Visiting Lecturer in Dance

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Work type: Visiting Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Humanities
Department:  - COTA-THEATRE-CHAIR

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Title:

VIS LECTURER

Candidates shall have received the academic degree appropriate to the assignment of duties, or equivalent experiences or accomplishments in the field may be substituted.

Job Description:

The University of Florida, School of Theatre and Dance (SoTD), College of the Arts, invites applications for the position of Visiting Lecturer in Dance
. The teaching focused position in a leading public research institution calls for teaching and service to be priorities for the employee.

The Dance Program’s technique curriculum balances bodily training practices across three areas of technical inquiry:
Contemporary African and African Diaspora Practices, Contemporary Ballet Practices, and Contemporary Dance Practices
. Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate expertise in at least two distinct dance forms within these areas and/or other expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Improvisation, Dance Composition, Dance Studies, Dance Pedagogy,
Dance Entrepreneurship, Dance Media and Technology, Experiential Anatomy/Dance Kinesiology, and Interdisciplinary Studies
. Other areas of expertise will also be considered.

We welcome candidates whose teaching range and scope may include contemporized perspectives on codified techniques; global hybrid and fusion influences, and/or integrated somatic perspectives.

This position calls for a teacher-artist whose creative research and choreographic practice inform their pedagogy and support the School’s commitment to preparing students for wide-ranging professional trajectories in dance, performance, and creative practice. The successful candidate will contribute to the Dance Program’s undergraduate curriculum, production season, student mentorship, recruitment and retention, and broader learning community.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker.

We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution.

• Teach undergraduate dance courses at beginning through advanced levels, with assignments based on the candidate’s expertise and the instructional needs of the School. Under the current curriculum, typical teaching assignments for lecturers in Dance are 7-9 credits (3-4 courses) per semester
  . Courses may include:
• Contemporary African and African Diaspora Dance Practices
• Contemporary Ballet Practices
• Contemporary Dance Practices
• Dance Composition
• Dance Ensemble or Repertory
• Somatics
• Professional Development
• Other dance-related courses appropriate to the candidate’s expertise
• Mentor BA and BFA students, including senior projects.
• Contribute to curricular efforts in other dance-related areas, which may include Improvisation, Dance Composition, Dance Studies, Dance Pedagogy,
  Dance Entrepreneurship, Dance Media and Technology, Experiential Anatomy/Dance Kinesiology, or Interdisciplinary studies.
• Contribute to Quest and General Education offerings as appropriate, including courses such as Dance Fundamentals and Dance Appreciation.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of innovative and cross-disciplinary curricula.