Daniel R. James (Technical Coordinator) enjoys his second career in the arts after working in the maritime business as a sailor, tugboat operator, and steamship agency accountant. He has designed lighting for dance, stage, and performance art around the country since 1990. Before coming to Oberlin, James had been the Production Coordinator for the Department of Dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Prior to that he was the lighting designer, technical director, and stage manager for the Department of Dance and Choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He is one of the founding members of the Sojourn Theatre Company of Portland, Oregon and is resident lighting designer for the Weathervane Theatre in New Hampshire. He has a BA from San Francisco State University and an MFA from Virginia Tech.
Department Contact Information
Department Chairs:
Ann Cooper Albright, Dance
Roger Copeland, Theater
Administrative Assistant:
Janice Sanborn
Department Email:
Theater.Dance@oberlin.edu
Phone: (440) 775-8152
Fax: (440) 775-8340
Location:
Warner Center 100
30 N. Professor St.
Oberlin, OH, 44074
Daniel James
Warner Center Technical Coordinator / Lecturer
News
News
Public Feldenkrais Workshop with Ethan Cowan '07 on Saturday March 16
Mar. 12, 2013Oberlin alum Ethan Cowan '07 returns to campus this week to engage in a series of workshops based on the Feldenkrais Method. An introduction workshop open to the public will be held Saturday March 16 at 10:00am in Warner Main Space
Hot Dances, Cool Gestures: Dance in the Weimar Republic, March 14
Mar. 10, 2013Thursday March 14th at 4:30pm. The Harold Jantz Memorial Lecture featuring Gabriele Brandstetter, University Professor of Theater and Dance Studies, University of Berlin. King 306.
Essence presents Dance Diaspora III
Feb. 27, 2013Oberlin's Dance Diaspora spring performance embarks on a journey through tradition and culture from Boké, Guinea. March 8th and 9th in Warner Main Space.
Dance at Oberlin Newsletter, February 2013
Feb. 12, 2013The first of our monthly newsletters for the Oberlin Dance program. In This Issue: Amy Miller, Girls in Motion, Water Ways, Lionel Popkin '91, New Department Blog and a Summer Intensive. And old people dancing.
Choreographer Amy Miller Creates New Work During Winter Term
Feb. 11, 2013In January of 2013, the Oberlin Dance Department welcomed dancer and choreographer Amy Miller to campus for an ongoing workshop during winter term. Twenty-six students came together spending their winter mornings in a contemporary technique class with Miller, while sixteen students also worked to create a piece entitled Distill for the Oberlin Dance Company concert in May.
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