www.ohiodance.org 2 www.ohiodance.org Dance Matters: Inscribing The OhioDance Festival and Conference is an annual statewide celebration of dance through classes, workshops, discussions and performances. Nationally recognized Alexis Willson, will serve as a guest artist. As a professional dancer she has performed classically and commercially all over the world. Alexis earned her B.F.A. in drama from the prestigious Carnegie-Mellon University. After retiring from dancing, she acted in commercials and later became a casting associate. Alexis has written and published poetry, a full length musical, made contributions to a variety of published works, and self-published her Melanye White Dixon recent memoir, Not So Black and White. Friday, April 28 Young Artists’ Concert, 10:30-11:30am Master classes begin at 2:30pm. 8:00pm: BalletMet’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ohio Theatre 7:00pm Reception Saturday, April 29 Full day of master classes 12:30-1:30pm Alexis Wilson guest speaker after the Luncheon 2-3:30pm Virtual Dance Collection unveiling Panel Discussion 3:45 Alexis Wilson Composition Master Class Pamela Young 6:30pm Evening Performance and Award Ceremony. Awards will be presented to Dr. Melanye White Dixon for outstanding contributions to the advancement of dance education, Sheri “Sparkle” Williams for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the dance artform and Pamela Young for outstanding contributions to the advancement of dance arts administration. The Maggie Patton dance scholarship and OhioDance outstanding dance student will be awarded to a graduating high school student. Sunday, April 30, 10:00am-3:00pm- Wellness day and Master classes Sheri “Sparkle” Williams Registration and Classes Festival Guide Index held at BalletMet Columbus Festival Schedule........................pg. 4 322 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215 Festival Registration form..........pg. 5 Full details inside and on the website at Faculty Index and Hotel..............pg. 7 http://ohiodance.org/festival/ Class description and faculty.....pg. 8-15 DANCE WITH US The dance minor program offered at Ohio Northern University emphasizes a strong liberal arts education and provides a flexible program that adapts easily to individual needs and interests while maintaining professional standards. • Open to all students regardless of their choice of major • Requires 19 credit hours of technique classes, dance composition, dance history and dance practicum Talent awards are available to assist with the cost of tuition. Students must audition to be considered eligible for a talent award. LEARN MORE AT ONU.EDU/ADMISSIONS Questions? Contact Dr. Laurie Bell at 419-772-1693 or [email protected] www.ohiodance.org 3 2017 Festival Schedule Studio A Studio B Studio C Studio D Studio E Studio F Studio G Perfor- Confer- mance ence Space Room 10:30- Friday April 28, 2017 - Young Artists Concert in Performance Space 11:30am 1:30- Registration in Performance Space, BalletMet, 322 Mt. Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 2:30pm 2:30- Cont 15+lII Indian Folk A Imp l17+ 3:45pm Manculich Sen A Chenfeld Hines L Robbins 3:50- Ballets13+ Jazz lA Dance Ed Cont 15+ 5:05pm Gibbs INT. Calhoun v Sukhdeo Dove lII 7:00pm 8:00pm BalletMet’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ohio Theatre 7:00pm reception for OhioDance registrants 8:00- 9:00am Saturday April 29, 2017- Registration in Performance Space 9:00- Cont l13+ Cont 15+ Percuss A 10:00am Hurlburt Diehl l II Schroeder 10:15- Ballets11+ Imp 15+lII African 11:45am Fobbs I De Spain Blayr A 11:45- Lunch in Performance Space 12:30pm 12:30- Guest Speaker- Alexis Wilson in Performance Space 1:30pm 2:00- Ballets12+ Horton Tap 15+ II Cont 15+ Cont Panel 3:30pm Yetter INT. Perkins Squires Ramos l II Indian VDC vA 14+ l II Sarkar A 3:45- Ballet sII Composi- Mazurka Dancing Cont l A 5:15pm Rockland tion Cobb 15+ Wheels Popa 15+ Wilson INT. Verdi-Fletcher 15+ l II 15+ l L 5:15- Pizza in Lobby 5:45pm 6:30pm Ohio Dance Performance and Award Ceremony in Performance Space 9:30- Sunday April 30, 2017 - Registration in Main Building 10:00am 10:00- Ankle foot Ballet sII Actors Hip Hop A 11:15am Amway A Liang 15+ Fundv Brown OSU Schwadron 11:30- Hip rel Condition- Jazz Contemporary 12:45pm Prichard 15+ ing 11+ lA Bushway 13+ l II L Wilson A Gould OSU 1:00- Lunch- “From Antsy to D.A.N.C.Y.” Steve Graef, PhD in Conference Room 1:40pm 1:45- Body Roll African A Improvisation 3:00pm Viola A Braimah Javian 15+ l II Class Type & Level Key l– Contemporary/Modern s– Ballet – Historical or Other Styles v– Discussion/Professional Develop- ment I– Beginner/Intermediate (INT) Intermediate II– Intermediate/Advanced A– Open to All, ages 11+ (includes jr track) Classes for age 15+/17+ where indicated 4 www.ohiodance.org L-Indicates all Levels 2017 Festival Registration Form Mail in Registration Deadline: April 6, 2017 Questions? Please call 614/224-2913 Early Bird discount 5% off total Deadline: March 2, 2017 Luncheon: Group of 10 or more receive 10% discount (one teacher free) Saturday, April 29 Register Early - Classes Fill Quickly Pre-pay Box lunch......$10 Vegetarian option....$10 3 Day- Festival Pass (Best Value) Sunday, April 30 OhioDance members...$125 Non-members….$200 Pre-pay Box lunch......$10 Vegetarian option....$10 OhioDance Festival T-shirt Friday- Day 1 T-shirt Circle size: S M L ......$20 OhioDance members.....$30 Nonmembers........$50 Extra Ticketed Events: Parents attend FREE with registered student/check and fill in form Saturday- Day 2 Friday, April 28 10:30-11:30am OhioDance members.....$90 Nonmembers.....$150 Young Artists’ Concert ticketed event.....Free Saturday April 29 6:30pm Sunday- Day 3 OhioDance Evening Performance/Awards tickets if registered OhioDance members.....$45 Nonmembers.......$75 OhioDance Members......$10 Seniors/Students.....$10 Nonmembers..................$15 Single Class Only $15/$20 not registered for classes/or day of performance OhioDance members.....$20 Nonmembers.......$30 Add a tax deductible donation __________ OhioDance Membership: Total amount paid Individual…………..…...$40 Student……….…….$20 $ Check your class choices in each time slot below. Please indicate your 1st & 2nd choice. All activities held at BalletMet, Saturday April 29 2017 Day 2 Sunday April 30 2017 Day 3 322 Mt. Vernon Ave., Registration 8:00-9:00am Registration 9:30-10:00am Columbus, OH 43215 9:00-10:00am Body Percussion (Schroeder)..............A 10:00-11:15am Friday April 28 2017- Day 1 Contemporary (Diehl)..................l II 15+ Ballet (Liang)................................s II 15+ 10:30-11:30am Contemporary (Hurlburt).............l 13+ L Ankle/Foot(Amway, OSU)....................A Young Artists’ Concert.................... Free Hip Hop (Brown)................................ A 10:15-11:45am Registration 1:30-2:30pm Resources for Dancers at The Actors Improvisation (De Spain)...................l II Fund (Schwadron)vA 2:30-3:45pm Ballet (Fobbs)................................ sI 11+ Folk (Chenfeld/Robbins)......................A West African (Blayr)............................A 11:30-12:45pm l Contemporary (Manculich)...........l II 15+ Jazz/Funk (Gould)......................... A 11+ 11:45am-12:30pm Lunch, networking..$10 l improvisation (Hines)...................l 17+ L Contemporary (Bushway)............ II 13+ Hip Release (Prichard).................15+ L Indian (Phane Sen)..............................A 12:30-1:30pm Conditioning (Wilson, OSU)................A Guest Speaker Alexis Wilson...........vA 3:50-5:05pm 1:00-1:40pm Ballet (Gibbs).............................s13+ INT 2:00-3:30pm Lunch, networking..............................$10 Contemporary (Dove).........................l II Virtual Dance Panel.............................vA “From Antsy to D.A.N.C.Y.”(Graef).........vA Jazz (Calhoun)........ ...........................l A Horton (Perkins)............................lII 14+ Dance Education (Sukhdeo)..vTeachers A Ballet (Yetter).............................s12+ INT 1:45-3:00pm Contemporary (Ramos)................l II 15+ Improvisation (Javian)..................l II 15+ 7:00pm Cont. Indian (Sarkar)........................... A West African (Braimah)...................... A Reception Ohio Theatre.......................... BalletMet’s Romeo and Juliet Ohio Theatre Tap (Squires)................................. II 15+ Body Rolling (Viola)............................ A Columbus (Purchase tickets on own) 3:45-5:15pm Class Type & Level Key Composition (Wilson).......................lII 15+ l– Contemporary/Modern Dancing Wheels(Verdi-Fletcher).......l 15+ L s– Ballet Ballet (Rockland)...........................sII 15+ – Historical or Other Styles Contemporary (Popa).........................l A v– Discussion/Professional Development Mazurka (Cobb).........................15+ INT I– Beginner/Intermediate (INT) Intermediate II– Intermediate/Advanced 5:15-5:45pm Pizza in Lobby free w/reg. A– Open to All, ages 11+ (includes jr track) 6:30pm Evening Performance/Awards Classes for age 15+/17+ where indicated $10/$15/$20 BalletMet Performance Space L-Indicates all Levels Mail this entire page with your check to: OhioDance,77 S. High St., 2nd fl., Columbus, OH 43215 Name________________________________________________ Phone ___________-- ___________--_________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip __________________________________________Email ____________________________________________ Registration also available