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Dege Feder Residency with the Melton Center for Jewish Studies

Portrait of Dege Feder
Wed, February 11 - Fri, February 13, 2026
10:20 am - 12:45 pm
Ohio State University campus

Dege Feder will be in residency with the Department of Dance and the Melton Center for Jewish Studies February 11–13.

Dege Feder is a choreographer, dancer and musician. Dege joined “Eskesta” dance troupe in 1999 as a dancer and performed in many international festivals in Germany, France, Columbia, Croatia, South Africa, the United States and beyond. In 2013 she became the artistic director and choreographer of the Beta Dance Troupe. With Beta, she has performed in various venues, including in Ethiopia, where she was invited to teach workshops at the Ethiopian National Theater. She performed in 2018 at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and taught dance workshops in the U.S. Dege is the recipient of several awards, including the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize for Young Dance Creators. In addition to her artistic work, she teaches dance as a means of empowerment for women and young girls in the Ethiopian-Israeli community.

See the Melton Center for Jewish Studies events page for details on events with this residency. 

 

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