Weekly Announcements: WEEK 9 | Feb 26-Mar 4

Notable News
Congratulations to the choreographers, performers, crew and musicians who collaborated for this year's OSU Drums Downtown!

Princess Grace Foundation
The Princess Grace Foundation - USA announces the availability of its 2007 applications for awards in Dance: Performance and Dance: Choreography. Performance 'Scholarships' provide tuition for professional training at a non-profit school in the U.S. Performance 'Fellowships' provide salary assistance for an company member who joined within the past five years. Choreography Fellowships in the amount of $10,000 support the emerging choreographer to create a new work for a professional dance company. Please visit the Foundation's website at www.pgfusa.org to download the grant applications.

Hip Hop Competition - Judges Needed!
The 1st Annual Midwest Mix Up Dance Competition on April 28,2007 at the Fawcette Center is seeking judges for the dance competition. If your interested in judging the competition please contact the coordinators by calling (216) 544-6383.

Scratch Discs
Over Spring Break we will be clearing off space on the scratch discs in the media lab. If you would like to request permission to keep a project on a scratch disc through the next quarter, please email JulieAnna, facelli.1@osu.edu by the last day of class, March 9. We will be making room for the video editing course next quarter on the first day of Spring Break. Some reminders about using the scratch discs...You must make a folder with your name on it in the scratch disc and put everything that is yours inside that folder (it's getting pretty messy). The scratch discs should be used for department projects only. It is not appropriate to store personal projects on department computers. We are always happy to see that our resources are being used. We do suggest however if you're consistently working on large projects to consider purchasing an external hard drive so you can hold on to your files. See JulieAnna or Shawn if you have any questions.

Critical Difference
Through the generous support of the Coca-Cola Foundation, the Critical Difference for Women Program at The Ohio State University announces two grant competitions for 2007. These grants are administered by the Department of Women’s Studies and the Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grants and Awards Committee, made up of 8 faculty from 5 Colleges. Instructions for applying and application forms can be obtained by going to http://womens-studies.osu.edu/ and clicking on “Grants and Awards”, then “Coca-Cola Faculty” or “Coca-Cola Ph.D or advanced graduate students”. All materials must be received no later than April 9.

Help Wanted
Interested in working with children? Working backstage in the beautiful Southern Theatre? Getting a free ticket for a friend for the Lori Bellilove performance project on April 6? Lori is looking for helpers backstage. There will be several children's groups performing in this intergenerational event based on the teachings and concepts of Isadora Duncan. If interested, please contact Susan Petry at petry.37@osu.edu .

Reminder of the week's events
Recent Projects/Work in Progress showing by Peter Richards and Jaclyn Thompson is taking place on Friday, March 2 at 3pm in Sullivant Hall Theatre. If you are unable to attend on Friday, you are welcome to come to the Tech rehearsal on Thursday, March 1 in the theatre from 2:30-5:00.

Jeff Friedman from Rutgers University and founder of the LEGACY oral history project will be visiting on March 1 and March 2. On Thursday, March 1 he will be presenting in the Dance in Academe class at 8:45. All are welcome to attend this session. On Friday he will be doing a presentation involving oral history and embodied research from 2:30-5:00 in Studio 5. All are welcome to attend.

Come out to Happy Hour
MFA Candidates Jeffrey Fouch, Sarah Hixon and Jaclyn Thompson are presenting Happy Hour on March 1-3 at 8pm.

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 8 | Feb 19-25

Notable News
Black History Month
Melanye White Dixon has been invited by the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Facility to present a program in honor of Black History Month on February 26th. She will be accompanied by five students from the Department of Dance who will perform works inspired by Negro Spirituals and Contemporary Gospel. The program is part of the Facility's monthly cultural and educational enrichment series and will serve girls ages 12 to 15.

Internships
In the spirit of helping you make multiple connections for different kinds of job options, one resource here on campus is through Arts and Sciences Career Services. Allison Plunkett is our contact there, and she’s working with us to get more arts related internships and jobs listed. Contact her at plunkett.21@osu.edu . She says students can access RESLINK system by going to the ASC Career Services website http://asccareerservices.osu.edu/ and clicking "Connect" under the Reslink icon. Students can receive a username and password to use Reslink by coming to 05 Brown Hall and signing the Reslink form at the front desk. This form enables us to send their resumes to employers who are interested in them.

Graduate Student Info
If you currently hold a GA or TA appointment and wish to continue your status through next academic year 07/08, you must submit a letter of intent. If your performance has been deemed satisfactory, you may expect a re-appointment. If you do not currently hold a GA or TA appointment and wish to be considered for a position or to change positions, you must submit a letter of intent plus a completed Graduate Associate Position Application (in your grad handbook), a current Vita which clearly lists your qualifications for the desired job, and a completed GA/TA Request Form (in your grad handbook). Please know that not all positions are available every year, and a position cannot be guaranteed. Letters and applications should be directed to Vicki Uris and are due by Friday, March 2.

Upcoming events
The Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Susan Powell and Joe Krygier and Department of Dance have collaborated again this year to produce OSU Drums Downtown at 8pm, this Friday and Saturday night, Feb 23-24 at the Riffe Center, Capitol Theatre. Check out works by Annie Beserra, Adriana Durant, Maria Glimcher, Melanie Bales, Jenai Cutcher and John Giffin. Call CAPA at 614-469-1045 for tickets. Tickets are $12 for students.

Happy Hour
MFA Concert featuring Jeffrey Fouch, Sarah Hixon and Jaclyn Thompson. Tickets are $5 at the door. Reminder: there is one free comp ticket to all dance students, faculty and staff. The concert runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 1-3 at 8pm in Sullivant Hall Theatre. Ushers are needed, sign ups are outside of Studio 2.

Recent Projects/Work in Progress
On Friday, March 2, Peter Richards and Jaclyn Thompson will present "Dancing and Documentaries, an informal showing." The lec/dem starts at 3pm in Sullivant Hall Theatre. Peter will be showing the first draft of "The Legacy" and Jaclyn will be showing an excerpt from Kurt Jooss's "The Green Table."

Jeff Friedman
Jeff Friedman will be visiting the department on March 1 and 2. On Friday, March 2 he will present his research and teach a mini oral history workshop in Karen Eliot's Research Methods class. The presentation is from 2-5pm in Studio 5. This session is open to all and we welcome visitors. Feel free to come and go as you please. Read below for Jeff's bio.

Jeff Friedman is a dancer and choreographer based in San Francisco from 1979 to 2003. In San Francisco, he danced with the Oberlin Dance Collective, now ODC/San Francisco, for ten years and also created site-specific performances and dances based on oral history interviews. Jeff is the founder of LEGACY, an oral history project for the San Francisco Bay Area performing arts communities. LEGACY records, preserves and makes accessible the life-histories of dance, music,
theater and hybrid performance practitioners, with an emphasis on at-risk narrators. Based on his work with LEGACY, Jeff pursued his doctoral research at the University of California, Riverside, receiving his Ph.D. in 2003. His study of embodied narratives, a Labananalysis of nonverbal communication in dancers' oral histories, includes several interviews with former Twyla Tharp company members; tapes and transcripts are held in California, New York, and at the Lawrence and Lee Theater Research Institute. Jeff is currently on the faculty of the Department of Dance in Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he teaches dance history, technique, composition and repertory. His writing has been published in the British Oral History Society Journal and Historia, Antropologia y Fuentes Orales journal at the University of Barcelona.
Book chapters include "Muscle Memory" in Art and the Performing of Memory for Routledge Press and "Fractious Action" in the Oral History Reader for Altamira Press. He has been a guest teacher at Duke, Stanford, and UCLA, and directs LEGACY's annual summer oral history training workshop. Most recently, he was visiting lecturer at the Dance Studies Program at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Jeff is currently developing a book-length manuscript on oral history and performance titled Clio Unclothed: Embodying Language, Performing History.


Conserve energy, remember to turn off all studio lights and stage lights when you are leaving the space!

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 7 | Feb 12-18

Notable News
Congratulations to all who were involved in the Dance & Media Installations event at Dragonfly and in the Chinese New Year Celebration at the Wexner Center this past weekend!

Department Forum
There will be a Department meeting about the Chair Search Candidates on Monday at 8:45-10:15 in Studio 2. All dance students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend to offer input! Here's your opportunity to share your thoughts about who you think would be right for the job!

Candidate Evaluations
Reminder: The deadline to fill out all evaluation forms for the three candidates is Monday, Feb 12 at 8pm (before the meeting!) You can drop them off in the folder in the main office of the department or email them to simcox.13@osu.edu .

Undergraduate Auditions
Undergraduate Auditions are happening this weekend! The festivities begin on Friday, Feb 16 with an open modern class at 8:45-10:15 in Studio 2 taught by Karen Eliot. There is also an open Social Dance class taught by John Giffin on Friday at 4:30-6:00 in Studio 1.

Thursday night - Hip Hop Artist Rennie Harris Lecture/demonstration
The University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Dance would like to extend you an invitation to join us, digitally, at a lecture/demonstration by Rennie Harris, artistic/executive director of RennieHarris Puremovement. Mr. Harris is currently in residency at the University of Colorado and will be offering this presentation focusing on his choreographic developement, influences, and processes in a career spanning over 15 years....one that has been, as we all know, groundbreaking in import for Hip Hop dance, Modern dance and Concert dance nationally and internationally. The lecture will take place on Feb 15 at 7:00 pm in Studio 2. Then, leaving a little early, walk across to see Cleveland Dance Theatre in Mershon - great work, great company led by Michael Medcalf.

Free Tickets
Free tickets are available for faculty, staff and students to enjoy the Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre performance at 8 p.m. Thursday (2/15) in the Mershon Auditorium. Pick up two tickets with a valid OSU ID at the Ohio Union Information Center (between Ohio Stadium gates 22 and 24). Hailed as a first-rate company rooted in the tradition of black dance in America, the group's performance will celebrate Black History Month. The event is brought to you by the Ohio Union Activities Board. For details, visit www.ouab.osu.edu or call 292-3117.

Shoes OFF!
Please remember to take your shoes off before entering the studios. The salt from the roads can ruin the floors, so remind your friends and TA's, remind your students!

Performance opportunity
Annehurst Elementary, a small Westerville community school of 360 students on Main Street in Westerville, will host an INTERNATIONAL Day on May 25th, 2007. They are looking for solo or group dances 5-10 minutes, from Africa, Asia, India, Ireland, Italy, Fance, Spain, or other! Contact Madeline Bumgarner at 614-901-0017 if interested.

Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course
Balance Arts Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course beginning September 2008 has openings for new students in New York City. If are plan to move to New York or visit in the summer, and are interested in exploring the Alexander Technique, there will be a 2 week summer intensive program: The Alexander Technique for Dancers. It will be held from July 9 -20 in New York City. Visit www.balanarts.com for more information. The Alexander Technique is a wonderful technique for dancers! Check it out!

Upcoming Performances
The SITI Company is presenting Radio Macbeth at the Wexner Center from Feb 14-18.

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company is performing at the King Arts Complex Theatre on Feb 17.

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 6 | Feb 5-11

Notable News
Congratulations to all who were involved in the Winter Student Concert this past weekend! Congratulations to those who were involved in the CM2 show this weekend as well! Both shows were packed, keep up the good work in building an audience for dance in Columbus!

Chair Search
There are three final candidates for the next Chair of the Department, Susan Van Pelt Petry, who interviewed last week, and Ann Dils and Doug Risner who will be in the department this week. On Monday and Tuesday (February 5th and 6th) Ann Dils will be here. Students, please try to attend the lunch meeting scheduled for Monday at noon in studio 1 (and any other activities that may interest you - like Ann's research presentation). Doug Risner will be here on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 8 & 9) . Misty will send you his information and interview schedule soon.

Please remember to fill out your evaluation forms about the candidates. Click here to fill out an evaluation form for Susan Van Pelt Petry. This will help in the selection process. To provide an additional opportunity for your input, the Chair Search Committee has scheduled an Open Forum on Monday February 12 at 8:45 a.m. to give you a chance to meet with the search committee and to share your thoughts on the three candidates as well.

Master Classes
Alpha Omega will be teaching a master class for the freshmen on Wednesday February 14 at 2:30 pm. There's room for about 10 more students so sign up if you're interested! It should be a great class. Sign up sheet is on the downstairs bulletin board. Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company was founded in 1972 by Ronald Pratt, along with Miriam Greaves and Dolores Vanison-Blakely. The Company's purpose was to expand opportunities for minority choreographers and dancers. The repertory consists of a wide range of ballets, from urban life to that of tribal influences from the abstract to the dramatic.

Manwe'
Hip Hop artist Manwe' will be teaching a master class at Infusion Dance Studio downtown on March 4 from 1:00-2:30 (beg/int) and 3:30-5:30 (int/adv). The cost to attend this workshop is $25 (cash only). Please email grafflaw@columbus.rr.com to register.

Lori Bellilove, "...one of the most impassioned and authentic Duncan interpreters around," will be teaching a master class in the Isadora Duncan technique on Friday, February 9, 10:30 am. She will be teaching Abby's Modern 3 class, but anyone else is welcome to sign up and participate. The sign up sheet is posted on the DOWNSTAIRS BULLETIN BOARD.

Summer Teaching for Grads
Just a reminder to let Susan Petry know ASAP if you are interested in
teaching in the elective program this summer. Let her know what you
would like to teach. Nothing is guaranteed, but we are looking to
cover our summer offerings NOW. Please note that, as part of your TA, you would be required to take a minimum of 9 credit hours.

Scholarships and Funding
Applications for all scholarships are due to John Giffin on or before Monday Feb. 19, 2007 by 12 noon. The committee will have only one week to review all applications and make our recommendations. Therefore, we cannot accept any late applications.

Link to check out
Interested in what is happening abroad...check out the following link! http://www.article19.co.uk/06/feature/archives.php

Upcoming Performances
Susan Van Pelt, Ric Petry and Norah Zuniga Shaw are presenting "Dance & Media Installations" at Dragonfly Neo-V Gallery this Saturday, Feb 10 from 6pm-10pm. Performances are on-going, come and go as you like. This is a free event.

Saturday, Feb 10, Yu Xiao and Jenai Cutcher are presenting their work at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Chinese New Year Celebration from 7pm-9pm. Tickets are $5 at the door of Mershon Auditorium. Visit www.wexarts.org for more info.

Anna Sullivan's company, Anna and The Annadroids are having a show at Scully's on Feb 10 as well. Visit www.anatomicalscenario.com for more info.

BalletMet is presenting Rendezvous at the Riffe at Capitol Theatre from Feb 9-17. Visit www.balletmet.org for more info.


A Recipe for Success from Jenny Howard
Looking for a protein energy kick for that 10:15-10:30 time slot when it's not enough time for a sandwich, and that banana just isn't cutting it? TRY THIS!!
Peanut Butter Balls (a recipe from "The Teenager's Vegetarian Cookbook" courtesy of Jenny Howard)
1/4 cup shredded carrots (that's about 6 baby carrots)
1/4 cup raisins
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup granola
3/4 cup peanut butter
Mix everything together except peanut butter.
Put peanut butter in microwave for 30-60 seconds to soften it.
Add peanut butter to mixture. Mix.
Let the mixture cool a little bit.
Make balls about one inch. Eat. Have Energy!!
Also, you can add all kinds of your own things like yogurt covered raisins, cheerios or crispix, etc. have fun!