British Dance Institutions: Past, Present and Future

Saturday 19 May 2012, 09:00 – 17:00
University of Roehampton, London SW15

The Society for Dance Research announces a paper call for British Dance Institutions: Past, Present and Future A one-day conference curated by London Studio Centre and the University of Roehampton to launch SDR’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Abstracts to be submitted by 15 February 2012.

Launched in 1982, the Society for Dance Research is dedicated to the promotion and support of high quality dance scholarship that encompasses the diversity and range of dance cultures, those based in the UK especially. In recognition of this landmark year marking the Society’s 30th anniversary and of London’s hosting of the Olympics and allied cultural events, this conference explores the proliferation of British dance institutions and the diversity and vibrancy of the UK dance sector. We are therefore inviting individual papers or joint panel presentations which address, analyse, and probe this dynamic thematic area.

Areas for papers to consider may include, but are not restricted to, the following:

• the birth of British dance institutions and/or the emergence of a UK-based dance ecology
• the impact of British dance institutions within national contexts and/or as part of transnational collaborations
• the role of British dance institutions within a globalised cultural economy
• beyond the dance organisation: dance within other UK cultural organisations
• the management, curation, and archiving of dance in the UK
• staging dance in the UK: the role of the dance venue
• theorising the British dance institution in the twenty-first century

Presenters should feel free to address these areas through exploration of specific case study examples and/or by adopting a more thematic approach.

Conference committee:
Dr Henrietta Bannerman; Dr Stacey Prickett; Dr Vicki Thoms; Lise Uytterhoeven; Professor Margaret McGowan and Dr Richard Ralph

Abstracts for 15-minute individual papers or themed panel presentations (of 3 papers each) are invited. Please submit electronically a 300-word abstract with accompanying indicative bibliography. On a separate document please provide your name and contact details to enable blind peer review of abstract submissions. Proposals for joint panel presentations should submit an abstract for each of the three papers and indicate that these form part of a themed panel.

Closing date for receipt of abstract submissions: 15th February 2012. These should be emailed to: jcdaly1@hotmail.com

Conference proceedings will be published online and there will also be the opportunity to submit expanded versions of papers for consideration as part of peer review publication.

In order to present an accepted paper you must be a member of the Society for Dance Research.