2011 OhioDance Festival and Conference
Dance Matters: Communities in Motion
2011 Festival Brochure available
now
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for Faculty! filled
Award recipients: Gerard Charles, artistic
director of BalletMet, has choreographed and staged works internationally
and received an NEA Choreographic Fellowship. Mr. Charles will receive
the award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the dance
artform. Karen Bell, retired January 2011, during her
30 year tenure at OSU became a professor, and held leadership positions
as Chair of the Department of Dance, Dean of the College of the Arts,
and Associate Vice President for Arts Outreach. Ms. Bell will receive
the award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of dance education.
OhioDance Outstanding Dance Student Award
Jazmine Rutherford a senior attending Purcell Marian
High School, and a
student at the Ott-Budig Cincinnati Ballet Academy since 2005.
Students receiving Honorable Mention: Bridget Khuns,
BalletMet Columbus
Dance Academy; Sarah Sutherland and Kaitlinn
Brewer, Firestone High
School Department of Dance, Akron.
Showcase: Saturday, April 30, 2011, award ceremony 6:30pm,
performance 7:00-9:00 p.m. in BalletMet Performance Space. Professional
companies performing; Christopher Bell, Foreground Dance, SwingColumbus,
trideaDANCE Collaborative, Thiossane West African Dance Co. College dance
programs represented are: Bowling Green State University, and University
of Akron Dance Co. Pre-professional companies performing are BalletMet
Columbus Performing Ensemble, Hathaway Brown School, and Stivers School
for the Arts.
This year’s award ceremony will be held before the performance at 6:30
p.m. After the performance a dessert reception will be held with live
music by Mixed Bag.
OhioDance Showcase adjudicators:
Alicia Díaz is Assistant Professor of Dance at Hope College
and co-director of Agua Dulce Dance Theater with Matthew Thornton. They
are Artists-in-Residence at the Holland Area Arts Council in MI. At Hope
College she is also co-director of dANCEpROjECt with Thornton and Steven
Iannacone. Her choreography has been presented in the United States, Puerto
Rico, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, and Mexico. She has worked with Complexions
Contemporary Ballet, Donald Byrd/The Group, Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance
Theater, Andanza, Alice Farley Dance Theater, and Contemporary Motions,
among others. In NYC, Díaz co-founded en la brega dance company and co-directed
Rubí Theater Company. Díaz holds an M.A. in Dance and Choreography from
NYU and a B.A. in Art, Culture and Society from the New School for Social
Research. The Seed and The Gardner, a dance film choreographed by Agua
Dulce Dance Theater and directed by KimSu Theiler will be screened at
the Dance Films at The Flea Festival in New York City in March 2011.
Stephen Pier is currently the Director of Dance at The
Hartt School, University of Hartford. His credits as a performer include
many years with the Jose Limon Company where the New York press hailed
him as "…one of the most gifted dancers on the modern dance scene
today." He went on to become a leading soloist with the Hamburg Ballet
in Germany performing the title roles in John Neumeier's "Othello"
and Saint Matthew's Passion" and creating numerous other major roles
during his nine years with the company. As a member of the Royal Danish
Ballet for six years, Mr. Pier had the privilege of dancing leading roles
in works of Bournonville, Balanchine, MacMillan, Bejart, and collaborating
with many of Europe's finest contemporary choreographers. Mr. Pier was
invited to teach both the company and the school of the Royal Danish Ballet
and served as ballet master for the company from 1992-1996. He has taught
on the faculty of the Alvin Ailey School, the Martha Graham Center, Regional
Dance America, New York International Ballet Competition and for many
notable companies in Europe, America and Asia including Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Bat Dor, Introdans, Scapino Ballet Cedar
Lake Dance Ensemble and the New National Theater, Tokyo. He was on the
faculty of the Juilliard School from 1996 until 2010. His students have
danced in companies around the world including, The Royal Ballet, Royal
Danish Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theater, Martha
Graham Company, Lar Lubovitch Co., Mark Morris Dance Co., Doug Varone
Dancers, Cullberg Ballet, Cedar Lake Ensemble, Alvin Ailey and Bat Sheva.
In 2002, Mr. Pier began PierGroupDance to explore and collaborate with
dancers and artists in various art forms. He has created over 30 works
for the concert stage, opera, theater, and film. His work has been presented
by The Hamburg Ballet (Ger.), Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Danish Theater,
Royal Danish Opera, Bat Dor (Israel), The New National Theater (Japan),
the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, The Di Capo Opera Company (NYC), Nilas Martins
Dance Company, and the Dance on Film Festival at Lincoln Center. He was
selected to be part of Jacob's Pillow Choreographer's Project in 1998.
He co-founded and directed the emerging choreographer's workshop, "Danses",
at the Royal Danish Ballet 1990-1996. He was the Artistic Director of
Juilliard's innovative Mentoring Program beginning in 2007 and in September
2008 he began a 3-year tenure as director of the new Visions and Voices:
Altria/ABT Women's Choreography Project at American Ballet Theater.
Shawn Womack is a choreographer, performer and teacher
of dance. From 1984-1999, she directed and choreographed for Shawn Womack
Dance Projects, a Cincinnati-based contemporary dance and performance
company that performed throughout the United States and the former Soviet
Union. Her choreography has been recognized with fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council as well as the
1996 Ohio Governor‟s award in the category of performing arts. She has
taught as a guest artist at numerous colleges and universities including
University of California, Riverside, the Ohio State University, Iowa State
University, University of Cincinnati and Ohio University. In the past
five years, her work has been performed at Bryant College, Iowa State
University, Des Moines Playhouse, University of California, Los Angeles,
San Diego‟s Sushi, and University of California, Riverside. She holds
a master of fine arts in dance from the University of California, Riverside
and is currently an associate professor of dance and chair of the Department
of Theatre and Dance at Grinnell College.
Please call Jane D'Angelo at 614-224-2913 or email
for more information.
Please Consider Buying an Ad in the Festival Program!
Who: Audience: arts-going public, families, college and university students,
arts
professionals, arts supporters from around the state.
What: Various genres of dance classes featuring instruction from BalletMet
and OhioDance Board of Trustees.
Why: Advertising in the program will give you high visibility to a focused
audience.
OhioDance is one of the most active arts service organizations in the
state
committed to dance education, improving work opportunities for dance artists
and
publishing a newsletter, directory and website for information sharing.
Paid advertising helps support our mission.
Mechanical Requirements (jpeg or pdf format)
Program Size: 8 ½”x 5 ½ ”
(Printed in black and white)
Full page: 4 ½ "w x 7 ½ "h
Inside program $80
Back Cover $100
Inside front cover $90
Inside back cover $90
1/2 pg: 4 ½ “w x 3 ¾ “h Horizontal $50
1/4 pg: 2 ¼ "w x 3.3/4 "h Vertical $40
1/4 pg: 4 ½ “w x 1 7/8 “h Horizontal $40
1/8 pg: 2 ¼ "w x 1 7/8"h $30
1/16 page (business card size) $25
Deadline for Program Ad April 5, 2011
Showcase April 30, 2011
2011 OhioDance Festival
BalletMet Columbus Performance Space
322 Mount Vernon Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215
Sunday, May 1, 2011
12:00pm-1:55pm
Warm-up class 10:00am-11:30am required
Dance Audition and Master Workshop. Rodney Veal
Facilitator This audition is for dancers attending the OhioDance Festival.
Representatives
auditioning: BalletMet Dance Academy, Summer Intensives and year-round
Pre-Professional Program,
Susan Brooker, Academy Director; Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.; Meglouise
Dance, Megan Pitcher; Ohio Northern University, talent scholarships for
dance minor program, Laurie Bell; The Ohio State University,
Department of Dance, Melanye White Dixon; SMAG Dance Collective, Michael
L. Groomes, Dayton.
Audition Format and Requirements
The audition will be held Sunday, May 1, 2011 from 12:00pm-1:55pm
Please take a class either ballet or modern class from 10:00am-11:30am,
Sunday, May 1, 2011 before the audition for warm-up
Ballet Criteria: Adagio center work, center combination with multiple
pirouettes, grand allegro, pointe and/or men's combination, if requested
by recruiters.
Contemporary Criteria: Spine work: contractions, spinal succession and
tilts, rolling to, from and on the floor, tilts, spirals, recovery, fall
and rebound. Combination with big directional changes, turns, small jumps
and falls. Structured improvisation exercise.Repertory Segment: Movement
phrases and/or choreography from the repertoire taught. Ballet criteria
is included in repertory segment.
Cuts will be made after each company does ten minutes of repertory. (the
students who are cut may stay to watch Please Note: There will be several
dance techniques and styles represented at the audition.
Audition Attire Students should be dressed in appropriate audition attire.
Ballet slippers are required for the ballet component. If you have had
at least three years of pointe at an advanced level and feel comfortable
wearing pointe shoes for the entire ballet portion of the audition, you
may do so. Students must remove shoes for the modern component. No warm-ups
or sweats allowed. It is suggested students wear convertible tights.
Please bring resume or CV and dance photo. Audition $15 members,
$20 nonmembers
Download this form to bring to the audition
click here!
Hotels
These hotels are offering an OhioDance Festival rate. Be sure to ask for
it when you make reservations and book early.
Hyatt on Capitol Square
75 East State Street,
Columbus, OH 43215
Available 2 nights: April 29, 2011 and April 30, 2011
Rate: $116. plus tax
discounted valet parking $15/car/night
10% discount for Breakfast in the Plaza Restaurant
group reservations phone number is:
1-888-421-1442.
or online at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ohiodance
Cut off date: April 8, 2011
Renaissance Columbus Downtown
50 N. 3rd Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Available 2 nights: April 29, 2011 - April 30, 2011
$139. plus tax
(800)266-9432.
Refer to the Ohio Dance Festival to receive discounted group rates.
Guests may also reserve online by following the link below:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ohiodanceapr2011 (Link is case sensitive)
Cut off date: April 8, 2011
Drury Inn & Suites
Columbus Convention Center
88 East Nationwide blvd. Col 43215
614-221-7008
Rate: $114.95 plus tax
Available one night April 30, 2011
To make reservations, go the link below:
http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2105540
Mention group number: 2105540
Free Breakfast
Pkg $12 per day
Cut off date: April 1, 2011
Red Roof Inn
111 East Nationwide Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 43215
www.redroof.com
Available one night April 30, 2011
Rate: $90. plus tax, per room,
per night.
Flat rate good for 1 - 4 people in a room
Method of Reservations: Individuals may call 1-800-RED-ROOF or to the
hotel directly at 614-224-6539 to make reservations.
Please have guest refer to the Group Code: B262OHDANC when making reservations.
Billing: Individuals are responsible for their own room charges, incidentals
and tax.
Parking: $10.00 per day with in/out access.
Cutoff Date: April 9th, 2011
Concourse Airport Hotel & Conference Center
4300 International Gateway
Columbus, OH 43219
please call us at 800-541-4574 or
614-237-2515
Rate: $69. plus tax
Available April 29 and April 30, 2011
Free Parking
http://www.theconcoursehotel.com/
Cut off date: March 29, 2011
Restaurants and other accommodations:
http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/
BalletMet, 322 Mt. Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43215
Parking: available in parking lot behind the building or on the street.
For driving directions go to:
http://mapquest.com
Please call Jane D'Angelo at 614-224-2913 or email
for more information.
