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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 pio
neering 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.
Host: Rodney Veal
Executive Producer: Jane D’Angelo
Editor and Audio Technician: Jessica Cavender
Music Composition: Matthew Peyton Dixon
“A State of Dance” is a six-part series coming out the fourth Friday of each month through November 2025. This podcast is driven by the OhioDance mission to secure the foothold of dance in Ohio through increasing visibility, firming viability, and elevating the position of dance in Ohio.
In 2016, a five-person team set out on a mission to capture the achievements of persons and institutions who have shaped the intricate diversity of dance history and practice within the state of Ohio and weave them together in an easily accessible digital format. This we call the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection. As of 2024 we have highlighted 42 individuals and institutions. The team has traveled over 5000 miles and interviewed over 100 individuals in all five regions of Ohio.
If you like what you are listening to and are not a member of OhioDance, you can go to https://ohiodance.org/ and click the membership button to join and receive the many benefits that come with your membership. You can also donate through our purple donate button.
OhioDance would like to thank our funders: Ohio Arts Council, Kettering Family Philanthropies, The Ohio State University Dance Preservation Fund, America 250 Ohio, The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Foundation and Akron Community Fund.
If you missed it: Watch Season One
Season 1, Episode 1
“A Moving History with Dr. Candace Feck”
Season 1 Episode 2
“Leveling Up with Gregory Robinson”
Season 1, Episode 3
Taking Note with Dr. Valarie Williams
Season 1, Episode 4
Arts Infrastructure, Ira Weiss
Season 1, Episode 5
The Awe-Inspiring Journeys of Zelma Badu-Younge Photo Zelma Badu-Younge by Nii-Tete Yartey Studios – Ghana
Season 1 Episode 6
The Unstoppable Force that is Damien Highfield
Watch Season Two
Season 2 Episode 1 · A State of Dance
Padma Chebrolu: The Wisdom of Indian Dance and Living a Life Fueled by Joy
Season Two, Episode Two:
S2 E2 · A State of Dance
Lighting Dance with Dennis Dugan
Season 2 Episode 3
Dancing Solidarity with Al Evangelista: Filipino/a/x American diaspora, queer identities and bringing history into the room with technology
Season 2 Episode 4
Empire State to Glass City: Eric Otto brings a slice of the Big Apple to Toledo
Season 2 Episode 5
Samuel A. McIntosh on street dance: roots and future
Season 2 Episode 6
Flamenco’s Past, Present, and Future through a Latinx Lens with
Griset Damas-Roche and Amy Schofield
Watch Season Three
Season 3 Episode 1 · A State of Dance
“Writing and Dancing with Ann Cooper Albright”
Season 3 Episode 2 · A State of Dance
Dance Revolutionary Mary Verdi Fletcher – Boss Lady of CLE
Season 3 Episode 3 · A State of Dance
From Havana to the Heights: Dancing in Community with Cervilio Miguel Amador
Season 3 Episode 4 · A State of Dance
Episode 4 – Deep Roots, Strong Branches: Raising Community with Suzan Bradford Kounta