Previous JobJob TitleVisiting Assistant Professor of Modern Dance, UMKC Conservatory Next JobApply for JobJob ID60956 LocationKansas City Full/Part TimeFull-Time Add to My Favorite JobsEmail this Job Hiring Department University of Missouri – Kansas City ConservatoryDivision of Dance At the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, we take pride in collaboration across the divisions of music, dance, and
theatre, and in advancing the integration of art forms through performance, teaching, and creative work. Job Description This position strengthens the core of the Dance Division’s modern technique instruction. We seek an artist-teacher grounded in an established modern and contemporary dance technique who can teach that technique at all levels, bring expertise in additional specialty areas, create original
choreography for our students, and direct one Conservatory dance concert each year. The UMKC Conservatory invites applications for a full-time,12-month, non-tenure-track, benefit eligible academic appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Dance, beginning fall semester 2027. We seek a teacher and choreographer whose command of an established modern dance technique anchors the training of dancers at
every level, and whose professional performing experience informs daily work in the studio. The successful candidate will understand technique as the foundation of a dancer’s artistry and expressive range, and will contribute to the performance, academic, and service life of a Conservatory within a public research university. Primary Responsibilities...Teach courses in modern dance technique and the history of modern
dance.Teach courses in at least two specialty areas (e.g., composition, jazz, modern repertory, pilates/yoga, contemporary partnering, analysis of movement, kinesiology, or world dance forms).Create original choreography for students.Direct one Conservatory dance concert annually.Contribute to the performance, academic, and service environments characteristic of a Conservatory within a university.Enrich the cultural
environment of the Kansas City metropolitan community.Participate actively in the intellectual life of the Conservatory and university by serving on graduate and faculty committees, as well as engaging in other Conservatory activities.Other duties as assigned, based on the candidate’s strengths and the needs of the institution. Qualifications The successful candidate must provide evidence of:Successful and innovative
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