Curriculum Vitae
Mara Penrose
www.vimeo.com/marapenrose
Education: Academic
2011 MFA, Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2000 BFA cum laude, Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH.
Education: Professional
2009 Teaching Certification in Laban Dance Notation, Dance Notation Bureau Extension for Education and Research, The Ohio State University.
Academic Teaching and Administrative Appointments
2011 Graduate Teaching Associate, Program for Arts and Humanities Development, Summer Program, Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University.
2011 Graduate Administrative Associate, Dance Notation Bureau Extension for Education and Research, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University.
2008-2011 Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH:
Dance 651: Repertory, Existing Work
Dance 161: Dance and Theatre 1945 to the Present
Dance 620: Labanotation 1
Dance 201: Jazz, Modern and Tap Dance Technique
2010 Graduate Administrative Associate, Association of Retarded Citizens Dance Program, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University.
2010 Graduate Teaching Associate, Teaching Assistant, Dance 161: Dance and Theatre 1945 to the Present, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University.
2009 Graduate Administrative Associate, The Columbus Dance Calendar.
2008-2010 Graduate Administrative Associate, Dance Notation Bureau Collection at the Theatre Research Institute/Special Collection Library, The Ohio State University.
2004-2005 Lecturer, Instructor of Record, Department of Music, Catholic University of America:
Music 405-406: Modern Dance
Music 205-206: Jazz Dance
Music 105-106: Ballet Dance
Awards
School of Graduate Studies, The Ohio State University
2010 Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship, $2000
Department of Dance, The Ohio State University
2011 Dance Preservation Fund, $1600
2010 Department of Dance Chair’s discretionary fund $250
2009 Presutti-Madison Scholarship for Research in Dance $500
2009 Dance Preservation Fund $500
Scarlet and Grey Academic Scholarship $4,000
1996-1997 Helen Alkire Scholarship for Excellence in Dance $1,000
Undergraduate Education, The Ohio State University
1996-1997 Stadium Dorm Scholarship $6,000
1996-2000 Trustees Scholarship $4,000
Membership in Honor Societies/Professional Organizations
2012 International Council of Kinetography Laban
2009-2012 Society of Dance History Scholars
2008-2012 Dance Notation Bureau
Publications
2012 (expected) “Re-What? Investigating a 1930s Movement Choir via Notation Score.” Proceedings of the International Council of Kinetography Laban 27th Biennial Conference.
2011 “The Dance Notation Bureau Archive at the Ohio State University,” Dance Notation Bureau Newsletter, New York, NY, September 1.
2011 “Dance Uptown Young People’s Concert Study Guide,” Department of Dance, The Ohio State University. May 5.
Presentations
2011 “Dance Movement and Performance Artifacts.” Invited guest lecture. English 367, Introduction to Folklore, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 24 Oct.
2011 “Re-What? Investigating a 1930s Movement Choir via Notation Score.” International Council of Kinetography Laban 27th Biennial Conference, Institute for Musicology, Budapest, Hungary. 5 August.
2011 “Scoring Change.” MFA Thesis Lecture/Demonstration, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University. 18 April.
2010 “Tracing Movement.” Invited guest lecture. Ohio Dominican University, Department of Art, Columbus, OH. 24 March.
2010 “Group Forms.” Invited guest lecture. Ohio Dominican University, Department of Art, Columbus, OH. 17 Dec.
2010 “Recreating Laban’s Titan.” Society of Dance History Scholars Annual Conference, Dance and Spectacle, University of Surrey, Guildford, England. 11 July.
2009 “Generating Movement Through Impossible Scores” Dance Across the Board II, Transitions. New York University Department of Performance Studies. 12 Feb.
2009 “Virtual Reconstruction of a Movement Choir” Dance Under Construction XI, Choreographing Politics. University of California Los Angeles. 1 May.
Selected Performance/Creative Activity
2011 Director, Arch Park Event, The Ohio State University.
2011 Director, Mass Dance Spectacle, The Ohio State University.
2010 Choreographer, Action and Architecture. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University.
2009 Choreographer, Afferent Data, with Joshua Penrose. A responsive multi-channel sound environment and dance performance, presented at Anthropocene, Haskett Hall, Ohio State University.
2004-2005 Dancer/rehearsal assistant, Carla and Company, Dance Place, Washington, DC.
2004 Dancer, All That is Seen, a dance-theater work by Kelly Bartnik/Forum Theater, Arena Stage at 14th and T, Washington, DC.
2001-2003 Dancer, Natalie Marrone and the Dance Cure, Columbus, OH.
2002 Dancer, The Violence Project, choreographed by Fran Spector-Atkins, Monterey, CA.
1995-1996 Trainee, Pick of the Crop Dance and Music Ensemble, Buffalo, NY.
Related Work Experience
2011 Undergraduate Research Office, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Program Assistant
2011-2012 BalletMet Dance Academy, Instructor
2008-2009
2007-2008 Moving Company Dance Center, Instructor
2004-2005 Dance Place, Washington D.C, Manager, Carla and Company, Administrative Assistant, Outreach program educator
