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We seek a dance professional who is actively engaged in a combination of creative activity and
theoretical inquiry with an emphasis on video/film and dance (including but not limited to dance
documentaries, experimental dance for camera, and/or dance documentation and archiving). We
welcome a person who is currently connected to the forefront of video art as it relates to bodily
expression and choreographic composition and has established relationships with the professional
field nationally and internationally. We value an artist/teacher with an interdisciplinary perspective
who is excited by the investigation of the full range of possibilities for video as a creative and
practical element of a dance education and career. We strongly encourage applicants who will
diversify our curriculum and our faculty with regard to race, gender, and ethnicity.
Our new faculty colleague will contribute:
In Research: creating, directing or re-imagining dances for the camera, intermedia
performances, or hybrid creative research projects for the web or DVD, and/or ethnographic and
documentary filmmaking as related to dance and choreography.
In Teaching: investigating video as a creative, scholarly, and practical medium in dance,
sharing the fundamentals of choreographic craft for the screen, instructing students in skills
necessary for the documentation of stage performances for professional development and
historical concerns, and contributing in other additional curricular areas as appropriate (such as
production, dance composition, notation, history, theory, or technique). Demonstrated expertise
in the use of digital video equipment for shooting (lighting, camera operation, sound) and a
range of post-production software is desired.
In Service: leadership in undergraduate and graduate programs, curriculum development,
advising, and governance within the department, college, university, and the field at large.
Position: Assistant Professor, full-time, tenure track
Qualifications: Advanced degree preferred, professional experience required
Application deadline: September 20, 2010
Date of Hire: Autumn Quarter 2011
Send Letter of Application, Resume or Vita, and 3 Letters of Reference by September 20, 2010 to:
Norah Zuniga Shaw, Chair, Search Committee
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
1813 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43210-1307
E-mail: zuniga.11@osu.edu
To build a diverse workforce, The Ohio State University encourages applications from individuals
with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. EEO/AA Employer.
students in a comprehensive way within the lively
discourse of a major research university, and
providing multiple avenues toward future careers
within an evolving field.
Our department is staffed by 14 resident faculty,
adjunct educators, guest artists, visiting scholars,
and 15 graduate associates. We serve 100
undergraduates in the BFA program, 35 graduate
students in MFA or PhD programs, 80 dance
minors, and 500 students each quarter in the non-
major program.
About the College
The Arts are housed within Arts and Humanities
inside Arts and Sciences at OSU. It is a
comprehensive visual and performing arts
institution, with departments of Art, Art Education,
Dance, Design, History of Art, and Theatre, along
with the School of Music, and the Advanced
Computing Center for Art and Design (ACCAD).
About the University
The Ohio State University was ranked 18th among
public universities in U.S. News and World Report’s
2009 edition of America’s Best Colleges.
About Columbus
Columbus, Ohio is the 16th largest city in the U.S.,
and was recently ranked as one of the top ten
cities for the arts by American Style magazine.
