Employment
The Department of Dance at University California, Riverside is searching for a lecturer in contemporary urban dance, styles can include but are not limited to: poppin, lockin, boogaloo, krumpin, breakin (inclusive of uprockin and all arial/floor maneuvers), b-boyin/girlin, and industrial dance technique (music video style "urban" and or "hip hop").
Responsibilities: Candidate will teach a multi level studio dance course to meet twice weekly for the Winter and Spring quarters of Academic Year 2007-08.
Salary: This is a 20% lecturer position, paying a total of $5200 across 6 months.
Start Date: Position will begin Jan 1, 2008.
End Date: Position ends June 30, 2008.
Qualifications: The successful candidate must have several years teaching experience either in professional dance studios or university environments; a history of choreographing for performance is a plus.
The search is open from October 24 until November 26. Applications received after that time will not be considered.
To apply: All eligible candidates should send their cover letter and/or artist statement with resume, dance reel and/or video sample and a list of three references to:
Anna Beatrice Scott, PhD
Contemporary Urban Dance Position
208 ARTS/ Department of Dance
900 University AVE
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
anna.scott@ucr.edu
Electronic submissions of dance samples will also be accepted through YouTube, MySpace and Yahoo Video. Please indicate the URL of your sample in your letter if utilizing this option. DVD submissions are preferred, but you may also submit video that contains ONLY the sample work. We will not be able to cue videos. Sorry, but videos must be in NTSC and DVDs in area 1. Please include SASE for return of materials, otherwise they will be discarded once the search has closed.
The Department of Dance offers curricula that lead to a B.A. in Dance, an MFA in Dance with emphasis on Experimental Choreography, and the first Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory in the world. These innovative programs continue to influence the field of dance studies internationally. The Department, one of 19 in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, is housed in the award-winning Arts Building, with several large studios and performance venues. UC Riverside supports a culture of performance and inquiry, and the Department of Dance regularly contributes productions to this lively environment. Established in 1954, the UC Riverside campus today has a population of about 17,000 students and is projected to grow to about 22,000 students by the year 2015; it has the most diverse undergraduate student body in the UC system, and one of the most diverse in the nation. For further information about the Department see www.dance.ucr.edu. Details about the position can be found at www.chass.ucr.edu/employment.
The University of California, Riverside, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.