Lecturer, Dance

About this position

<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p>Purdue University seeks a highly-motivated individual for a full-time, non-tenure-track Lecturer in Dance to begin January 1, 2027.</p> <p> </p> <p>The primary responsibilities of this position are to teach a full-time load each semester, participate in departmental service, demonstrate a commitment to professional growth, advise students, and contribute original choreography to the program’s dance concerts. The successful candidate may be asked to develop curricula in her or his area of specialization for undergraduate dance courses within an evolving Dance program.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Duties and Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p> Candidates should be prepared to teach a variety of movement courses which may include beginning to advanced levels of decolonized jazz technique, beginning to advanced levels of hip-hop/street dance including styles such as House, Popping, and Waackin’. Candidates should be knowledgeable of Afro-Diasporic dance forms, street dance lineage, and culture. They should demonstrate scholarly, creative, or professional contributions to hip hop dance and culture; expertise in culturally responsive pedagogy and interdisciplinary teaching; and evidence of curriculum development in dance studies or hip hop-related courses.<br> <br>The ideal candidate will also have expertise in at least two additional technique areas including but not limited to African Diasporic forms, somatic movement practices, modern, ballet, tap, and/or musical theatre. <br> <br>A teaching load may include teaching courses from the program curriculum including history, choreography, and improvisation. <br> <br>The person in this position: <br>• Works closely with the Dance program faculty assisting with administrative duties and recruitment activities. <br>• Evaluates instruction and learning by means of written, verbal, practical, and/or performance tests. <br>• Creates and executes original choreography for selected department productions. <br>• Mentors students as performers, choreographers, and designers, in assigned productions. </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications</b></H2> </div><div><p>• Minimum of B.F.A. in Dance, but M.F.A. in Dance preferred. <br>• Three years of experience teaching students in a collegiate/university setting is preferred. <br>• Expertise and ability to teach all levels of decolonized jazz technique and hip hop. <br>• Expertise in at least two other areas including but not limited to African Diasporic forms, somatic movement

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