SUSAN GILLIS KRUMAN
(a.k.a Susan Gillis -- Professional Name)
VITA
Home Address & Telephone: Business Address & Telephone:
204 Lingrove Pl. 112 Trees Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15208 University of Pittsburgh
412-441-4408 (H) Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412.600.1085 © 412-648-8262
E-Mail:
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Master of Education: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1975- 1976
Bachelor of Fine Arts: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1971- 1974 (Modern Dance Choreography and Performance )
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Modern Dance: Joe Goode, Choreography Workshop, San Francisco, July, 1998
Mark Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992-1999
Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab, NYC, 1976-78
Louis Falco Studio, NYC, 1976-78
Dan Waggoner Studio, NYC, 1976-78
Shirley Ririe, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-74
Joan Woodbury, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-74
Bill Evans, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-74 and 1983
John Wilson, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-74
Karen Steele, Repertory Dance Theater, UT, 1972-74
Jazz: Lynn Simonson Studio, NYC, 1976-78
Nat Horne, Ailey Studio, NYC, 1975-76
Ballet: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 1980-85
Christina Ham, NYC, 1976-78
Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-74
Yoga: Khalsa Way Pre-Natal Yoga Workshop with Gurmukh (May 2014)
200-hour Yoga Alliance Certification, 2012
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Teaching:
Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physical Education, 1978 - Present.
Adjunct Faculty, Carlow College. January-May, 2008-10
Faculty, Slippery Rock University, January – May, 2000
Gillis/Steel Workshops/Residencies, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984-2010
Adjunct Faculty, La Roche College, January - May 1998-2000
Choreography, Workshops, Residencies, School classes for Pittsburgh Dance Alloy 1976-1983
Short Term Teaching:
Guest teacher for Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, May, 2002
Gillis/Steel Workshops/Residencies, Pittsburgh, PA,1984- 2000.
Guest teacher at Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Dance and Choreography, November, 1996. Responsibilities included teaching choreography and movement for actors.
Guest teacher for La Roche College, January 1998
"The Early Moderns Seminar." Invited teacher for Pennsylvania Governor's School for Performing Arts, July 1995.
"Modern Dance Technique." Invited teacher for Slippery Rock University Dance Department, April 1993.
"Modern Dance Technique." Invited teacher for Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, Summer, 1990 and 1991.
Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Theatre Arts, 1988, 1989
"Modern Dance Technique." Invited teacher for PA State Assoc. for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance State Conventions, 1986, 1987, 1991.
Teacher for Pittsburgh Dance Alloy classes, master classes, workshops and residencies, 1978-84, 1991-1992.
"Modern Dance Composition." A Master Class for the Penn-Ohio Dance Consortium, 1992.
Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Theatre Arts, 1988, 1989
Guest teacher in public schools throughout PA as a teacher for the Pittsburgh Dance Alloy, 1976-84.
Dance Workshops, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physical Education, 1985, 1986.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit - Summer Arts Program for Gifted Students, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978-79.
Teacher for Allegheny Intermediate Unit summer arts program for gifted students, 1978-79.
Guest teacher - Creative and Performing Arts H.S., Pittsburgh, PA, 1978-79.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Graduate Courses Taught:
Theater:
Choreography for Directors*
Movement I
Movement II
Physical Education:
Elementary Physical Education
Health and Physical Education in the Public Schools
Student Teacher Supervision in Teacher Education/Physical Education
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Physical Education:
Basic Dance*
Introduction to Dance*
Creative Movement*
Dance Survey*
Movement Education
Dance Pedagogy*
Dance Production 1*
Dance Production 2*
Musical Theater
Teaching Creative Movement*
Personal Health
Dance Production*
Ballet I & II
Jazz I & II
Modern I & II
Social Dance
Country and Western Line Dance
Party Dance*
Improvisation*
Choreography
Yoga 1 & 2*
Weight Training
*Classes that were created by S. Gillis for the U. of Pittsburgh.
Advising: Coordinator and Advisor for the Dance Minor Program
Faculty Advisor to the University of Pittsburgh Dance Ensemble.
Undergraduate Advisor for students in the Teacher Preparation Program for Physical Education 1984-1997.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
Board Member, Attack Theatre (a Pittsburgh based modern dance company) 2006-present
Board Member of the Arts Education Collaborative, a pro-arts education group sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. 2011- present.
Member of Yoga Alliance (2012- present)
Member of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Member of PA State Association for Health, Physical Education, and Dance
Member of Allegheny County Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Member of American College Dance Festival Association
Member of National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
Offices Held:
V.P. for Dance/ PA State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 2008
V.P. for Dance for the Eastern District Association for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (2004)
President for Allegheny County Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 1996-1998.
Chair, Publicity Committee for PA State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 1994-1996.
Vice-President for Dance, PA State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and, Dance, 1989-90.
Panelist for PA State Council on the Arts Dance Panel, 1889-92. Responsibility was to distribute State Arts money to grantees and to set guidelines for awards.
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND PANELS
“Day of Dance” U. of Pittsburgh Dance Workshop, January, 2014
“Yoga Workshop” U. of Pittsburgh Yoga Workshop, January 2014
“Improvisation for Dance”, Youngstown State U., September, 2013
“Yoga for Dance.” Youngstown State U., September 30, 2012.
“Dance Improvisation.” Youngstown State U., September 30, 2012.
“Yoga for Dance.” PA State Assoc, for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. November 1, 2012
“Yoga for Dancers” Eastern District Association for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Long Branch, NJ, February, 2011
“Moving and Thinking: Using Improvisation in Your Movement Classes” Eastern District Association for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Long Branch, NJ, February, 2011
“Improvisation for Composition” Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival, March, 2009, Penn State University, State College, PA
“Yoga for Dancers” Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival, NY State University, Brockport, March 2008, March 2009
“Methods For Increasing Physical Activity In Children”, Hashmite University, May, 2008, Amman, Jordan
“Contemporary Dance Technique Class” Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival, NY State University, Brockport, March 2008
“Unleashing the Inner Muse,” with Judith Steel, VA Commonwealth University, Eastern District Assoc. for AAHPERD, Newport, RI, February, 2008
Dance Workshop, Chartiers Valley High School, October, 2007
In-service Dance Workshop for Moon Area School District (K-12) Physical and Health Educators, August, 2006.
“Constructing a Performance Event through Movement” Practical Connections Edinburgh European Practitionners' Forum, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., September, 2006
“Building Connections Through Improvisational Forms” Practical Connections Edinburgh European Practitionners' Forum, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., September, 2006
“A Dance Gathering: Just for Teachers” PA State Assoc. for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, November, 2006.
“Using Improvisation for Composition” Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival, January, 2006, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WVA
“Yoga for Dancers” Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival, January, 2006, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WVA
Solicited and scheduled all the dance sessions for the Eastern District Association convention for February 9-12, Springfield, MA, 2005
“Which Way is Up? Using Improvisation in Your Movement Classes” presentation given at the Eastern District Association of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Springfield, MA February 10, 2005
“Teacher Guide for Bartok’s Red Apple.” Written guide and presentation. Presented to school teachers at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, January 12, 2005
“From Improvisation to Composition” a presentation at the American College Dance Festival, March 17, 2005, Richmond, VA
“Bartok’s Red Apple” a presentation commissioned by the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society. Choreography by S. Gillis, text by Lynne Conner. Performed January 26-28, 2005 in Pittsburgh Schools
Coordinator for the Eastern District Association Dance Gala, Burlington, VT. March, 2004
“Dance Improvisation” and “Composition.” Guest teacher for American College Dance Festival, Slippery Rock University, March, 2004.
“Yoga for Dancers”. Presented for the PA Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, December, 2003.
Presented “Dance at the Center: Making Connections Through Content, Process and Performance” at the Eastern District Association Conference, February 2002, Baltimore, MD
“Tools for Composition.” Guest teacher for American College Dance Festival, Slippery Rock University, March 1999.
Panelist for Pittsburgh Dance Council Continuum, 1997.
"A Multimedia CD-Rom on Early American Dance History: 1880- 1935." Gillis, Susan and Patrick Tse. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance national convention. Atlanta, GA. April, 1996.
"Ballet in America." Conner, Lynne and Gillis, Susan. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Studios. A workshop covering the development of ballet in the United States. March, 1996.
"Looking At Dance/Talking About Dance." Conner, Lynne and Susan Gillis. A workshop covering basic issues in dance aesthetics, criticism and philosophy. Point Park College. April 1996.
"Working With Multi-Media CD-ROM." Gillis, Susan and Tse, Patrick. Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Champion, PA, December, 1996.
"Using Physical Education as Content in a Multi-Media Computer Program." Gillis, Susan and Tse, Patrick. Allegheny County Assoc. for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Bridgeville, PA, February, 1996.
"Teaching the Whole Body: New Methodologies in Theater and Dance". Conner, Lynne and Gillis, Susan. Association for Theater in Higher Education, San Francisco, CA, 1995.
"What is Dance? An introduction to 20th century American Modern Dance" with Lynne Conner. A 15 hour workshop in conjunction with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. May/June, 1995.
"The Early Moderns." A dance history seminar with Lynne Conner sponsored by the PA Humanities Council and the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Invited presentations include the Warhol Museum, September 1994; the Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, August 1994; the University of Pittsburgh departments of English and Theater, September 1994, the Pittsburgh Dance Council, June 1994; and the PA Governor's School for Performing Arts, July 1995.
"Social Dance Between the World Wars." A dance history seminar with Lynne Conner sponsored by the A Humanities Council. Invited presentation at the Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh.
"Americanized Delsarte." Society of Dance History Scholars Conference. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 12, 1994.
"Composition for Everyone." American College Dance Festival, Virginia Commonwealth University, March 1993, Richmond, Virginia.
"O" a video dance presentation at the Arts and Technology Symposium, Connecticut College, April 1986.
"Developing Skills In Dance: Considerations for Adult Beginners." Presentation at the PA State Assoc. for Health, Physical Education and Dance 1992 Convention, Champion, PA.
"Role of Criticism in Contemporary Performance and Visual Arts." Panelist for the Pittsburgh Dance Council, April, 1982.
PUBLICATIONS
Gillis-Kruman, Susan. (May 2007) “Diversity Across the Curriculum” A chapter about diversity in dance printed by Jossey-Bass/Anker Press
Gillis-Kruman, Susan. (Fall/Winter 2002) “Students Build School In Peru.”University of Pittsburgh School of Education Newsletter
Gillis, Susan. (October, 1998) “Dance in Cyberspace.” A chapter on Dance Technology included in the National Dance Association’s National Dance Textbook
Gillis, Susan. (June 1998) “Dancing A Heritage.” An Cirean. Clan Donald U.S.A. Newsletter
Gillis, Susan. "Introduction to Dance." A workbook for the Center for Instructional Design and Distance Learning, University of Pittsburgh, 1997
Conner, L. and Gillis, S. (1994). "The Muscle is a Mind: Teaching Dance History through Multi-Sensory Pedagogy." Society of Dance History Scholars, February 1994
Wood, C. and Gillis, S. (1992). "Developing Skills in Dance: Considerations for Teaching Adult Beginners." Focus on Dance XII: National Dance Association
Gillis, S. (April/March 1991). Dance Notations. Pittsburgh Dance Council Newsletter
INTERNET TUTORIAL:
Internet access for students taking the "Introduction to Dance" course. This on-line tutorial was created to supplement student knowledge in the area of early modern dance history. The address is: http://www.pitt.edu/~gillis/dance
GRANTS
Gillis, Susan. Received support grant from University Center for Instructional Resources (UCIR), November 1994, for the development of a CD-Rom program on the early history of modern dance.
Conner, Lynne and Gillis, Susan. Received grant from the PA Humanities Council for the development and presentation of workshops entitled "The Early Moderns." June, 1994.
Conner, Lynne and Gillis, Susan. Received grant from the PA Humanities Council for the development and presentation of workshops entitled, "Social Dance: Between the world wars." October 1994.
Conner, Lynne and Gillis, Susan. Received $3,000 from the Pittsburgh Foundation, A.W. Mellon Fund, for the development of a workshop entitled, "The Search for Freedom: A Workshop on the Evolution of the Realistic Stage in the United States from Melodrama to August Wilson." 1994.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of PA Council on the Arts grant for "Strange Terrains" a multi-media choreographic work in collaboration with J. Steel, 1991.
Gillis, Susan.Recipient of Pittsburgh Foundation Grant for Film/Dance/Video Project, for "Strange Terrains" a multi-media dance performance in collaboration with J. Steel, 1991.
Gillis, Susan.Recipient of Pittsburgh Dance Council Choreographer's Continuum grant 1989 for "States of Her Mind" a choreographic work in collaboration with J. Steel.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of Pittsburgh Dance Council Choreographer's Continuum grant for "Unclassical Suite" a choreographic work in collaboration with J. Steel, 1993.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of Pittsburgh Foundation grant for "Strange Terrains" a multi-media choreographic work, 1992.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of Pittsburgh Dance Council Choreographer's Continuum grant for "Uncommon Ground" a dance/film choreographic work, 1990.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of Mid-Atlantic Arts Media Fellowship for experimental dance video "O" in collaboration with J. Steel and R. Strothman, 1985.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of PA Council on the Arts Media Fellowship for experimental dance video in collaboration with J. Steel and R. Strothman, 1985.
Gillis, Susan. Recipient of Pitttsburgh Foundation grant for experimental Video/Choreography in collaboration with J. Steel and R. Strothman, 1985.
Awards
Nominated for the National Dance Association College/University Teacher of the Year, 2009, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
2008 Eastern District Association Teacher of the Year Award for College/University Dance, March, 2008, Newport, RI
Honoree “Women in the Arts: Founders, Pioneers and Instigators.” New Hazlett Theater, June, 2007.
Office of Student Affairs recognition of teaching - letter of commendation, April, 2000