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Newsletter Fall Updates Newsletter Fall Updates News from Jane D’Angelo Upcoming OhioDance Partnership Events: Executive Director October 12, 2019, 9:00AM – 3:00PM Dear OhioDance members, Neighborhood Best Practice Conference, City of Columbus OhioDance would like to thank and acknowl- held at the Downtown High School edge members of the OhioDance Board of 364 S. Fourth St., Columbus OH Fall News 2019 Trustees who are ending their terms, Vol 43, no. 1 Alfred Dove, Suzan Bradford Kounta, Sarah September 28, October 12, 2019 Morrison, and Kim Popa, We thank them for Dublin Arts Council - Art and Wellness the time served. Discover Series https://dublinarts.org New members to the Board of Trustees include: Angelica Bell, Adjunct Faculty, Ohio October 13, 2019, 6-7:30pm University/The Ohio State University, Artistic Two Dollar Radio Director of Factory Street Studio, Athens; 1124 Parsons Ave. Columbus OH 43206 Parris Hobbs, Branch Manager, Chase Bank, 614-725-1505 Dayton; Gregory King, Assistant Professor of Panel discussion on Labanotation, folk dance at Kent State University, and Artis- dances, and ethnic identity that preserves tic Director of the Kent Dance Ensemble; the heritages of immigrants who live in the Kristina Scales, ADA/504 & Title VI Special- Slovenian Diaspora. ist in the Division of Opportunity, Diversity Rebeka Kunej, Research Fellow in the In- and Inclusion for the Ohio Department of stitute of Ethnomusicology at the Research Transportation (ODOT), Columbus and Emily Centre of the Slovenia Academy of Sciences INSIDE Stamas, CareSource, Senior Marketing Spe- and Arts (ZRCSAZU) in Ljubljana, Slove- cialist, Dayton. nia, will be in residence as a scholar in the Slovene Research Initiative, a collaborative From the Field 2-5 Save The Date program between The Ohio State Univer- 2020 OhioDance Festival and Conference sity’s Center for Slavic and East European Nutrition 6 April 24-26, 2020 Studies and the ZRCZSAZU and the Society Co-Sponsored by The Ohio State University, for Slovene Studies Dance Health 7 Department of Dance Nena Couch, OSU Professor and Curator Announcing Special Guest Artist L.A. based of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Workshops 8 James Gregg Theatre Research Institute. http://www.jgchoreo.com/ Melissa Obenauf, Executive and Dance Performances 9-11 James will serve as guest speaker, perform Director of ZIVILI. A fully professional ethnic in the evening concert and teach two master dance company in the United States that Jobs/Applications 12 classes one intermediate, and advanced. The performed exclusively the dances, songs, and advanced class will serve as an audition for music of the peoples of the Southern Slavic Auditions 13 Gregg. Nations. Call for Teachers and Submission to Concert Member Movements 14 and other information can be found at December 5, 2019 https://ohiodance.org/festival/ 2019 Ohio Statehouse Tree Lighting and Membership Form 15 Holiday Festival 5:30pm OhioDance presents a Dance Concert Columbus OH ohiostatehouse.org 2019-2020 OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection OhioDance offers residencies to schools throughout the state based on the New OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection http://vdc.ohiodance.org/ Questions contact Jane D’Angelo [email protected] James Gregg 614-224-2913 1 www.ohiodance.org From the Field From OhioDance OhioDance response to the ABC August 22, 2019, Good Morning America segment, regarding Lara Spencer‘s comment on the Prince George’s education in ballet and disrespectful laughter and mockery about boys in ballet and dance that ensued. OhioDance Board of Trustees Meeting August 26, 2019 On behalf of the OhioDance Board of Trustees, we want to express our disappointment for the August 22, 2019, Good Morning America segment, regarding Lara Spencer‘s comment on the prince’s education in ballet. It is disturbing that host Lara Spencer would mock Prince George’s study in ballet on a nationally televised morning show. We do not appreciate that co-host George Stephanopoulos and the audience would join in with unacceptable mockery of boys in ballet and dance. This is exactly what boys in dance have been working to overcome for too long. In 2019, this type of reaction is incomprehensible, and should not be occurring. We acknowledge her apology but fear it does not represent the scope of damage inflicted given the large viewing audience. We recommend that both hosts attend a ballet, and view men dance to see the strength and endurance that is necessary to lift women dancers high over their head and dance for hours. OhioDance is committed to champion anti-bullying and a just and equitable world for all. We must make certain that those on national media outlets are kept aware of this fact and treat all with the respect that needs to be taken. We would appreciate that you to have a segment on boys and men and dance. Since you are owned by The Walt Disney Corporation, maybe film some of the men that dance in the studio shows, go to a ballet and speak to some of the dancers. And then finally most im- portantly film a class of young boys in ballet and show the strength, endurance, artistry and education that it takes to become a man in dance. From the Field Dayton Why this Kettering man is recording 365 dance videos Dayton Contemporary Dane Company dancer Michael Green is posting a dance a day on Facebook https://www.dayton.com/lifestyles/why- this-kettering-man-recording-365-dance- videos/3pPSyluov0kMtcY5ty692O/ Dayton Dayton Contemporary Dance Company DCDC is pleased to introduce to everyone Launches New Program, JB Fellows our new dance ensemble, the Jeraldyn Blunden Fellows. DCDC’s JB Fellows provides the foundation for emergent dance artists to undertake extensive professional and artistic develop- ment to emerge as accomplished profession- als. Aligned with DCDC’s artistic standards, the JB Fellows operates as its own entity within the organization supporting the mis- sion and vision of DCDC. JB Fellows has its own independent choreographic repertoire and performance based engagements. The ensemble also serves as apprentices to the main company, gaining in-depth knowledge and a higher learning experience. These budding artists are the cultural ambas- sadors of the organization by way of col- laborative projects, K-12 arts education and university initiatives, and community engage- ment throughout the Ohio region. The JB Fellows merges the vision and legacy of DCDC’s Founder Jeraldyne Blunden and the forward thinking of Artistic Director Deb- bie Blunden-Diggs to cultivate the next wave of contemporary dance artists. www.ohiodance.org 3 From the Field Canton Canton Ballet receives a Stark Community Foundation award for an 8-week residency at Southgate School Canton Ballet has received an award of $3,685 from the Stark Community Founda- tion for an 8-week residency to create, pro- duce and direct special needs students at Stark DD Rebecca Stallman Southgate School in a movement-based work for public per- formance at the school this fall. Artistic and executive director Cassandra Crowley will direct the project. The ballet offers awareness of and instruc- The charitable grant is funded by $1,000 tion in the art of dance with its public perfor- from The Shira Charitable Fund and $2,685 mances and its ballet school to the northeast from The Harvey J. and Elsie Dick Charitable ohio community. With its programs of finan- Fund at the foundation. cial aid, it also provides dance education and performance theatre opportunities to under- The Southgate project by ballet faculty will served youth. expand the ballet’s reach into the special needs sector of its community. It will include Canton Ballet did a similar residency with music appreciation, curriculum integration Southgate School in 2010 which was funded and performance values awareness as well by ArtsinStark and was met with great enthu- as arts, crafts, set design and construction siasm by Southgate principal Myrna Blosser, and costume-making by students assisted by the students and their families. Blosser school staff. states she is “very excited to collaborate!!!” on the 2019 project. Cincinnati Greater Cincinnati Dance Alliance 2019 8th Annual Dance and Musical Theater College Fair Sunday, October 6, 2019 10:00am-2:30pm at School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education 108 W Central Pkwy Cincinnati, OH 45202 http://gcdaweb.org/event/collegefair/ Emilia Mieczykowski. Photo by Hiromi Platt 4 www.ohiodance.org From the Field The Dancing Wheels Company opens its “Missing You” 39th season with a Lincoln Theatre debut This work examines how couples do or do performance September 20 not connect within their differences, and how these contrasts have the potential to Considered one of the premier arts and dis- bring people together. abilities organizations in the US, The Dancing Wheels Company is a professional, physically “Od:yssey” integrated dance company that unites the This piece is an exploration of the intersec- talents of dancers both with and without tion of paths along one’s journey or experi- disabilities. Dancing Wheels will open its ence. 39th season with a one-night-only, first-ever performance at the Lincoln Theatre, present- About The Dancing Wheels Company ing Connections & Intersections, a program Mary Verdi-Fletcher, the first professional featuring select works from the company’s wheelchair dancer in the US, founded Danc- vast repertoire that explores humanity and ing Wheels in Cleveland in 1980. Born with relationships. spina bifida, Mary wanted to offer others with disabilities full and equal access into The Lincoln Theatre Association presents the world of dance. An almost unimaginable The Dancing Wheels Company at the Lincoln concept at the time, Mary’s vision and pas- Theatre (769 E. Long St.) on Friday, Septem- sion have since helped to revolutionize our ber 20, at 7 pm.
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