Times_New_RomanDepartment of Dance University of Georgia Tenure Track Position - Dance Position: Times_New_RomanFull-time tenure track Assistant Professor appointment with a contemporary and cultural dance perspective in dance training and education. Qualifications: M.F.A. or Ph.D. in Dance with evidence of outstanding credentials demonstrated through instruction, research in higher dance education and professional experience in the field of dance. Strong professional modern dance performance and dance education credentials. University teaching experience required. Knowledge and skills in instructional technology. Minority candidates encouraged to apply. Responsibilities: Teach beginning B advanced modern dance technique and multidisciplinary based pedagogy as it applies to K-12 education. Teach two of the following areas: ballet, jazz, dance history, science of dance training, theories of movement, a world dance form. Integrate instructional technology in the coursework. Additional responsibilities: supervise student teachers and administer their placement in the school system; promote and facilitate the development of public arts programs in state; oversee the Young Choreographers Series organization, advising undergraduate students in all aspects of their concert production (one Senior Exit Concert and one informal student concert annually.) Program responsibilities includes participation in the following: bi-annual grade-assessment juries in the major/minor modern technique classes; annual faculty panel contributing to the aesthetic development of the students' creative work; bi-annual major/minor auditions; Department, College and University committees. Additional responsibilities: assist in the department's maintenance of undergraduate program and the development of a graduate program. Application deadline: To receive full consideration all application materials should be postmarked by February 15, 2001 Starting date: August 18, 2001 Contract terms: Nine-month, tenure track appointment Salary: Commensurate with qualifications Procedures: Submit letter of application with curriculum vita and three letters of recommendation to: Bala Sarasvati, Head Department of Dance Dance Building The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-3653 The University of Georgia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Department of Dance, The University of Georgia The UGA Department of Dance, located in Athens, 1.25 hours from Atlanta, offers the degree B.S.Ed. and proposed BA and B.F.A. degrees have been submitted for University review. Four-tenure track and two-four part-time faculty members conduct choreographic research and service thirty-five undergraduate dance majors, thirty-five dance minors, and 600-800 core and elective university students each year. The UGA Department of Dance is educational oriented, offering teaching certification through the College of Education. The dance department is professionally oriented, housing two pre-professional dance companies: CORE Concert Dance Company and UGA Ballet Ensemble. Each company presents annual full-evening concerts and performances on tour. Dance flourishes in Athens' vital musical and artistic climate. UGA's PVAC and FORTE series present professional dance companies on campus each year. Ballroom Performance Group, CORE Concert Dance Company, UGA Ballet Ensemble and the Young Choreographers Series offer annual performances in the New Dance Theatre, a flexible theatre space housed in the department facility. The NDT contains both automated "intelligent" instruments and conventional stage instruments, and the professional sized stage consists of a state of the art sprung floor and 30 foot rear screen video projection capacity. The dance facility contains four naturally lit sprung floor studios and a media center. Bala Sarasvati, Dept. Head University of Georgia Department of Dance 263 Dance Building Athens, GA 30602-3653 (706) 542-4415, (706) 542-4084 fax website - http://www.coe.uga.edu/dance