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 Susan
Waltner has been teaching, choreographing, performing, and
administrating at Smith and the Five College Dance Department
since 1967. She currently the chair of the Smith
College Dance Department, and was recently the chair of
the Five College Dance Department.
She teaches Contemporary
Dance Theory, 20th Century Dance History, three levels
of Dance Composition/Choreography, and Mindful Body (experiential
anatomy for performers). She also teaches graduate level
courses in Choreography and the Creative Process, Scientific
Principles of Teaching Dance.
She has choreographed close
to 60 works for students and professional peers, 1967-present.
Her work has been shown in Smith and Five College Concerts,
and in independently produced concerts in New York and
Massachusetts. Some of these works have been supported by
Harnish Grants in support of the Fine and Performing Arts.
She
recently presented a workshop on Fusion form/Ritual Circle
Dance at the NDEO Conference, June 2002. Recent publications
include "Revealing Forms," Contact Quarterly, Summer/Fall
2002.
Susan's current projects include
resetting a solo from 1980 on a new dancer, with accompanying
video projection of the original; choreography for new duet;
and development of a new solo being choreographed for her
by Peter Schmitz. |
