Congress on Research in Dance
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Congress on Research in Dance is an international non-profit interdisciplinary society for dance research
ers, artists, performers and choreographers. CORD publishes the Dance Research Journal, and sponsors annual conferences which distribute annual awards. CORD is a membership-driven United States 501(c)(3) organization.
The society was founded in 1964 as the Committee on Research in Dance, and based at New York University
. It was formally incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 1969. The organization changed its name to Congress on Research in Dance in 1977. In 1991, it moved to the State University of New York College at Brockport. In 2007, the CORD National Office moved to the care of Prime Management Services based in Birmingham, Alabama. Membership generally includes performers, choreographers, artists and dance academics from colleges and universities.
It is indexed in Academic ASAP; Academic Search Elite; Academic Search Premier; Dance Collection Catalog of The New York Public Library; Expanded Academic Index; Humanities Index; Index to Dance Periodicals; International Index to Performing Arts; and ProQuest
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Dance research
Dance research is an umbrella term for studies of dance. It includes the following areas:*Dance history*Ethnochoreology*Dance theory*Dance science the scientific study of dance and dancers, as well as the practical application of scientific principles to dance, similar to sports science...
ers, artists, performers and choreographers. CORD publishes the Dance Research Journal, and sponsors annual conferences which distribute annual awards. CORD is a membership-driven United States 501(c)(3) organization.
The society was founded in 1964 as the Committee on Research in Dance, and based at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. It was formally incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 1969. The organization changed its name to Congress on Research in Dance in 1977. In 1991, it moved to the State University of New York College at Brockport. In 2007, the CORD National Office moved to the care of Prime Management Services based in Birmingham, Alabama. Membership generally includes performers, choreographers, artists and dance academics from colleges and universities.
Dance Research Journal
The Dance Research Journal is the official journal of the Congress on Research in Dance. It is a refereed journal, using a blind review process.http://www.cordance.org/DanceResearchJournal The Journal is published twice a year, and carries scholarly articles, book reviews, and other reports of interest to the field of dance research, with its primary orientation being towards the historical and critical theory of dance. In 2011, it is in its 43rd volume, and the editor is Mark Franko, Professor of Dance and Chair of the Theater Arts Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).It is indexed in Academic ASAP; Academic Search Elite; Academic Search Premier; Dance Collection Catalog of The New York Public Library; Expanded Academic Index; Humanities Index; Index to Dance Periodicals; International Index to Performing Arts; and ProQuest
ProQuest
ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based electronic publisher and microfilm publisher.It provides archives of sources such as newspapers, periodicals, dissertations, and aggregated databases of many types. Its content is estimated at 125 billion digital pages...
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Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research
- 1996, Joann KealiinohomokuJoann KealiinohomokuJoann Wheeler Kealiinohomoku is an American anthropologist and educator, co-founder of the dance research organization Cross-Cultural Dance Resources...
- 1997, Ann Hutchinson GuestAnn Hutchinson GuestAnn Hutchinson Guest is an internationally-recognized expert on dance notation. She wrote a history on the subject, and her works have been translated into multiple languages. She is the co-founder of the Dance Notation Bureau, New York, 1940...
- 1998, Kapila VatsyayanKapila VatsyayanKapila Vatsyayan is a leading Indian scholar of classical Indian dance and Indian art and architecture.Vatsyayan received her M.A. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the Banaras Hindu University. She is the author of many books including The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts,...
- 2000, Ivor Guest
- 2001, Deborah JowittDeborah JowittDeborah Jowitt is an American dance critic, author, and choreographer. Her career in dance began as a performer and choreographer. Jowitt has received several awards for her work, including a Bessie for her work in dance criticism.Beginning in 1967, she wrote a weekly dance column for the Village...
- 2003, Sally BanesSally BanesSally Banes is a notable dance historian, writer, and critic.Sally Banes is recognized as an expert on the current dance scene and the new trends that are continually appearing in the art...
- 2005, Marcia Siegel
- 2007, Robert Farris ThompsonRobert Farris ThompsonRobert Farris Thompson is the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University....
- 2008, John Acocella
Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research
- 1995, Carl Wolz
- 1996, Gigi Oswald
- 1997, Selma Jeanne CohenSelma Jeanne CohenSelma Jeanne Cohen was a dance historian, editor, and teacher who devoted her career to advocating dance as an art worthy of the same scholarly respect traditionally awarded to painting, music, and literature...
- 1998, Vicki Risner
- 1999, Ernestine Stodelle
- 2000, David Vaughn (dance author)
- 2001, Beate Gordon
- 2003, Jane Bonbright
- 2005, Katherine DunhamKatherine DunhamKatherine Mary Dunham was an American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, author, educator, and activist...
and Anna HalprinAnna HalprinAnna Halprin helped pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to herself as the breaker of modern dance. Halprin, along with her contemporaries such as Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, John Cage, and Robert Morris, collaborated and built a community based... - 2006, Elsie Ivancich DuninElsie Ivancich DuninElsie Ivancich Dunin is a dance ethnologist , choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani in Macedonia. Her studies focus on Croatian diaspora communities and associated sword dances in both Old and New World contexts...
and Allegra Fuller Snyder - 2007, Susan Leigh Foster
- 2008, Brenda Dixon Gottschild
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- American Dance GuildAmerican Dance GuildThe American Dance Guild was founded in 1956 as the Dance Teachers' Guild by twelve dance teachers in New York City to promote the art of dance in the United States by educating the American public and by maintaining standards of teaching....
- Society of Dance History ScholarsSociety of Dance History ScholarsThe Society of Dance History Scholars is a professional organization for dance historians in the United States and worldwide. Founded in 1978, it became a non-profit organization in 1983...