ANNUAL REPORT Shakespearean Festival. A hoped for byproduct of this involvement will be more visibility for the department among high school students and possible access to quality future majors. Theatre & Dance Dance 1. Develop plans to increase the number Dance majors over the next five years 2. Assess the feasibility of establishing a BFA in Dance 3. Address the acoustic treatment to the dance studios 4. Create a proposal to add another full-time tenure-track faculty position in dance 5. Develop a plan for funding a staff accompanist for Dance
OUTCOMES: In 2008-09 the number Dance majors dropped by 5 from the previous year. A clear set of growth goals are still needed from the department. The program continues to operate at a high level of quality and our students continue to garner recognition at the American College Dance Festival each year. A BFA degree in dance will only be feasible with additional faculty and staff resources. The reality of state funding levels at SUU will continue to present challenges to offering a BFA in this area. With the talk of new spaces for dance there was no compelling support for making renovations to the MC dance studios, even though plans and cost estimates for this work have been completed for more than a year. No proposal was initiated this year for a new faculty line in dance. With budget reductions the idea of a part-time benefited staff line as an accompanist, while still greatly needed, is on hold for the near term (probably the next two years). Program fees will have to continue to be the funding source for accompanists. Theatre Arts 1. Implement the new BFA degree and monitor progress in growing the program 2. Develop concrete action steps to better integrate the new BFA with the programmatic activities of the Utah Shakespearean Festival 3. Seek another studio space for Theatre to use so Music can use/ reclaim room 209 in the Music building in the next 2 years 4. Develop budget plan to fund the costume shop manager as a full-time (9 months) benefited position, in partnership with the Utah Shakespearean Festival 5. Develop budget plan to fund a scene shop manager as above
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