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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) 40th Anniversary Conference


November 8-11
Barnard College, New York City

An interdisciplinary gathering of scholars and artists to explore dance's past, present and future through the critical prism of migration

Keynote Address • José Moya, Professor of History and Director of the Forum on Migration, Barnard College , Columbia University

Awards Luncheon • Honoring 2007 CORD Awardees Robert Farris Thompson (Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research), Susan Leigh Foster (Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research), George Dorris (Outstanding Service to Dance Research), and Outstanding Graduate Student Research Awardee

Performance • Choreographies of Migration Dance Concert featuring the José Limón Dance Company; Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co.'s Tracings , an homage to the first Korean Americans, commissioned by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and the Kennedy Center; and a performance by New York-based choreographer and performance artist Sita Frederick.

Plenary • Dancing Diaspora in Brooklyn: Folk Feet Traditional Dancers discuss and demonstrate transnational dance forms, presented by Brooklyn Arts Council, Folk Arts

Film Screenings • Including Meredith Monk's Ellis Island

Over 100 Presentations • Papers, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations focused on the relationship between dance and im/migration.

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