Table of Contents – 1st International Conference Proceedings
Dance Research Forum Ireland’s 1st International Conference Proceedings
At the Crossroads: Dance and Irish Culture
Ed. Catherine E. Foley
Published by Dance Research Forum Ireland 2007
© Dance Research Forum Ireland
Table of Contents
Preface iii
Keynote Address 1
Evolving Critical Perspectives within Dance Scholarship 2
Ramsay Burt, DeMontford University, Leicester, UK
Irish Dance: Local and Global Perspectives 13
At the Crossroads: Irish Step-Dance Costuming – from the Local to the Global 14
Irene Horgan, University of Limerick, Ireland
Bigger, Brighter, Better? Irish Dancing Costumes and the Impact of Economic Growth 19
Elizabeth Venable, University of California, Riverside
Dance in Kerry: Cultural Conflict in Modern Ireland 31
Sharon Phelan, ITTralee, Ireland
Lecture Demonstration (Written Component) 35
Balor: the Creative Process 36
Breandán de Gallaí, Dancer and Choreographer
Dance at the Crossroads in Scotland 2006 43
Scottish Dance at the Crossroads 2006 44
Mats Melin, University of Limerick, Ireland
Highland Dancing – A Traditional Heritage 52
Gareth Mitchelson, Dancer, Scotland
Dance Education in Ireland 59
Maintaining, Redefining and Challenging Dance Boundaries: Irish Traditional Dance within Third Level Education. 60
Catherine E. Foley, University of Limerick, Ireland
The Institutionalisation of Competitive Irish Step Dance 66
Orfhlaith M. Ni Bhriain, University of Limerick, Ireland
Practice-Based Approaches to Dance 75
Inner and Outer Boundaries: Tracing the Border Between the Irish Contemporary Dancer and the Dance. 76
Jenny Roche, Roehampton University, London
ModERIN – A Crossword for a Crossroads 79
Darrah Carr, Hofstra University, New York, USA
How Irish is Irish Dance? 87
Dance and Politics – Surface and Undertow 88
Terry Monaghan, Goldsmith’s College, London, UK
Documenting and Reconstructing Dance 101
At a Crossroads: Dance and Irish Culture, the Relationship between Preservation and Documentation 102
Erin Tisdale, Ohio State University, USA
An Irish Ballet from the Crossroads: Puck Fair (1941) 117
Victoria O’Brien, University of Limerick, Ireland
Dance and National Identity 121
Nationalism in Dance: The Singapore Perspective 122
Francis Yeoh, University of the Arts, London, UK
Irish Themes in Modern Dance: Hermeneutical Significance within a Post-modern Framework 128
Dr. Olive Beecher, University of Limerick, Ireland
Freeing the Body, Freeing the Nation 132
Dr. Deirdre Mulrooney, University of Limerick, Ireland
Student Poster Presentations 139
The House Dance Tradition of Donegal: the Highland 140
Kathleen Keenan, BA Student, Year 3, University of Limerick, Ireland
Slipjigus masculinus (Male Slip Jig) Extinct, Endangered or Dormant? 143
Natasha Joyce, MA Student in Ethnochoreology, University of Limerick, Ireland
An Ethnochoreological Study of Achill Cleamairí in the 21st Century 147
Maria O’Connor, MA Student in Ethnochoreology, University of Limerick, Ireland
Bibliographies 149