Symposium on Embodiment, Gesture and Dance

Sunday, May 24, 2015, 09 a.m.-2 p.m.
MMaP Gallery, second floor, Arts & Culture Centre, St. John's

Symposium on Embodiment, Gesture and Dance to celebrate the naming of the DANCE SPACE.

A group of internationally renowned ethnomusicologists will join local scholars and dancers for a lively exchange about embodiment, pedagogy and movement to celebrate the naming of the Dance Space, a community dance studio that was built through a collaboration between Memorial University’s Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place (MMaP) and the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre, with financial support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Located on the fourth floor of the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre, the Dance Space provides a workshop, rehearsal and performance space to members of the vibrant local dance community, as well as a space for MMaP’s dance-related research and workshops. 

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Program: 

9am - Coffee and Welcome

9:15-10:15am - Roundtable Challenges of Representing and Teaching Movement (2nd floor gallery, ACC)

10:15-10:45am - Naming of the Dance Space (3rd floor, ACC) 

10:45-11 Refreshment break

11-12 - Roundtable Improvisation in Dance and Other Performing Arts

12-1 - Newfoundland Set Dance Workshop with Jim Payne

1-2 - light lunch reception

For more details, see the full program at www.mun.ca/mmap 

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