Lecturer in Dance: Unit Leader (MA Dance Performance)

The MA Dance: Performance course, which was launched in September 2023, offers in-depth training to dance artists, encompassing physical practices and performance techniques, developed through collaborative creative processes with industry-active project leaders. Students explore the varying demands and challenges of diverse performance contexts, from subsidised to commercial projects and across live, digital and virtual spaces.

The course aims to promote a performer-centred approach to creative processes, attending to the ethics of collaboration, the cultivation of intrinsic motivation, and the sustainability of safe self-practice.

You can find further information about this course https://theplace.org.uk/lcds-courses/madanceperformance – HERE.

This Lecturer in Dance will act as a Unit Leader on the MA Dance: Performance course (Unit 1: Performance Encounters), overseeing implementation and delivery.

This post holder will also support the assessment, tutoring and recruitment needs of the course across unit 1, and the wider institutional needs of the school, as appropriate to their areas of expertise.

This Lecturer in Dance: Unit Leader will have a wide-ranging understanding of the requirements of a portfolio career for performers in the contemporary dance profession, alongside a depth of applied knowledge in the fields of performance production, dance pedagogy, rehearsal direction, student mentorship, and motivational climates.

SALARY

The salary for this position is £43,987 per annum. This will equate to approximately £18,327 in total over the course of this 5-month, fixed-term contract.

CONTRACT TERMS

This is a 5-month, fixed-term contract. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week). These hours are inclusive of a one-hour paid lunch break each day. Your hours of work will be agreed with the line manager.

For an informal chat about this role to answer any questions you may have before applying, please email mailto:[email protected] – Tom English, Course Leader: MA Dance Performance