Dance Production ManagerLighting Designer

The Lecturer in Dance Production/Lighting Design will work with the Program of Dance and Movement reporting to the Director providing courses related to production and lighting and will also provide lighting sound scenic projection design and implementation for dance concerts. It also includes coordination of performance-related production needs in collaboration with the director faculty students and guest artists. This will include supervision and coordination of production-related activity for internal and guest artist performances student production requirements and performance scheduling. They will act as master electrician and maintain/upgrade dance-specific space needs equipment needs and lighting/sound/production inventory teach a lighting design/production course each semester and mentor and supervise students in design projects and production positions. Because of the heavy production service responsibilities teaching load will include one (two to four credit) production course each semester and will include additional teaching or co-teaching in seminar creative process and career-related courses (up to six credits). Responsibilities will include teaching courses mentoring students scheduling performances/production meetings overseeing and participating in all production-related communication and execution. This salaried position frequently includes hours outside of regular work hours including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and teach a Lighting Design for Dance and/or Dance Production course each semester
• Teach and support teaching in seminar creative process dance appreciation and career-related courses
• Act as the master electrician responsible for implementing the lighting design for a production drawn up by the lighting designer. This involves overseeing the preparation hanging connection and focusing of stage lighting fixtures lighting and production designer and technical coordinator/supervisor for internal (4-6) and guest artist (3-4) dance concerts; design lighting plots managing production lighting sound rigging focus lighting equipment and supervise strikes for dance program and related events; manage rehearsal and performance scheduling
• Manage required student production hours and mentor students in design projects and production positions. Lead in continuing to develop the production program relying on best practices in higher education.
• Oversee and communicate/interface with Events and Classroom management staff about maintenance/repair/upgrade dance-specific space needs lighting/sound systems/inventory maintaining lighting and sound systems including light board sound board and system theatrical dimmers including power distribution projection equipment lighting sound and projection inventory; operating light and sound boards.
• Troubleshoot and solve technical problems as they arise.
• Manage production-related computer operating systems computer-aided drafting and digital audio workstations including Vectorworks Autocad or Lightwright and Qlab.
• Collaborate effectively with a diverse student body faculty and staff
• Work with University fire marshal to ensure production designs meet appropriate standards
• Production meetings and other duties as assigned.

• Associates degree in Theatre Artsor equivalent professional experience
• MFA or higher degree in Lighting Design Dance/Theatrical Design Technical Theater Dance/theatrical production and/or equivalent experience (preferred)
• Experience and affinity for teaching and working with diverse students staff and artists in an educational environment; teaching and mentoring students in lighting design and dance production and oversight of skilled semi-skilled and unskilled labor.
• At least 4 years experience in stage operations with some supervisory experience
• Experience in dance-specific production environments
• Skills in dance-specific lighting and production design are essential.
• Demonstrable skills in rigging installing maintaining lighting and sound systems control systems and lighting/sound inventory; operating light and sound boards managing power distribution and solving problems as they arise.
• Communication and interpersonal skills flexibility willingness to work as both a leader and team member ability to think creatively ability to work with design programs and computer operating systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Vectorworks Autocad or Lightwrite and Qlab.