OhioDance has served the statewide dance community since 1976, formed by representatives from sixteen dance companies in Ohio. The organization pursues its goals through the contributions of a 30-member board of directors representing dance around the state, one full time executive director, contract employees, college interns, and volunteers.

OhioDance is a State-wide service organization that supports the entire dance ecosystem in Ohio and beyond.

OhioDance works diligently to advocate at every level of government and in every community about the impact dance has on the state's economy, and also the impact it has on quality of life and educational attainment.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, OhioDance presents the arts to the community through festivals, conferences, performance opportunities, a Virtual Dance Collection, educational resources, professional networking, newsletters, and dance artist services. OhioDance is dedicated to ensure equity for all races, genders, orientations, and beliefs, related to programming, constituents, members, partners and vendors.

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Schedule of Events:

April 28, 2023

8:30am - 4:00pm: Registration

11:00am - 12:00pm: Pre-Professional Concert Free

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Opening Plenary

2:15pm - 3:15pm: Chinese-Dai Peacock(Elegant)(In-PersonZoom)17+O Injury Prevention Yamuna Body Rolling (Viola)(session is closed) Cont Fusion (Diggs) 13+I/1 (session is closed) Powers Combined (Kral/Dedrick/Jarvis)O/E

3:30pm - 4:30pm: Open African (Konney) (In-Person and Zoom) Non-Traditional Partnering (Kapantas)17+all levels Water:Source of Life Inspiration (Leber/Burnett/Rhodes) Ohio Arts Council Grant Opportunities (Signorino/O'Neil)

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Professional Studio Concert - held in Studio 390

April 29, 2023

8:30am - 11:00am/1:45pm - 3:30pm: Registration

9:30am - 10:30am: Cont technique (Conway)13+ I/A Dis-Abling Dance Spaces (November) Rommett Floor Barre(Miyashiro)

10:45am - 12:00pm: Yorchha (Chatterjea) (In-Person and Zoom) The Environment and Me (Wilde)Weight Sharing Practices (Gargano) 17 I/A/E

12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch, networking $15

1:15pm - 2:15pm: Guest Speaker Ananya Chatterjea

2:30pm - 3:45pm: Musical Theatre (Gould) (In-Person and Zoom)Dances of India (Chebrolu).Patterning & Sequencing (Morckel)13+I/A/E Global Water Dances (Ibarguen/Alhadeff-Jones

4:00pm - 5:00pm: Cont/Modern (Ramsey)(In-Person/Zoom)13+A Rep GroundWorks (Rumzis)13+I/A Kuchipudi (Veturi) Cont. Floorwork (Pattiwael)17+ I/A

5:00pm - 5:30pm: Pizza free w/reg.

7:30pm - 9:30pm: Professional Theatre Concert Held in Barnett Theatre

April 30, 2023

9:30am - 12:00pm: Registration

10:00am - 11:00am: Ballet Variations (Tedrick) (In-Person/Zoom) Walking Practice (Moore) Dancers with Cameras (Sato) Trauma Sensitive Education (Emory-Maier)

11:15am - 12:15pm: Afro House (In-Person and Zoom). (Dancy)Improv & Comp (Roberts) Physically Integrated Dance (Dancing Wheels)
Fluency through Dance (Jarvis)

12:30pm - 1:30pm: Lunch, networking $15

1:45pm - 2:45pm: Bodies of Water (Emory-Maier/Hassler/Bucek/Williams) (In-Person and Zoom) Folks Dance (Chenfeld/Robbins) Salsa/Bachata (Nace)Hip Hop Street (Filmore)

Date: April 28-30, 2023

Location: The Ohio State University Department of Dance, 1813 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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