Department of Dance
316 Sullivant Hall
1813 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
Contact Information
Phone: 614/292-7977 Fax: 614/292-0939
E-mail: dance@osu.edu
Website: www.dance.osu.edu
Chair: Susan Hadley, Professor
External Relations Coordinator: Damian Bowerman
Email: bowerman.11@osu.edu
Faculty
Harmony Bench, Assistant Professor – bench.9@osu.edu
Michael Kelly Bruce, Associate Professor – Emeriti
David Covey, Professor – covey.1@osu.edu
Melanye White Dixon, Associate Professor – dixon.199@osu.edu
Karen Eliot, Professor – eliot.4@osu.edu
Nadine George-Graves, Professor – george.946@osu.edu
Susan Hadley – hadley.4@osu.edu
Hannah Kosstrin, Assistant Professor – kosstrin.1@osu.edu
Nyama McCarthy-Brown, Assistant Professor – mccarthy-brown.1@osu.edu
Crystal Michelle Perkins, Assistant Professor – fuller.309@osu.edu
Bebe Miller, Professor – Emeriti
Susan Van Pelt Petry, Professor – petry.37@osu.edu
Daniel Roberts, Assistant Professor – roberts.338@osu.edu
Mitchell Rose, Associate Professor – rose.320@osu.edu
Valarie Williams, Professor, Arts and Humanities Associate Dean – Williams.1415@osu.edu
Norah Zuniga-Shaw, Associate Professor – zuniga-shaw.1@osu.edu
Retired Professors
Helen Alkire
Melanie Bales – bales.1@osu.edu
Karen Bell – bell.1@osu.edu
Vera J. Blaine – Not in directory
Odette Blum – blum.1@osu.edu
Michael Kelly Bruce – bruce.8@osu.edu
Candace Feck – feck.1@osu.edu
Angelika Gerbes – gerbes.1@osu.edu
John Giffin – giffin.1@osu.edu
Louise Guthman
Ann Lilly – lilly.1@osu.edu
Vera Maletic
Sheila Marion
Beryl Miller – miller.2506@osu.edu
Victoria Uris – uris.1@osu.edu
Lucy Venable – venable.1@osu.edu
Lecturers
Dale Beaver – beaver.77@osu.edu
Maryanna Klatt – klatt.8@osu.edu
Alex Dickson
Karen Mozingo – mozingo.3@osu.edu
Danielle Schoon – schoon.2@osu.edu
Joyce Patron – patrone.5@osu.edu
Christina Providence – providence.1@osu.edu
Edward Taketa – taketa.1@osu.edu
Andre M. Zachery – zachery.6@osu.edu
Administrative and Professional Staff
Susan Chess, Musician Supervisor
Email: chess.1@osu.edu
Carolyn Cox, Production Coordinator
Email: cox.193@osu.edu
Oded Huberman, Interdisciplinary Production Manager
Email: huberman.1@osu.edu
Amy Schmidt, Academic Program Coordinator
Email: schmidt.442@osu.edu
Lindsay Simon, Costume Designer
Email: simon.213@osu.edu
Carolyn Jakubczak, Ticket Office Manager
Email: jakubczak.1@osu.edu
Edward Quinn , ASC Undergraduate Advisor
Email: quinn.142@osu.edu
Chris Summer, Media Manager
Email: summers.171@osu.edu
Program Philosophy
The Department of Dance offers curricular programs that emphasize the study of contemporary modern dance. All programs share an approach that views dance as a humanistic art-discipline and performance as the central mode of learning. With coursework in modern dance and ballet technique, movement fundamentals, performance/repertory, choreography, music for dance, Labanotation, dance history, dance education, world dance forms, African-based dance forms, and lighting, this program is designed to expand the dimensions of the dance experience for each student and provide them with substantial knowledge about the field and a vision of where they are in relation to it.
Degrees Offered: BFA,MFA, PhD, Dance Minor
Areas of Focus: performance, choreography, Labanotation, history, technology, education.
Academic Facilities: During 2011-13 renovation space, 4 studios, use of mediated performance and teaching space EMMA Lab at ACCAD, costume shop and production in Department of Theater and EMMA Lab spaces, class and conference room, college computer labs, department high-end video editing computer stations
Production Facilities: Deptartment new space in Sullivant Hall in 2013
Productions: Faculty and visiting artist, winter and spring student performances, graduate project performances, annual repertory performance usually in spring
Institution Type: Public
Enrollment: 50,000-60,000 in university; in department: approximately 100-125 undergraduate majors, 30-35 graduate students, 3-8 PhD students, 100+ minors, 700+ non-majors
Annual Tuition: $10,037 (resident) or $25,445 (nonresident); for the most up-to-date info on university enrollment, tuition and fees, go to http://undergrad.osu.edu/costs.html
Annual Room and Board: $10,392
Departmental Financial Aid: Graduate associateships, fellowships, undergraduate scholarships
Other Financial Aid: Loans, work-study, university scholarships via federal FAFSA application, http://sfa.osu.edu
