Assistant Professor of Movement & Acting

University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance; Gainesville (FL); Sur place; USD 80 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance seeks an Assistant Professor of Movement & Acting with a specialization in movement and physical approaches to actor training. The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate students, with primary responsibility for movement training that develops the actor’s physical, expressive, and embodied skills, and may teach acting and non-majors courses.

The position includes movement coaching for productions, fight direction, intimacy direction, and

Qualifications

• Specialization in movement and physical approaches to actor training.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses including movement, stage combat, acting, and non‑majors courses as appropriate.
• Mentor BFA and MFA students to prepare them for professional careers.
• Contribute to recruitment and retention of theatre students.
• Maintain an active national and/or international creative research profile in movement and acting.

Responsabilités

• Teach undergraduate and graduate curricula with primary responsibility for movement and physical actor training.
• Teach stage combat courses in various theatrical weapon styles.
• Advise graduate and undergraduate capstone projects.
• Participate in recruitment, outreach, and curricular development in theatre studies.
• Contribute to School productions through movement coaching, fight direction, and intimacy direction.

Connaissances

Movement training

Acting

Stage combat

Teaching

Mentoring

Curriculum development

Description du poste

The School of Theatre + Dance seeks an Assistant Professor of Movement & Acting with a specialization in movement and physical approaches to actor training. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate students, with primary responsibility for movement training that develops the actor’s physical, expressive, and embodied skills. The candidate will also teach undergraduate and graduate stage combat courses in a variety of theatrical weapon styles and may teach acting courses and professional development labs. Additional teaching responsibilities may include non-majors courses such as Oral Interpretation of Literature, and courses in the University of Florida Quest program. The successful candidate will also provide mentoring to BFA and MFA students to prepare them for successful careers in the industry.

The School is especially interested in candidates who bring a progressive perspective to actor training and who integrate movement, embodiment, and physical approaches into contemporary performance training. We seek an individual who will contribute to a student-centered community committed to professional development and scholarship, innovation and flexibility, and teamwork and collaboration.

The successful candidate will contribute to the recruitment and retention of BFA and MFA acting students within a vibrant professional theatre training program at one of the nation’s leading public research universities. Additional creative responsibilities include movement coaching for School productions, as well as fight direction and theatrical violence and/or intimacy direction for approximately four productions each academic year. There is also an opportunity to direct School productions.

The position also includes participation in school, college, and/or university service and other related duties as assigned. Typical teaching loads for tenure-line faculty in Theatre Studies & Performance are 5–9 credits per semester, generally distributed as 5–6 credits in one semester and 7–9 credits in the other. Most courses in the School are 2 or 3 credits.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching and Student Mentorship
• Develop, revise, and deliver undergraduate and graduate curricula, with primary responsibility for movement and physical approaches to actor training.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate stage combat courses in a variety of theatrical weapon styles.
• Advise graduate and undergraduate capstone projects.
• Contribute to curricular efforts in performance-related areas.
• Contribute to the recruitment and retention of graduate and undergraduate theatre students.
• Participate in School productions through movement coaching, fight direction, and/or theatrical intimacy direction.
• Responsibilities may also include teaching acting courses, professional development labs, non-majors courses such as Oral Interpretation of Literature, and/or courses in the University of Florida Quest program, as appropriate to the candidate’s expertise and the School’s curricular needs.

• Creative Research and Professional Engagement
• Maintain an active national and/or international creative research profile in movement, physical approaches to acting, stage combat, or related areas of specialization, consistent with expectations for tenure and promotion.
• Contribute to the School’s vibrant professional theatre training environment through creative practice, collaboration, and professional engagement.
• Engage in innovative approaches that connect theatre and the performing arts to critical discourse and research across disciplines.
• Service and Community Engagement
• Actively participate in the School’s learning community and contribute to a student-centered environment committed to teaching excellence, professional development and scholarship, innovation and flexibility, and teamwork and collaboration.
• Participate in the organizational and administrative activities of the Theatre Studies & Performance Area
• Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College, and University.
• Contribute to recruitment, outreach, and other activities that support the School’s academic and artistic programs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

SCHOOL OF THEATRE + DANCE:

The light-filled Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion is home to the School of Theatre + Dance (SoTD). The School’s international full-time faculty of 35 recognized artists and researchers, complemented by adjunct and guest faculty and staff, including full- and part-time professionals. The School offers MFA curricula in acting and in design, which includes scene design, lighting design and costume design; BFA programs in acting, musical theatre, and theatrical production with concentrations in costume, digital media, lighting, scenic, and sound; and a BA with concentrations in general theatre, stage management, and theatre management. The School features two degree programs in dance designed to develop the individual voice of the dance artist, a BFA and a BA. Approximately 200 students major in the artistically diverse curricula of the School of Theatre + Dance. Through its production program, outreach and innovative programming, the School of Theatre + Dance provides multiple cultural opportunities annually to thousands of members of the University and the greater community. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/theatreanddance.

THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS:

The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staffinterrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit.Wepreparefuture leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinaryscholarshipthatservesandengageslocal and global communities.The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,600 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 150 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.