About
Welcome to Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI), a non-profit, international, inclusive and inter-disciplinary society for scholarship of dance, in all its manifestations, in Ireland and its diaspora.
Summary of Aims:
- To promote and encourage dance research and scholarship, in all its manifestations, in Ireland and its diaspora
- To construct a community of dance specialists and scholars within an international network
- To make available a discursive platform for the presentation and development of theoretical, methodological and practice-based concerns in dance
- To make this dance knowledge available through seminars, symposiums, conferences and publications
- To represent Ireland within the global discourse in dance studies: a discourse which is inclusive and interdisciplinary.
The Forum provides a platform for presentation, discussion, and critical reflection on issues relating to dance in Ireland and welcomes dance scholars, both in Ireland and abroad, from all scholarly traditions of dance. It is important that Ireland is represented within the global discourse in dance studies and all perspectives and disciplines relating to dance in Ireland are included in these discourses. These include: Ethnochoreology, Anthropology, Sociology, Folklore, Dance History, Gender Studies, Irish Studies, Diaspora Studies, Reconstruction, Documentation, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, Cultural Geography, and Dance Education
If you are interested in belonging to this community of dance scholars or if you wish to know more about us or events that we organise, please continue viewing. Equally, if you wish to contribute to the development of dance scholarship in Ireland do consider joining us.
