Harmony Bench
Assistant Professor
5th Floor, Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH
43210
Areas of Expertise
- Theories of the body / corporeality
- Performance Studies
- Dance in popular media
Education
- MA in Performance Studies, New York University
- PhD in Culture and Performance, University of California, Los Angeles
Harmony Bench is an Assistant Professor of history and theory in the Dance Department at OSU. Coming from a background in Media and Performance Studies, Harmony researches the impact of media technologies on movement, gesture, and choreography--namely in social and screen media. In addition to publishing essays on viral videos, flash mobs, mobile media, and dance video games, Harmony is working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Connectivity and Belonging: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the New Sociality.