OhioDance
OhioDance is committed to secure the foothold of dance in Ohio through increasing visibility, firming viability, and elevating the position of dance in Ohio.

Welcome to OhioDance

Virtual – Thursday, November 20, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm
Join the Virtual OhioDance Quarterly Membership Meeting 
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FREE. Join OhioDance for an inspiring and informative Virtual Membership Meeting featuring special guest Talise A. Campbell, Founding Executive Artistic Director of Djapo Cultural Arts Institute, and OhioDance Board member.

Talise A. Campbell is a dancer, choreographer, and educator who strives to connect audiences to the beauty of diasporic music, dance, history, and folklore. An acclaimed artist, she celebrates African and diasporic traditions through socially engaged performances for theater, film, stage, and public spaces. As Founding Executive Artistic Director of Djapo Cultural Arts Institute, she has impacted communities through workshops, international travel, performances, and residencies. With over two decades in education, she integrates cultural arts into academia, mentoring youth, and fostering community connections. Her choreographic work has graced global stages, bridging past and present through the transformative power of dance, research, and cultural exchange.

2026 OhioDance Festival
May 1, 2, and 3
Location: The Ohio State University, Dance Department, Sullivant Hall, 1813 North High St., Columbus Ohio 43210
Call for Festival Professional Concert Proposals
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY December 4, 2025.  

New Voices: Honoring the Past, Moving the Future
Celebrating 50 Years of OhioDance
A vibrant tribute to the dancers, choreographers, and visionaries who shaped our legacy and a bold spotlight on the emerging voices shaping what comes next. “New Voices” echoes with history while amplifying the rhythm of the future.
Guest Artist: Cervilio Miguel Amador, Artistic Director, Cincinnati Ballet
Performances, Films, Sessions, Demonstrations.

OhioDance presents dance at the 2025 Ohio Statehouse Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting.

The indoor ceremony will take place inside the Ohio Statehouse, Thursday, December 4, 2025
from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

 

OhioDance Podcast “A State Of Dance”

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Welcome to Season Three

Season Three, Episode Five:
S3 E5 · A State of Dance
Episode 5 – “Rhythm Revival: Lynn Dally‘s Journey to the Global Stage”

This month’s guest is Lynn Dally. Lynn is a pioneering tap dancer, choreographer, and educator whose artistry helped define the modern tap renaissance. A co-founder of the groundbreaking Jazz Tap Ensemble in 1979, Dally fused the improvisational spirit of jazz with the rhythmic precision of tap, bringing the form to concert stages around the world and re-establishing tap as a serious contemporary art.

In 2001, Dally became the first tap dancer ever awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography, affirming her trailblazing role in expanding the boundaries of rhythm dance. Her choreography celebrates musical collaboration, syncopation, and the voices of women in tap—work that includes the acclaimed documentary Gotta Move: Women in Tap and the nation’s first conference dedicated to female tap artists.

Through her performances, teaching, and global outreach, Lynn Dally has preserved tap’s lineage while propelling it forward. Her legacy continues to inspire generations of dancers who see in her career a bridge between tap’s vernacular roots and its vibrant, evolving future.

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OhioDance is a State-wide service organization that supports the entire dance ecosystem in Ohio.

Mission Statement: To secure the foothold of dance in Ohio through increasing visibility, firming viability, and elevating the position of dance in Ohio.
Purpose: Keeping dance alive.
Values: Respect, Integrity, Love of Dance, Intentionality of Cultural Expressions, Relationships, Connection, and Community.
Vision:A communal physical space to share the power and joy of dance.

OhioDance works diligently to advocate at every level of government and in every community about the impact dance has on the state’s economy, and also the impact it has on quality of life and educational attainment.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, OhioDance presents the arts to the community through festivals, conferences, performance opportunities, a Virtual Dance Collection, educational resources, professional networking, newsletters, and dance artist services.

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OhioDance is supported through grants from Ohio Arts Council, Kettering Family Philanthropies, America 250 Ohio, Arts Midwest Gig Fund, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Foundation, and Akron Community Fund.

Accessibility Statement: OhioDance is committed to ensuring the accessibility of this website and its content. Ongoing efforts are documenting areas for improvement and a plan is in place to increase access. If you cannot access information on any page of this website, would like to report inaccessible features, or would like information in another format, please contact OhioDance at jane@ohiodance.org or 614-224-2913.

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