New Dance Resource Website

There is a new online resource for those interested in dance that is specifically for Ireland: Dance Connection Ireland. This site aims to centralise and share information on dance and dancing in Ireland. It covers dance classes, events, news and offers a forum to discuss any issues that may arise for the dance fan.

This site will be a valuable resource for those interested in taking up dance at any stage of their lives. It will also be a good place to share ideas, opinions and critique of dance in Ireland.

http://danceconnectionireland.com/

NOTICE: DRFI AGM 2008

Dear DRFI Members,

I wish to inform you that Dance Research Forum Ireland’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, 25 November 2008.

Venue: Room C0070, Block C (across from the Library),University of Limerick.

Time: 11.00-12.30 AGM (Chair: Dr. Catherine Foley)

The AGM is followed by a dance lunchtime concert presented by Satomi Mitera and Anna Shalabudova, students on the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance programme at

The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

Venue: Performing Arts Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Foundation Building.

Admission Free.  All Welcome.

NOTE

If you have any items you wish to be placed on the agenda and suggestions of officers of the Board of the DRFI please forward them to me.

If you know any dance practitioners, teachers or researchers please encourage them to come along; the membership fee is only €20 for the year (€10 for Students) and if they join before the AGM, or that morning, they will be able to actively partake in the meeting and vote on issues on the agenda.

For further details visit DRFI’s website at danceresearchforumireland.org

Looking forward to seeing you on November 25th.

Mats Melin (DRFI Secretary)

And it’s a wrap…

The DRFI 2nd international conference concluded today. I think that all who attended would agree that it was a very successful event. Many thanks to all who attended, presented and especially those who organised and ran the conference.

I would like to invite feedback about the conference. How was it for you? Do you have any comments or information to share? Did any of the papers provoke new thoughts or ideas? Is there a question still lingering that you would like answered? Do you have any suggestions for our next conference?

You can leave comments here, or email me at s (dot) creevey (at) gmail (dot) com. (fill in the appropriate symbol  . @ etc).

Many Thanks!

Sheila

New Resources Page

There is a new page on this blog (visible in right hand column) for Resources. This page is dedicated to information, presentations and publications relating to the activities of DRFI and it’s members.

If you have anything to contribute, please contact Sheila Creevey: Contact Information

Conference 2008: Schedule

The schedule for the forthcoming DRFI conference is now available. View it here: SCHEDULE

Seminar on Ballet in Ireland – February 2008

The next DRFI seminar will take place on Wednesday 20th February 2008 at the University of Limerick. It will be held in Room B, Lower Ground Floor in the Foundation Building from 14.30 to 17.00.

The speakers will be (in this order): Dr Grainne Mc Ardle, Dr Geraldine Morris, Anica Louw, Rachel Goode & Stephen Brennan.
The seminar will be chaired by Victoria O’ Brien.

Further information is available on the DRFI website.

Seminar Information

The DRFI seminar on Youth Dance Culture was held on Wednesday 10th October 2007 at the University of Limerick. It was a very successful event and was well attended by our members, students and other professionals and interested members of the public.

In keeping with the aims of the DRFI, we are making materials from this seminar available to our members and the general public. Below you will find links to information relating to the seminar presentations.

We would like to encourage response and comments to this seminar. Please feel free to use the comment facility on this blog.

Sheila Creevey – Youth Dance Culture – slides

DRFI’s 2nd International Conference 2008

Foram Taighde Rince na hEireann Comhdhail Idirnaisiunta 2008

Mediating Movement: Communication and Dance

Call for Papers

DRFI’s 2nd International Conference is being hosted by the The Institute of Technology, Tralee, 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?

Call for Papers here

Proposal Applications here

DRFI AGM and Seminar on Youth Dance Culture

Wednesday 10th October 2007

Room B, Lower Ground Floor, Foundation Building, University of Limerick

11.00 – 13.00
Annual General Meeting
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 – 14.30
Launch of Proceedings of DRFI’s 1st International Conference 2006
14.30 – 16.30
DRFI Seminar: Youth Dance Culture

Chair: Dr Catherine Foley

Seminar Presenters: Sheila Creevey, Catherine Young, Miah Walsh & Maria Kiely-Walsh

Further information on DRFI Website

1st Student Symposium

DANCE RESEARCH FORUM IRELAND’S 1ST STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Dance Research Forum Ireland’s 1st Student Symposium took place this year on 23rd March at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. In keeping with the inclusive ethos of Dance Research Forum Ireland, the symposium aimed to provide a platform for presentation, discussion, and critical reflection on issues relating to dance in Ireland from both a local and global perspective, with a morning of academic-based contributions followed in the afternoon with a selection of practice-based presentations. With participants from Ireland, Spain, England and the US, and both postgraduate and undergraduate students engaging with the events of the day, a rich diversity of opinion, perspective and experience was assured.
Adrienne Brown, Sheila Creevey, Matthew Gough, Alba Pérez, Gretchen Dizer and Nicholas Yenson each delivered a paper on their respective areas of investigation. Topic titles such as Vocabularies and Variables in Western Art Music and Dance, Perspectives on Dance Pedagogy, Models of Dance Analysis, Gendered Dancing Bodies, Sean Nós Dance, and Dance Fusions reflect something of the broad spectrum of dance research covered, with each talk inspiring much debate in the audience.

The afternoon saw the practice-based presentations including Irish traditional dance, contemporary dance and a fusion of Irish dance with contemporary dance. Core Dance Company (Inchicore College, Dublin), Dervla McGee, Nicholas Yenson, Jennifer Maddison and Meabh Felton, as well as the pull-co dance collective (Limerick).

For further information on the work of Dance Research Forum Ireland, or to become a member, please visit its website at www.danceresearchforumireland.org