2012 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• We hosted the 2012 OhioDance Festival and Conference, DANCE MATTERS: Dancing with History. Dance students, educators, researchers, and enthusiasts gathered at BalletMet Columbus. The event featured master classes in a range of techniques from respected teachers; highlighted Columbus' dance heritage; showcased Ohio's choreographic talent; and included an award ceremony, wellness day, and professional audition.

• The Dublin Arts Council and OhioDance, in collaboration with The Ohio State University, University of Akron, and the Ohio Department of Education, presented Stream. The site-specific, contemporary dance performances offered educational experiences for Columbus City School students and were streamed live for a worldwide audience.

• OhioDance and VSA Ohio partnered to offer a professional development seminar for educators and dancers at the 2012 Special Education Leadership Conference, presented by the Ohio Department of Education. A workshop facilitated by Ann Cooper Albright introduced participants to ideas and skills that will enable them to engage student learning through the immediacy of the body. Additionally, OhioDance coordinated VSA’s adaptation, integration, and the arts program, where five dance artists teach in Ohio’s public schools, two in Columbus, working with more than 200 students with disabilities.

• OhioDance and Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School presented Dancing to Learn: Strategies and Assessment for the 2012 Dance Learning Standards. The one-day session was taught by experienced teachers and members of the Dance Learning Standard revision team. It provided dance learning strategies to K-12 dance and other core academic educators and administrators, dance artists, and college students.

• OhioDance presented performances at the Ohio Statehouse Summer Lawn Series. More than 600 attended the free hour-long show that included performances by The Arts College Preparatory Academy Dance Ensemble, Columbus; Times Past Vintage Dancers; Locality 2012; Demetrius Klein Dance Company, Cincinnati; and MamLuft&Co. Dance, Cincinnati.

2013 GOALS

• Our goal is to recognize, advocate, and communicate the personal, social, and educational value of dance to all Ohioans. To this end, we will collaborate with Lower Lights MInistry to offer classes and performance opportunities for children during their summer program in Franklinton.

• OhioDance serves as a centralized source of relevant and current information and resources for diverse statewide constituencies. We will offer professionals and young artists educational and performance opportunities, and exposure to recognized dance companies, programs, master artists, and teachers through our annual dance festival open to the public of all ages and experience levels. Additionally, through Greater Columbus Arts Council's OppArt program, OhioDance will present a wellness core conditioning workshop for dancers at Columbus Dance Theatre, taught by members of The Ohio State University's sports medicine team.

• We will showcase the richness and diversity of dance by facilitating presentation opportunities, including a young artists' concert and dance share event for student choreographers at the annuarl festival.

• We will promote and encourages the role of dance in K-12 education and lifelong learning through professional development, community roundtables, and performance opportunities for dance educators and artists at venues that include the Ohio Statehouse, Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School, Duxberry Park IMPACT Elementary, and our annual festival. 

OhioDance serves professional companies and dancers, college and university dance departments, dance studios, school and community dance programs, and dance supporters. The agency serves as the primary networking opportunity for diverse dance organizations and individuals throughout the state. The organization began as the Association of Ohio Dance Companies, formed in 1976 by representatives from 16 Ohio dance companies. To reflect the increased membership it served, the association changed its name to OhioDance in 1984.

The organization’s first statewide festival was held at Kenyon College in 1981. The Greater Columbus Arts Council nominated OhioDance for outstanding arts event of the year in 1988. The organization moved to Columbus in 1989, the same year the organization hosted the first National Performance Network residency. In 2000, two OhioDance Award categories were established for outstanding contributions both to the dance art form and to dance education. In 2004, OhioDance and the Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State University, in conjunction with Dance Heritage Coalition’s exhibition America’s 100 Dance Treasures, presented Ohio’s Dance Treasures in Columbus. Today, in addition to providing informational and educational services, OhioDance provides members with fiscal agency services and representation in state and national arts activities. OhioDance is committed to educating Ohioans about dance and dance education, as well as facilitating advocacy activities.

OhioDance has served the dance community for more than 35 years. During these years, many leaders in the dance community, volunteers, students, and interns have been involved with OhioDance and aided its development in the best interest of dance and the movement arts community. Many dance leaders maintain their support of OhioDance through membership, teaching at the festival, contributing to the newsletter, and addressing current issues in education and the dance field. Board members are representatives from universities, dance companies, and schools. Statewide representation is invaluable to OhioDance, and it benefits from the support of its membership. Members represent a broad spectrum of dancers, dance educators, and dance lovers. They express their desired goals including: education, teaching opportunities, performance opportunities, career development, and audience building. OhioDance draws strength from partnerships formed with other statewide arts service organizations.

	2012	2011	2010
Total Direct Support	$74,103	$59,835	$57,488
Direct Support Foundations	-	-	-
Direct Support Corporations	-	-	-
Direct Support Individuals	-	-	-
Direct Support Unspecified	$74,103	$59,835	$57,488
Government	-	-	-
Indirect Public Support	-	-	-
Earned Revenue	$16,593	$10,826	$8,307
Interest and Dividends	$2	$4	$5
Membership Dues	-	-	-
Special Events	-	-	-
In-kind	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-
TOTAL REVENUE	$90,698	$70,665	$65,800

	2012	2011	2010
Programs	$68,184	$43,473	$40,459
Administration	$20,292	$27,213	$28,041
Fundraising	-	-	-
Payment to Affiliates	-	-	-
TOTAL EXPENSES	$88,476	$70,686	$68,500

	2012	2011	2010
Total Assets	$23,586	$21,364	$20,935
Current Assets	$23,586	$21,364	$20,935
Total Liabilities	-	-	-
Current Liabilities	-	-	-
NET ASSETS	$23,586	$21,364	$20,935

TCF Staff:
Comments:
	Ms. Jane E. D'Angelo, Executive Director
	For more than 35 years, OhioDance has maintained financial stability. OhioDance has worked within its means, budgeting for down times by curbing expenses when income was low. OhioDance will maintain its budget by increasing membership, grant opportunities, and corporate sponsorships.