Azaria R. Baggett

Department

Theatre and Dance

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Theatre and Dance
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • MFA, Dance, Texas Woman's University
  • BA, Spanish minors in Dance and Creative Arts Therapy- Dance, Georgia College and State University

Teaching

  • Contact Improvisation
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance
  • Dance Appreciation
  • Jazz Dance
  • West African Dance Forms
  • Alternative Formats (Dance Film and Site Dance)
  • Pedagogy
  • Composition and Choreography

Professional experience

  • West African Dance forms, Instructor, Texas Woman's University
  • Publications in: Journal of Dance Education in Practice (DEip), and Journal of Dance Education (JODE), Black Dance Magazine, Dance Magazine, and Dance Teacher Magazine
  • Research presented at numerous conferences including: World Dance Alliance Americas Conference, Symposium on Performance of the African Diaspora as Social Change, Conference on the Americas, Women's Symposium, National Dance Education Organization, Dance Studies Association
  • Choreography has been presented at various venues and festivals including: Women in Dance Leadership Conference (Philadelphia, PA), Gospel Meets Jazz (Denton, TX), Every Woman Celebration (Denton, TX), Mobi Mini Fest-92Y Harkness Dance Center (New York, NY), Denton Black Film Festival (Denton, TX), Brave Arts Dance Festival (Stillwater, OK), American College Dance Association 2015 and 2016

Research and professional interests

  • Dance as Social Awareness
  • Modern Dance of the African Diaspora
  • Contact Improvisation
  • Pedagogy

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