.

Week 3 Announcements: October 12-18

Featured image: Abigail Yager and Ming-Lung Yang in preparation for the Resident Artists performance, taking place in late November.




Danse Homage: An Evening of Repertory Dance
Kristina Isabelle Dance Company
Friday and Saturday, October 16 & 17; 8pm, Sullivant Hall Theater
Danse Homage features repertory works from the Kristina Isabelle Dance Company. The Friday evening performance will feature the young artists from Columbus Dance Theater, and the intermission offers an opportunity to meet other dancers from the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center and Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary. The Saturday evening guest artist, Alfred Dove from The Dove Arts, will perform, and dance artists from the Columbus community will be in the audience and available for conversation during intermission.
Reserved Seating: $21
General Admission: $14
Student and Faculty Buck ID tickets: $7
Advanced sales of reserved seats are available through the OSU Theater Department ticket office at 292-2295 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For further information, see www.kristinaisabelledance.com, or view the event on The Columbus Dance Calendar. While you’re there, check out all of the other amazing upcoming dance events in Columbus, OH!

Contact Improvisation Jam - OSU

Saturday, October 10 from 4-6pm in Studio 3, Sullivant Hall

Lesson before jam 3:30-4:00pm

Contact Improvisation is a physical investigation into gravity, momentum, and weight sharing between two or more bodies. Dancers move with constant attentiveness to their own bodies, impulses, and trajectories, while listening and responding authentically to their partners. The form encourages mindful awareness and mutual exchange. 
 A Contact Jam is an open, informal space to which dancers of all types and backgrounds are invited to explore their bodies in a kinesthetic relationship to other bodies. Come early for a short lesson before the jam, 3:30-4pm. The jam is not facilitated, but beginners are welcome and can receive an informal introduction to the form.

Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop with Duane Wrenn
Saturday, October 17 from 1:00-4:30pm
Short Stop Youth Center, 1066 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43201

Cap City Salsa
Wednesdays October 7 & 21, November 4 & 18, and December 2 & 16
El Vaquero, 3230 Olentagy River Road, Columbus, OH 43202

For more information on both the Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop with Duane Wrenn and Cap City Salsa, go to the Cap City Salsa website.

Music & Dance Library Fall LP Sale!
Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 9:00am – 3:00pm in Sullivant Hall
Used Vinyl, LPs, CDs, Scores, Books. All Proceeds will benefit the music/dance library.
Items to be sold are gifts that the Library has received that either duplicate our holdings or for one reason or another are not needed by our student and faculty patrons. Classical, pop, jazz, Broad- way, blues, movie music are all represented. (Cash or checks only, please.) Mark your calendar and tell your friends!

Dance on Camera
October 14, 2009
Selections from Dance Films Association’s Dance on Camera Festival 2009
October 28, 2009
OSUdance Alumni Dance for Camera works. Please see attached flyer for more details.




The Wexner Center for the Arts is looking for OSU graduate students who are interested in planning and teaching interdisciplinary workshops in all areas of the arts to youth aged 5-18. Each summer, the Wexner Center for the Arts offers workshops for students aged 5-18. They are usually one-week long, three hours per day. The content of the workshops varies and is driven by the interests and passion of YOU! Past classes include photography projects, drawing/painting, graphic novels, hand-made video, architecture model making, playwriting, bricolage, extreme knitting, radio, DJ-ing, etc. Our staff will be available to support you each step along the way – including the planning, implementation, and evaluation process. Please call/email Jean to discuss your idea NOW! All teaching artists receive an honorarium. The Wexner Center is responsible for all promotion, registration, and all administrative details of managing the workshop. You bring the ideas, passion and talent to make it happen. We provide the opportunity, an assistant, the space, supplies, equipment and students. Please note that we are required by law to conduct a background check of all applicants.
If you are interested in submitting an idea/proposal for a workshop, please send a brief cover letter describing your interests and a copy of your resumé or CV to Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org by the deadline Monday, November 2. Students in all disciplines are invited to apply. Collaborations and teams are encouraged (you will split your stipend).
Please contact Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org or 614-292-4614 with any questions or ideas you want to discuss.

The Wexner Center for the Arts has a variety of academic internship opportunities available starting winter quarter. The deadline for winter quarter internships is Monday, November 2. Please see the attached document for more information and an application. If you have questions, please contact Amanda Potter at apotter@wexarts.org.

Call for Submissions
: Encounters with Contact Improvisation
To: All College Students and Teachers; Dancers/Writers/Photographers

From: The Editorial Staff at Encounters with CI


Send us your course descriptions
. Send us your students' writings about Contact Improvisation
. Send us your own reflections.

 As part of a year-long celebration of Contact Improvisation and in conjunction with Contact Quarterly, Oberlin College is sponsoring a publication by, for, and about Contact in College. We are looking for short pithy commentaries or longer pieces on the experience of dancing Contact Improvisation in college. Photographs are welcome too. Please address interest, inquiries or submissions to encounters@oberlin.edu.


Ann Cooper Albright
Project Director, 
Warner Center

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074

encounters@oberlin.edu

Dancers Needed!
The Fuse Factory is promoting art, dance & technology they are doing at BoMA! For anyone who did not get to see Robert Weschler of Palindrome last time he was here, he will be the closing act. The band Tone Elevator is opening and is interested in working with some improvisational dancing.


Who: The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab

What: Automaton II (annual art/dance/technology shindig)

Where: Bar of Modern Art
 When: Saturday, November 14, 7-10pm

Why: To promote art, dance, + technology
For more information go to the Fuse Factory web site.

Win a Professional Review of Your Dance Video!
 Beginning with the October Dancemedia.com video contests, Editors' Choice video selections will be spotlighted in the magazines, and all Editors' Choice and Viewers' Choice videos win online reviews. Share your talent with your friends and be seen by over a million dancers, teachers, choreographers, and directors. Post your video now.




The Academy of Urban Dance & Fitness is sponsoring a master class with dancer/choreographer Kevin Fisher. For more information on this opportunity please see the attached.




Experiencing Music Through Eurhythmic
Instructor: Dr. Susan Chess
Course Number: Dance 694
Place: Studio II in Sullivant Hall
Day and Time: Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:00pm
Credit Hours: 3 U G
All majors are welcome to enroll for this music and movement experience. Dalcroze Eurhythmics is an approach to teaching music that was devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze that uses expression of musical concepts through physical movement. While this course assumes little or no musical experience, music MAJORS are welcome to enroll in order to experience music through movement principles and accumulate teaching resources. The student will have the opportunity to experiment with movement, playing instruments, manipulating and creating text, vocalizing rhythms, and creating music in a non-threatening environment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email the instructor at: chess.1@osu.edu

The Graduate and Professional School Expo will be held on Wednesday, October 21 from 11:00am-3:00pm in the French Field House. Students will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from graduate and professional schools in health care, law, business, humanities, education, and more. Schools all over the country will attend, from the Big Ten to Ivy League, and even some schools from overseas. There will also be workshops about applying to graduate school, finding funding for graduate school, and obtaining research experience. There is no admission fee or registration, and all students are invited to attend. For more information about the event and a list of participating schools, click here.




ADF School January Intensive: December 28, 2009 – January 7, 2010
This nine-day workshop is designed for students interested in learning about New York's dance scene from the artists who are creating it. The design of the Intensive is artist centered. This allows students a broad range of explorations, study and inquiry into the profession of dance. If you have ever considered making New York City your dance home, this workshop is a great way to experience more and ask questions in an environment that supports the shaping of young artists. For more information: 919-684-6402 | school@americandancefestival.org




Health and Wellness
Students: please see attached as you consider getting a "get well bag" before any flu comes your way.

Project Studio
The Department of Dance is now accepting petitions for the Project Studio, a multi-use space for advanced audio/video editing. There are two workstations running Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. If you would like to petition to use the space, please fill out a petition and drop it in Michael Wall's mailbox downstairs. You can download a copy of the "project studio petition and policies" from the current student resources web page. Please contact at Michael Wall (wall.134@osu.edu) for more information.

Arts and Humanities Information Technology
The Arts Technology Services and Humanities Information Systems technology offices have officially merged. The new organization will be identified as Arts and Humanities Information Technology (Arts and Humanities IT).
 
The office of Arts and Humanities Information Technology will provide computing infrastructure and support services for the Division of Arts and Humanities academic, research and outreach programs.

 Please make a note of their new contact information:
Arts and Humanities Information Technology

455 Hagerty Hall (Walk-Ins Welcome! This building is right behind 
Sullivant Hall across College Ave.)

1775 College Road, 
Columbus, Ohio 43210
 

www.artsandhumanities.osu.edu/IT

614-688-4447
; ahtech@osu.edu

This information is posted in the administrative Copy Room, inside and outside the MediaLab, as well as on a few doors within the Department of Dance. Please write down the phone number, email address, or website where you can put in a Help Ticket, as needed. Also, please remember that if you have computer problems you need to contact 
IT and not contact or run to Shawn Hove or Melissa Bontempo. College IT 
tracks department computer problems and we need to represent department computer issues correctly in their system. It is the ONE way the Dean and the university can 
view our teaching, student, and work technology needs in one spot.
 
Thanks for our attention to this. Please contact college IT if you have questions.

Week 2 Announcements: October 5-11

Featured image: OSUDance students perform at last Saturday's 60x60 event at Wall Street in downtown Columbus.




Adjudication for Winter and Spring Concerts

On Saturday, December 5, in Sullivant Theatre at 1 PM, the Department of Dance will adjudicate for the Winter Concert which will be produced March 4-6 - that's the 9th week of WI 2010. Also, works will be chosen at that time for ACDFA at Ohio University. The dates for the festival are March 19-22 - that's F-M of finals week and spring break.
 
For anyone new to the 'system', dances are performed at the adjudication. A panel of faculty, staff & students selects the 10 or so pieces for the concert. During Winter Quarter, choreographers/directors attend a class - Dance 750 - on Friday afternoons. The class is a workshop to look at work and give feedback, help determine costumes, produce posters, fliers, programs, etc.
 
Anyone may show work at the adjudication. But, preference is given to works that are fairly complete. Works that are just ideas will not be considered. Also, in order to be considered, choreographers and dancers must be receiving credit for the piece this quarter.
 
The same process repeats for the Spring Concert. Adjudication will be Saturday, March 13th, in Sullivant Theatre at 1 pm. The concert is the 9th week of Sp'10 - May 27-29.
 
If you have questions, please connect with Michael Kelly Bruce.

Dance on Camera
October 14, 2009
Selections from Dance Films Association’s Dance on Camera Festival 2009
October 28, 2009
OSUdance Alumni Dance for Camera works. Please see attached flyer for more details.




The Society of Dance History Scholars
Call for Proposals for the next conference, July 8-11, 2010 at the University of Surrey, Guildford and The Place, London. Proposals will 
be accepted through November 2, 2009.
 
Details for how to submit proposals can be found here. 


Earthdance has opened the search for a new Operations Director and are also accepting applications for their Spring Seasonal Staff Program. For more information on open positions and the culture of Earthdance please go to their website.

The San Diego/Tijuana DANCEonFILM Call for Entries
DANCEonFILM announces our 3rd festival presenting international dance shorts on February 24-27, 2010. The DANCEonFILM FESTIVAL is produced by Larry Asakawa, Kara Miller, and Minerva Tapia in partnership with the SDSU School of Music and Dance, the Tijuana Cultural Center, Cal State San Marcos, and the Dance Films Association of New York. We are currently accepting submissions for the 2010 Festival through December 1, 2009. The Early Bird Entry Deadline is November 15, 2009. Download Entry Form. Questions may be directed to: info@dancefilmfestical.com.

Motion Capture Project
Here's a chance to explore ACCAD and see innovative research. Become a virtual model! Graduate student in CIS, Neclima Karanam, is researching people's range of motion and gait (walk) based on their age and gender. You can put on an ACCAD motion capture suit (think spandex!) and be a part of her study. Participants are used for 15-20 minutes and receive a gift card as a thank-you. All ages and gender are needed so faculty, staff, grads and undergrads are asked to contact Neclima at karanam.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu.

Balinese Dancers Needed
Michele Abidin is seeking Balinese dancers. If you are interested please contact her at michelemfa@yahoo.com, The performance site is at The Westin Columbus on October 17, 2009.


Male Dancer Needed
Shantha Parameswaran is a third year student with the medical school at OSU. She is looking for a versatile male dancer with a ballroom background who would be interested in performing a bollywood/ballroom fusion piece with her for a fundraiser show through the OSU College of Medicine in April 2010. The routine would be approximately 3 minutes in length and involve several lifts. If interested, please contact her at Shantha.Parameswaran@osumc.edu.

Do The Jingle
SafeAuto is once again opening up a public casting call to find talent for their next ad campaign called Do the Jingle II. They are looking for a person or group that can re-create the best version of their famous SafeAuto Jingle. They will be coming to Columbus to film October 23-25 to film groups interested in being featured in a Safe Auto commercial.
 
Safe Auto will be supporting this campaign with a substantial amount of media dollars. Since this is the second installment of the campaign the videos will receive multiple millions of views and will attract even more visibility then the last time. To see previous entries go here. 
Call Susan Pelletier at 212-671-1100 or email her at susan@pocketchangenyc.com with any questions or to set up a time to film.




Pre-Registration
Yes! You've just figured out registration for this quarter so we thought it would be fun to do pre-registration for NEXT quarter! These are required meetings.

Friday, October 9 from 12:30-1:30pm
Graduate students with Sheila Marion in Studio 6
Sophomores with Abby Yager in Studio 4
Seniors Advising Colloquium (pre reg and project planning) with Dave Covey in Studio 5

Friday October 16 from 12:30-1:30pm
Juniors Advising Colloquium (pre reg and forward looking) with Norah Zuniga-Shaw place TBA




Community Dance Information
Check out the NEW Community Dance bulletin board outside of Studio 3 for unique dance opportunities on campus and throughout Central Ohio. Want to advertise something you are involved in outside of the Department? Talk to Susan Heimburger to post your information.

The Dance Wellness clinic is now open. The appointment book is located in the administrative office; please schedule an appointment by signing up in available slots. The Dance Wellness webpage is now live. Clinic hours/days are listed on the webpage as well as posted on the clinic door. For the webpage, go to OSU Dance, then quicklinks to Dance Wellness. The clinic is 105A across from Sullivant Hall Gallery. Questions? e-mail Robin at Robin.Hunter@osumc.edu.