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DRFI's 2nd International Conference 2008

Foram Taighde Rince na hEireann Comhdhail Idirnaisiunta 2008

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DRFI's 2nd International Conference: Mediating Movement: Communication and Dance is being hosted by the ITTralee, Co. Kerry, Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th June, 2008.

The conference explores the diverse concepts and methods through which we perform, research, communicate and contextualise dance. What are the challenges and rewards of embracing 21st century culture and how do we share our experience, knowledge and histories of dance? How and what does dance communicate? What are the evolving methodologies for looking at communication and dance? What is the performer-audience relationship? What is the teacher-student relationship? How are aesthetics in dance or other cultural movement systems communicated?

Programme Committee: Chair: Dr Catherine Foley, Mats Melin, Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain and Sharon Phelan.

Local Organiser : Sharon Phelan
Schedule of Events:

Thursday 26th June

14:00 - 16:00

Conference Registration, Ground Floor, Sólás Building
18-3018:30

Welcome Reception, Boardroom, Sólás, Building

Reception is followed by the Keynote Address of the Conference
Keynote Speaker: Dr Andree Grau, Roehampton University, U.K.

Friday 27th June

09:30 - 11:00

Session 1: Business Building

Communicating the Past: Papers

  1. 1. Communicating Past Styles: Embodying History - Geraldine Morris
    2. The Narrative: A Choreographic and Literary Model - Sharon Phelan
    3. Case Study: Social Dance in Roscommon - Sean Shanagher

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break and Student Poster Exhibition
11:30 - 13:00

Session 2: Business Building

The Bach-Busoni Chaccone Panel Presentation

  • 1. Busconi Chaccone: A Cultural Exchange of Experience, Knowledge and History - Lisa Fusillo
  • 2. Bach-Busoni Chaccone: A Piano Transcription Examining Music Genres - Marina Fabrikant
  • 3. Translation of Emotion and Identity - Crafting the Bach-Busoni Chaccone - Kennet Oberly
13:00 - 14:00
 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00

Session 3: Business Building

Lecture Demonstration: Stepping Beyond the Glitz - Máire Clerkin

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee Break

15:20 - 17:20

Session 4: Business Building

Dance Pedagogy: Papers/ Lecture Demonstration

  1. 1. Pedagogy and Practice: Exploring an Inter/Cross/Transdisciplinary Model for Choreographic Analysis and Practice - Katherina Farrugia
  2. 2. World Dance in University Settings: How Brigham Young University Communicates Cultural Context in Pedagogy and Performance - Quincy Robinson
  3. 3. The Aesthetics of Salsa and its Communication at Beginners Level - Cathriona Murphy and Óscar Mascareñas
18:15

Bus leaves Brandon Hotel for Listowel
18:45

Dinner
from 20:00
 Mamuska Kerry; see Mamuska

Saturday 28th June

09:00 - 10:30

Session 5: Business Building

Dance Identity: Papers

  1. 1. No Boundaries: Multiculturalism, Identity and the Dancing Body in Irish- Based Contemporary Dance - Finola Cronin
  2. 2. Competing with Gender: An Examination of Techniques Employed by Women, their Motivations and Experiences, within the Irish Dance Competition Scene - Kathleen Keenan
  3. 3. A Methodology for Researching the Relational Aspects of Improvised Music and Movement: A Communication between Music Therapy Research and Dance Research - Simon Gilbertson

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:50

Session 6: Business Building

Lecture Demonstration: Reconfiguring Contra: Tradition and Change in a New England Contra Dance Performance - Dorothea E. Hast and Stanley Scott

11:50 - 12:50

Session 7: Business Building

Traditional Dance Workshop: Jimmy Smith

12:50 - 14:00
 Lunch and Best Student Poster award
14:00 - 15:00

Session 8: Business Building

Lecture Demonstration: David Bolger

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee Break

15:20 - 16:50

Session 9: Business Building

Dance Methodologies & Media: Papers

  1. 1. From Text to Figural - Renate Bräuninger
  2. 2. Out of the Museum: Communicating Dance by Notation: The Case of Dance Notation in the Nineteenth Century and Nowadays - Gabriella Asaro
  3. 3. Reclaiming the Art in Arts Research: Weblogs and Dance Praxis - Sheila Creevey
17:00 - 18:00

Session 10: Business Building

Laban's Concepts of Kinesphere and Dynamosphere as Tools for Expressiveness and Stage Presence in Dance Performance - Sylvie Pinard and Myriam Tremblay
from 20.30

Siamsa Tíre, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland

Sunday 29th June

09:30 - 10:30

Session 11: Business Building

Irish Step-Dance Perspectives (Papers)

  1. 1. Aspects of the History of the World Championship - John Cullinane
  2. 2. Competing Nationalism(s), a Northern Narrative - Patrick McHugh

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break
10:50 - 12:20

Session 12: Business Building

Performance Audience Communication: Papers

  1. 1. Glitz and Glamour or Atomic Rearrangement: What do Dance Audiences Want? - Dee Reynolds
  2. 2. Connecting the Music and the Dance - Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain
  3. 3. Dancing the Music and Playing the Dance - Mats Melin
12:20 - 13:20

Session 13: Business Building

Modern Dance Workshop - Darrah Carr
13:20

Coffee and closing session

 
Accomodation:

Meadowlands Hotel

Meadowlands Hotel (4 star rating) is a five-minute walk from the college. It offers a special rate of €75 P.P.S. for Bed & Breakfast, and €90 for the single room. The rate includes a hot & cold buffet breakfast.

12 rooms (Double & Single) are available. If delegates wish to make a reservation, they can quote Dance Research Forum Ireland Conference

Reservations must be made before April 30th 2008.

The Brandon Hotel

The Brandon Hotel is located in the centre of Tralee Town. It offers a special rate of €55 P.P.S. for Bed & Breakfast, and €75 for the single room. The rate includes a hot & cold buffet breakfast. Further reductions for children. Telephone: +353 (0) 66 71 23333

20 rooms are available. If delegates wish to make a reservation, they can quote reference number 79651

Reservations must be made before April 30th 2008.

Additional Information

For a more comprehensive accommodation list contact Accommodation Tralee; Phone: +353 66 7121288