Choreomundus Alumni Conference 2018
July 25-28, Szeged, Hungary
Venues
Accommodation provided by Choreomundus:
- Károlyi Mihály Kollégium (KMK):
- Kossuth Lajos sugárút 74, Szeged, 6724 Hungary
- Visit KMK's webpage.
Agóra building: (where the conference is taking place)
- 6722 Szeged, Kálvária sgt. 23 ., 6722
- Visit Agóra's webpage.
Program
Wednesday, 25 July, evening Welcome
- An informal come-together for early arrivers
- Venue: Informal come-together at the study room of KMK.
- OBS: The come-together is self-financed, which gives as the opportunity to buy/make food and drink to share with others. KMK is equiped with a fridge and a kitchen. A good start for the community spirit the Alumni Conference wishes to inspire.
Thursday, 26 July
- Venue: Ágora
| 9.00-10.30 | Opening, Welcoming and Presentations |
| 10.30-10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45-12.00 | Choreomundus Networking Roundtable (moderated by Natasa Chanta-Martin) |
| 12.00-12.30 | Professional life after graduation |
| Tserendorj Tsolmon "Working at the National Cultural Heritage Center" | |
| Al Obeidyine Jana "Employing Dance Ethnography In Cultural Journalism" | |
| Brian Jay de Lima Ambulo "The Meaning of Philippine Art: Creative and Innovation Economy" | |
| 12.30-13.00 | Dance and People in Crisis |
| Luiza Beloti Abi Saab "Refugee-Body: Rabelados Cultural Context in Cabo Verde" | |
| Szemessy Kinga "Dance as an applied art form for conflict resolution (Colombian case study)" | |
| Ronald Kibirige "Ritual Dance-Musicking in the Acholi Post-War Communities of Northern Uganda" | |
| 13.00-14.00 | LUNCH |
| 14.00-14.30 | ICH/UNESCO |
| Kim-Lee Campbell "Dance and ecologic awareness" | |
| Filip Petkovski "From Community to Humanity: Dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage" | |
| Adeniyi Adebayo "ICH in complex Nigeria / Ethnographic description" | |
| 14.30-15.00 | Popular dance forms and identity |
| Luna-Jared Jonathan "Rated SPG: a performance research on popular dance on noontime television" | |
| Heather van Niekerk "Heritagisation in narratives of Breton-ness constructed through dance" | |
| Ana Stojanovic "Dance as a Gift: Exchange procedures in the public mass performance of Slet in Socialist Yugoslavia" | |
| 15.00-15.10 | Skype |
| 15.10-15.30 | Dance ethnography |
| Sozer Ozdemir - Sebnem and Aray Rakhimzhanova "Dance in Turkish Henna Night Ritual" | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Dance and Education |
| Mohamed Farid - Muhammad Noramin "Malay Dance as Co-Curricular Activity in Singapore Schools: Promoting Creativity or Instilling Rigidity?" | |
| Tsehaye Haidemariam "Dance Education in the Digital Age" | |
| Ipshita Rajesh "Integrating dance in education systems" | |
| 16.00-16.15 | Coffee break |
| 1615-1700 | Questions and Answers session interrupted by short meetings with Alumni by Skype |
Friday, 27 July
- Choreomundus festival
- Venue: Agora
Saturday, 28 July
- Departure
For your information: The 30th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology commences at the University of Szeged on July 28, 2018.
Alumni Registration
All Choreomundus Students must register to the Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association (EMA). Please verify that you are registered since membership is not automatic.
Likewise, all former and current Choreomundus almuni are encouraged to register for free at the Choreomundus Alumni Association, which aims at fostering a community of dancers and dance researchers that have taken part in Choreomundus. Registration requires only a brief biography and a profile photo.
