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.
Membership Meeting
Book & Media Exhibit
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