Weekly Announcements: WEEK 7| October 29-November 4

Congratulations to all students, faculty, and alumni who performed in and contributed to the CM2 peformance this weekend!

Happy Halloween! Don't forget to wear your costumes (if you'd like to) on Wednesday!


Visiting Scholars
The Music/Dance library now features a display of some of the research of our three visiting scholars, Ann Dils, Marcia Siegel and Janice Ross. You can find the display over by the reading corner, right near the New Book shelves. Take a moment to check it out and say thank you to Gretchen Atkinson who organized the display.

Please welcome Marcia Siegel and Ann Dils, who are here this week.
Event Today
Please come discuss Joan Acocella's 2005 article "Mystery Theatre" and the colorful responses it provoked. Bring your dinner!
Conference Room
6:30 this evening.
If anyone needs to photocopy the articles we will be discussing, there is a packet available in drop off/pick up box in the office.


Please Join Us...
For the first informal showing of the Improvisational Performance Ensemble: Repertory Project
Friday, November 2
3 PM
Studio 3


Upcoming Master Class
Joanna Mendl Shaw will teach a master class to Abby’s modern class on Monday November 5. See the following link for information on her interesting work. Equus Project


Special Offer for OSU Dance Students
Contact Stephanie Matthews
www.stephaniematthewsphotography.com
614-893-2199


Workshop
International Physical Theatre Laboratory
March 23 - 28, 2008
Malpils, Latvia
During the Lab accommodation and meals for participants are provided.
http://www.iugte.com/projects/PhysicalTheatre.php

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 6| October 22- October 26

Senior Concert

Important dates for those involved:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2:45-4:15PM IN STUDIO 1
NEXT SHOWING DATE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2:45-4:15PM


Alumni News

Boris Willis sends us this link to an interview about dance and technology that he did for Voice of America:
www.voanews.com
(Go to the Arts & Entertainment list)
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Rachel Boggia choreographed for the Festival of Physics at COSI this weekend.


Outside Events

Columbus Movement Movement announces Master class Modern Technique with Kristin Hapke/tindance
Sat. Oct. 27 11:00am-12:30pm at Columbus Dance Theater 592 E. Main Stree, class $10 for non cm2 memebers and $5 for cm2 members.

Emphasizing flow and momentum, this master technique class is a fun, full-bodied, class to strengthen body connectivity for more complex and riskier dancing. Using Release Technique and an interplay of quirky and highly athletic movements, we will play with dynamic shifts, floor work and upside down vocabulary. Comecultivate the body's energies in order to work in harmony with power, ease and release.
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This October, Columbus Movement Movement (cm2) offers a program of exciting new contemporary dance in its fall showcase, Columbus Dances VI. The showcase features several new artists as well as some familiar favorites. Cm2 was formed to bring together Columbus dancers and choreographers with the common goal of making exciting contemporary dance. In this upcoming performance, cm2 will be presenting work by Nicole Cafera, Kristin Hapke/tindance, Sarah Hixon (Hixon Dance), Shawn Hove (shove gently dance), and trideaDance. Some of OSU Department of Dance’s own Karen Eliot, Jeff Marras, Chris Havner, Elizabeth Goodrich, and Gregory Mac will be performing. So come support the gang. Columbus Dance VI is in part produced by Columbus Dance Theatre.

Columbus Dances VI performances will be held October 26-28, 2007, at the Fisher Theatre at Columbus Dance Theatre, 592 E. Main Street in the Market Exchange District. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday matinee is at 2:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for students, seniors, and cm2 members. For more information and reservations, please visit www.dancecolumbus.com or call 614-849-0227.
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NEWARK, OH (October 11, 2007) – The Midland’s inaugural Dance Series debuts on Sunday, November 4, at 8:00 p.m. with Ailey II, building upon a tradition of bringing world class dance to our community. Sponsored by Time Warner Cable, the series will feature beautiful works presented in an accessible fashion on The Midland’s beautiful, intimate stage. Under the artistic direction of Sylvia Waters, Ailey II has captivated audiences nationwide through translating their strength, agility and grace of body and soul into stirring, powerful performances. The Ailey spirit shines as the company performs an exhilarating and diverse repertoire that includes Alvin Ailey’s timeless classics and new works by dance veterans and the most exciting emerging choreographers. This show is supported by The Boeing Company.

Tickets are $10, $15, $20, $25, and $30 and can be purchased by calling 740-345-LIVE or stopping by The Midland box office at 36 North Park Place in downtown Newark Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Show tickets are also available online at www.midlandtheatre.org. Please note: add $2 to each ticket for handling and historic preservation fees.

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 5| October 15- October 21

Department Publicity Information Updates

Updated information on the department publicity process is available on the department website. This process is required for all department productions.

At any time, students can access the Resources / Current Student Information section link called the Department Publicity Packet Information to see the department’s publicity process and deadlines.

http://www.dance.osu.edu/5_resources/publicity_files.html

At the bottom of the webpage are 4 files available for download – the info that must be on all dept posters and programs, and 3 Word document templates for program layout.

UPDATED INFO: Updates to this publicity info include required wording for the student produced shows at the EMMA Lab at ACCAD. Special thanks to those involved with the EMMA Lab and student productions in Dance for coming together in early October to clarify the production process at EMMA and approved wording – Maria Palazzi, director of ACCAD; Norah Zuniga-Shaw and Matt Lewis, directors of EMMA; Susan Petry and Mike Bruce, chair and asst chair in Dance; and Jane Ledford-Adkins with Elaine Smith of ACCAD.

Call for Graduate Student Papers:
REPRESENTING AFFECT / AFFECTING REPRESENTATION

Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in Comparative Studies
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Studies
The Ohio State University Columbus, OH USA
January 17th and 18th, 2008

Visit the Comparative Studies department website for more details including specific information about content and formatting of 250-word abstracts for individual 20-minute papers (or panels of 3-4 presenters) to be emailed to AffectAndRepresentation@hotmail.com. The deadline for submissions is November 10th, 2007. Accepted applicants will be notified by November 30th.

Outreach Opportunity

Susan Chess and the St. Vincent Depaul Society are collecting blankets to help Columbus' homeless get through the winter.
Blankets of all sizes are needed. Used blankets are welcome if they are clean. Gloves, scarves, and socks are also needed. Susan will collect our donations and present them to the St. Vincent Depaul Society as a gift from the OSU Department of Dance. Contact Susan for more information: chess.1@osu.edu.

"Here's to a warm winter for everybody!" - Susan Chess

Nominate Your Best Professor

Who is your best professor?

Academic Affairs, the Alumni Association and the Office of
University Development want to recognize the best professors on campus, and they need your help in deciding who they are. They want to know who motivates you, inspires you, and makes you want to "Do Something Great" everyday. Need more info or have a professor in mind? Visit www.osu.edu/teachingaward.

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 4| October 8- October 14

The EMMA Lab Presents The Jenkins Farm Project
A Dance Theater Installation by MFA Candidate Annie Arnoult Beserra

Thursday, Oct. 11 @ 8pm & 9pm
Friday, Oct. 12 @ 8pm & 9pm
Sunday, Oct. 14 @ 2pm and 3pm

At The EMMA (Experimental Movement and Media Arts) Lab at ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear. Visit The JFP Website for more information and email emmres@accad.ohio-state.edu to make reservations.

Ballet Met's Sports Spectacular
Featuring Choreography by Susan Hadley and Maria Glimcher

Thurs., Oct. 11 7:30pm
Fri., Oct. 12 8pm
Sat., Oct. 13 8pm
Sun., Oct. 14 2p

Play ball with BalletMet as we pay tribute to favorite pastimes. Works include Harrison McEldowney's Dance Sport, a witty satire on competitive sports and professional dance, complete with humorous play-by-play commentary, and Susan Hadley's tribute to OSU and American traditions, Across the Field (Second Down). Also on the program is Badinage, a playful and athletic piece by former BalletMet Artistic Director John McFall, and new works by Maria Glimcher and Company dancer Adam Hundt. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TICKETS AVAILABLE TO OSU STUDENTS AND FACULTY.

Lighting Designer Beverly Emmons Gives TRI Lecture

October 25, 2007 at 4pm
Thurber Theatre
Free.
Non-ticketed Event.

Lighting Designer Beverly Emmons has designed for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, dance and opera in the US and abroad including productions with Joseph Chaiken, Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, Trisha Brown, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham. This is a "must see" for dancers.

Senior Concert Announcements

Welcome and congratulations to Liz Goodrich, the new Senior Concert Student Coordinator.

This Week's Meeting: Friday, October 12, 2:45 in Studio 1

At the meeting, plan to share preliminary ideas for the senior concert, distribute showing and feedback dates, begin brainstorming about a concert title, and firm up the planning committee and set schedule for the year.

Save the date for the NEXT MEETING/SHOWING/FEEDBACK DATE: FRI. OCTOBER 26, 2:45 IN STUDIO 1.

Hiroaki at the Dance Department

Thanks to the close to 60 students and faculty who participated in the Hiroaki Q & A session last Friday.

Barbara Thatcher from the Wex noted that Hiroaki's "straightforward answers were refreshing—his comments about creating his entire show in his head/living room were particularly germane to working as a dance artist (whether in the U.S. or Japan). Also, his coming to dance performance from photography without much formal training created another interesting point of contrast for students to ponder."

Save the date for the Jerome Bel Q&A on Nov 13th!



Gordon Gee's Visit to the Dance Department

The Dance Department received a special visit from OSU President Gordon Gee on October 2.



Dance on Camera

Thanks to Vicki Uris for curating an excellent screening for Dance on Camera on October 4th. Save the date for the next one on Thursday, October 18th!

Weekly Announcements: WEEK 3| October 1- October 8

Hiroaki Umeda Comes to the Dance Department

Fri Oct 5th
10:30-11:30am
Studio 5
Japanese choreographer/performer Hiroaki Umeda will hold a question and answer session where he will talk about the evolution of his aesthetic and his holistic approach to performance, which places equal focus on lighting, sound, and set design, and on his movement ideas.


S20
Hiroaki Umeda
Thu-Sat, Oct 4-6 | 8 pm
Performance Space
$15 members
$18 general public
$10 students

"The performance space was transformed into an uncanny magnetic field."-Dance

Hiroaki Umeda is one of Japan's most promising young choreographer/dancers to revitalize the international scene. His ultra-contemporary approach retains traces of butoh and street dance forms even as it explores a radically minimalist aesthetic that flashes between the sublime and the violent, fluid grace and sudden shock waves of movement.

From his current base in Paris, Umeda has created his own company-S20-in which he appears as a solo performer. His intensely physical meditations on space and sensory perception are subsumed within environments he designs of sparse dramatic lighting, strobing cyber-imagery, and crackling digital soundscapes. In one piece he'll perform here, he "mirror[s] the pulsing score with an accumulation of motion, starting with his feet and rising gradually to overtake his buckling legs and rubbery torso" (New York Times).

There is a sign-up sheet on the board outside Nadine's Costume Shope - Studio 5 is not really big, so we need to make sure those on the list get in.

PLEASE SIGN-UP SO WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!!

Pre-registration This Friday

The Department of Dance will hold Pre-Registration on Friday 5 October.

8:45 Modern 1 - John & Misty will meet with the First-Year majors in Studio 1 to go over Winter Quarter offerings, schedules and possibilities - faculty teaching First-Year courses in Winter are encouraged to attend, as well.

12:30-1 - John will meet with the remaining Undergrads in Studio 1 and Vicki with Grads in Studio 2 to go over Winter. Again, faculty are encouraged to attend to discuss their course offerings.

Transfer students should try to attend the 12:30 session with John, then make an appointment to meet with me to 'firm-up' your dance courses for Winter.

1-2:30 will be Repertory Rehearsals.

Anyone not able to attend the appropriate meeting should see John, Misty or Vicki to get the departmental winter schedules.

Autumn Quarter Census Date

Please note that next Wednesday is the Census Date. That means, EVERYONE MUST BE REGISTERED FOR AUTUMN QUARTER CLASSES BY 5:00PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND!! The department will not sign any add slips after that day. Please make sure that you are registered for all of your classes, and that all of your students are registered.

Not-To-Be-Missed Master Classes in the Department

We have a variety of Master Classes and Guest Artist Residencies scheduled for the year. Amy Raymond was here last
week and Manwe is teaching a hip hop class this Monday, 1 October.

As part of his residency at the Wexner, Hirokai will be with us Friday 5 October for a Q&A/Discussion. This will be in Studio 5 from 10:30-12. Preferably we all would have attended his performance the evening before, but most of us will be here for the Dance on Camera showing on the 4th. There is another sign-up sheet going up to reserve a space for his event.

Tania Isaacs will be here for 5 weeks starting on Monday 15 October. While with us she will teach level 3 Modern, be a guest in African Diaspora a few times, and choreograph a new piece for Dance Downtown. We will have a Friday Forum open to everyone on 19 October to get to know her. The forum will be from 12:15-1:15 in Studio 1. Rep on the 19th
will be from 1:30-2:30.

Keep an eye on the blog and internal calendar for future dates and residency announcements.