About

Kokosing and Community

The research conducted this summer is part of a larger scale project in which we will participate in Global Water Dance. GBW connects people from all parts of the world through dance, and we are planning to build to a larger event next summer that would be streamed globally, connecting with communities across the world.

Choreography by Julie Brodie and Ashley Sanchez

Featuring performances by Julie Brodie, Eve Currens, Willow Green, Cassady Neviska, Ashley Sanchez, and our community partners!

Who we are

Meet the team!

Julie Brodie

Julie Brodie, MFA, CMA, is a Professor of Dance and Director of the Office of Community Partnerships at Kenyon College. Brodie stages dances from scores, and she has presented her work, taught, and performed internationally. Brodie was a 2010 Fulbright Scholar in Egypt and a 2016 Fulbright scholar in Rīga, Latvia. She has published in The Journal of Dance Education, The Journal of Movement Arts Literacy and is co-author of the book Dance Science and Somatics: Mind-Body Principles for Teaching and Performance. Brodie was awarded the Kenyon College Trustee Teaching Excellence Award for senior faculty in 2022, and she is a Fellow of the International Council of Kinetography Laban.

Ashley Sanchez

Ashley Sanchez is a junior undergraduate student of Dance and English at Kenyon College. Sanchez has been dancing since the age of five, training in ballet, contemporary, modern, and jazz. Sanchez began choreographing at the age of fourteen in high school productions, and continues to create movement at Kenyon College. This summer, she is conducting research with Professor Julie Brodie on local water issues and dance.

Heather Doherty

Heather Doherty has worked in the fields of river conservation and environmental education for over twenty-five years across academic, non-for-profit and government sectors. Her current position as the Central Regional Scenic Rivers Manager at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources involves acquiring and managing scenic river lands as conservation areas, reviewing public infrastructure projects and working with watershed communities to protect river systems and community vitality. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College.