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Lead Costume Shop Technician

Department/Division: Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies / College of Letters & Science - Arts & Humanities

Position Summary: Under the general supervision of the Costume Director, the Lead Costume Shop Technician will plan and supervise the technical aspects of simultaneous productions as related to costumes, costume properties, and hair/wigs/make-up.  Fabricate costumes for all Department productions with the support of one part time Costume Curator/Wardrobe Supervisor and 4-5 work study students. Coordinate, supervise, and assign tasks to student technicians during build process and technical rehearsals/production process, and perform other related duties.  

In collaboration with the Costume Director, the position is responsible for training and supervising students completing Costume Labs for THEATER 168 (Shop Lab Practice), THEATER 169 (Advanced Shop Lab Practice) and THEATER 167 (Technical Theater: Run Crew). The Lead Costume Shop Technician collaborates with the Costume Director to organize, inventory and maintain notions and shop materials to be prepared for all productions; assists with the maintenance of equipment in costume shops and related facilities. 
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Salary & Benefits:  This is a full-time, career position. The budgeted hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $37.13 - $41.62 (stepped rates). This position is eligible for the full range of UC Benefits. For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.
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Assistant Professor – Dance

Department/Division: Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies / College of Letters & Science - Arts & Humanities

Position Summary: The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in the area of Dance practice, performance, choreography, and scholarship.

Responsibilities will include pursuing a professional creative/research agenda; teaching courses at the undergraduate, and occasionally the graduate, level in the department’s dance technique, choreography, practice, performance, and dance and performance studies curricula; directing undergraduate concerts; mentoring and advising undergraduate and graduate students; and participating in departmental activities and administrative service at college and campus levels.

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