Assistant Professor, Dance, Tenure-Track, UC College-Conservatory of Music

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About the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)

The Ballet + Contemporary Dance Department at CCM is a professionally oriented program offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) in Ballet with an emphasis in modern and contemporary training. The Department boasts a distinguished, dynamic faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, multiple performance opportunities, and a diversity of new and challenging experiences for its students. Dedicated full-time faculty, along with adjunct faculty members, frequent guest artists, company directors, and professionals from the field are committed to nurturing highly technical, passionate, and artistic dancers.

The Ballet + Contemporary Department has 54 undergraduate BFA Ballet majors. In addition to students majoring solely in ballet, some pursue dual majors, minors, or certifications in other complementary areas. Students attend and perform in festivals, attend conferences, and can receive advanced standing for certain experiences. The Dance Department is seeking to expand course offerings in Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Choreography, Dance History, Somatic Practices, Pilates, Dance Pedagogy, Professional Practice, Audition Techniques, Screen Dance/Dance for Camera, Anatomy, Conditioning, and related areas.

Dance students perform in the Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, an onsite facility which includes Corbett Auditorium, Patricia Corbett Theatre, Watson and Werner Recital Halls, and the Cohen Family Studio Theatre. Students have access to three dance studios, an onsite physical therapy room, dance locker rooms, smart classrooms, and a range of multidisciplinary facilities across the CCM Village. CCM also houses a large and active Preparatory Department offering a wide range of community dance classes and programs.

CCM values excellence in teaching, innovation in curriculum, and the ability to connect with a diverse group of students seeking to explore a range of opportunities and careers in a rapidly changing marketplace. CCM faculty are committed to recruiting, mentorship, career preparation, and student support. CCM encourages an inquisitive, collaborative spirit and expertise in a broad and diverse range of repertoire.

The department is seeking to enhance its current offerings with candidates who have research or performance interests in a related field reflective of the future job market. This could include but is not limited to areas such as community engagement, entrepreneurship, arts leadership, technology, pedagogy, arts administration, and other fields.

Job Overview

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), a nationally prominent comprehensive college for the performing and media arts, seeks an experienced performer and educator for a full-time tenure-track appointment in Dance, intended to begin August 15, 2026. The department is seeking a colleague in modern and jazz dance with resources and expertise in professional, academic and technique areas. Space exists for a colleague who can teach courses in any genre or codified technique with additional instructional abilities in a secondary technique(s), lab(s), and academic(s) courses.

Initial appointment is three (3) years, after which the faculty member is eligible for reappointment.

THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR H-1B OR PERM SPONSORSHIP.

Essential Functions

• Serve as an instructor, advisor, and mentor.
• Teach dance courses in modern and jazz dance. May also teach other genres or
• codified techniques, secondary techniques, labs, and academics courses.
• Teach courses related to primary and/or secondary genre [technique, character, contact improvisation, contemporary, groundwork, dance history, ballet history, Somatics, partnering, etc].
• Lead the dance department in research and…