Genevieve Durham, Assistant Professor

Degrees Held: BFA in Theatre, Southwestern at Georgetown, 1997; MA in Dance, MFA in Dance, Texas Woman's University, 2002 and 2004
Main teaching focus: Dance technique, critical theory, pedagogy, improvisation and choreography, performance and production
Creative endeavors: Co-Artistic Director of RendezVous Dance Company; Artistic Director of the TTU Dance Company; Commissioned freelance choreographer
Research interests: Understanding bodies in performance; gaps in curriculum from secondary education to collegiate dance programs; perpetuating dualism in the dance technique classroom: re-thinking our feelings and re-feeling our thoughts
Organizational Affiliations: American College Dance Festival Association, National Dance Association; Texas Commission on the Arts, Ballet Lubbock Advisor Board
Awards: Selection of original choreography for presentation at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts: May 2006; TTU Alumni Association's New Faculty Award: 2004-2005; Texas Woman's University Excellence in Teaching Award: 2002-2003; National Dance Association's Outstanding Graduate Student Award: 2002
Publications: "Headfirst into the Gap: Bridging the holes in dance curriculum from secondary through collegiate levels." Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, 2005
E-mail address: genevieve.durham@ttu.edu