CYNTHIA J. WILLIAMS
Professor of Dance,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  williams@HWS.edu

Education

 Master of Fine Arts, Modern Dance, Connecticut College, New London, CT. June 1982.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Modern Dance, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. June 1978.

Bachelor of Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, Psychology, University of Utah,      Salt Lake City, UT. June 1978.

High School Diploma, Magna Cum Laude, Dance, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI. June 1974.

Teaching
Associate Professor of Dance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
Experience  Geneva, NY. 1986-Present.  Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate,
Advanced Ballet; Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Modern Dance;
Dance Composition; Dance History I, II, III; Dance Repertory Ensemble;
Introduction to Dance; Kinesiology; Movement for Athletes; Stretch and
Placement.  General curriculum courses: Chaos and Patterning; Arts and Societies Baccalaureate Forum; Ballets Russes: Modernism and the Arts.

Master Classes, ACDFA, SUNY Brockport, NY 2000; Springfield, MA, 1999; State College, PA, 1997; New London, CT, 1995.

Visiting Choreographer, Wells College, Aurora, NY, Winter/Spring 1991. Course Taught: Repertory.

Visiting Instructor in Dance, Summerdance Institute, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Summer 1988.  Course Taught: Repertory and Performance.

Instructor, Elderhostel Program, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. Summer 1987.  Course Taught: Stretch and Relaxation.

Adjunct Instructor in Dance, Connecticut College, New London, CT.  1983-1986.  Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate Ballet; Beginning, Intermediate Modern Dance; Movement for Athletes.
 

Director of Dance, The Williams School, New London, CT. 1983-1986.  Courses Taught: Introduction to Dance (Grades 7-8); Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance; Jazz (Grades 9-12); Composition, Improvisation.

Instructor, Campus Community Dance Program, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1980-82, 1983-86. Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate Ballet; Stretch Aerobics; Basic Therapeutic Massage Techniques; Stretch and Placement.

Instructor, The Alternative Dance Space, New London, CT.  1981-1983.  Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate Ballet, Stretch and Placement, Intermediate Modern Dance, Intermediate Jazz.

Teaching Assistantship, Connecticut College, New London, CT.  1980-1982.  Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Modern Dance; Beginning, Intermediate Ballet, Composition; Improvisation.

Visiting Instructor in Dance, William Woods College, Fulton, MO.  1978-1980.  Courses Taught: Beginning, Intermediate Ballet; Beginning, Intermediate Modern Dance; Dance History; Pre-ballet for Children.

Administration
Administrative  Chair, Dance Department, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 1987-July 1998.  Responsibilities: Departmental course scheduling, departmental budget, curriculum planning and implementation; student recruitment.  Advisor to student dance club, dance majors and minors.  Guest artist booking and production, grant writing.  Publicity and production for Faculty Dance Concerts.  Departmental faculty and staff hiring and supervision.

Director of Dance, The Williams School, New London, CT. 1983-1986.
Responsibilities: Creation and administration of a new Dance Department.  Established course offerings, content and credit system.  Choreographed dance concerts, assemblies and musicals.  Assisted student choreographers in production of concerts.  Taught all lower and upper school dance courses.

Administrative Director, Campus Community Dance Program, Connecticut College, New London, CT.  1981-1982, 1983-1986.  Responsibilities: Creation of a viable and profitable adult and children’s dance program as a community outreach.  Selection of faculty, course offerings, scheduling, financial accounting, payroll, advertising, and publicity.

Artistic Director, The Alternative Dance Space, New London, CT.  1982-
83.  Responsibilities: Faculty selection and artistic direction of privately owned studio.  Financial and accounting duties with payroll, taxes, account books, bills and tuition.

Production Manager, Connecticut College Dance Department, New London, CT. 1980-1981.  Responsibilities: All production and promotional aspects of Dance Department concerts, including lighting, sound, programs, ushers, posters, publicity, front of house, and backstage management.

Coordinator, Adult and Community Outreach Program, Dance Department, William Woods College, Fulton, MO.  1979-1980.  Responsibilities: Scheduling, publicity, structural organization of new program.

Manager, Box Office, Departments of Ballet and Modern Dance, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.  1975-78.  Responsibilities: Ticket sales, receipts, ushers (front of house) for all ballet and modern dance concerts.

Publicity Director, Departments of Ballet and Modern Dance, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. 1975.  Responsibilities: Creation and distribution of posters for all department concerts.  Writing and submitting publicity articles and features.

Choreography

Choreography Ascension (2001), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith
Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Topography of Exile (2000), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William
Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

WinterSky (2000), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith
Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Portraits in Blue (1999), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Shelter (1998), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Elegy for Ruth (1994, restaged 1998), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Topography (1998), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Ligature (1997), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Pilfered Phrases and Other Crimes (1996), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

With Mercy Wound Round and Round As If By Air (1996), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Untitled Quintet (1995), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Festa di Ballo (1995), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Elegy for Ruth (1994), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Still Life (1994), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith
Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Gamespiece (1994), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Fourth and Inches (1992), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Snapshot (1990), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.  Restaged (1991), Dance Faculty Concert, Wells College, Aurora, NY.

Tesserae (1989), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Nekyia (1988), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.  Restaged (1988), Summerdance Institute, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.

Journey by Water and Interchange (1987), Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.  Restaged (1991), Journey by Water, Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.
 

Stage Choreography for Grease (1984), Pippin (19985), and Oliver (1986) for The Williams School Spring Musical.

Spindrift, Straight Up with a Twist, Waterfalls, and A Day in the Life, Faculty Dance Concert, Williams School Dance Touring Troupe (1984).

Stage Choreography for The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde, East Lyme High School (1982).
 
 

Masters Thesis Concert (In Partial Fulfillment of the Masters Degree), including Eclipse, Spindrift, and Physical Ghosts, Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London, CT (1981).

Threnody and Transit of Uranus (1980), Dance Department Faculty Concerts, Connecticut College, New London, CT.

Loss (1980), Waterlilies (1980), Legacy (1979), and Synecdoche (1979), William Woods College Faculty Dance Concerts, Fulton, MO.  Restaged (1988), Waterlilies, Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Threnody (1978), Senior Major Choreography thesis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Performance   Improvisation (with Mark Haim and Dancers) Central Park Summerstage,
New York City, NY (2001)

Topography (solo) Cynthia Williams. Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1998).

Trouble in Mind (solo) Lonne Moretton. Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1997).

Doubletake (duet) Donna Davenport.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1992).

Glinka and Betsy (duet) Jan Hurst.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1991).  Dance Festival Weekend Alumni Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1991).

The Space Around and Within (solo) Janet Hamburg.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1990).
 

Tumors and Boxers (duet) Susan Bernard.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1990).  Dance Faculty Concert, Wells College, Aurora, NY (1990).

Pardon Me (duet) Stuart Pimsler.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1989).

Motion Granted (duet) Sandy McDonald.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1988).

Interchange (duet) Marina G. Walchli/Cynthia J. Williams. Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1987).
 

Threnody on a Ledge of Time (duet) Madeliene Scott.  Faculty Dance Concert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (1987).

Kentucky Women (duet) Peggy Berg.  Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (1986).

Gotham Lullaby (duet) Pamela Lewis.  Connecticut College, New London CT (1984).

Icefire Fred Benjamin. Connecticut College, New London CT (1983).

Cityscapes Gerri Houlihan. Connecticut College, New London CT (1982).

Cross Purposes Ara Fitzgerald and Wall Mathews.  Connecticut College, New London CT (1981).

Going, Going, Gone Lucas Hoving.  Connecticut College, New London CT (1981).

Threnody (solo) Cynthia J. Williams.  Connecticut College, New London CT (1980).

Burning Feet Faculty Dance Concert, William Woods College, Fulton, MO (1980).

Faculty Dance Concerts University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (1975-1978).

Repertory Dance Theatre Summerdance Concert (1977).

Bill Evans Dance Repertory (Summer 1975).

Graduate Thesis Dance Concerts University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (1974-1978).

Professional

Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique: Certification, August 1998.
Training   Recertification: August 2000.

Technique Training, Modern Dance and Jazz: Tandy Beal, Fred Benjamin, Carolyn Coles, Bill Evans, Gerri Houlihan, Sharon Kinney, Martha Myers, Debbie Poulsen, Mark Taylor, Doug Varone, University of Utah faculty.

Technique Training, Ballet: Kathryn Daniels, Gerri Houlihan, Toni Landers Marks, Lonne Moretton, Zena Rommett, Marcus Schulkind, James Sutton, Jonathan Watts, Lance Westergarde, University of Utah faculty.

Body Therapies: Collette Barry, Maryska Biggos, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Kathryn Daniels, Nada Diachenko, Sally Fitt, Ara Fitzgerald, Martha Myers, Diana Schnitt.
 

Publications

“Fokine’s Forgotten Puppet,” Paper presented at Society of Dance History
Presentations  Scholars Conference, Goucher College, June 21-24, 2001.

Loie Fuller,” Great Lives from History: American Women (Pasadena:
Salem Press, 1995).

“Hanya Holm,” Great Lives from History: American Women (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1995).

“Ruth St. Denis,”  Great Lives from History: American Women (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1995).

“Meredith Monk,”  Great Lives from History: American Women (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1995).

“Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes,” Great Events from History II: Arts and    Culture (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994).

“Fokine’s Firebird Premieres in Paris,” Great Events from History II: Arts    and Culture (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994).

“Mark Morris and Baryshnikov’s White Oak Project,” Great Events from    History II: Arts and Culture (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994).

“Paul Taylor Founds His Own Company,” Great Events from History II:    Arts and Culture (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994).

“Ecstasy and Emancipation in the Work of Isadora Duncan and Hart Crane,” co-authored and co-presented with James McCorkle, National Poetry Foundation Conference, University of Maine at Orono, June 1993.

Awards

Faculty Research Grant: Choreography and Performance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000). Writing Project Grant, 2001.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend: Nomination by
Hobart and William Smith Colleges as Senior Fellow, 2000-2001.

Outstanding Young Woman of America (1980, 1988).

Orchesis Award: Outstanding Achievement in Dance Performance, University of Utah (1978).