Programme
This interdisciplinary meeting will include talks, posters, dance workshops and evening performances, followed by social dancing.
The current conference timetable is now available [here]. The full conference programme, which includes full abstracts and further details about the posters, is available [here].
Invited Speakers
- Dr. Robert Dow (Gesture in Electroacoustic Composition)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Mary Fogarty (Music and Dance Practice)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Prof. Stephanie Jordan (Dance Studies)
Roehampton University, UK - Prof. Mercédès Pavlicevic (Community Music Therapy)
Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, UK - Prof. Dee Reynolds (Dance and Performance Studies)
University of Manchester, UK - Prof. Daniel Stern (Developmental Psychiatry)
University of Geneva, Switzerland - Dr. Vicky Karkou (Dance Therapy)
Queen Margaret University, UK - Dr. Peter Keller (Neuroscience of Movement)
Max Planck Institute, Germany - Dr. Sophia Lycouris (Dance Improvisation)
Edinburgh College of Art, UK - Luis "Alien Ness" Martinez (B-Boying and Hip Hop Culture)
New York City, USA - Prof. Nigel Osborne (Composition for Dance)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Dr. Jessica Philips-Silver (Neuroscience of Dance)
University of Montreal, Canada - Dr. Ben Schögler (Psychology of Movement)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Prof. Colwyn Trevarthen (Developmental Psychology)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Dr. Margaret Walker (Ethnomusicology and Kathak dance)
Queen's University, Canada - Richard Witts (Music in Dance Performance)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Invited Performers and Workshop Leaders
- Tricia Anderson (Choreography and Creative Dance Education)
St. Andrews, UK - B-girl Firefly ("Breaking" Workshop)
Leeds, UK - [the dyad] - Ross, Keene, Schögler (Improv Performance)
Edinburgh, UK - Etch N Sketch (B-Boy/B-Girl "Breaking")
Scotland, UK - Dr. Shelley Katz and Diana Gilchrist-Katz (Gesture in Vocal Performance)
ISC at Herstmonceux Castle, UK - Méta-Méta (Cuban Jazz Performance)
London, UK