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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!”
- Matthew Keller; Honors Tutorial College (HTC) B.F.A. Dance; Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Certificate; Member of "The Movement"; Class of 2017
"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."
- Olivia Cancelli; B.F.A. Dance Performance & Choreogrphy, Class of 2017
“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.”
- Trezon Dancey; B.F.A. Dance Performance & Choreography; Member of Acacia Fraternity; Class of 2017
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View All Dance NewsFall Senior Dance Concert: The Sensing Body
November 19, 2019Ohio University School of Dance presents “The Sensing Body”, its annual Fall Senior Dance
Concert and the culminating project for BFA dance majors. This fall, seven seniors employ their
unique perspectives in their newly created choreographic works to be presented on Thursday,
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View All Dance NewsAlumna Violet Patton Commits Transformational Gift to Fine Arts & Education
August 30, 2019Read MoreFeatured News
View All Dance NewsSenior Dance Concert 2019
March 28, 2019This spring, five seniors employ their unique perspectives in newly created choreographic works, performed by individuals or groups, presented together in a coordinated concert event, the highlight of the student’s year-long capstone projects.
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View All Dance News9th Global Arts and Music Festival
March 7, 2019Celebrating Global Arts, Education and Diversity at Ohio University, APRIL 1-5, 2019. A week overflowing with dance, film, music, theatre, visual arts, and world languages!
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