Department Chair

Shani Collins-Achille, Associate Professor of Dance, Chair of the Dance Department

Shani Collins-Achille

Associate Professor of Dance, Chair of the Dance Department

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


Faculty

David Dorfman, Professor of Dance

David Dorfman

Professor of Dance

Choreography


Heidi Henderson, Associate Professor of Dance

Heidi Henderson

Associate Professor of Dance

Modern technique • Choreography • Improvisation • Anatomy • Dance writing


Shawn Hove, Assistant Professor of Dance

Shawn Hove

Assistant Professor of Dance

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


Lisa Race, Associate Professor of Dance

Lisa Race

Associate Professor of Dance

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


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

Rosemarie Roberts

Associate Professor of Dance, Bodies/Embodiment Pathway Coordinator

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


Marya Ursin, Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Marya Ursin

Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Yoga • Mask, myth, movement


Tommy DeFrantz

Visiting Guest Artist

Ginette Christie

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Susan Connelly

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Kevin DeShields

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Gregory Duda

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Eleanor Goudie-Averill

Visiting Guest Artist


Staff

Aimee Couture

Academic Department Assistant

Jesus Andujar

Accompanist

Issa Coulibaly

Accompanist

Greg Surman

Media and Technology Specialist