Department Chair

Heidi Henderson, Professor of Dance, Interim Chair of the Department of Dance

Heidi Henderson

Professor of Dance, Interim Chair of the Department of Dance

Modern technique • Choreography • Improvisation • Anatomy • Dance writing


Faculty

Rachel Boggia, Associate Professor of Dance

Rachel Boggia

Associate Professor of Dance

Multidisciplinary and mediated performance • Collaborative creations • Improvisation


Shani Collins, Professor of Dance, Director of Africana Studies

Shani Collins

Professor of Dance, Director of Africana Studies

Dance theory and composition • West African dance and folklore • Somatic practices • Dance history


David Dorfman, Professor of Dance

David Dorfman

Professor of Dance

Choreography


Shawn Hove, Associate Professor of Dance

Shawn Hove

Associate Professor of Dance

Dance production • Dance lighting • Mediated performance • Dance film • Dance documentation • Choreography • Dance technique


Lisa Race, Professor of Dance

Lisa Race

Professor of Dance

(Sabbatical Fall 2025)

Post-modern dance technique • Dance improvisation • Composition and choreography


Rosemarie Roberts, Dayton Professor of Dance, Bodies/Embodiment Pathway Coordinator

Rosemarie Roberts

Dayton Professor of Dance, Bodies/Embodiment Pathway Coordinator, Co-Director of Residential Education Fellows

Body, knowledge, power and difference • Dance studies • Intersection of arts and social justice in education • Social psychology of performance and dance


Richard Schenk, Musician/Composer for Dance

Richard Schenk

Musician/Composer for Dance

Dance composition • Music for dance


Martha Tornay, Guest Artist Instructor

Martha  Tornay

Guest Artist Instructor


Marya Ursin, Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Marya Ursin

Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Yoga • Mask, myth, movement


 

 


Staff

Aimee Couture

Academic Department Assistant