OSU Dance

10/05/2026

10/02/2026

Ready to take the leap? 🚀💃

Whether you see yourself performing, creating new work, teaching, or making an impact through the arts, Ohio State's Department of Dance can help you get there.

🗓️ Audition for the BFA in Dance: ✨ October 30-31, 2026 ✨ January 29-30, 2027

Spend the weekend dancing, exploring campus, connecting with current students, and learning what life in our program is really like.

We can't wait to see what you bring to the studio. ❤️🖤

🔗 Apply today: https://dance.osu.edu/prospective-students/about-bfa


Arts and Sciences at Ohio State

09/29/2026

What happens when artists follow the question instead of the answer? 👀

Find out at Mid-Semester Student Works, where undergraduate and graduate students share new choreography, creative experiments, and works-in-progress fresh from the studio. Come see what’s taking shape. 🔥✨

🎟️ Free. No ticket required.
📍 Barnett Theatre
🗓️ Oct. 3 at 7 PM

BFA students Caroline Dunn-Helton, Gianna Handlen, Callie Grace Howe, Sophie Janssen, Elizabeth McLaughlin and MFA students Emily Pierce, Hannah Rice, Dan Walczak, and Yinqi Wang present solo and group new, experimental and works-in-progress.

09/28/2026

Thick Like Me is a national volunteer-run dance collective and nonprofit founded by three Ohio State Dance alumni: Alex Christmas-Stapleton (PhD), Davianna Griffin (Green) (MFA), and Jazelynn Goudy (MFA). Alex Christmas Davianna Griffin Jazelynn Goudy

09/24/2026

Don't FALL 🍂 read it ALL in Ohio State Dance Weekly!
https://osudanceweekly.wordpress.com/

09/24/2026

Ready to take the leap? 🚀💃
Whether you see yourself performing, creating new work, teaching, or making an impact through the arts, Ohio State's Department of Dance can help you get there.

🗓️ Audition for the BFA in Dance: ✨ October 30-31, 2026 ✨ January 29-30, 2027

Spend the weekend dancing, exploring campus, connecting with current students, and learning what life in our program is really like.

We can't wait to see what you bring to the studio. ❤️🖤

🔗 Apply today: https://dance.osu.edu/prospective-students/about-bfa


Arts and Sciences at Ohio State

09/23/2026

🎤🔥 Hip Hop culture. Creative process. Live performance.

Join us for an unforgettable evening with internationally renowned B-boy, educator, and creative visionary YNOT (Anthony Denaro) as he shares his artistic journey and premieres new work created with Ohio State dance students. Expect movement, insight, innovation, and a fresh look at the future of Hip Hop culture.

📅 Sept. 25, 2026
⏰ 7–8:30 PM
📍 Barnett Theatre, Sullivant Hall
🎟️ FREE + open to the public



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09/22/2026

DIALOGUES IN DANCE STUDIES
AUTUMN 2026 LECTURE AND PANEL SERIES

Archives and Heartbreaks: Piecing Together the Lost Lives of Baghdadi Jewish Actresses in Early Hindi Cinema
Speaker: Dr. Manjari Mukherjee, President’s Postdoctoral Scholar, The Ohio State University
Date: Thursday, September 24, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: 198 Hagerty Hall
Co-sponsored by the Department of Dance, the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, and the Melton Center for Jewish Studies

Intimacy and the Leaping Scales of Dance on Social Media (Dance 7902)
Speaker: Dr. L. Archer Porter, Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas
Date: Monday, October 5, 3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Zoom

Roundtable on Kinesthetic Peoplehood: Jewish Diasporic Dance Migrations by Hannah Kosstrin
Speakers: Alexander Kaye (Brandeis University), Harmony Bench (Dance, Ohio State), and Ila Nagar (NESA, Ohio State), Naomi Brenner (NESA, Ohio State), Hannah Kosstrin (Dance, Ohio State)
Date: Monday, October 28, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Location: 205 Sullivant Hall
Co-sponsored by the Department of Dance and the Melton Center for Jewish Studies. Supported by the Thomas and Diann Mann Symposium Fund

Funny Moves: Dance Humor Politics (Dance 6805)
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Schwadron, Associate Professor in the School of Dance, Florida State University
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m.
Location: Zoom

Q***r, Futurist Flows: To Imagine Otherwise and Refuse Beyond in Performance (Dance 6805)
Speaker/Workshop Leader: Dr. Bhumi Patel, Assistant Professor of Dance, Carleton College
Date: Monday, November 9, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m.
Location: 247 Sullivant Hall

Book Launch and Lightning Talks on Routledge Companion on Performance and Technology, co-edited by Norah Zuniga-Shaw, Maaike Bleeker, and Bhumi Patel
Speakers: various
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Wexner Center for the Arts, Performance Space

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Speaker: Miguel Alejandro Castillo
Date: Friday, November 13, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
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09/22/2026

🔥Sizzle Session for Prospective BFA and Minor Students
🗓️Wed, September 23, 2026
🕠5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
📍Zoom
🔗Register - https://dance.osu.edu/events/sizzle-session-prospective-bfa-and-minor-students-2

Are you ready to ignite your passion for dance? Join us online for our🔥Sizzle Session and explore the exciting world of dance at The Ohio State University. Learn about our BFA and Minor programs and take a virtual tour of our state-of-the-art facilities. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded dancers and discover your future in dance.

Please take a few minutes to register so we can craft a virtual visit that is unique to you and your interests and ensure you get the most out of your time with us. After you complete the form, you will receive a Zoom meeting invitation with instructions on attending the virtual open house.