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April 2021
News, events and opportunities!
Welcome to the latest edition of the C-DaRE Newsletter. Here we highlight the centre's most recent activities, academic achievements, upcoming events and opportunities.
This time we would like to draw your attention to the 22nd of April 2021 C-DaRE Invites... online event, the 5th of May 2021 Persistent Pain: Movement and (Mis)communication webinar and the 27th of May 2021 Dance Research Matters online event. For more details and our latest announcements, please read on.
For any queries about the items below contact cdare.fah@coventry.ac.uk.
News
CUSU International Women's Day Award
Rosemary Cisneros was nominated for the CUSU International Women’s Day award for her work in sustainability, education and human rights. An e-book was produced which includes information of other women on the CU campus working and championing global goals. More information can be found here. The link to the book can be found here.
Inventing Embodiment Podcast
The Inventing Embodiment podcast continues with new episodes from Jonathan Burrows in conversation with Rosa Cisneros, Karen Wood, Susanne Foellmer, Eline Kieft and Lily Hayward-Smith. The podcast explores ideas of embodiment and what it means to these dance artists and scholars and their many different areas of research.
AWA Award: AWA DANCE (Advancing Women’s Aspirations with Dance)
The charity AWA DANCE (Advancing Women’s Aspirations with Dance) launches its first Women in Dance Award. It seeks to celebrate a woman in the UK dance sector for her outstanding leadership practice in the UK during 2020, and to celebrate the charity’s first birthday. Their aim is to make these awards an annual ceremony awarding one woman the accolade of the Women in Dance Awar
To celebrate one year since the creation of AWA DANCE (Advancing Women's Aspirations with Dance), we organised a live online award ceremony to celebrate a woman for being an outstanding leader in the UK dance sector in 2020, someone whose actions have made an impact beyond herself. The award recipient could be a choreographer, dancer, producer, technician, administrator, artistic director, etc, someone that has made an exceptional contribution to the dance sector this 2020 for her leadership practice.
The award itself was specially designed by the visual artist Silvia Lerin, creating a work of art inspired by the charity’s leadership values. Vicki Igbokwe was the 2021 award recipient of the 2021 Women in Dance Award.
C-DaRE’s Rosa Cisneros was a jury member who helped decide which deserving woman would receive the award. The jury was formed by: Kimberley Harvey (Freelance Dance Artist & Director of CandoCo Youth), Eva Martinez (Dance Curator, Consultant and former Sadler's Wells artistic programmer), Alesandra Seutin (Director of Vocab Dance and AD of Ecole des Sables Senegal) and founder and Director of Awa dance charity, Avatâra Ayuso.
More information on the award can be found here.
Post Graduate Research News & Opportunities
C-DaRE PGR Community
February meet up with Dr Michelle Ludecke - ‘Dancing the Data: How does that ‘count’ as research?’
This Month our usual monthly catch up was dedicated to hearing from Dr Michelle Ludecke. We heard about her art-based methods to explore and represent researched phenomena. The presentation began with a video of her dance works Dancing the Data: The First Time: here and maelstrom: here.
Michelle then spoke on the methods she employed to dance the data (Bagley & Cancienne, 2002; Ludecke, 2015); beginning with generating and analysing data from which the choreography and music selection or composition evolved, to the processes of rehearsing and performing the works. A fruitful and interesting discussion then ensued!
Spotlight on PGRs!
We wanted you to get to know some of our PGR’s, so for the next few months we will be spotlighting PGR’s and shouting about the great work they do.
Charlie Ingram
Who am I? I am a researcher, theatre director, film maker and producer. I began my PhD in May 2019 which means I am just about to go into my third year. I am currently the PGR rep for C-DaRE. I am a leading voice in the AHRC funded joint City of Culture PGR research network and I have worked on several projects promoting equality and fair treatment of those working in the arts sector. I have worked at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry where I helped to facilitate the Community Engagement group during the Coventry City of Culture Bid process. I manage my own theatre company; New Project Theatre and my practice specialism is predominantly Verbatim Theatre and the acting programmes of Tadashi Suzuki and Anne Bogart.
What is my research? My PhD is currently titled Coventry City of Culture 2021 through a Verbatim Theatre lens; A study into Civic Pride. I am investigating the “cultural interventions” made by the Coventry UK City of Culture (UKCoC) Team and the extent to which they can cause a shift in the perspectives that residents of Coventry have towards their own sense of civic pride. Using headphone verbatim theatre as a lens for exploring these perceptions, the main contribution of this project is to evidence that an arts-based methodological approach may provide new insights into conducting and embodying evaluations of cultural intervention strategies such as Coventry UKCoC, and to provide a roadmap for those interested in engaging with arts-based impact evaluation methods in the future.
You can find out more about C-DaRE PGR Community on our website.
C-DaRE PGR Symposium
Monday 7th June 2021, 9:00-18:00GMT
C-DaRE PGRs have organised a one day symposium on Monday 7th June 2021 for current PGRs at Coventry University to share their research with the rest of the research community here at C-DaRE. PGRs will share a mixture of short presentations, provocations, and practice to showcase the wide and varied talent we have here at C-DaRE and allow PGRs to get to know each other during a time of social isolation.
Events
C-DaRE Invites... Dancing the Ancient Greek Chorus
With Marie-Louise Crawley (C-DaRE) and Daniel Anderson (Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Coventry University)
Thursday 22nd April, 13:00 - 14:30GMT
Dancing the Ancient Greek Chorus: A conversation between Marie-Louise and Daniel [continuing the strand of Classics and Dance conversations, following on from the December 2019 conversation event between Marie-Louise and Judith Mossman]
Attic black-figured amphora (side A), attributed to the Painter of Berlin 1686, ca. 550–40 BCE. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin F1697.
The chorus in rehearsal, Beyond the Text: Twenty-First Century Chorus (September 2019, C-DaRE / APGRD, University of Oxford / DANSOX, University of Oxford). Photo credit: Struan Leslie.
This event will take place on Zoom, please register to receive the link to join. Click the button to find out more and register!
Persistent Pain: Movement and (Mis)communication
Wednesday 5th May 2021, 10:00-12:00GMT
Image Credit: Rob Young.
The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network are hosting the second in their webinar series on chronic pain and movement.
This online webinar questions how dance and movement in particular can bring light to modes of (mis)communicating pain.
The panel will discuss:
- (Mis)communication between people living with pain, healthcare professionals, and family members
- How body and movement are part of this process
- The role of dance and somatic practices in articulating felt experiences of pain
- How to communicate experiences of moving with pain for future research/practice
To see the full agenda for the day please click here.
A new blog post on the psychobiology of pain and the role movement plays is also available here.
Dance Research Matters
Dance research is important. Stimulating and supporting the future of dance research in the UK
Online event - Thursday 27th May 2021 - Approx. 9:30 - 17:15GMT
Co-hosted by C-DaRE and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), from the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, Dance Research Matters will include panel discussions on themes relevant for shaping the future of dance research. The day will flow through four main panels with an introduction and scene setting from the AHRC and a conversation with Baroness Deborah Bull and Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, AHRC.
Panel Themes:
Panel 1 - Dance research: how do we evidence value and the public benefit of dance research?
Panel 2 - Why practice matters – if practice is part of dance research, then what needs to change, to reflect the value of practice as an epistemic system?
Panel 3 - Dance research beyond borders. What are the conditions and contexts in which dance research can flourish?
Panel 4 - Research futures – PGRs and the research pathway, emerging fields.
C-DaRE will be coming live from the Belgrade Theatre and invite you to join us from wherever you are to hear our panelists discuss these important themes and to input to the wider discussion. Registration will be opening soon!
Society for Dance Research with C-DaRE, Coventry University and Candoco Dance Company
Call for Proposals Inclusion and Intersectionality Symposium
Friday 19th November – Saturday 20th November 2021
Image Credit: Hot Mess choreographed by Theo Clinkard.
Dancers: Joel Brown, Laura Patay, Nicolas Vendange, Megan Armishaw, Olivia Edginton, Mickaella Dantas, Toke Broni Strandby.
Photographer: Stephen Wright 2019.
For this symposium the Society for Dance Research will be joined by Candoco Dance Company and C-DaRE who will present curated panels that interrogate the conference themes. Alongside these panels we are inviting a limited number of research papers, interactive workshops, lecture-demonstrations, or hybrid formats.
How to Apply: Deadline for Proposals: Monday 31st May 2021 by 17:00GMT
To submit your proposal please send an abstract (300 words max) outlining your key ideas and preferred mode of presentation, technical and space / format requirements and a biography (200 words max) to Ella Tighe.
Project News
Project Nefeli M8 #NOTINVISIBLE Campaign
The NEFELI project ran an International Women’s Day campaign and worked with local and European grassroots Roma women to design, implement and disseminate the M8 #NOTINVISIBLE campaign.
REACH Project Update
RE-designing Access to Cultural Heritage for a wider participation in preservation, (re)use and management of European Culture
C-DaRE coordinated the recently completed REACH project that was based upon the proposition thatcultural heritage (CH) plays an important role in contributing to social integration in Europe, and that a more detailed picture of the range, type and impact of research and participatory research methodologies, would further enhance their potential for social good. The project explored top-down, bottom-up, participatory heritage and governance approaches, underpinned by the concept of resilient CH, the ability to adapt to a disturbance, and also the recognition of female roles within CH, as these have traditionally been overlooked.
Prior projects were evaluated, and from them, themes and strong practices were identified, with 128 cases of good practices made publicly available. A series of participatory models were also developed that were tested by four pilots (Minority, Institutional, Rural and Small towns' heritage).
Roma Communities: Current and Future Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis Webinar Recording
The editorial team held its first webinar inviting authors from the September 2020 Special Issue on COVID-19 'Roma Communities: Current and Future Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis'. The webinar can be viewed by clicking on the image.
In September 2020 the NEFELI consortium held a week-long training that welcomed migrant and Roma women from various countries. The sessions explored how art and lifelong learning can come together to challenge stereotypes and break down educational barriers. One of the participants from that training has continued to collaborate with Rosa Cisneros (from C-DaRE) and they co-created the M8 Campaign. The participant, who wishes to be called Yassmin, worked with Roma women who live in camps in Slovakia and together co-created a campaign that offers insight into their realities. Questions around barriers, their hopes, their message to policy-makers, and also feelings on climate justice were all addressed. The consortium invites you to explore the collection and to disseminate widely. To find out more please see the website here.
In parallel, workshops that addressed the underpinning themes of management, (re-)use and preservation of CH, as well as resilient CH, were held to gather perspectives from a broad range of stakeholders. Ultimately a series of participatory and resilient CH recommendations were made for use by other interested parties.
Throughout the project, details of work were shared via the REACH website and here, the latter populated to include a series of resources, tools and policy papers for use by the wider CH sector. This supported the project’s work in bringing together relevant heritage stakeholders from research communities, SMEs, heritage practitioners of all kinds, as well as policy-makers, with the objective of establishing a coordination structure that would strengthen the voice of the CH community and provide a place to share results and best practices and to maintain the work and impact of projects after they have ended.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 769827.
Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices
JDSP Submissions
The journal is open for general submissions on an ongoing basis. If you wish to submit to the open call please do so online here. For more information about the journal and guidance on submissions please visit our website.
Call for Reviewers
We are currently looking to expand our group of reviewers for the journal. We are looking for reviewers with knowledge and expertise in the broad field of dance and somatic practices. If you have an interest in becoming a reviewer for our journal or would like any more information please contact Lily Hayward-Smith.
Publications
New Publication
The International Journal for Roma Studies (IJRS) has a new publishing cycle and will release three issues per year (March, July and September). The editorial team of the Journal which includes Rosa Cisneros from Coventry University, Fernando Macias, Teresa Sorde I Marti from the University of Barcelona and Emilia Aiello from Harvard University, are pleased to announce Vol 3, No 1 published March 15th, 2021. The publication can be accessed here.
New Book Volume
New Book Volume by Mark Evans (C-DaRE Associate, Coventry University) and Mark Smith (University of York).
The book is a volume in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive critical review of the work of this internationally successful physical theatre company. Frantic Assembly have had a powerful and continuing influence on the popularisation of devising practices in contemporary theatre-making. Their work blends brave and bold physical theatre with exciting new writing, and they have collaborated with some of the leading theatre-makers in the UK. The company’s impact reaches throughout the world, particularly through their extensive workshop and education programmes, as well as their individual and collective impact as movement directors on landmark, internationally successful productions such as Black Watch and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time .
This volume reveals the background to, and work of, a major influence on twentieth- and twenty-first century performance. Frantic Assembly is the first book to combine:
• an overview of the history of the company since its foundation in 1994;
• an analysis of the key ideas underpinning the company’s work;
• a critical commentary on two key productions – Hymns by Chris O’Connell (1999) and Stockholm by Bryony Lavery (2007);
• a detailed description of a Frantic Assembly workshop, offering an introduction to how the company works.
The details of the book can be found here.
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