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A State of Dance
by OhioDance
From OhioDance and hosted by independent choreographer and artist Rodney Veal, A State of Dance brings you conversations about the world of dance.
Episodes
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Movement in Every Medium with Remi Wörtmeyer
This month's guest is Remi Wörtmeyer, Artistic Director of BalletMet, and a multi-award-winning choreographer, dancer, designer, and educator. Born in Adelaide, Australia, Wörtmeyer trained in classical dance at The Australian Ballet School and went on to perform with The Australian Ballet,...
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Staying Present, Looking Ahead with Brandon Ragland
This month's guest is Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director of Dayton Ballet, and an accomplished dancer, choreographer, educator, and arts leader. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Ragland trained at the Alabama School of Fine Arts before earning a B.S. in Dance-Arts Administration from Butler...
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Urban Midwest Storytelling with Dominic Moore Dunson
This month's guest is Dominic Moore-Dunson, an award-winning choreographer, director, and educator based in Akron, Ohio. A 2025 Lloyd Richards New Futures Fellow and Dance Magazine “25 to Watch” artist, he is Co-Founder and Creative Director of MooreDunson Co., a family-led creative studio he…
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Lineage, Leadership, and the Future of Black Dance with Kevin Ward
This month's guest is Kevin Ward. Mr. Ward is an acclaimed dancer, choreographer, educator, musician, and arts leader. He joined Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in 1980 and served as its Artistic Director from 1999 to 2007, helping guide one of the nation’s leading Black contemporary dance...
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Dancing Diasporas: Tracing Migration Through Movement with Dr. Hannah Kosstrin
This month's guest is Hannah Kosstrin. Dr. Kosstrin is a dance historian and movement analyst. Her scholarship focuses on Jewish dance in global contexts including dance histories of the United States, Israel and the Jewish diaspora, Latin America, Europe, South Asia, and the African diaspora;...
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David Choate: A Revolution Comes Full Circle
This month's guest is David A. Choate, Jr., Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Revolution Dance Theatre. David is an African American public speaker, dancer/choreographer, lighting designer, writer, director and theatrical producer. In his current role, he has written, choreographed and...
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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,...
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Deep Roots, Strong Branches: Raising Community with Suzan Bradford Kounta
This month's guest is Suzan Bradford Kounta. Suzan is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and cultural leader dedicated to the preservation and celebration of West African traditions. She is the first African American woman to serve as Executive Director of Columbus’s historic Lincoln Theatre…
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From Havana to the Heights: Dancing in Community with Cervilio Miguel Amador
This month's guest is Cervilio Miguel Amador. Cervi is a multifaceted artist, entrepreneur, and transformative figure in the dance world. He received his education and training at the Vocational Ballet School in Camagüey, Cuba, and the National Ballet School of Cuba. Cervi began his professional...
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Dance Revolutionary Mary Verdi Fletcher - Boss Lady of CLE
This month's guest is pioneering artist, advocate, and cultural leader, Mary Verdi Fletcher. Mary is a nationally celebrated pioneer in physically integrated dance and a leading voice for disability rights in the arts. As President and Founding Artistic Director of the Dancing Wheels Company &...
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Writing and Dancing with Ann Cooper Albright
Ann Cooper Albright is the author of How to Land: finding ground in an unstable world which offers ways of thinking about and dealing with the uncertainty of our contemporary lives; Engaging Bodies: The Politics and Poetics of Corporeality; Modern Gestures: Abraham Walkowitz Draws Isadora Duncan...
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Flamenco's Past, Present, and Future through a Latinx Lens with Griset Damas-Roche and Amy Schofield
Season Two, Episode Six: Our guests for the season finale are Griset Damas-Roche and Amy Schofield. Born in Havana, Griset Damas Roche studied ballet at Cuba’s Instituto Superior de Arte and the Ballet of Havana. In 1998 she moved to Bogotá, Colombia, teaching flamenco and as a choreographer. In...
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Samuel A. McIntosh on street dance: roots and future
Season Two, Episode Five: This month’s guest is Samuel A. McIntosh. McIntosh is a talented dancer and choreographer specializing in street dance styles, including Popping, Animation, and Boogaloo. With 15 years of experience, he has learned from legends and competed internationally, achieving...
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Empire State to Glass City: Eric Otto brings a slice of the Big Apple to Toledo
Season Two, Episode Four: This month’s guest is Eric Otto Artistic Director & Head of Curriculum, Toledo Ballet, Toledo Ohio. Eric was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. He began dancing at the age of seven with the School of American Ballet in New York City. He has danced...
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Dancing Solidarity with Al Evangelista
Season Two, Episode Three: This month’s guest is Al Evangelista and we are discussing Filipino/a/x American diaspora, queer identities, and bringing history into the room with technology. Al s a performer, choreographer, and educator. His creative works have been performed at Steppenwolf Theatre...
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Lighting Dance with Dennis Dugan
Season Two, Episode Two: This month’s guest is Dennis Dugan. Lighting Designer/OhioDance Board Member, Dennis is a recipient of the 1997 Ohio Dance Award for outstanding contributions to dance in Ohio and has been working with light since the seventies. His early experiences in New York focused...
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Padma Chebrolu: The Wisdom of Indian Dance and Living a Life Fueled by Joy
Season Two, Episode One: This month’s guest is Padma Chebrolu. Padma is an accomplished teaching and performing dance artist and is the artistic director of the Cultural Centre of India (CCI) which she founded about 30 years ago in Cincinnati. Her exemplary artistic abilities, leadership, and...
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The Unstoppable Force that is Damien Highfield
Season One, Episode Six: This month’s guest is Damien Highfield. Damien began dancing at the age of four in his hometown of Columbus, where he trained at Balletmet for ten years, then became a member of Balletmet/Jazzmet. He then went to Butler University in Indianapolis. From there Damien...
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The Awe-Inspiring Journeys of Zelma Badu-Younge
Season One, Episode Five: This month’s guest is Zelma Badu-Younge, Ph.D. Zelma Badu-Younge is Professor of Dance, and Director of the School of Dance, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Zelma Badu-Younge, one of the most charismatic cultural fusion artists, captivates her audience as she steps on...
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Arts Infrastructure with Ira Weiss
Season One, Episode Four: This month’s guest is Ira Weiss. Ira began working at the Ohio Arts Council in 1974. He started as a performing arts coordinator, then presenting touring coordinator, grants office assistant director, to information technology specialist. In 1980 Ira Weiss received the...
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Taking Note with Dr. Valarie Williams
Season One, Episode Three: This month's guest is Labanotation expert, Dr. Valarie Williams. Dr. Williams is a Professor at The Ohio State University, Department of Dance. She is Director of the Dance Notation Bureau Extension Center for Education and Research at Ohio State. Dr. Williams teaches,...
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Leveling Up with Gregory Robinson
Season One, Episode Two: This month's guest is "Dayton Gem" Gregory Robinson. Robinson received his dance training at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. His career as a performer, teacher, ballet master, and choreographer, primarily with Dayton Ballet, in Dayton, Ohio, has spanned more than...
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A Moving History with Dr. Candace Feck
OhioDance A State of Dance is a six-part series coming out the fourth Friday of each month through November 2023. 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.…
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From OhioDance and hosted by independent choreographer and artist Rodney Veal, A State of Dance brings you conversations about the world of dance.
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