Associate Professor of Dance
Theater and Dance Studios 110
860-685-3329

Chair, Dance

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-3329

kkolcio@wesleyan.edu

MA Ohio State University
MA University of Georgia Athens
PHD Ohio State University

DANC111 - 02
Introduction to Dance

DANC215 - 01
Modern Dance II

DANC111 - 02
Introduction to Dance

DANC435 - 01
Advanced Dance Practice A

DANC445 - 01
Advanced Dance Practice B

Office Hours:
Spring 2012 office hour: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 and by appt. CFA Dance and Theater room 110. Please call/email ahead.

Research Interests:
Katja Kolcio, PhD. is Associate Professor of Dance at Wesleyan University. Her research is in social somatic theory and research methodology, investigating the role of physical engagement and creativity in practices of knowledge production, and in twentieth century dance history. Katja's choreography engages the community and environment within which it occurs. Her interests include integrating traditional arts into contemporary performance. Publications: Movable Pillars Creating a Foundation for Dance Studies in the Academy, 1956-1978 (2010, Wesleyan University Press), Faking It: The Necessary Blind Spots of Understanding (2009, Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies), A Somatic Engagement of Technology (2005, International Journal for Performance Art and Digital Media), Branching Out: Oral Histories of the Founding of Six National Dance Organizations (2000, American Dance Guild, nominated for the De La Torre Bueno Prize), and book reviews in the Dance Research Journal and the New England Theater Journal. Choreography: Katja has received choreographic fellowships from the New York State Council of the Arts and Meet the Composer, and has been commissioned to create original choreography for Yara Arts Group (NYC), Ukrainian Stage Ensemble, Wittenberg College, Duke University, Ohio State University (Slavic Studies Program), Antioch College, New York University (Department of Music). Choreography has been presented at Judson Church, New York University Black Box Theater, St. Marks Church, The Ukrainian Museum of New York, The Bridge for Dance, La Mama Experimental Theatre, the Ukrainian Institute of America, various community gardens throughout NYC, the Honchar Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine), Kyiv Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine) and in colleges around the United States. Katja received her PhD in Somatics/Cultural Studies and her MA in Dance from Ohio State University and her MA in Political Science from University of Georgia.

Scholarly Keywords:
Social somatic theory. Research methodology. Radical pedagogy. Modern dance technique.

Academic Associations:
Congress on Research in Dance American Dance Guild Society of Dance History Scholars Shevchenko Ukrainian Society of Knowledge

Publications:
http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6911-9.html

Relevant Sites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ6OTjMe1W8 http://www.lamama.org/archives/2010/ScythianStones.html http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6911-9.html http://csc.sagepub.com/content/early/2009/01/16/1532708608327226.abstract http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dance_research_journal/summary/v042/42.1.kolcio.html http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Contributor,a=K/view-Contact-Page,id=13975/ http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2010/03/03/5-questions-with-katja-kolcio/ http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3459134/danc_309_advanced_modern_dance_technique/

BS Cornell University
MFA Ohio State University

DANC103 - 01
Dancing Bodies

DANC211 - 01
Modern Dance I

DANC215 - 01
Modern Dance II

DANC250 - 01
Dance Composition

Artist in Residence, Dance
Theater and Dance Studios 003
860-685-3487

pbeaman@wesleyan.edu

BFA University of Michigan
MA New York University

DANC302 - 01
Ballet II

DANC375 - 01
Dance History

DANC202 - 01
Ballet I

DANC302 - 01
Ballet II

Personal Homepage:
http://www.patriciabeaman.net

Office Hours:
By appointment

Research Interests:
--Reconstructing and performing French 18th century Baroque dance and historical dance for comedie-ballets and the plays of Molihre, Beaumarchi, and Shakespeare, as well as Postmodern dances from the Judson Era in the 1960s.

Scholarly Keywords:
--Teaching Classical Ballet, Dance History, and Repertory

Academic Associations:
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
The New School
Coe College

Grants:
Wesleyan University: Mellon Grant Project grants Pedagogical grants NYU Pedagogical Grant The New School Pedagogical Grant

DANC260 - 01
West African Dance I

DANC249 - 01
Dance Composition

DANC309 - 01
Mod III

Assistant Professor of Dance
Theater and Dance Studios 106
860-685-2630

hkrishnan@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Manitoba
MFA York University

DANC261 - 01
Bharata Natyam I

DANC362 - 01
Bharata Natyam II

DANC261 - 01
Bharata Natyam I

DANC309 - 01
Mod III

Adjunct Professor of Dance
Theater and Dance Studios 105
860-685-3485

slourie@wesleyan.edu

BA Temple University
MALS Wesleyan University

DANC111 - 01
Introduction to Dance

DANC301 - 01
Anatomy and Kinesiology

DANC371 - 01
Choreography Workshop

DANC111 - 01
Introduction to Dance

DANC211 - 01
Modern Dance I

Office Hours:

Spring 2013: Tuesday, 1-2:30 and Wed. 12-1

DIPL University of Ghana
MFA University of California LA

DANC260 - 01
West African Dance I

DANC360 - 01
West African Dance II

Personal Homepage:
www.iddiandgalia.com

BA Antioch College
MFA Ohio State University

ENVS377 - 01
Perspectives In Dance As Cultu

BA University of Ghana