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
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.
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
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
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
