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“Ohio University prepares its students for multiple possibilities once you graduate. There is an emphasis on choreography, for instance, that may open up opportunities that a performance based school wouldn’t offer. Also, our alumni work in different areas of the field such as dance movement therapy, owning a company, or heading up the Bessie Awards!”
"In dance, process is pushed because a final product is just that, an end product—to the audience it’s just one thing to watch. There is much more that goes on behind the scenes that is much more important. Everything I’ve learned is because we are taught to put the process over the product."
“Here you will be put to the test. But prior to the task you’re equipped with the knowledge from our professors. I will leave knowing myself through my art—my own way of moving—and I don’t think I would have found that anywhere else.”
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View All Dance NewsOHIO professor publishes first article that looks at concussion risk in stunt performers
November 23, 2020Dr. Jeff Russell's new paper highlights the risk of concussion for dance, circus, theater and film and television stunt performers, along with guidelines for treatment. This groundbreaking research is the first of its kind being featured in scientific literature.
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View All Dance NewsA COVID Experiment: School of Dance puts on virtual dance concert
October 30, 2020Dancers are inventive and adaptable. Dancers know how to make it work, despite challenges. Dancers at Ohio University knew that even during a pandemic—with so much uncertainty and restriction—there are still opportunities to be creative.
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View All Dance News50 years of Dance
June 6, 2020With more than 50 years of practice in training students’ bodies to express art through movement, what do OHIO’s School of Dance students take with them when they graduate?
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View All Dance NewsFactory Street Studio
June 6, 2020Shortly after Cita Strauss, BFA '77, MA '04, completed her degree in Dance in 1977, she teamed up with fellow OHIO grad Marina Walchli, BFA '77, MS '81, to take a leap of faith.
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