Professor of Dance

Rick Crawford

 

Work in Education

Work at University of CA, Irvine:

 Adjunct Faculty in the dance department at the University of California, Irvine teaching social dance, jazz, and Irish dance from January 1996 to June 1998.

While in residence at UCI from 1990 to 1992 I taught sections of modern, jazz, and Irish dance courses, and assisted a graduate level videography course.

 I worked closely with Donald McKayle both at UCI and professionally with Lula Washington's Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Theatre performing some of his famous works: Games, Songs of the Disinherited, the premiere cast of Sombra Y Sol, and an original updated version of West Side Story (Donald was the dance captain of the original Broadway show).

 I also performed for other faculty and student choreographers while in residence from 1990 to 1992, particularly Claude Thompson, James Penrod, and Kathy Rump. I began working professionally with Princess Cruises in the summer of 1992 after the approval of my thesis: “ The modernization of Irish dance: an exposition of recent changes.”

Other Group Fitness Instruction:

24 Hour Fitness, Long Beach, CA. August 1999 to May 2001.

Group Fitness Program Coordinator, Edison International, Rosemead, CA. June 1999 to December 1999.

Edison International,Rosemead, CA. January 1999 to May 2000.

Fitness Director, Princess Cruises, Sky Princess, Summer 1997.

Frogs at the Pyramid, Cal. State Long Beach. September 1995 to December 1996.

The Complex, Newport Beach, CA. September 1995 to September 1996.

Bally Total Fitness, Cerritos, Long Beach, Montebello, Pasadena, Santa Monica, CA. September 1995 to September 1996.

Sports Connection, Long Beach, Santa Monica, CA. September 1995 to September 1996.

Nautilus Plus, Norwalk, Pasadena, CA. September 1995 to September 1996.

Northrup-Grumann, Pico Rivera, CA. January 1996 to May 1996.

Other Dance Instruction:

Adjunct Instructor, LA Valley College, Valley Glenn, CA. Spring 2008 to present.

Adjunct Instructor, LA Pierce College College, Woodland Hills, CA. Spring 2007 to June 2008.

Adjunct Instructor, West LA College, Carson, CA. July 2005 to June 2006.

Adjunct Instructor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA. September 1998 to 2003.

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Audience Education Coordinator at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, August 1994 to June 1995.

Project Coordinator/Dance Teacher, Princess Cruises, Los Angeles, CA. March 1993 to August 1994.

The Dance Council of Ireland, Dublin, June to August 1991.

Department of Theatre and Dance, Wittenberg, Springfield, OH. September 1988 to May 1990.

Fancy Dancer Performing Arts Center, Springfield, OH. June 1989 to May 1990.

Faculty, Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, KY. August 1986 to February 1987.

 

I am looking to teach group fitness and/or dance in private clubs and organizations during my free time as well as in the months of June, July, August.