F I N A L S C H E D U L E
Registration (9.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.)
Room: Cloisters (Tea and coffee will be available)
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Welcome Address by Clare Parfitt-Brown (10.00 a.m.)
Room: Mitre Lecture Theatre
Keynote Address by Sherril Dodds introduced by Clare Parfitt-Brown (10.15 a.m. - 11.15 a.m.)
Room: Mitre Lecture Theatre
"Critical Histories: The Personal and Political of the Popular." Sherril Dodds, Temple University
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Parallel Session 1 (11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.)
Panel 1: Globalising and Glocalising the Popular Moderator: Danielle Robinson, York University
Room: Mitre Lecture Theatre
"“Saudade e dor eu tenho no curacao”: Expressions of Nostalgia in Afro-Brazilian Capoeira." Fiona Wallis, University of Chichester
"The Global and the Popular: the making and unmaking of popular performance forms, 1750-present." Jason Price, University of Sussex
Panel 2: Popularisation in Capitalist Modernity Moderator: Jo Hall, Kingston University
Room: LO6
"Seri Wangnaitham’s Phuchanasibtid: From Popular Performance to the Modernization of Thai Performing Arts." Phakamas Jirajarupat, Royal Holloway, University of London
"Rocking On (Stage): Movement, performance and genre ideology in rock – a historical perspective." Adam Behr, University of Edinburgh
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Break (12.15 p.m. - 12.30 p.m.)
Room: Cloisters (Tea and coffee will be available)
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Performance (12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.)
Introduction and Moderator: Laura Robinson, University of Surrey
Room: Dance Studio 1
'Middle Art?' Choreographed and performed by Jo Read, De Montfort and Kingston Universities, followed by post-performance discussion
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Lunch (1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.)
Room: Cloisters (a buffet lunch will be provided)
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Parallel Session 2 (2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.)
Panel 3: Teaching, Mentoring and Inter-generational Transmission Moderator: Theresa Buckland, De Montfort University
Room: Mitre Lecture Theatre
"Mentorship in Popular Dance Practice." Mary Fogarty, York University
"Sharing the Past and Performing the Present: the Evolving Traditions of English Tap Jams." Sally Crawford, De Montfort University
Panel 4: Ethnographic Perspectives on Age, Sexuality and Femininity Moderator: Sherril Dodds
Room: LO6
"History Re-VAMPED: ‘50s Show Girls in a Neo-Burlesque World." Kaitlyn Regehr, Kings College London
"“It’s changed my life!”: salsa and the renegotiation of age, femininity and sexuality." Sarah Milton, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
"The Politics of Unravelling: Cuban despelote, mulata hips and contemporary Cuban social dance." Melissa Blanco Borelli, University of Surrey
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Break (4.00 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.)
Room: Cloisters (Tea and coffee will be available)
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Parallel Session 3 (4.15 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.)
Room: Dance Studio 1
Workshop
"Exploring Oriental/Belly Dance Movement using Pilates and Modern Dance Techniques." María Faidi, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Film Screening (Title tbc)
Moderator: Melissa Blanco Borelli
Room: E123
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Plenary (5.45 p.m. - 6.15 p.m.)
Panellists: Prof. Sherril Dodds, Prof. Theresa Buckland, Dr. Danielle Robinson and Laura Robinson
Room: Mitre Lecture Theatre
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All conference participants are welcome to the conference dinner at 7.00 p.m. at the Lemongrass Thai Restaurant in Chichester
