Monday 12 November 2007, 18:15
London College of Fashion
This AGM was well attended by committee and non-committee members. It was good to see some familiar faces, including the former administrative secretary, Peter Bassett. The new treasurer, Francis Yeoh, was welcomed, and Jane Pritchard and Helen Julia Minors.
Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of the Society for Dance Research to be held on Monday 12th November 2007, at the London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London W1G OBJ, at 6.15pm.
1. Apologises for absence
2. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Monday 4th December 2006.
3. Chairwoman’s report (Jane Pritchard)
4. Administrative secretaries report (Helen Julia Minors)
5. Journal Editor’s report (Jane Pritchard on behalf of Richard Ralph)
6. Events report (Sara Houston / Helena Hammond)
7. Accounts for the financial year ending 31st December 2006: Financial report (Francis Yeoh)
8. Nominations for the committee: summary of open posts and postal voting
9. Any other business
Dr. Helen Julia Minors
The event marks our 25th anniversary and will be accompanied by a talk from Prof. Helen Thomas, detailed to be sent to members via mail along with a nominations form in readiness for voting ex. comm. members. Helen’s research on pain and injury for dancers has included using a scanner, members wishing to see this in action can arrive prior to the AGM at 5.30pm and will have the opportunity to discuss Helen’s work with her. London College of Fashion Details currently in the post to members. Apologises and queries to Dr. Helen Julia Minors h.minors@roehampton.ac.uk
Pain and Injury in a Cultural Context: Dancers’ embodied understandings and visual mapping
This brief talk will give an overview of a recently completed research project on dance injuries that was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project involved in-depth interviews with 205 dancers as well as scanning the dancers’ bodies using a three dimensional body scanner that gives detailed body measurements and contoured images, as opposed to skeletal images. The dancers in the project mapped sites of pain and injury, strengths and weaknesses on to their scanned body image during the interview process. As well as describing the process, I will also discuss some of the findings from the analysis of the interviews and the scanning data.
Before the AGM, we will also provide a demonstration of how the body scanner works to a group of about 10 people at 5.30 pm. The scanner is housed in a room at London College of Fashion and because of space, this will have to be on a first-come-first-served basis. If you would like to see how the scanner works then please contact Lisa Jones by email preferably on l.t.jones@fashion.arts.ac.uk to book a place. If you do not have an email address you can contact Lisa on 0207 514 8433.
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