Jason Ohlberg
Associate Professor and associate chair
Office: Sports Center 238
Telephone: 518-580-8378
Email: johlberg@skidmore.edu
Originally from Fresno, California, Jason attended the State University of New York
at Purchase in the early 1990s. Following an eighteen-year professional dance career,
he graduated summa cum laude with his B.F.A. in dance from Cornish College of the
Arts in Seattle, Washington. In 2015 he earned his M.F.A. from the University of Washington
where he was awarded the Dean鈥檚 Graduate Medal from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Professionally, Jason has danced with numerous companies, including Hubbard Street
Dance Chicago, Dance Kaleidoscope, Jan Erkert and Dancers, and the University of Washington鈥檚
Chamber Dance Company. In 1997, Jason founded Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre
in Chicago where he acted as artistic director and head choreographer. For over twenty
years, he has created works for companies and festivals throughout the country, and
has taught at several professional schools and internationally recognized training
programs including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Spectrum Dance Theatre, and the Pacific
Northwest Ballet. He has served on the faculties of Barat College, the University
of Washington, and Cornish College of the Arts.
In addition to his artistic profile, Jason has presented research at the annual conferences
of the International Association of Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and the National
Dance Education Organization (NDEO). His work has been published in the Journal of
Dance Education (JODE), and he recently contributed a chapter to the book, Stories
We Dance/Stories We Tell: Essays on Dance in Higher Education from McFarland Press.
Journal Publications
Ohlberg, J. (2019). Choreography as 鈥淪eeing鈥�: Inquiry and Advocacy through Museum-based
Physical Research. Journal of Dance Education, 20(2), 99鈥�104.
Ohlberg, J. (2021). Rethinking Technique: Considering Visual, Oral, and Movement Literacy to Promote Technical Skill and Artistic Growth. Journal of Dance Education, 23(2), 166鈥�171.
Book Chapter
Stories We Dance/Stories We Tell: Essays on Dance in Higher Education