Welcome to OhioDance
Thank you for joining us at the OhioDance 50th Anniversary Gala!
2027 OhioDance Festival
Dance Matters: Woven Lineages
Guest Artist Jasmine Hearn
April 30-May 2, 2027
Co-Sponsored by The Ohio State University, Department of Dance, Columbus Ohio 43210
The OhioDance Festival is an annual statewide celebration of dance through
Performance, Dance Presentations/Discussions, and Screenings.
The festival’s theme, Woven Lineages: Preserving and Expanding Dance Practices Visually and thematically, Woven Lineages draws on the metaphor of weaving — threads of the past interlacing with threads of the present to create something whole, resilient, and ever-growing. It’s an invitation to see dance not as a fixed inheritance, but as a living practice: one that each generation reshapes while still honoring where it came from.
2027 OhioDance Call for Submission to FESTIVAL PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY CONCERT Final https://forms.gle/gBPZQhFhS1Mwcf2x6 – Deadline December 4, 2026
2027 Looking to hire dancers: A Call for dance organizations, companies and schools to audition dancers at the 2027 Ohio Dance Festival
https://forms.gle/2EKLho7steh38hQH6 Deadline December 1, 2026
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, National Endowment for the Arts, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Foundation, and Akron Community Fund.
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