Go to the official conference website for schedule, registration information, objectives & publications:
http://umconference.um.edu.my/APIDC2011
In conjunction with the MyDance Festival, the Asia Pacific International Dance Conference 2011 will be held at Royale Bintang Kuala Lumpur Hotel from 21 to 25 September 2011.
Theme: ‘Hybridity in Dance: Researching, Performing and Writing Old and New Genres”.
An impressive array of international dance scholars will be presenting papers at the conference, making this a significant and exciting event in the field of dance studies.
Keynote Speakers
1. Dr Adrienne Kaeppler – Curator of Oceanic Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
2. Mr. Jonathan Hollander, Artistic Director, Battery Dance Company, New York City
3. Dato’ Norliza Rofli, Director-General, National department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture.
Conference Registration
Conference registration is open from now until 5 September 2011. The registration fee is RM 400/RM 150 for students. To register, access the conference website:
http://umconference.um.edu.my/APIDC2011
APIDC is convened by the Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, in collaboration with the National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture; MyDance Alliance; and World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific.
Symposium Topics
Hybridity in dance is transmitted in diverse ways both locally and globally: in formal and informal sessions specifically intended to teach participants how to perform dance, as a way of reconstructing the past, and in tourist settings to showcase a cultural manifestation to tourists from nearby or far away places. The presentations around this theme will address such issues as:
A. Researching Hybridity in Dance
• How is hybridity performed and transmitted, and has transmission processes changed over time?
• Hybridity as a commodity: How can “traditional” or contemporary hybrid dance forms be appropriately presented as an economic commodity?
• How is “hybridization” constructed, by whom, and for what purpose?
• How is authenticity constructed through hybridization?
B. Performing Hybridity
• What is transmitted when dance is presented as hybridized forms?
• How do administrative and entrepreneurial enterprises and assumed expectations have an impact on the presentation of hybrid dance forms?
• What happens to indigenous concepts of dance when dance is presented as hybrids?
• When presenting hybridity, what kinds of negotiation, appropriation, and representation occur?
C. Writing Old and New Hybrid Genres
• How are old and new hybrid genres written for local and transnational sharing of knowledge?
• Are there similarities or differences between presenting hybridity to local as opposed to foreign readers?
• What is the role of intellectual property rights and copyright in the presentation of hybrid dance genres in dance writing and in the teaching of dance?
The call for papers closed on 15 March 2011. Download first call for papers and submission form: APIDC2011_Call_for_papers.doc [Word doc, 42KB]
Go to the official conference website for schedule, registration information, objectives & publications:
http://umconference.um.edu.my/APIDC2011