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Moving Bodies and Social Justice
February 16, 2021
Scott Wargo
Oberlin College and the Five Colleges of Ohio present “Moving Bodies and Social Justice,” a series of virtual presentations and workshops developed to explore new curricula and pedagogical approaches that will engage all bodies who want to move within dance communities.
Three Oberlin faculty members receive Ohio Arts Council Excellence Awards
February 28, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
Three Oberlin faculty members have been awarded individual grants from the Ohio Arts Council to continue their creative projects.
This Week in Photos: January 22
January 22, 2020
Yvonne Gay
In this photo series, we explore the art of cinema storytelling; go to an entrepreneurial boot camp; get intense with strings and Greek; go back to high school in Berkeley; stop by the freezer section in Kim’s Grocery & Carryout; get involved with dark matter; learn R for SPSS; join a dance class; design an archeological exhibit; get cozy with a wild beast; and much more.
Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright Receives 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
April 16, 2019
Amanda Nagy
With the award, Ann Cooper Albright will begin work on a new book that employs her scholarly method of combining philosophy and dance.
Eric Baker Nord Performing Arts Annex Opens
December 13, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The new space creates a multipurpose home for diverse programming and expanded opportunities for students.
Q&A with Ann Cooper Albright
November 9, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright has a new book forthcoming from Oxford University Press, titled How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World.
Famed Acoustician Albert Xu and Musical Artist Mimi Xu Explore Sound at Oberlin Nov. 2 and 3
October 26, 2017
By Erich Burnett
The art and science of sound rests at the heart of Albert Xu and daughter Mimi Xu, who have forged dynamic careers exploring very different avenues of the same phenomenon.
From Chemistry to Circus
May 10, 2017
Grace Blinkoff
Hayley Larson '14 teaches at Aloft Circus Arts and Aerial Dane Chicago and performs as Duo Filamental.
Dance Diaspora Presents "The Detroit Way"
September 30, 2016
Communications Staff
Performance marks the final Dance Diaspora fall show for founder/director Adenike Sharpley.
Dance Students Win 48-Hour Film Contest
September 29, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Three collaborate to make ‘Not Today,’ a dance film entered in a New York City competition.
