Dance Critics Association

1st International Dance Conference of the Association of the Greek Choreographers

Dancing Bodies: Practices and Politics

• April 22nd 2010, University of the Peloponnese, Department of Theatrical Studies, Nafplio
• April 23rd-25th 2010, Athens Concert Hall

Programme Co-organized by:

• The Association of the Greek Choreographers
• The University of the Peloponnese, Department of Theatrical Studies
• The Athens Concert Hall

Under the auspices of The Ministry of Culture  With the support of The Ministry of Education  The Hellenic Center of Theatre and Dance U.S. Embassy in Athens.

Dancing Bodies: Practices and Politics

Dance Studies developed as an autonomous academic subject in the second half of the 20th century, incorporating in its core disciplines, beyond purely movement and choreography studies, topics from humanities and social studies. The necessity to develop interdisciplinary ways of formulating new subjects for dance studies resulted from the need to research, analyze and critically discuss dance practice. Meaning into the body, as well as the body as a means for communicating, is directly associated with a specific cultural and historical context. The signifying body is affected by philosophical, literary, political, technological and artistic trends and tendencies which are embodied while performing. This constant transformation of the corporeal body is confronted, re-examined and re-orientated during the creation process in an attempt to express life issues of that particular time. This way of conceiving the body will constitute the main axis for the theoretical approaches during the conference.
Scientific Committee

• Vasso Barboussi, President, Associate Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies in the University of the Peloponnese.
• Katia Savrami, Vice President, Lecturer at the Department of Theatrical Studies in the University of Patra.
• Maria Tsouvala, Secretary, Lecturer at the Department of Preschool Education in the University of Thessaly, Dance educator.

Honorary Members

• Ramsay Burt, Professor of Dance History at De Montfort University, UK.
• Susan Leigh Foster, Choreographer, Scholar, Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, USA.
• André Lepecki, Associate Professor in Performance Studies at New York University, USA.
• Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Dance Researcher, Honorary Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon, USA.
• Nikos Tsouhlos, Director of the Artistic Programming of the Athens Concert Hall.

Organizing Committee

• Petros Gallias, President, Choreographer, President of the Association of Greek Choreographers.
• Vasso Barboussi, Associate Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies in the University of the Peloponnese.
• Katia Savrami, Lecturer at the Department of Theatrical Studies in the University of Patra.
• Maria Tsouvala, Lecturer at the Department of Preschool Education in the University of Thessaly, Dance educator.
• Anastasios Koukoutas, Secretarial support.

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