World Arts & Cultures/Dance Lecturer Pool 2024-2025

Position overview

Position title : Lecturer

Salary range : Salary : See Table #15 at https : / / www.ucop.edu / academic-personnel-programs / files / 2023-24 / july-2023-acad-salary-scales / t15.

pdf for the salary range for this position.Annual Salary Range $66,259-$186,446. Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Window

Open date : April 3, 2024

Next review date : Friday, Mar 14, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date : Friday, Mar 14, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures / Dance is creating a pool of candidates to teach courses in all areas of the department.

Members of the pool would be called upon to teach lower division, upper division or graduate students during the 2024-2025 academic years, as needed and dependent upon funding.

CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES - Applicants must be able to teach in any or all of the following areas : cultural studies, performance studies, folklore, material culture studies, popular culture studies, critical theory, ethnography, and research / methodology.

PUBLIC / COMMUNITY ARTS - Applicants must be able to teach in any or all of the following areas : community arts, public sector folklore, arts education, arts activism, arts outreach and service learning.

DANCE TECHNIQUE - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following : beginning to advanced levels of dance of selected cultures or practices (e.

g., Modern / Post-Modern, Ballet, African, Asian, Latin American dance, hip-hop, salsa, tango, etc.). Must have substantial prior teaching and performing experience, and full knowledge of concepts, processes and techniques.

CHOREOGRAPHY - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following : beginning, intermediate, advanced and graduate choreography.

Must have substantial prior teaching and performing experience, and full knowledge of concepts, processes and techniques.

• DANCE STUDIES - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following : dance ethnology(culture-specific and comparative topics);
• dance theory (for example, theories of sexuality, gender, and race; cross-cultural perspectives on the body); dance science (movement and analysis, kinesiology, anatomy);

dance history (Western and / or Non-Western)

PRODUCTION DESIGN - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following : lighting, sceneography, costume, digital design.

VIDEOGRAPHY - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following : ethnographic video(theory, history, and technique), performance video (theory, history, and technique), digital editing.

MUSIC Applicants must be able to accompany dance and other studio classes, and / or teach any or all of the following : introduction to music for dancers and performance artists, soundscape design for dance and performance, body music.

Title : Lecturer

Salary : See Table #15 at https : / / www.ucop.edu / academic-personnel-programs / files / 2023-24 / july-2023-acad-salary-scales / t15.

pdf for the salary range for this position.

Annual Salary Range $66,259-$186,446. Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Minimum Qualifications : Masters degree or equivalent, extensive professional experience for performers and choreographers, five years university level teaching experience preferred.

The School of the Arts and Architecture is committed to building a more diverse faculty, staff, and student body in response to the changing population and educational needs of the City of Los Angeles, State of California, and the nation.

The Department of Design Media Arts values intellectual, cultural, and creative inquiry. Personal qualities such as originality and initiative are important assets that will contribute to a successful application.

Applicants who would make meaningful and unique contributions to the intellectual and social interchanges within the profession are especially encouraged to apply.

This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers : https : / / ucnet.universityofcalifornia.

edu / labor / bargaining-units / ix / contract.html .

Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.

Department : https : / / www.wacd.ucla.edu /

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Masters degree or equivalent, extensive professional experience for performers and choreographers, five years university level teaching experience preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter (Optional)

Statement of Research (Optional)

Statement of Teaching (Optional)

Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate's past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our Sample Guidance for Candidates and related EDI Statement FAQ document.

Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

1-3 required (contact information only)

Please provide the contact information only, of your references.

Apply link : https : / / recruit.apo.ucla.edu / JPF09298

Help contact : [email protected]

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time.

Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https : / / www.ucop.edu / academic-personnel-programs / files / apm / apm-035.pdf .

For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https : / / policy.ucop.edu / doc / 1001004 / Anti-Discrimination .

Job location

Los Angeles, CA