Assistant Professor of Dance (Tenure-Track)

University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison, WI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The UW-Madison Dance Department seeks a colleague whose teaching and creative work will engage students across a range of experience levels, from advanced BFA students and MFA dance graduate students to general education students. The successful candidate will be a versatile instructor who will offer courses in their areas of specialization and who can deliver existing courses that bridge theory and practice, will have experience teaching contemporary dance at all levels and at least one other dance form. The creative work of the preferred candidate demonstrates capacity to teach students through original repertory, choreography courses, and mentor student works. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise and experience teaching in one or more of the following areas: Contemporary Dance, Screendance, Composition, Improvisation, Movement Analysis, Repertory, Contemporary Dance practices from the African(ist) lineage/Africanist Diaspora, Hip Hop/urban dance, ballet, percussive dance, jazz, tap, dance and media, and/or other embodied research practices. We seek a colleague who will contribute to an inclusive learning environment and curricular development and demonstrate the ability to effectively engage students with a wide range of backgrounds, preparation, and experience. The position offers significant opportunities to build connections and collaborate on projects and events across campus and with local, regional, and statewide communities.

Requirements

• Candidates should have earned or completed an MFA or PhD degree in Dance, or related field.
• Evidence of established record of creating and presenting contemporary work; along with demonstrated promise in choreographic creative research.
• Areas of expertise may include dance-making for proscenium stages and/or works for screen, site, community or interdisciplinary settings.
• Experience in community-engaged arts practices.
• Professional and Academic skills, including the capacity for administrative and curricular work, and effective written communication, as demonstrated in the application materials.
• Applicants should also demonstrate the ability to impart these and related skills to students in professionalization seminars.
• Demonstrated instructional versatility in more than one dance technique or movement practice within the applicant’s areas of expertise.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of university-level teaching experience, including demonstrated ability to design and teach courses that blend theory and practice.
• Demonstrated experience developing new courses.
• Evidence of applying for external grant funding.

Responsibilities

• Develop and teach courses in the theory and practice of contemporary dance (beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels) and at least one other dance form that may include contemporary dance practices from the African diaspora, Hip Hop/urban dance, ballet, percussive dance, jazz, and/or tap.
• Additional teaching in at least one of the following areas: composition, improvisation, repertory, screendance, Movement Analysis, dance and media, somatic practices, and/or other embodied research practices.
• Contribute to department curricular and program development around contemporary dance.
• Develop and maintain distinctive and focused creative research that demonstrates national and/or international recognition.
• Actively participates in faculty governance, community-building, and the academic, administrative, and artistic functions of the department, school, and university.
• Contribute to the department’s strategic plan and mission.

Benefits

• Competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance
• Tax-advantaged savings accounts
• Participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level