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During quarantine, many artists searched for new outlets of expression. In joining Zoetic Dance Ensemble, I’ve recently contributed to the Distance Disco blog. Here are some of my posts below. To read more posts… https://distancediscoproject.com/ 7/28 Every time someone asks me how I am dealing with the pandemic and social distancing, I feel two different,ContinueContinue reading “Thoughts from Distance Disco”

This past March, I traveled along with twelve other OSU dance majors to Salvador, Brazil to embark on a fifteen-day dance tour. The Dance Brazil Study Tour was an exhilarating study abroad experience where we performed on tour all over Bahia, Brazil, learning about culture, professionalism, and art. Before heading to Brazil, our touring companyContinueContinue reading “Dance Brazil- two weeks as a touring dance company in Salvador, Brazil”

In my time shadowing pediatric occupational therapy at Aspire Pediatric Therapy, I learned a great deal about specific neurodevelopmental disorders, the incredibly important link between the mind and body, and the nuanced way therapy must be approached for children. After coming in with some self-formulated ideas on occupational therapy, I built a whole new outlookContinueContinue reading “The Art of Pediatric Occupational Therapy”

Famous Cavalier Vaslav Nijinsky of the Ballet Russes acknowledged to Charlie Chaplin in 1916, “Your comedy is balletique, you are a dancer” (Kamin 100). Despite his lack of formal dance training, famous silent film actor, Charlie Chaplin, fooled his viewers into believing he was one of history’s greatest dancers with his articulated technique and dynamicContinueContinue reading “Charlie The Dancer”

Contemporary jazz combination choreographed by MFA Candidate Josh Manculich in his Jazz 3 class. How lucky am I to learn from such a creative genius.      

  At the adjournment of Dance Composition Two, I found that my final choreographic study brought together all that I learned in this class, culminating into one last project. In this class, and through outside observation, I learned about and focused on two major topics of choreography: the importance of music and musical structure, andContinueContinue reading “Dance Composition Two Final”

Through personal reflection and council from my peers, I decided that my two personal strengths in composition are my ability to find a strong dynamic between tempos as well as my overall commitment to my choreography. In some of my studies, I naturally found an ease in creating tempo shifts, switching between slow and fastContinueContinue reading “Dynamicity and Commitment”

This semester in Composition 2 taught by Susan Hadley, I have been introduced to new strategies for creating personal compositions. With these new lessons, I have acquired challenges due to my background and natural tendencies. The floor material in the 5/8-time was the biggest challenge for me because I have a limited vocabulary of floorContinueContinue reading “Newly Acquired Challenges in Compositional Studies”

This summer, I had the amazing opportunity of working as a research assistant to Dr. Madeline Hackney at Emory University. Dr. Hackney has a BFA in Dance from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and a Ph.D. in Movement Science from Washington University in St. Louis. Her doctoral research deals with movement disorders andContinueContinue reading “Dancing Neuroscientist- Summer 2016”