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Dance (Artist-in-Residence)

\ \ Location: Middlebury, VT.\ Position Type: Faculty Position.\ \ Description:\ The Dance Department seeks half-time Artists in Residence for academic years 25-26, 26-27, 27-28 beginning September 2025. One artist will be hired for each academic year. Flexible scheduling.\ \ Qualifications:\ The successful candidates will:\

1. Be an active dance artist with a background in teaching, performing, and creative work.\
2. Teach courses in all levels of contemporary modern dance technique and choreography and offer expertise in one or more areas of our core curriculum; anatomy, creative process, cultural studies, dance for the camera or interactive media.\
3. Offer classes in additional movement styles such as ballet, hip hop, contact or compositional improvisation, and/or a non-western or an African diasporic dance form.

\ The Dance Department at Middlebury College offers a minor and major in Dance. The Dance Department consists of four faculty members, a lighting designer/production manager, and two musical accompanists, and a part time Academic Coordinator. The Department maintains its own studios and theatre as part of the Mahaney Art Center. The Dance Company of Middlebury tours nationally or internationally each year. Visit us at www.middlebury.edu/academics/dance.\ \ We value progressive, hands-on learning. Our pedagogy is centered on developing students\' technique, creative expression and scholarly work. We are deeply committed to the ongoing process of embodied inclusivity.\ \ Our Dance Department is seeking a half-time Artist-in-Residence who shares a commitment to student centered progressive pedagogy. The successful candidate will add their particular expertise and approach to their courses, further diversifying our curriculum and making it accessible to a broad range of students. The Artist-in-Residence models the daily life and responsibilities of an engaged creative artist.\ \ Application Instructions:\ Applications for this position will be accepted starting on December 11, 2024, priority will be given to applicants who submit all materials by January 22, 2025. Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. Through Interfolio, submit letter of application with a statement of teaching philosophy, pedagogy and interests, artist\'s statement (please include examples and outcomes of how your teaching addresses or has addressed access and inclusion), curriculum vitae, graduate degree or comparable professional experience, a sample of creative work (a current full-length piece, a work in which the artist performs, and one piece set on students are preferred), and three current letters of recommendation addressed to search committee chair.\ \ Please use this link to apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/160471\ \ Please follow these instructions to submit online samples of creative work:\

1. Upload your work samples to Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/).\
2. When your upload is complete, create a one-page text document containing your name and the URL(s) for each sample. Use this document to label and provide context for your work samples. Please provide no more than three URLs.\
3. Upload the text document to Interfolio where specifi d (\"Other Document\") along with the rest of your application materials.

\ Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research. An Equal Opportunity Employer, the College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty as we work to foster innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability.

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