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
Rachel Boggia
Associate Professor of Dance
Multidisciplinary and mediated performance • Collaborative creations • Improvisation
Heidi Henderson
Professor of Dance
Modern technique • Choreography • Improvisation • Anatomy • Dance writing
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
(On sabbatical, Fall 2018)
Post-modern dance technique • Dance improvisation • Composition and choreography
Rosemarie Roberts
Professor of Dance, Bodies/Embodiment Pathway Coordinator, Co-Director of Residental Education Fellows
Body, knowledge, power and difference • Dance studies • Intersection of arts and social justice in education • Social psychology of performance and dance
Eleanor Goudie-Averill
Visiting Guest Artist
Eleanor Goudie-Averill is a dance artist and educator based in New York City. Since graduating with her MFA in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa, she has served as a professor at Temple University, Bucknell University, Franklin & Marshall College, the University of Kansas, and also as Associate Director of Dance at the Lawrence Arts Center. Ellie has danced professionally for a variety of choreographers, including Susan Rethorst, Lucinda Childs, and Bronwen MacArthur, and performed with Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater for five seasons. Her choreography has been shown at Movement Research at Judson Church, the Kimmel Center's International Festival for the Arts, and RAW Material. She is a regular collaborator and dancer with Tori Lawrence + Co. in dance films and site-specific works, and currently teaches as a guest artist in ballet at Connecticut College.
Gregory Duda
Adjunct Instructor of Dance
Issa Coulibaly
Accompanist