Critical Correspondence
University Project: Renée Wadleigh, Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
in conversation with Levi Gonzalez Interview 7.24.09 Download this interview as PDF Levi Gonzalez: What do you teach at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign? Renée Wadleigh: I’m a Professor in the Department of Dance. I recently stopped teaching the technical training but I continue to teach composition courses for graduate and undergraduate students.
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- 10.4.09
University Project: Mary Cochran, Chair and Artistic Director of the Department of Dance, Barnard College
in conversation with Levi Gonzalez Interview 4.24.09 Levi Gonzalez: Can you tell me about your personal history? Mary Cochran: It’s a very funny story. I left Juilliard after two days. I joined Nikolais Dance Theater the next day and toured for two years. Not long after that I joined Paul Taylor. I danced for Paul […]
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- 7.4.09
University Project: Simone Ferro, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 04.11.09 Maura Donahue: Your MFA program has provided many familiar NYC artists with degrees. How do you see your program engaging with the field? And how do you see it in relation to other programs? Simone Ferro: I remember a gathering of several directors of graduate studies in Dance; […]
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- 5.15.09
University Project: Victoria Marks, Professor of Choreography and Performance at UCLA
in conversation with Alejandra Martorell Interview: 04.30.09 Victoria Marks is a Professor of choreography in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA where she has been teaching since 1995. Marks creates dances for the stage, for film and in community settings.
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- 5.15.09
University Project: Sara Rudner, Director Dance Program, Sarah Lawrence College
in conversation with Jean Butler Interview: 04.09 Sara Rudner became Director of the Dance Program at Sarah Lawrence in 1999. She was a long-time collaborator of Twyla Tharp and had her own company, the Sara Rudner Performance Ensemble, from 1976 to 1982.
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- 5.14.09
University Project: Sara Hook, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 04.14.09 Sara Hook, former soloist with Nikolais Dance Theater, has also performed with Murray Louis, Pearl Lang, Jean Erdman, and Stephan Koplowitz among many others and is an occasional guest artist/ collaborator with David Parker and The Bang Group. Hook has been on the faculties of Princeton University and […]
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- 5.14.09
University Project: Notes on DTW’s Lobby Talks, Part Two
Relevance of the University – Lobby TALKS at DTW organized by Chase Granoff, 4/14/09 Notes by Levi Gonzalez (with assistance from Alejandra Martorell) As the discussion continued, an articulation of the difference between being a working artist based in New York City and an artist who teaches at other places in the country for a […]
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- 4.21.09
University Project: Notes on DTW’s Lobby Talks, Part One
Relevance of the University, Lobby TALKS series at DTW organized by Chase Granoff, 4/14/09 Notes by Alejandra Martorell Last night we had the opportunity to participate in a group discussion centered on some of the same questions The University Project set out to disseminate. Organized by Chase Granoff and sponsored by DTW, the Lobby TALK […]
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- 4.20.09
Univeristy Project: David Dorfman, Chair of the Connecticut College Dance Department
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 03.12.09 Maura Donohue: You are someone who is working in both the academic world and the professional world very actively. Could you talk about your own entrance into this academic pairing? David Dorfman: I have to admit that I literally couldn’t see going to an academic institution to stay […]
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- 4.20.09
The University Project: A Collection of Data, An On-going Conversation
The University Project is an initiative of Critical Correspondence that aims to shed light on the shifting relationship between academia and working artists. More and more Universities are interested in bringing working artists on to their faculty, and many Universities now offer low-residency MFA programs to assist working artists in obtaining higher degrees. What are […]
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- 4.13.09
University Project: Susan Van Pelt Petry, Chair of the Ohio State University Dance Department
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 04.06.09 Maura Donahue: I was able to speak with Bebe Miller about her experiences working at OSU. I’m wondering if you could talk about the development of your program. Susan Van Pelt Petry: It is interesting, when I read the Garber article that you sent I thought, “Gosh, we’re […]
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- 4.13.09
University Project: Jana Feinman, Director, Hunter College Dance Program
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 04.07.09 Maura Donohue: I really enjoyed the work that Camille King and Nicole Wolcott both made for your students at the recent Hunter Spring Dance Concert. How do you bring in artists for your repertory class? Jana Feinman: The repertory class is a special opportunity for our junior and […]
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- 4.12.09
University Project: Ed Burgess, Professor at the Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 03.30.09 The UW-Milwaukee Department of Dance offers BA, BFA, and low-residency MFA degree programs, as well as a PK4-12 Teaching Certification. The curriculum recently expanded to include a Musical Theater component, and beginning in fall 2009 new curricular concentrations in Dance of the African Diaspora and an Inter-Arts in […]
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- 4.10.09
University Project: Hannah Wiley, Chair of Dance Program, University of Washington, Seattle
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 03.18.09 Wiley, former Chair of the Five College Dance Department (see Jim Coleman interview) was invited to become chairman of the UW dance program in 1987. In 1990, she founded the Chamber Dance Company, the first professional dance company to be in residence at the University. The company comprises […]
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- 4.10.09
University Project: Jim Coleman, Chair of Five College Dance Department and Faculty at Mt. Holyoke College, MA
in conversation with Maura Donohue Interview: 03.11.09 Maura Donahue: What are the values of partnering with working artists? Jim Coleman: I think about what are we teaching our students. What kind of risks can you encourage them to take? How effective is our training of young artists? I just returned from ACDFA (American College Dance […]
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- 4.10.09
