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SDR EventsThe SDR holds regular events and study days for members and non-members which aim to encompass a wide range of interests and scholarship in dance related areas. See below for forthcoming events or review a list of past events. Use your browser's search/find utility to search this page. Forthcoming eventsDance History: Politics, Practices and Perspectives13 March 2010 - Roehampton UniversityThis one day symposium is organised by the Society for Dance Research in collaboration with the Centre for Dance Research, Roehampton University Walter Gore EventAugust 2010Details forthcoming For more information contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk De Valois ConferenceApril 2011 - RBSDetails forthcoming For more information contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk Martha Graham EventAutumn 2011Details forthcoming For more information contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk Ethnography ForumJanuary 2012Details forthcoming For more information contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk Established Scholars ConferenceMarch 2012Past eventsDance Ethnography Forum30 January 2010This biennial one day seminar, hosted by De Montfort University since 2003, will take place again on Saturday 30 January 2010. Annual General Meeting 6pm7 December 2009 - London College of FashionThis year’s AGM will also feature a talk by ex-Royal Ballet dancer Trish Linton who has, for the last five or six years, been recording ex ballet dancers (including Violetta Elvin, Stanley Holden and others) for her project ‘Voices of British Ballet’. St Popular Dance and Music Matters Symposium21 November 2009 - University of SurreyBuilding on the rich dialogue and breadth of expertise that informed the 2007 and 2008 Popular Dance and Music Matters Symposia, we are pleased to launch our third international symposium. Ballets Russes eventAugust 2009 - Southabnks BFIWe anticipate our Ballets Russes celebration to occur in August. Information forthcoming. For details contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk Philip Richardson EventSummer 2009Details forthcoming For more information contact Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk New Scholars ConferenceJune 2009CANCELLED due to low numbers of abstract submissions. AGM - voting posted 26/11/086 December 2008 - Sadler's WellsThe AGM will be held during lunch time as part of the Tudor event on 6th December 2008 held at Sadler's Wells. Nomination forms and voting will be dealt with via post. Members should recieve details shortly. For further info contact Dr. Helen Julia M Antony Tudor Event6 December 2008 - Sadler's WellsTudor in Britain A Celebration of the choreography and career of Antony Tudor on the occasion of the centenary of his birth
At the Kahn Studio Sadler’s Wells Rosebery Avenue London, EC1R 4TN Popular Dance and Music Matters Symposium25 October 2008 - University of SurreyIntriguing places: dancing in royal palaces 1600-18003 May 2008 - New College, Oxford10th Annual Dance Symposium organised by Jennifer Thorp and Michael Burden. Dance Research Conference - Conference Proceedings15 March 2008 - Chapman Hall, Southlands College, Roehampton UniversityConference Proceedings will be published online in the Autumn, edited by Dr. Geraldine Morris and Dr. Helen Minors. Interested readers will be able to access the text via the SDR website. Presentation topics include Argentinian tango; dance in post Throwing Like a Girl? Cultivating kinaesthesia in a post-human world14 March 2008 - University of ManchesterCIDRA Lecture Programme 2008 Sexuality, Gender and the Body Research Theme Dance Ethnography Forum26 January 2008 - De Montfort University, LeicesterThis one day seminar, hosted as an annual event by De Montfort since 2003, will be launched as a biennial event commencing on Saturday 26 January 2008. Tudor Celebration2008Events are currently being planned for a Tudor Centenary Celebration in 2008. Please monitor this website and newsletter for forthcoming information. Pain and Injury in a Cultural Context: Dancers’ Embodied Understandings and Visual MappingResearch projectA current Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded research project investigating how dancers make sense of pain and injury in their everyday working lives and the consequences this has for their performance, careers and the dance industry. Established Scholars ConferenceEarly March 2008 - Roehampton University, LondonThe Society for dance research in collaboration with CIMR, Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, Roehamopton University, London, will host this diverse and challenging conference in early March. Details forthcoming AGM Agenda12 November 2007 - London College of FashionThis AGM was well attended by committee and non-committee members. It was good to see some familiar faces, including the former administrative secretary, Peter Bassett. The new treasurer, Francis Yeoh, was welcomed, and Jane Pritchard and Helen Julia Mi Annual General Meeting12 November 2007 - London College of FashionThe AGM will be held on 12th November at the London College of Fashion. We aim to start prompt at 6.15pm. WHEN HANDEL MET SALLÉSaturday 10th November 2007 - Handel House, LondonThe European Association of Dance Historians is pleased to be holding a one day seminar at Handel House, 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the famous French ballerina, Marie Sallé, who performed on the The Myth of Don Juan:Friday 26th and Saturday 27th October 2007 - Faculty of Music, Academy of Performing ArtsTo celebrate the 220th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, EADH investigates the myth of Don Juan in relation to dance tradition, as well as the role of the quintessential seducer. Don Juan’s fame and success with the fair sex has Symposium on Popular Dance and Music20 October 2007 - University of SurreyThe Department of Dance Studies and The Department of Music and Sound Recording at University of Surrey in collaboration with The Society for Dance Research SYMPOSIUM ON POPULAR DANCE AND MUSIC Saturday 20th October 2007 Interdisciplinary Music Research Conference13 October 2007 - Roehampton UniversityA provisional programme and abstracts for this Interdisciplinary Music Research Conference are now available at http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/cimr/conferencesandevents/index.html If you wish to register for this conference please cont INTERDISCIPLINARY MUSIC RESEARCH CONFERENCE13 October 2007 - Music Department, School of Arts, Roehampton UniversityA stimulating event which was supported by over 50 delegation from an international dimension. I would like to thank all delegates and the support of Roehampton University. Helen Julia Minors. AGM: 25th AnniversaryOctober 2007 - London College of FashionThe Annual General Meeting of the Society for Dance Research will take place this coming Autumn, hopefully at the end of October or start of November. A date will be published soon. For details email Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk DANCING WITH HANDEL1 September 2007 - Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, LondonDANCING WITH HANDEL Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra Ashley Solomon director In collaboration with European Association of Dance Historians and Mercurius Company New Scholars Conference 2007 Successful Event30 June 2007 - London College of FashionPlease find below the schedule and abstracts for New Scholars Conference held in 2007. A report for this event will appear in the forthcoming newsletter sent to members and also in the newly formed members area of the website. Making Television Dance - A decade of dance on screenJUNE 2007A season of films at National Film Theatre Gracefully tripping over a rustic bridge: The ballet at Cremorne. A lecture by Jane Pritchard21 February 2007 - The Art Workers GuildCoffee and Biscuits will be available. The event is hosted by The Society for Dance Research in conjunction with The Society for Theatre Research. In the Chair, Dr. Helena Hammond. 7.30 pm, 21st February 2007 at **The Art Workers Guild 6 Queen Square Lo New Scholars' ConferenceDecember 2006An annual conference for the promotion of work by new dance researchers. Further details to follow. Annual General MeetingOctober 2006The Dance Research Conference25 March 2006 - Middlesex University, Trent ParkAn annual conference for the promotion of work by dance scholars. Dance Ethnography Forum28 January 2006 - De Montfort University, LeicesterThis year's Dance Ethnography Forum brought together both established and aspiring dance fieldworkers from different parts of the world; it was dedicated to South Asian dance and its role in different historical and ethnographic contexts. New Scholars Conference 20053 December 2005 - University of Wolverhampton, WolverhamptonAn annual conference for the promotion of work by new dance researchers. Sound Moves - An international conference on Music and Dance5th-6th November 2005 - Roehampton UniversityIn collaboration with the Society for Dance Research and Princeton University's Music Department, the Centre for Dance Research at Roehampton University hosted a conference on music and dance in autumn 2005. An International Celebration of Enrico CecchettiSummer 2005 - University College ChichesterIn collaboration with the Dance Department, University College Chichester and the Cecchetti Society Teachers’ Summer School. Royal Danish Ballet: Study morning25 June 2005 - Sadler’s WellsA study morning focusing on Bournonville including a chance to watch company class. Robert Cohan Study Day7 May 2005Robert Cohan anniversary study day presented in collaboration with The Place Anywhere but the Stage: Dance Seeking New LocationsSunday 6th March 10.30-5pm - Rhoda McGraw Theatre
Dance Ethnography Forum29 January 2005 - De Montfort University, LeicesterSchool of English and Performance Studies, De Montfort University, and the Society for Dance Research Inquiries please contact t.buckland@talk21.com and/or tbuckland@dmu.ac.uk New Scholars Day 20044 December 2004 - University College NorthamptonAn annual conference for the promotion of work by new dance researchers. Call for papers Robert Cohan anniversary eventDate to be confirmed (2004) - Venue to be confirmedIn association with The Place. More details to follow. Dance Films at the National Film TheatreAugust 2004 - National Film TheatreThere will be a Festival of dance films at the National Film Theatre, London, in August 2004. Technology and Dance Day with Elliot Caplan9 June 2004 - University College ChichesterOn Wednesday June 9th some members went to University College Chichester to the Society event with Elliot Caplan - filmmaker renowned for his work with Merce Cunningham. Text, Context, Performance: Reconstruction and Reinvention in African, Asian, and European Dances8 May 2004 - University of Surrey, Department of Dance StudiesThis full-day event features the work of choreographers and scholars Ananya Chatterjea, Ingo Diehl, Jean Johnson-Jones, Liz Lea, Alessandra Lopez y Royo, Giannandrea Poesio, and Vena Ramphal on dance reconstruction. It is convened by Janet O'Shea. Body, Dance, Performative Practices Symposium31 January 2004 - Centre on the Body and Performance, Goldsmiths College, London.Eight invited speakers from a range of disciplines, whose research centred on the body and performance (dance, music, fashion, theatre, sociology), gave illustrated and in some cases, performance based presentations of their research. Dance and Performance Ethnography Forum24 January 2004 - School of English and Performance Studies, De Montfort University.Call for papers. Deadline, 1st November 2003. Details of guidelines for submissions available from tbuckland@dmu.ac.uk or sdr1@tinyworld.co.uk The New Scholars Conference 200329 November 2003 - Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe and Alsager Campus.Call for contributions. Deadline Tuesday 23rd September 2003. Copies of the guidelines for proposals are available from the Administrative Secretary,SDR. sdr1@tinyworld.co.uk Tivoli Pantomime Theatre15 November 2003 - Laban,Creekside, London, SE8 3DZA costumed lecture demonstration, together with a full programme of presentations on European pantomime and mime traditions. Contributors will include, Jacky Bratton; Moira Goff ; Giannandrea Poesio ; Jane Pritchard, plus other attractions. AGM29 October 2003 - 6.00 pm, Theatre MuseumGeraldine Morris will be speaking on her role in the latest Roehampton project. Conference on Dance Improvisation21 June 2003 - Liverpool Institute of Performing ArtsIn collaboration with Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. New Scholars ConferenceWinter 2003 - University of CoventryHeld every two years, the Society's New Scholars conference is a stimulating showcase for research from scholars at the start of their careers. Paul Taylor Study Day3 May 2003 - Sadler's Wells during company's visitRukmini Devi1 May 2003 - Nehru Centre LondonA panel disccussion of Rukmini Devi's important role in dance and the arts. In conjunction with the Rukmini Devi Photo Exhibition. With Dr Avanthi Meduri, Rani Moorthy, Vena Ramphal, Dr Stacey Prickett, Dr Janet O'Shea. Dance Ethnography Forum25 January 2003 - De Montfort University, LeicesterAn SDR collaboration with the School of English and Performance Studies at De Montfort University. Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky13 November 2002 - Theatre MuseumLaunch of pioneering video conceived and written by Stephanie Jordan, screening and reception hosted by The George Balanchine Foundation, New York. Re-embodying Histories: Recent Works of Lea Anderson12 October 2002 - University College ChichesterLea Anderson and dancers, Prof. Susan Leigh Foster (Uni. of California), Dr. Valerie Briginshaw, Dr. Ramsay Burt and Martin Hargreaves. Alvin Ailey Study Day29 June 2002 - Sadler's WellsDancing Corporealities: Focuses on Embodied Practices3 November 2001The day consisted of several workshops, led by facilitators. The sessions looked at research into Dance, Identity and Cultural Difference, Dance, Time and Memory and Dance Space/Architecture. Dr. Emilyn Claid gave the keynote speech. "Just Crumbling to Bits"? An Exploration of the Body, Ageing and Career in Retired Classical Ballet Dancers15 May 2001 - University of Surrey RoehamptonThe Society was delighted to co-ordinate with University of Surrey Roehampton this presentation of research by Steven Wainwright and Bryan Turner. 75 Years of Rambert9th - 30th May 2001 - Film series at the National Film TheatreThis was a season of four programmes to mark the 75th anniversary of Britain's oldest established dance company. Structures and Metaphors in Baroque Dance31 March 2001 - University of Surrey RoehamptonIn conjunction with the Society for Dance Research, the Centre for Dance Research, University of Surrey Roehampton presented an international conference exploring structure and its meaning potential in dances of the eighteenth century. 'Phoenix' Lecture by Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer18 January 2001 - Art Workers' GuildThe Society for Theatre Research, in conjunction with SDR, hosted Hodson and Archer's presentation on their reconstruction of Le Chant du Rossignol. The speakers had recently reconstructed Jeux for the Royal Ballet. Articulations: Exploring Dance Writing11 November 2000 - Laban Centre LondonA one day conference held in collaboration with Dance Theatre Journal and the Laban Centre London. Discussion on the State of Dance Publishing in the UK8 November 2000 - Theatre MuseumA lively discussion was held highlighting the problems dance scholars face getting work, especially books, published in the UK and proposing ways forward. English National Ballet: Festival at Fifty13 -15 August 2000 - National Film TheatreA celebration of fifty years of English National Ballet, formerly the London Festival Ballet. A brief season of film and television programmes was shown at the National Film Theatre, London. Mime Study Day20 November 1999 - Sadler's Wells TheatreExploding Perceptions - Performing Theory: Theorising Performanc30 October 1999 - University College ChichesterA one day conference, organised in collaboration with University College Chichester, that addressed the relationship between performance and theory. Fonteyn Season20th-24th September 1999 - National Film TheatreNew Scholars Conference28 February 1999 - Middlesex UniversityThis was a joint event between the Society for Dance Research and the Dance Department of Middlesex University and its aim was to highlight some of the innovative research currently being produced by 'new scholars'. 'Prospect Before Us' Study Day13 February 1999 - Sadler's WellsA collaboration between the Society for Dance Research and Sadler's Wells Theatre, it featured presentations, discussions and question and answer sessions. Keith Cavers, John Gill, David Bintley and Jean Beddells took the floor. William Forsythe Study Day28 November 1998 - Sadler's WellsTribute to Ivor Guest10 June 1998 - National Film TheatreNational Film Theatre Screenings Dance in the City Conference14 February 1998 - ICA
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