Teaching Instructor/Teaching Assistant/Teaching Associate Professor of Dance

Teaching Instructor/Teaching Assistant/Teaching Associate Professor of Dance

Position Number: 930559

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Anticipated Recruitment Range: Commensurate with Qualifications

Position Type: Faculty (Teaching)

Job Duties

Job Duties include teaching, recruiting, supporting the BFA in Dance program, service to the school and University, and other duties based on the needs of the School. The teaching load for this position is 12 credits per semester with an expectation for creative contribution to the ECU/Loessin Playhouse Season. The generalist candidate will contribute to one or more of the techniques (Ballet, Modern, and Jazz) that constitute the "Triple Track" emphasized in our degree program.

Minimum Education/Experience

• Terminal degree (MFA or equivalent) or equivalent professional experience in Dance.
• Experience training and educating pre-professional or professional-level dancers
• Developing creative activity and/or research.
• The ability to teach at least two of Ballet, Modern/Contemporary, and Jazz Techniques; beginning through the advanced levels

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education

Experience teaching dance at the university level. Additional expertise in any area of dance practice or scholarship, including but not limited to hip hop, musical theatre, commercial dance, tap, dance history, pedagogy, somatics, partnering, improvisation, composition, dance kinesiology, and world dance forms such as African, Latin, Asian, and Southeast-Asian diasporas.