Assistant Professor of 跳舞

教学领域

跳舞

教育

• MFA in 跳舞 from University of Wisconsin Peck School of the 艺术
• BFA in 跳舞 from New York University Tisch School of the 艺术

联系

• 618.374.5010
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艾琳·莱恩 teaches Ballet, 现代, 爵士乐, 舞蹈的历史, World 跳舞 Culture, 跳舞 Composition, 跳舞 as Movement, and directs the Spring 跳舞 Production. She has trained and performed in Chicago and New York City as well as abroad in Montreal, 加拿大, 和萨尔斯堡, 奥地利. Erin has danced professionally with contemporary companies ESS:跳舞works, SYREN 现代 跳舞, Leverage 跳舞 剧院, and numerous contemporary 编排s in New York City and St. 路易. Erin continues her performing career as a freelance dancer and 编排 in the St. 路易 and Riverbend areas. In terms of dance education, she has served as a teaching artist, program director, lead instructor, 编排, director of dance, and ballet curriculum development specialist in private studios and public schools in New York City, St. 路易, and the Metro East. Erin holds teaching certificates in the Vaganova Ballet Method, Progressing Ballet Technique, Brain Compatible 跳舞 Education, and is a RYT200.

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

• Using somatics and conditioning techniques/practices to support Western dance training.
• Tracing Eurocentric dance technique lineages through contemporary choreography and training; illuminating African and Eastern movement aesthetics embedded in the development of American Ballet, 现代, 爵士舞
• International folk dances as community builders
• Developing improvisational practices -跳舞 as a function of arts integration within traditional educational settings
• Community-based site-specific choreography

CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIELD

• Served in a variety of directorial and teaching positions in dance schools and studios nationwide
• Choreography has been presented across the Metro East: Give 跳舞 a Chance Festival, Mississippi Earthtones Festival, Perpetual Motion 跳舞 Concert (Jacoby 艺术 Center), Audubon Riverlands (site-specific), St. 路易 跳舞 Festival, Principia College
• Direction and choreography for numerous children’s musicals and collegiate musical choreography
• MFA thesis concert, Beyond the Divide, marked the first site-specific dance concert in Alton, IL

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

• National 跳舞 Education Organization
• Progressing Ballet Technique
• 瑜伽联盟

奖

• The Horace Edwin Harper Jr. and Evelyn Wright Harper Award for Teaching Excellence from Principia College
• Chancellor's Award from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Peck School of the 艺术
• J.S. Seidman Award for Excellence in the Field of 跳舞 from NYU Tisch 跳舞

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