Department of Theater and Dance
Hettie Barnhill

Hettie Vyrine Barnhill

Job Title
Adjunct Instructor of Theater and Dance
Pronouns
she/they

Areas of expertise

Dance, Theater, Choreography, Spoken Word, Film, Arts Activism, Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Black Art, Artists, and Art Making Critically.

Engaged Pedagogies, Community Engaged Art Making, Social Justice Practice and Performance Creation, Studies in Drawing for the Practicum.

Curriculum vitae

Research interests

Black Studies, Queer Studies, Performing and Visual Arts Creation-Fim, Theater, Dance, Progressive Pedagogy, Critical Cultural Studies, Social Justice.

Teaching interests

Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Black Art, Artists, and Art Making Critically.

Engaged Pedagogies, Dance, Choreography, Poetry, Spoken Word, Film, Arts and activism, and Community Engaged Art Making, Social Justice Practice and Performance Creation, Studies in Drawing for the Practicum.

Lecture: Art and Activism, Cross-Cultural
Dance: Afro-Contemporary, Modern, Musical Theater, Jazz, hip-hop dance
Theater: Devising Experimental Theater, Scene Study, Short-form Improv

Publications

A Love Letter to Brian Lesley and Michelle ( film 2019)

Roll The Credits (video 2023)

Exhibitions

Plays at Play: Three Playwrights Respond to Art & Empathy 2022

Academic credentials

Goddard College, Plainfield VT - M.F.A., Interdisciplinary Arts / Performance Creation; Columbia College, Chicago, IL - B.A., Dance