Department of Dance

The Ohio State University Department of Dance is an academic department focused on contemporary dance, offering BFA, MFA, and PhD programs along with a dance minor and elective courses. Its work spans movement practice, choreography, performance, dance film, dance history and theory, and Labanotation. The department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance and presents open public performances, including its season of new works, lectures, and open houses.

The department is housed in historic Sullivant Hall on the Ohio State campus at 1813 North High Street in Columbus. Its facilities were renovated and reopened in 2014 and include a flexible black-box performance space, six studios, a costume shop, and a media lab. Dance classes are open to university community students, and events are open to the public, including the Dance Downtown Collaborative and a summer incubator program for choreography.