Five College Dance Department : Susan Waltner

Susan Waltner

Susan Waltner has been teaching, choreographing, performing and administrating at Smith and the Five College Dance Department since 1967. She has twice been the Chair of the Five College Dance Department, and many times Chair of the Smith Dance Department. Currently she is the Graduate Student Advisor at Smith.

She teaches courses in choreography and the creative process at both graduate and undergraduate levels, contemporary dance studio courses, and 20th century dance history. Her many years of studying Body-Mind Centering has influenced her teaching of Anatomy undergraduate courses, scientific principles of teaching dance at the graduate level, and a course called The Mindful Body. With the help of a Stride student at Smith she is developing a course on Site-Specific Choreography for the academic year 2008-09.

She has choreographed over 65 works for student and professional peers, 1967-present. Her work has been shown in Smith and Five College Concerts, and in independently produced concerts in New York and Massachusetts. Some of these works have been supported by Harnish Grants in support of the Fine and Performing Arts.

Susan is a member of The Dance Generators, an intergenerational dance company in Northampton. A new member of the company, she has performed recently in several lecture-demonstrations and in concerts at Marlboro College in Vermont, and in Northampton. She is currently choreographing a work for the company.

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Susan in her peice Wax and Wane, performed in March 2005 at "Music and Motion," a 25th Anniversary event. Photo by Jon Crispin.	Susan Waltner Susan Waltner has been teaching, choreographing, performing and administrating at Smith and the Five College Dance Department since 1967. She has twice been the Chair of the Five College Dance Department, and many times Chair of the Smith Dance Department. Currently she is the Graduate Student Advisor at Smith. She teaches courses in choreography and the creative process at both graduate and undergraduate levels, contemporary dance studio courses, and 20th century dance history. Her many years of studying Body-Mind Centering has influenced her teaching of Anatomy undergraduate courses, scientific principles of teaching dance at the graduate level, and a course called The Mindful Body. With the help of a Stride student at Smith she is developing a course on Site-Specific Choreography for the academic year 2008-09. She has choreographed over 65 works for student and professional peers, 1967-present. Her work has been shown in Smith and Five College Concerts, and in independently produced concerts in New York and Massachusetts. Some of these works have been supported by Harnish Grants in support of the Fine and Performing Arts. Susan is a member of The Dance Generators, an intergenerational dance company in Northampton. A new member of the company, she has performed recently in several lecture-demonstrations and in concerts at Marlboro College in Vermont, and in Northampton. She is currently choreographing a work for the company.