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Odette Blum
Professor Emerita, Department of Dance
ODETTE BLUM (Professor Emerita) received
her early dance training in Scotland with Margaret Morris and was a member
of the Celtic Ballet. In New York City. She studied at the New Dance
Group Studios (on scholarship), Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, the
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, the Nona Schurman Studio,
and the Dance Notation Bureau. Her performance experience included the
companies of Nina Fonaroff, Pearl Lang, and Sophie Maslow. As a professional
notator, she has notated a number of dance scores including Massine's Three
Cornered Hat and served as notation consultant for the staging of
Gower Champion's dances for Carnival at the New York City Center. She
has directed works by Bettis, Jooss,, Horton, Humphrey, Lampert, Limon,
Maslow, Sokolow, and Tamiris. She has taught at the Dance Notation Bureau,
the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, the Juilliard School,
and the University of Ghana, where she began her research into West African
dance. Her publications include dance scores of Scottish Dances, Doris
Humphrey's Water Study, and a Dance Perspectives Monograph
#56 Dance in Ghana. She is a fellow of the International Council
of Kinetography Laban (ICKL), served as Secretary of the organization
for a number of years, and recently a term as Chair. She joined
the faculty in 1970 as a member of the Dance Notation Bureau Extension
teaching notation and repertory. In addition she has taught ballet, Scottish
Country and Highland Dancing, and the place of dance in West African
culture. Later she taught in the Dance Education Program and was
the T.A. Coordinator and Advisor. She taught and directed
the Labanotation Teacher Certification Course at OSU. She was Director
of the Dance Notation Bureau Extension from 1981 until her retirement
in 1995. Currently she freelances as a director and teacher and continues
with her notating/editing of dance scores.
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