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April 2022
News, events and outputs
With some delay due to the Easter holidays, we welcome you to the April 2022 edition of the C-DaRE Newsletter. We first have the pleasure to announce a recent award to our colleague Kate Marsh. Scroll down to find a diverse range of upcoming events and project news. We continue to develop our Cross-Centre partnership with Computing Science and Mathematical Modelling, with two events below. There is an upcoming opportunity to experience new creative work developed for Coventry's City of Culture, as well as chances to see video documentation from several past events and an update from the Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network. You can catch up with how our PGR community is meeting again more regularly and also read the announcement that after some time away the International Dance and Somatic Practices Conference will be back in 2023! Make sure to scroll down and find the link to the Dance after Lockdown website which hosts the unique outcomes from this project. Several new publications can be found at the bottom.
For any queries about the items below contact cdare.fah@coventry.ac.uk.
Congratulations to Dr Kate Marsh winner of
'Women In Dance Leadership' Award
Image: AWA Dance Women in Leadership award
A huge congratulations to Dr Kate Marsh on winning the Women In Dance Leadership Award by AWA recognise her for being "an exceptional dance leader, with over 20 years of experience in performing, teaching, making, and leading. As a disabled artist, she challenges how we see accessibility and disability in dance with the aim of increasing the diversity in art and culture" with her PhD focusing on leadership in the context of dance and disability.
Upcoming Events
Marie-Curie Fellow Seminar
On Friday 6th May 2022 from 14:00 – 15:00, you are invited to CSM's (Centre for Computer Science and Mathematical Modelling) seminar in Coventry University's Elm Bank, the Kestral Room, titled "Movement Qualities for Digital Art - From Interviews to Computer Simulation". Daniel Bisig (C-DaRE’s Marie Curie Fellow) will be presenting his research there on recording and synthesising dance data for improving the creative possibilities of working with dance in the digital domain. Visit his project website. This seminar is part of an ongoing exchange between C-DaRE and CSM. For more on this partnership, see the C-DaRE Invites... details below.
Image: The Shape of Sound
The Shape of Sound Installation and Performance
Part of Coventry Opens, The Shape of Sound collective with Karen Wood, Lily Hayward-Smith, Louisa Petts (C-DaRE), Petra Johnson and Vip Artpradid explores and interacts with a site-specific installation and performance that examines how the inside of the ear works and how movement affects the sounds we hear. In this interactive project, dancers interpret this process in live performances with floating warps of silk threads and join the visitors in sharing how perceptions change across time and how different sites pose new questions to our understanding of sound. Weaving the now with the 1850s, inspiration is taken from the earlier uses of silence and voice embedded at the remnants of the Carthusian monastery at Charterhouse. This event is supported by Historic Coventry Trust and takes place at the Anglican Chapel, one of Coventry's historic locations. Made possible with Historic Coventry Trust, National Heritage Lottery Fund, Heritage Community Fund and Coventry City of Culture Trust.
Location: Anglican Chapel , London Road Cemetery: Paxton’s Arboretum Coventry CV1 2JT
Dates & Times:
Sat 7th May - Performances at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm followed by audience discussion and exploration of the exhibition. Tickets limited to 25 tickets per performance. Please register here.
Sunday 8th May - Installation and exhibition only, open from 11am - 3pm no ticket required.
Birmingham Dance Network, One Dance UK & C-DaRE partner up for a Midlands based project.
BDN, One Dance UK and C-DaRE's Helen Laws and Karen Wood are hosting a focus group on 27th April 2022 at Coventry University, participants have been chosen from local artists. Aiming to explore current working practices and employment relationships experienced by dance freelancers and will provide room to interrogate how existing policy is affecting the economic sustainability of freelancers in the dance and wider cultural sector. With a view to share their experiences and provide space for imaginative, honest and solution-focussed discussions of the wider issues affecting career sustainability for freelancers.
C-DaRE Invites... GAP_E: transdisciplinary platform exploring technology and ethics
Wednesday 18th May 2022. 13:00 - 14.30
ICC Presentation Suite Room G17 and online.
For this platform, GAP_E[thics] will share its current transdisciplinary work on ethical practices in AI related technology development, firstly engaging invited specialist panel members in dialogue followed by a discussion with all present. The goal of this public event is to open this conversation to the wider Coventry University research community as well as connect to similar work happening outside CU.
Registration will be live soon. More details and the panel members from inside and outside Coventry University will be announced on the Registration page. For any queries please contact research.icc@coventry.ac.uk.
(1) GAP_E Core Team: Scott deLahunta and Kathryn Stamp from the Centre for Dance Research and James Brusey, Elena Gaura and Alison Halford from the Centre for Computer Science and Mathematical Modelling
The 6th International Dance and Somatic Practices Conference
13th - 16th July 2023
We are pleased to announce the dates for the next Dance and Somatic Practices conference which will take place in Coventry, UK in July 2023. The conference will be in person and include paper presentations, practice research sharing, workshops and more from the international somatic community. There will be online offerings as part of the conference. A call for proposals is expected to be shared this summer.
Image: DSP Conference 2019 by Christian Kipp
Recent events
International Council on Archives - Section on University and Research Institution Archives
Image: SUVICA
The Ethics and Archives project of the International Council on Archives - Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA-SUV) took place from Jan- March 2022. Building upon the vibrant conversation and successful 2021 ICA-SUV conference, “Archives, Ethics and Society”, the March 2022 conversations were held in both English and Spanish and centred on concepts, practices and the language we use within three themes: Archives, Ethics and Communities; Archives, Ethics and Civil Society; and Archives and Ethics in Practice. Rosa Cisneros from C-DaRE hosted several LabDays with colleagues in India, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Colombia and the UK. LabDay Videos can be viewed here
Tap Dance Research Network UK Research Festival
Image: Tap Dance Research Network UK Research Festival
TDRNUK Research Festival – co-ordinated by C-DaRE and CIRID (DMU) ran a three day programme of events that brought together tap dance performers, artists, scholars and researchers in the UK and North America, delving into the richness and diversity of research and creative practices in tap dance today. The programme featured C-DaRE’s Rosa Cisneros on a panel entitled ‘Foot Percussion Discussion’ and Karen Wood and Trish Melton delivering an Education Panel which were well received by all who attended.
Dance after Lockdown
Image: Rachel Roberts. Choreographers and performers: Shannon Bott and Natalie Cursio in 'Recovery', (2014) Melbourne.
Rowan McLelland, Rosa Cisneros and Simon Ellis were awarded internal funding to develop and complete a small research project that explored the experiences of people in the dance community during the initial phase of the pandemic. There are four outcomes: a scholarly article 'Dance after lockdown: living with paradox' (in press), an animation called 'Force Majeure', a public report 'I want to see radical change', and a public conversation 'Next Steps - Rethinking Dance Post COVID-19'. These outcomes – together with other details of the project can be found here.
YouTube recording of C-DaRE Invites... with Professor Mônica Fagundes Dantas
In case you couldn't make seeing Mônica Fagundes Dantas C-DaRE Invites session in person or virtually, catch up on our YouTube channel here. Mônica, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil, shares her research and passionate article about her work on the Eva Schul Archive with Rosa Cisneros (C-DaRE).
PGR and Staff Networking Lunch
Image: C-DaRE
A fabulous turn out on 27th March, our staff and PGR's came together for a wonderful lunch provided by our neighbours Gloria & Lil's, this gave us a chance for some really interesting discussions about practice and research, discussions on future work and collaboration opportunities, a tour of our on site facilities and a chance to meet in person, for some for the first time. After great feedback we will be looking at running more of these lunches in the future.
YouTube recording WEAVE Capacity Building LabDay Archives & the Dancing Body
Have you seen our WEAVE Capacity Building LabDay Archives & the Dancing Body video? Check out some of our amazing collaborator's & staff sharing their views & experiences here in this fascinating review of archival practices and how they relate and reveal processes of knowing is relevant to current discussions within the cultural heritage sector.
Project News
Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network
Image: Research in Dance Education
Dr Emma Meeham met with a new board has been formed to bring the Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network to its next phase of development. We are delighted to have expertise from dance, somatics, health, healthcare technology, research, professional practice, community engagement and lived experience of pain. Board members include: Bernie Carter, Rosa Cisneros, Aline Haas, Maisie James, Eline Kieft, Maria Kapsali, Eugenia Kim, Michael Loizou, Research in Dance Education, Anna Macdonald, Ala Szczepura, and Ian Tennant. Our first job is to revise the aims and objectives of the network so we can plan our next phase of activities.
Publications
PGR Louisa Petts publishes first article with Research in Dance Education journal
Image: Research in Dance Education
Petts, L. & Urmston, E. (2022). An exploration into the experience of family caregivers for people living with dementia in a community dance class, Research in Dance Education, 23(1), 126-141, DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2021.1993175
Louisa Petts has published her first article with the Research in Dance Education journal titled 'An exploration into the experience of family caregivers for people living with dementia in a community dance class' with Elsa Urmston. This research was completed at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and was accepted in August 2021. She is presenting as part of one of the Special Interest Group Days, A Day for Dance for Health, held virtually on Sunday 24th October. The study conducted an empirical exploration of three family caregivers perceived psychosocial wellbeing when regularly participating in community dance classes.
Find out more about Louisa's work for Midlands4Cities is here.
New Spring to Summer issue of Animated Magazine out now.
Image: Animated magazine
C-DaRE were delighted to be invited by People Dancing to curate a special issue in Animated magazine -the community dance magazine, published by people dancing. Staff and students have contributed 9 articles to this special issue 'Conversations and Collaborations' which draw on dance in higher education and the wider arts sector and explore how practice and research interrelate. Read and download the Spring/Summer 2022 digital edition of online in a flipbook here. This is an 80 page bumper edition offering contributions from 30 diverse dancers, teaching artists, community practitioners, academics, researchers and leaders.
Image: Research in Dance Education
Rosa Cisneros’ chapter Urban Villages: The Roma’s Digital Scrapbooks—Changing Narratives One Image at a Time in Creative Activism Research, Pedagogy and Practice Edited by Elspeth Tilley
This collection explores the growing global recognition of creativity and the arts as vital to social movements and change. Bringing together diverse perspectives from leading academics and practitioners who investigate how creative activism is deployed, taught, and critically analysed, it delineates the key parameters of this emerging field. Rosa Cisneros’ chapter Urban Villages: The Roma’s Digital Scrapbooks—Changing Narratives One Image at a Time, explores creative practices and cultural values of the Roma community through the use of IN2s digital scrapbook tool. Providing the Roma community with and access to advanced digital technologies which they would struggle to approach in other environments, was essential to the Urban Villages project. Allowing the Roma to write their stories and express their voices using the arts through producing films and a travelling exhibition and sharing the work widely and highlighting these positive stories, counternarratives were produced which begin to challenge the erroneous images that exist and are widely circulated.
Image: Research in Dance Education
Blades, H., Delahunta, S., and Álvarez, L. P. (2021) 'Editorial: On (Un)Knowns' 26 (4), 1-3
On Un(Knowns) - Volume 26 Issue 4 - Issue editors: Hetty Blades, Scott de Lahunta & Lucia Piquero
This issue of Performance Research explores the idea of knowledge in relation to performing arts practices, building on previous work in the field. Firstly by attending to the knowledge generated within the performing arts -- specifically the types of knowledge involved in creation, training, production, performance and spectatorship. Secondly, by inviting further critical interrogation of what the recognition of this knowledge achieves in the frame of evolving cultural and political contexts. Members of the C-DaRE community Ruth Gibson, Jonathan Burrows and Emilie Gallier (PhD) have all made contributions to this issue.
Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices
JDSP Survey
A huge thank you to everyone that participated in our survey on journal publishing webinars, The results of the survey will inform how we develop this new webinar series on the different aspects of writing, reviewing, editing and publishing for journals. We will share more details of these webinars soon.
Special Issue 13.1-2 Out Now
Embodying Eco-Consciousness: Somatics, Aesthetic Practices & Social Action
With special Editors: Thomas Kampe, Katja Münder and Jamie McHugh
This Special Issue of the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices (JDSP) explores the possibilities and impact of somatic and aesthetic practices in the evolution of an embodied eco-consciousness within education, therapy, the performing arts and beyond. (Kampe, Münker McHugh 2021)
Find out more about the journal and purchasing options through Ingenta Connect.
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