Artis Smith

Education:

DOCTOR DEGREE EQUIVALENT - 1985

Creative Work

Producer, choreographer and director, Dance Is Alive at B.C.! There were approximately 120 audience members in attendance drawn from the college and outside communities; 40 dance artists contributed. With the exceptions of my wife, Germaine Salsberg, Carl Paris (a long-standing professional colleague) and myself, all the work was choreographed and most of it was performed by Brooklyn College students and alumni. Brooklyn College. May 15. 2007

Producer, choreographer and director, dance presentation. I choreographed a premiere of a work, using seven women, all of whom are either current or former Brooklyn College students. (This work will also be presented at the International Dance Festival in New York the Dicapo Opera Theater in July.) The performance attracted approximately 125 audience members; about 35 artists performed. With the exceptions of my wife, Germaine Salsberg, and Carl Paris (a long-standing professional colleague) and myself, all the work was choreographed and most of it performed by current and former Brooklyn College students. Brooklyn College. May 16. 2006

Producer, choreographer and director, dance presentation. I choreographed a premiere of a work, which will also be presented at the International Dance Festival in New York in July, and am pursuing the possibility of another performance in June at Dance Space in Manhattan. The presentation was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Brooklyn College. Approximately 150 audience members were present; 33 performers participated. I presented two works of a distinguished colleague; a tap work by my wife, Germaine Salsberg; a hip-hop work by a former Brooklyn College student; three ballroom duets choreographed by faculty member Sergei Nabatov; a work by the Precision Dancers (a Brooklyn College club, of which I am faculty adviser), a Middle Eastern solo by a Brooklyn College student; a martial arts-inspired hip-hop work by a Brooklyn College student, and my own work. Brooklyn College. April 12. 2005

Research Activities

Attended approximately three classes per week in Argentine tango. 2006

Took my first introductory course in Argentine tango in July. Studied Argentine Tango intensively (six classes per week) with periodic private lessons. 2005

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Taught three master classes (Master Class in Modern Dance Technique), Associated Dance Teachers of New Jersey. Oct. 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Taught three master classes. Dance Educators of America. New York, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

Professional Leadership

Member, Safety and Security. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Faculty secretary. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Grade appeals (ad hoc). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Member, Safety and Security. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Department PSC representative. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Faculty secretary. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Grade appeals (ad hoc). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Member, Appointments Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Member, Safety and Security. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Department PSC representative. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Faculty secretary. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Grade appeals (ad hoc). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Member, Appointments Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Member, Arts Council. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Member, Honors, Awards, Special Events. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Pedagogical Achievements

One section of Dance 9.1 (two credits); two independent studies (one credit); two independent studies (two credits); two noncredit-bearing classes per week. Summer. 2007

One section of Dance 9.2 (two credits); one section of Dance 10.2 (two credits); three independent studies (one credit); three independent studies (two credits); four independent studies (three credits); four student teachers to observe and assess; two noncredit-bearing dance classes per week. Spring. 2007

Two sections of Dance 9.1 (two credits); two independent studies (one credit); one independent study (two credits); three independent studies (three credits); faculty adviser for two dance clubs and one honors student; two noncredit-bearing dance classes per week (designed to accommodate students who wish to pursue their dance skills at a higher level than the college currently offers). Fall. 2007

One section of 9.2 (two credits); one section of 10.2 (as a tutorial; 2 credits); four independent studies (one credit); one independent study (two credits); three independent studies (three credits). Spring. 2006

Two noncredit-bearing classes per week; five student teachers to observe and assess. Summer. 2006

Two sections of Dance 9.1 (two credits); three independent studies (one credit); three independent studies (two credits); two independent studies (three credits); three student teachers to observe and assess; two noncredit-bearing classes per week. Fall. 2006

One section of 9.2 (two credits); one section of 10.2 (two credits); four independent studies (one credit); one independent study (two credits); five independent studies (three credits). Spring. 2005

One tutorial (one credit). Summer. 2005

Two sections of 9.1 (two credits); one section of 10.1 (two credits); three independent studies (one credit); three independent studies (two credits); four independent studies (three credits); one student teacher observation. Fall. 2005

Other Professional Activities

Work performed at the Dicapo Opera Theater in New York as part of the fifth annual International Dance Festival, July 14. 2006

Work performed at the Dicapo Opera Theater in New York as part of the fourth annual International Dance Festival, July. 2005