Dance Research Forum Ireland will hold their Annual General Meeting in Dublin on Saturday 25th June 2011.

We are delighted to announce that Michael Keegan-Dolan (Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre) will be our guest presenter at the event, providing an exclusive insight to his work through an hour long lecture-demonstration.

The AGM will also be followed by a reception to launch the Proceedings of the DRFI 3rd International Conference, held at the Firkin Crane, Cork, in June 2010. The Proceedings will be formally launched by Paul Johnson, CEO Dance Ireland.

The details of the event are as follows:

Date: Saturday, 25th June 2011
Venue: Dance House, Foley Street, Dublin
Schedule: 2pm: Lecture-Demonstration
3pm: AGM
4.30pm: Reception and Launch of Proceedings

We encourage all members to attend, and contribute to the development of DRFI.

The lecture-demonstration is for DRFI members only, but it will be possible to join on the day in order to attend. Membership is €20 for individuals, €10 for students and €50 for institutions.

The first issue of DRFI’s newsletter ‘Dance Notes’ is now available as a pdf download. The first issue highlight dance residencies round Ireland and was curated by Catherine Young. Please click on this link for your copy – Dance Notes 1

Dance Research Forum Ireland

Student Symposium

Friday 15^th April, 2011

Venue: The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick

The DRFI Student Symposium is a one day event dedicated to highlighting current dance research. It provides an opportunity and a platform for participants to present work in an informal and friendly environment. This work, either performance or academic based, will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Call for Abstracts

Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI) invites abstracts of presentations from students on a current academic research project on dance or a current dance work-in-progress. Academic presentations will be confined to no more than 4 Power-Point Slides (10 minutes); dance presentations will be confined to 10 minutes. All presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Latest date for submission of abstracts to orfhlaith.nibhriain@ul.ie:

April 4^th 2011

For information relating to the symposium contact:

• Dr Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain Orfhlaith.nibhriain@ul.ie Tel 061 202470

Information relating to Dance Research Forum Ireland is available at: www.danceresearchforumireland.org

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR AN MA IN ART (CHOREOGRAPHIC ARTS)

PRESENTED BY DAGHDHA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN (LSAD), LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (LIT).

Daghdha and LSAD, LIT are pleased to announce a two-year fulltime MA in Art (Choreographic Arts) by research. This unique opportunity for practice-based research at DAGHDHA, Limerick, will allow artists, as LSAD registered students to avail of LSAD’s regular student services whilst pursuing their research at Daghdha, a leading dance-organisation in Ireland.

Further information:  http://bit.ly/enk6Vv

We received this from Norway, and thought it may be of interest to some of our members:

June 16-19, 2011

Nicosia Cyprus

Dance/Body at the Crossroads of Cultures aims to address and re-negotiate questions around dance and the thinking body, with special focus on contested multi-cultural spaces in different parts of the world. The historical location of the theme in the 21^st century suggests the urgency with which such issues call for a re-conceptualization of the body in different types of performances and its social and cultural practices in the midst of advancing globalization but also of increasing fragmentation.

Call for Papers / Presentations: http://www.cyprusdance.org/index.php?lang=en&pageid=65

Deadline: 30th November 2010

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3^rd International Conference – NEW UPDATED Programme of Events available at this link

Capturing Composition: Improvisation in Dance Research and Practice

24th to 27th June 2010

Firkin Crane, Cork, Ireland