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 and/or 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. She has recently developed an interest in site-specific and site-adaptive choreography. In academic repertory courses she has created work for a gallery and for the Capen Gardens at Smith.

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 relatively new member of the company, she performs in lecture-demonstrations in schools, libraries, and senior citizen housing, and in concerts at Marlboro College in Vermont, and in Northampton. She has choreographed several works for the company, most recently a site-adaptive work for spaces in downtown Northampton.

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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 and/or 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. She has recently developed an interest in site-specific and site-adaptive choreography. In academic repertory courses she has created work for a gallery and for the Capen Gardens at Smith. 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 relatively new member of the company, she performs in lecture-demonstrations in schools, libraries, and senior citizen housing, and in concerts at Marlboro College in Vermont, and in Northampton. She has choreographed several works for the company, most recently a site-adaptive work for spaces in downtown Northampton.