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