{"id":217,"date":"2018-02-06T12:57:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T12:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2018-07-18T13:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T13:03:04","slug":"a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Columbia College Chicago<\/h2>\n<h3>By Jan-Henry Gray<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"leader\"><em>Onye Ozuzu performs at the Chicago Cultural Center with award-winning work and a plan for survival.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at the edge of the world and I thought: \u2018I could stay out here\u2019 and the thing that I wanted most was a sprung wood dance floor,&#8221; says <a href=\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/\">Onye Ozuzu<\/a>, Dance Professor and Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts. The idea came to Ozuzu during a residency at <a href=\"http:\/\/chulitnalodge.com\/artists\">Chulitna Lodge Research Institute<\/a> in Lake Clark, Alaska. Ozuzu\u2019s revelation turned into what is now \u201cProject Tool,\u201d an ongoing work which centers around\u00a0building and performing on dance platforms, hand-built by Ozuzu and her team of dancers. Through the process of using hand-held tools and legacy processes, the multi-faceted project explores the relationship between mind, body, and tool.\u00a0\u201cWorking with wood means learning how to negotiate movement around the material,\u201d says Ozuzu. \u201cIt\u2019s all about balance\u2014knowing when and how much to exert. It\u2019s all dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colum.edu\/news-and-events\/articles\/2018\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool.html#.W084_34na3U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia College Chicago By Jan-Henry Gray Onye Ozuzu performs at the Chicago Cultural Center with award-winning work and a plan for survival. \u201cI was at the edge of the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-project-tool"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Columbia College Chicago By Jan-Henry Gray Onye Ozuzu performs at the Chicago Cultural Center with award-winning work and a plan for survival. \u201cI was at the edge of the world [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ozuzu Dances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T12:57:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-18T13:03:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kate Speer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kate Speer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/\",\"name\":\"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-06T12:57:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-18T13:03:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/417e611a0a7c02529c785fe771a12532\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ozuzu Dances\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/417e611a0a7c02529c785fe771a12532\",\"name\":\"Kate Speer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bd3a184126b031beb64245e68bf0775bf5d9b9504a4701b39c1dd6b2c4e4aa7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bd3a184126b031beb64245e68bf0775bf5d9b9504a4701b39c1dd6b2c4e4aa7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kate Speer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/author\/kate\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances","og_description":"Columbia College Chicago By Jan-Henry Gray Onye Ozuzu performs at the Chicago Cultural Center with award-winning work and a plan for survival. \u201cI was at the edge of the world [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/","og_site_name":"Ozuzu Dances","article_published_time":"2018-02-06T12:57:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-07-18T13:03:04+00:00","author":"Kate Speer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kate Speer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/","url":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/","name":"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d - Ozuzu Dances","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-02-06T12:57:54+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-18T13:03:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/417e611a0a7c02529c785fe771a12532"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/a-dancer-and-her-tools-onye-ozuzus-project-tool\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Dancer and Her Tools: Onye Ozuzu\u2019s \u201cProject Tool\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/","name":"Ozuzu Dances","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/417e611a0a7c02529c785fe771a12532","name":"Kate Speer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bd3a184126b031beb64245e68bf0775bf5d9b9504a4701b39c1dd6b2c4e4aa7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bd3a184126b031beb64245e68bf0775bf5d9b9504a4701b39c1dd6b2c4e4aa7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kate Speer"},"url":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/author\/kate\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozuzudances.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}