Attention Alumni of the Ohio State University Department of Dance,

The 2012 Application for the Dance Preservation Fund has been  announced. Applications due Friday,  April 6, 2012. Established in 1994  to further the recording of dance through awards to current students,  alumni, current faculty and emeriti, the fund is also available to  visiting artists, researchers, and notators in residence. Approximately  $15,000 available annually. Application review will be made in early May  by the Dance Notation Bureau Extension Committee. Notification of  results will be made no later than May 31, 2012. Click here and scroll down for application. Submit application and any questions to Lucy Venable venable.1@osu.edu.

The purpose of the Dance Preservation Fund is to support projects such as:

• the checking of notation scores already written

• the staging of dances from score in order to check the score

• the staging of dances for the purpose of recording them through video and/or notation

• research in dance/movement analysis and dance notation

• video recording dance (usually in connection with notating it)

• the teaching/promotion of notation

• editing, updating, copying, etc., scores

• development of computer programs having to do with the above  which can involve people from other disciplines; equipment, personnel

• conferences and/or publications involving the above

• subsidizing workshops

• other projects judged by the review committee to be in keeping with the purpose

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In preparation for the new Department website to be unveiled later  this year, we’ve created a new online Professional Resources Binder  to replace the Professional Resources page on the current website. To  use, select opportunity type from the tag menu on the right. We hope  you’ll find it useful!