Dance
Research Forum Ireland's 1st International Conference: At the Crossroads?
Dance and Irish Culture is being hosted by the Irish World Academy
of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Thursday 22nd June to Sunday
25th June, 2006. The conference provides a platform for both dance academics
and dance artists in Ireland and abroad, and will include academic-based
papers, practice-based research presentations, lecture demonstrations,
dance workshops, concert, a poster exhibition and artistic contributions.
Organising
Committee: Dr Catherine Foley (Chair), Dr Olive Beecher, Orfhlaith
Ní Bhriain, Victoria O'Brien and Mats Melin
Programme
Committee: Dr Barbara O'Connor (Chair), Dr Olive Beecher and Dr
Catherine Foley
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Schedule
of Events:
Thursday
22nd June 2006
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13.00
- 17.00
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Conference
Registration: Ground Floor, Foundation Building
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18.30
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Welcome
Reception: Plassey House
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19.30
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Keynote
Address: Dr Ramsay Burt, De Montford University, UK; Wood
Room, Plassey House
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Friday
23rd June 2006
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09.00
- 10.00
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Conference
Registration; Ground Floor, Foundation Building
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09.00
- 09.45
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Dance
Workshop: The Sionna Set with Catherine Foley
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10.00
- 11.40
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Session
1: Foundation Building
Irish
Dance: Local and Global Perspectives (Papers); Chair: Dr Catherine
Foley
'At
the Crossroads: Irish Dance Costuming from the Local to the Global'
- Irene Horgan
'Dancing Costumes and the Fashioning of Global Irish Identity' -
Elizabeth Venable
'Dance in Kerry: Cultural Conflict in Modern Ireland' - Sharon
Phelan
'Fertile Stomping Ground: Irish Dance Innovations in the Boston
Celtic Music Scene' - Kieran Jordan
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11.40
- 12.00
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Coffee
Break
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12.00
- 12.45
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Session
2: Foundation Building
Lecture
Demonstration: Breandán de Gallaí
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13.00
- 14.00
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Lunch |
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14.00
- 15.30
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Session
3: Foundation Building
Dance
at the Crossroads in Scotland 2006 (Panel discussion); Chair: Victoria
O'Brien
'Thoughts
on where Scottish Traditional Dancing is at in 2006' - Mats Melin
'Highland Dancing - a traditional heritage or an exercise in technical
excellence?' - Gareth Mitchelson
'Why are we seemingly afraid of looking deeper down the well?' -
Frank McConnell
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15.30
- 16.00
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Coffee
Break
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16.00
- 17.30
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Session
4: Foundation Building
Dance
Education in Ireland (Papers);Chair: Deirdre Mulrooney
'Maintaining,
Redefining and Challenging Dance Boundaries: Irish Traditional Dance
within Third Level Education' - Catherine Foley
'The Institutionalisation of Competitive Irish Step Dance' - Orfhlaith
Ni Bhriain
'Dance Education in Ireland: Which Crossroad?' - Anica Louw
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17.30
- 18.30
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Session
5: Foundation Building.
Sean
Nós Dance Workshop with Páraic O hOibicín
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20.00
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Barbeque
Céilí with the Irish World Academy Céilí
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Saturday
24th June 2006
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09.00
- 10.00
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Conference
Registration; Ground Floor, Foundation Building
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09.00
- 09.45
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Dance
Workshop: The Sionna Set with Catherine Foley
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10.00
- 11.30
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Session
6: Foundation Building
Practice
Based Approaches to Dance (Papers). Chair: Olive Beecher
'Why
Did the Choreographer Cross the Road? Undertaking Practice-as-research
in a New Context' - Mary Nunan
'Inner and Outer Boundaries: Tracing the Border between the Irish
Contemporary Dancer and the Dance' - Jenny Roche
'ModERIN' - Darrah Carr
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11.30
- 12.00
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Coffee
Break
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12.00
- 12.45
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Session
7: Foundation Building
Lecture
Demonstration: John Scott
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13.00
- 14.00
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Lunch |
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14.00
- 15.30
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Session
8: Foundation Building
How
Irish is Irish Dance? (Panel discussion). Chair: Mats Melin
'Re-Examining
the Influence of Irish Step and Clog Dance on American Tap Dance
- Constance Valis Hill
'John Blacking and the Concept of Culture' - Mo Dodson
'Dance and Politics: Surface and Undertow' - Terry Monaghan
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15.30
- 16.00
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Coffee
Break
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16.00
- 17.00
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Session
9: Foundation Building
Documenting
and Reconstructing Dance (Papers). Chair: Roberta Raymond Nolan
'At
a Crossroads: Dance and Irish Culture - The Relationship Between
Preservation and Documentation' - Erin Tisdale
'An Irish Ballet from the Crossroads: Puck Fair (1941) - Victoria
O'Brien
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17.30
- 18.30
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Session
10: Dance Studio, Dromroe Village
Contemporary
Dance Workshop with Michael Klien
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20.00
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Dance
Concert; Foundation Building
CruX
Dance Company, Catherine Young and Daghdha Dance Company
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Sunday
25th June 2006
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09.00
- 10.00
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Session
11: Dance Studio, Dromroe Village
Liberating
Dance Workshop with Kalichi
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10.15
- 11.45
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Session
12: Foundation Building
Dance
and National Identity (Papers). Chair: Barbara O'Connor
'Nationalism
in Dance: The Singapore Perspective - Francis Yeoh
'Irish Themes within Modern Dance in Ireland' - Olive Beecher
'Freeing the Body: Freeing the Nation' - Deirdre Mulrooney
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11.45
- 12.30
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Coffee
Break and Closing Session
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Accomodation:
On
Campus Accommodation at Drumroe Village €41 per night bed and breakfast.
This can be booked by emailing Orfhlaith
Ni Bhriain. Please book early as we have reserved only 20 ensuite
rooms.
Accommodation
in the vicinity of the University:
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Bed
and Breakfast
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Lodge |
+353-61-331167
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Castletroy
Inn
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+353-61-338385
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Cregans
B&B
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+353-61-331347
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Hotels
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Castletroy
Park Hotel
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+353-61-335566
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Kilmurry
Lodge Hotel
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353-61-331133
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Please
make your own arrangements if availing of private accommodation.
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Travel:
Limerick
University is located in the Castletroy area, some 4kms from Limerick
city. It is easily accessible by air, rail, road, and public transport.
By
Air: Shannon International Airport is only 28kms from the University.
From Europe Aer Lingus and other airlines provide scheduled connections
daily through London and Dublin from all major European cities. There
are also several services direct from selected European hubs e.g. Paris
/ Frankfurt / Dusseldorf. There are economy fares from cities to Stansted
Airport (UK). There is a regular service from Stansted to Shannon. The
journey from the airport to the University of Limerick is approximately
40 minutes.
By
Rail: There are trains from Heuston Station Dublin to Limerick Colbert
Station. These take approximately 2-3 hours, depending on whether they
are direct or indirect. A taxicab service is available from Limerick Colbert
Station to the University of Limerick. The cost is approximately €10.00.
By
Road: Driving out of Limerick City take the N7 to Dublin. At the Parkway
Roundabout go straight and take the next left at the Groody Roundabout.
The University of Limerick is well sign-posted. If driving from Dublin,
the University of Limerick will be sign-posted some 4kms before reaching
Limerick city. Public transport is also available from all the major cities
to Limerick.
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Local
Information :
Limerick
city is a vibrant city some 4kms from the university campus with interesting
museums and galleries, local theatre, lively pubs and restaurants: it
is an excellent region for Irish traditional music and dance. Particular
attractions include: King John's Castle; Bunratty Castle and Folk Park;
The Hunt Museum; the Treaty Stone; the Georgian House and Garden; St.
Mary's Cathedral; Walking Tour of Locations from Angela's Ashes; and Horse
Drawn Carriage Tours.
Closer on campus, delegates may enjoy the sports and recreational facilities
at the University Arena which has some of the best facilities in Ireland.
These include: 50 metre Olympic size pool with sauna, steam room, fully
equipped gym, indoor and outdoor running tracks, and fitness rooms. Also
on campus is Ireland's National Portrait collection and the Irish Watercolour
Society's collection.
Delegates may enjoy pre/post conference visits to Killarney, Dingle, the
Aran Islands, Galway and Connemara, all of which can be reached by day
excursion from Limerick. Other places of interest include: Craggaunowen;
Aillwee Cave; Lahinch Seaworld; Foynes Flying Boat Museum; Siamsa Tire
the National Folk Theatre; and the Aqua Dome, Tralee.
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