Weekly Announcements: WEEK 6 | April 30 - May 6

DANCE DOWNTOWN ROCKS!
Thursday, May 3, 4 & 5 2007
8 pm to 10 pm
Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center, 77 S. High St.
$17 general admission; $12 students and seniors
Tickets available from CAPA (614)469-0939 and Ticketmaster (614) 431-3600.

View videos of the choreographers in rehearsal!

OPEN BETA VERSION OF THE UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES UNITE BUDDY PROGRAM!

UGUBP is on a volunteer basis for graduate and undergraduate students.

Grads and undergrads interested in participating in the new Buddy Program, sign up on the Costume Shop Bulletin Board. This is opportunity to get together and talk about current and future artistic and career goals.

From there, Amy Schmidt and Daniela Wancier will match one grad to a small group of undergrads and post the groups. Grads will be responsible for contacting the members of their group. We hope that the groups get to meet at least once in whatever format works for you (one-to-one, coffee clutch, email, phone, etc. etc.) between now and the end of the quarter.

During the last week of classes, we'll send out an email survey to everyone involved to find out how this beta worked for you. Have fun! Thank you to all grads & undergrads for your input!

Your friendly reps,
:-) Amy Schmidt
:-) Daniela Wancier


SPAG PRESENTS: FREAK 2.0

May 12th 7:02 pm
RPAC Main Gym
FREE

SPAG is a student organization through Ohio State, which featured its first show last year at the Ohio Union. New and old members are following up this year with a second show, all student works.

The members of SPAG are Jessica Dibatista, Danny Goode, Elizabeth Goodrich, Jeffrey Marras, and Ashley Mathus

Featuring all new choreography, video, art, and a live band.





Audition Notice

Anatomical Scenario is seeking two female dancers.
Must be between 5'2 and 5'5, athletic, and have a strong technical background. Learn more about Anatomical Scenario at www.anatomicalscenario.com
Contact Anna at annadroid@gmail.com

Call for choreographers and dancers to participate in Comfest

One of the organizers of Comfest said he is willing to extend their already past deadline to the dance department. Visit www.comfest.com if you are interested in participating in this large event that takes place in Goodale Park June 23-25.

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 5 | April 23 - April 29

Set and Reset/Reset to be featured on Good Day Columbus

On Tuesday, April 24, from 7-9 am, Johnny DiLoretto's Good Day Columbus team will be filming the Set and Reset/Reset cast as they perform in the Architecture building. Get up early and turn on FOX! There will be around seven 1-2 minutes segments throughout the two hour segment.

Also the week of Dance Downtown Rocks! look for preview articles in the Dispatch and Alive!

Guest Artist Madonna Grimes Comes to OSU Dance

Dance Artist Madonna Grimes will be teaching a Hip-Hop master class during Teena Custer's slot this Friday, April 27, from 10:30-12. There's room for 15 more dancers to sign up so - don't be shy! Sign-up sheet is posted on the downstairs bulletin board.

Special Thanks to Gateway Dancers!

Thanks to all who contributed to making this weekend's Gateway Event possible. First, thanks for your patience as details from our host were constantly changing and I needed to problem solve. Dancers, your commitment to performing blew me away. Your presence was complete and your sense of working together was coherent. Choreographers, thank you for taking the time to translate your work into this space. I was in awh of all of you as you adjusted to this new performance environment.

I think my favorite moment was the performance for the Sci Fi movie marathon watchers. Who knows we may have tapped into a new audience that we never would have expected. You guys rock! Look forward to the big show!

Karen Bell and Vickie Blaine are Reading Aloud at the Wex

Karen Bell and Vickie Blaine are participating in the Read Aloud at the Wexner Center 3-4pm on Thursday May 3rd.
Visit the Wex calendar for more information! www.wexarts.org

Congratulations Student Teachers!

The following student teachers just received notification that they passed the Praxis state teachers' Exam with "flying colors"!

Juliette Berman
Jessica Behsore
Betina Dunson

Both Betina Dunson and Jessica Beshore have had job interviews for dance positions (out of state) in recent weeks.

All are to be commended for a job well done!

EMMA Call for Proposals

The Experimental Media and Movement Arts Lab (EMMA) is a new facility now available for creative research projects. We are currently accepting project proposals for the 2007-2008 year from students, faculty and staff of The Ohio State University College of the Arts. Proposals may be for time-based research concluding with a performance event or may be for ongoing creative exploration.

Performance, Teaching, and Creative Research EMMA@ACCAD is available for projects by students, faculty and staff of The Ohio State University, College of the Arts with a special emphasis on student research. We will prioritize proposals that integrate the body and technology and that take advantage of the capabilities of the facility and/or involve interdisciplinary collaboration. This includes but is not limited to: multimedia dance and theater productions, creative media laboratories, performance art installations, experimentation in artist-driven tech tools development, musical recitals exploring the performers' physicality, experimentation with interactive technologies, lecture-demonstrations, courses that require projected media or video conferencing, and so on. Students who have taken or are taking courses in the Lab will have first priority. Courses include: DNCE 660.21 Media in Performance, DNCE 760 New Ground Cycle, ARTS 760 Motion Capture Production, ARTS 694 Programming Visual Performance & Installation Technologies among others.

Applications are available at www.accad.osu.edu/emma and are due May 1, 2007.

Annual ACCAD Open House

May 11, 2007
4pm-7pm
ACCAD, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
1224 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212


One of the irst computer graphics centers in the world, we never stop our quest for developing new graphics technology and eveolving the art of digital storytelling. Computer animation and new directions in virtual environments, motion capture, visualization and interactivity makes our Open House an event anyone can enjoy.

Questions? 292-1053
http://accad.osu.edu

Check out the May DanceMagazine

Tap diva Brenda Bufalino is interviewed by our very own Jenai Cutcher!

Mental Health Workshops for Faculty, Staff, and TAs

Counseling and Consultation Services is offering two half workshop focused on coping with students in distress for faculty, staff, and Tas.

Coping With Distressed Students
April 24th, 12:00~12:30
300 Younkin Success Center

April 26th, 4:30~5:00
150 Younkin Success Center

Two one-half hour presentations for faculty, staff, and teaching assistants.
Contact Counseling & Consultation Service : (614) 292-5766

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 4 | April 16 - April 22

Anna and Dora preview Set and Reset/Reset at :03 Minute Portions.
Photo by Amy Schmidt.


OhioDance Festival 2007
Dance Matters: BiG Moves April 20-22, 2007 Bowling Green, OH

Classes, Workshops, and Panel Discussions!
Special Features!
Footlights Dance Concert!
Audition!
Aeards Luncheon and Membership Meeting!
Showcase Concert!

Visit ohiodance.org for more info or contact Jane D'Angelo at 614-224-2913 or ohiodance@hotmail.com.

Summer Workshop Opportunity

To participate in Adriana Durant's intensive summer workshop you must register for 1 credit or pay the fee in the office in the department of dance. The department will be announcing the workshop to the public this week. Enrollment is based on a first come first serve basis. Register soon to guarantee your space in the workshop.

Announcing OSU's New PhD in Dance Studies

The Ohio Board of Regents has given full and final approval to the new Ph.D. Program in Dance. It is official and completely complete. Congratulations to the faculty who worked so hard on this development under the graceful leadership of Karen Eliot, and under the guidance of former chair Scott Marsh. This new degree program will situate our department as a leader in the field, continuing a tradition of imaginative and courageous visioning begun so clearly in the early years with Helen Alkire.

Dance Downtown Rocks!

As some of you may know, this year we are offering group sale rates for our Dance Downtown Rocks! production. Tickets are $10/ticket for a group of ten or more. We encourage you to join the efforts of initiating group sales by hosting a group to come or referring this opportunity to friends, family and colleagues. Dorm mates, student groups, businesses, churches, large classes, old dance studio contacts -think about who in your life would be a good match for group sales.

All they have to do is contact CAPA at (614) 469-0939 and connect to group sales. There is a one dollar service fee per ticket.

More info about the show can be found at the following link:

www.dance.osu.edu

Photos from :03 Minute Portions
Photos by Amy Schmidt

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 3 | April 9 - April 15

CONGRATULATIONS...
to the creators and dancers in last week's sophisticated array of performance delicacies. Oranges and popcorn and ice cream, oh my!

EMMA in THE OTHER
Check out the April 5 edition of _The Other Paper_ for "Creating Fireworks by Combining Dance and Technology," a feature article on the EMMA (Experimental Media and Movement Arts) Lab and the great collaborative work that is happening in the space under the tutelage of Norah Zuniga-Shaw.

WITCH DANCE HOWLS ON SULLIVANT STAGE
Don't miss this opportunity to see a rare reconstruction of one of the most heralded pieces of dance history. A presentation and discussion of “Witch Dance,” a recreation of Mary Wigman’s “Witch Dance (1926)” by Bonnie Oda Homsey of the Los Angeles Dance Theatre, will be held Thursday, April 12 at 3pm in Sullivant Theatre.

“Witch Dance”
Based on choreography and costume by Mary Wigman (c. 1926)
Recreated by Bonnie Oda Homsey with first performance in 1996
Original score by Hanns Hasting Hexentanz from Frauentänze (1934),
Score realized by Alan Terricciano using the Gassman Electronic Music Studio, UC Irvine
Danced by Karen Mozingo, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Theatre
Performance mask recreated by Valerie Lucas, OSU Department of Theatre
As part of a joint notation project between Los Angeles Dance Theatre and
Department of Dance at Ohio State University in 2006.
Notated by Leslie Rotman.
Funded by the Dance Preservation Fund.

SUSAN MANNING VISITS THE DEPARTMENT
It's a double-header! Following the performance of "Witch Dance" on Thursday, April 12, Susan Manning will lecture on "Ausdruckstanz across the Atlantic." She will be presenting in Candace's Postmodernism class (4:30 in the conference room) and there will be a book signing afterward. Her two books are now coming out in paperback editions. They are: "Ecstasy and the Demon: Feminism and Nationalism in the Dances of Mary Wigman" and "Modern Dance, Negro Dance."

Susan Manning has pursued her research interests in dance studies by working through the more established fields of drama, theatre, and performance studies. A Professor of English, Theatre, and Performance Studies at Northwestern University, she teaches the history and theory of twentieth-century theatrical performance, including dance, drama, and music theatre. Her first book, Ecstasy and the Demon (1994 de la Torre Bueno Prize), traces the shift from modernist bodies to fascist bodies in the works of Mary Wigman, Germany's leading dancer between the two world wars; a second edition appeared in 2006. Her recent book, Modern Dance, Negro Dance: Race in Motion (2004), examines changing relations between modern dancers and African American concert dancers in mid-century New York City. Currently, Professor Manning serves as president of the Society of Dance History Scholars and as convener of the Chicago Seminar on Dance and Performance.

Susan is here in conjunction with a conference going on in the theatre department entitled "Disciplining Interdisciplinarity." The conference is Friday through Sunday and all are invited to attend.

The Disciplining Interdisciplinary website is up, active, and ready to take registrations (which are free to anyone interested). Go to: http://theatre.osu.edu

PRE-REGISTRATION ON FRIDAY, APRIL 13

8:45-10:15 Studio 1 Freshmen with Faculty
Arts advisors Carol, Dennis, and Lyn will be here to answer college questions.

10:30-11 Studio 1 Sophomores, Juniors (seniors)
Arts advisors Carol and Dennis will be here to answer questions.

10:30-11 Studio 2 Grad Pre-Reg

11-12 Studio 1 Sophomore Goals

CONGRATULATIONS...
to all involved in this weekend's production of :03 Minute Portions. Even with cold weather, the houses were full of enthusiastic audiences. Great efforts to all for connecting with the community!


CAMPUS MUSIC HOP THIS WEEKEND
Sections from the Vernon Reid Project will be performed this upcoming weekend at the Campus Music Hop at South Campus Gateway. An event that links activities between the Music Department's 30th Jazz Festival and live music at businesses up and down High St. We hope to reach the music crowd this weekend's event.

Vernon Reid Project - Part I
Nicole Stanton & Ming-Lung Yang
Friday, April 13th, Performances at 5:30 & 6:30 pm
Alley between Drexel Gateway and McFadden's

Vernon Reid Project - Part II
Kathleen Hermesdorf & Bebe Miller
Saturday, April 14th, Performances at 1:30 & 2:30 pm
in front of Barnes & Noble


CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Do you want to be more involved with outreach events? Then get involved with this week's Campus Music Hop at South Campus Gateway on April 13th and 14th. If you are energetic and like to talk to people, then what better thing to do with your time than energetically talk to people about dance and hand out flyers for them to see the awesome works that our department is producing. Between the Vernon Reid's electric music and OSU's dynamic dancers, everyone is guaranteed to enjoy the show and we need charismatic people to help inform passer-byers so they don't miss out on this incredible show!!!

For Campus Music Hop at South Campus Gateway, we need volunteers to pass out flyers on Friday, April 13th, from 4:50-7pm and Saturday, April 14th from 12:50-3pm.

Contact Meagan Grund at Grund.7@osu.edu if you are interested in being apart of any of these great opportunities. Or just sign up on
the board outside of studio 1.

OSU DANCE FACULTY FEATURED ON ARTZINE
Don't forget! Our every own Bebe Miller, Susan Hadley and Bradley Sowash are featured on this month's ArtZine on UOSU. The show will be aired on the following dates and times if you want to catch it and I have included a blurb from WOSU's website about the segments.

Wednesday 4th 7:30pm
Saturday 7th 2:30pm
Monday 9th 10:30pm
Sunday 22nd Noon, 12:30am
Monday 23rd 10:30pm

SOUL IN YOUR SHOES, FUNK IN YOUR FEET
A fundraising event for CM2 (Columbus Movement Movement) on Sun. April 22 from 6-8pm.

Location:
Rumba Cafe
2507 Summit
Columbus, OH 43202
Featuring Hoo Doo Soul Band
cas bar, food, funk and fancy feet
$15 pre-sale tix or at the door
for more info email: columbusmovementmovement@yahoo.com

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 2 | April 2 - April 8

ARC North Dance Co
aka ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS DANCERS PERFORMANCE



Julieanna Facelli, Dave Covey & Peter Richards are presenting ARC North Dance Co aka ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS DANCERS, Wed April 4, 9:45 - 10:30 at The Blackwell Conference Center as part of the OSU/ADA Conference "Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion and Disability." If anyone wants to attend, email Peter at richards.828@osu.edu.

LEGACY PREMIERES THIS WEEK!

The OSU Department of Dance
and Peter Richards present

LEGACY. Helen Alkire and the Department of Dance
at The Ohio State University
Friday, April 6 at 5 pm
Sullivant Hall

Admission is free. Popcorn may be served, and there is a reception to follow in North Rotunda.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WUNDERKAMMER

Please email Noelle Stiles at stiles.48@osu.edu if you would like to be part of the production crew for Wunderkammer! Ushers/tech helpers are needed! If you're interested but cannot be there every night, please still contact her.

WUNDERKAMMER PREMIERS THIS WEEK!



The OSU Department of Dance
and Colleen Leonardi and Noelle Stiles present

Wunderkammer
April 5,6, & 7 at 8pm
EMMA Lab at ACCAD

Admission is free.
Guests are asked to arrive early as venue seating is limited.
For seating information, email wunderkammer.567@gmail.com.

Colleen Leonardi will premiere Waveland, a new work that includes Leonardi and Stiles as well as Adriana Durant, Jaclyn Thompson, and Yen-Fang Yu.

Leonardi’s master’s work examines the role of language in the dance-making process. Through choreography, Leonardi aims to explore “choreographic thought” and how ideas follow from a dancing body. Her research extends beyond dance-making to the creation and establishment of an online journal by, for, and about choreographers and dedicated to questions of craft, currently titled www.choreojournal.com.

Noelle Stiles will perform two works; a solo entitled MERGE, created in collaboration with Portland, OR-based choreographer Linda K. Johnson and excerpts from Bebe Miller’s seminal 1993 work Nothing Can Happen Only Once. MERGE will include an original score by Matt Jones and Delaney Kelly, as well as sculpture by architecture student Kyle Zaylor. Nothing Can Happen will be performed with dancers Robin Anderson, Adriana Durant, Tahni Holt and Jaclyn Thompson. Stiles’ master’s work has focused on the relationship between dance performance and the senses. Specifically, how the senses contribute to the embodiment of movement material, understanding somatic techniques, the creative process and audience perception of dance. Her master’s work is also concerned with the social and political implications of how the senses are engaged in postmodern dance/performance art. Additionally her research, will address the performer’s perspective and issues of performance through the creation of a website that will serve as a forum on performance.

OSU DANCE FACULTY FEATURED ON ARTZINE

Our every own Bebe Miller, Susan Hadley and Bradley Sowash are featured on this month's ArtZine on UOSU. The show will be aired on the following dates and times if you want to catch it and I have included a blurb from WOSU's website about the segments.

Wednesday 4th 7:30pm
Saturday 7th 2:30pm
Monday 9th 10:30pm
Sunday 22nd Noon, 12:30am
Monday 23rd 10:30pm

APRIL 7TH :03 MINUTE PORTIONS

Come on out and support your fellow dancers performing in :03
Minute Portions this coming Saturday, the 7th. Bring friends and
family to see the previews of some outstanding works by Bebe
Miller, Kathleen Hermsdorf, Ming-Lung Yang, Nicole Stanton, and
Abby Yager. All these exceptional choreographers are creating
peices that are a part of this year's Dance Downtown with special
music artist, Vernon Reid. Make sure you include The Vernon Reid
project when you mention this to your friends. There are going to
be free performances at 7, 8, and 9 pm at Emack and Bolio's which
is located at 945 N High Street. Videos are online if you would like
to preview them to get pumped up to spread the word.
Link to Videos
It's going to be a great evening of dancing, music, and eating some
good ice cream. What more could you ask for?
Check out this website for more information on :03 Minute
Portions:
OSU Dance Events

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Do you want to be more involved with :03 Minute Portions and
events like it? Then get involved with this month's :03 Minute
Portions on April 7th and/or The Gateway Campus Music Hop at
South Campus Gateway on April 13th and 14th. If you are
energetic and like to talk to people, then what better thing to do
with your time than energetically talk to people about dance and
hand out flyers for them to see the awesome works that our
department is producing. Between the Vernon Reid's electric music
and OSU's dynamic dancers, everyone is guaranteed to enjoy the
show and we need charismatic people to help inform passer-byers
so they don't miss out on this incredible show!!!

For :03 Minute Portions we need people from 7:45-10pm to greet
and usher curious people in Emack and Bolio's doors.

For Campus Music Hop at South Campus Gateway, we need
volunteers to pass out flyers on Friday, April 13th, from 4:50-7pm
and Saturday, April 14th from 12:50-3pm.

Contact Megan Grund at Grund.7@osu.edu if you are interested in
being apart of any of these great opportunities. Or just sign up on
the board outside of studio 1.


REQUIRED MEETING FOR ALL DANCE DOWNTOWN DANCERS

This Wednesday, April 4th,there will be a 15 minute informative
meeting regarding upcoming events for Dance Downtown Dancers.
We will be meeting in studio 1 at 12:15 to pass out information
sheets for :03 Minute Portions and discussing details about
Campus Music Hop at South Campus Gateway. We will also be
talking about rehearsals for the week of Dance Downtown. Please
be prompt!