Choreography and Corporeality
The Choreography and Corporeality working group is a site for exploring the overlap of choreography, broadly understood as designing movement of bodies, and the experiential state of having a body or bodies in movement, whether human, non-human, or more-than-human.
The Choreography and Corporeality working group is a site
for exploring the overlap of choreography, broadly understood as designing
movement of bodies, and the experiential state of having a body or bodies in
movement, whether human, non-human, or more-than-human. Members of the working
group focus on many kinds of bodies in movement through different
socio-political, historical, cultural, philosophical, and practical frameworks.
The emphasis of the working group is on works in progress.
Participants are invited to submit contributions well in advance of the
conference to use our time together in sharing and discussing questions arising
from these submissions. In addition, we convene and participate in conference
panels and welcome members old and new giving papers at the IFTR Conference to
contribute to our discussions. Members who are presenting on panels and not
submitting directly to the Working Group are encouraged to contact the
co-conveners in advance to arrange access to the papers.
In addition, wherever we meet, we seek to engage with local
communities through studio visits, practice-led sessions, movement
explorations, or performances.
Updates and information about our meeting will be emailed to
the group, posted to the Choreography and Corporeality webpage on the IFTR
website: https://iftr.org/working-groups/choreography-and-corporeality and
posted to our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/392500648061109.
If you are new to the group, please send an email to the
convenors at choreographyandcorporeality@gmail.com introducing yourself, and we
will add you to our mailing list. We are always delighted to welcome new
members!
CFP for 2025
The Choreography and Corporeality Working Group invites
proposals for our 2025 sessions in Cologne, 9-13 June 2025. These may address
the conference theme of “Performing Carnival,” and/or address any aspect of
choreography and corporeality, broadly understood as designing movement of
bodies, and the experiential state of having a body or bodies in movement,
whether human, non-human, or more-than-human. Papers may also address the theme
of “Choreographies and Corporealities of the Global South,” which will be the
focus of a book proposal coming from the working group in the coming year.
Please mark such chapter suggestions with “(for book proposal)” in the title.
Abstract Submission:
Please submit a 200 to 250-word (max) abstract along with a
short bio of 200 words (max) to the Cambridge Core website by 15 January 2025: https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/iftr/conference.
If you want to submit your contribution to the Choreography and Corporeality
Working Group, you need to indicate this when you submit your abstract.
In order to submit an abstract, you need to first be a
member of IFTR. You can become a member or renew your membership on the
Cambridge Core website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/iftr/membership
Participation in the Working Group:
The Working Group circulates and reads contributions in
advance of the conference, so that we may spend our time together at the
conference in discussion. In addition, wherever we meet, we seek to engage with
local communities through studio visits, practice-led sessions, movement
explorations, or attending performances together.
We welcome people who are presenting on panels and not
submitting directly to the Working Group to attend our sessions. Please contact
the co-conveners in advance to arrange access to the papers and information on
additional programming. To join the working group sessions as a non-presenting
member, please email: choreographyandcorporeality@gmail.com.
Papers:
Completed papers of (maximum) 3000 words should be submitted
to the working group convenors about four weeks in advance of the conference
(precise date TBA) for scheduling and circulation to the rest of the group to
read in advance of our meeting. Do note that we cannot guarantee your inclusion
in the conference or working group programme if you do not submit your paper by
the deadline or if your paper exceeds the word limit.
Convenors
Hanna Järvinen, Melissa Blanco Borelli, Yatin Lin
Publications
The working group is planning a publication with the working
title of “Choreographies and Corporealities of the Global South”.
2021 'Sounding Corporeality', Theatre Research International
special issue with the Music Theatre working group, edited by Aoife McGrath
(CC), Marcus Cheng Chye Tan (MT), Prarthana Purkayastha (CC), and Tereza
Havelková (MT)
2016 Choreography and Corporeality: Relay in Motion, edited
by Philipa Rothfield and Thomas F. DeFrantz (New World Choreographies Series,
Palgrave Macmillan) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-54653-1
23 January, 2024
by Rosemary Candelario
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The Choreography and Corporeality Working Group invites proposals for our 2024 sessions in Manila.
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06 December, 2022
by Rosemary Candelario
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How to submit to the Choreography and Corporeality Working Group 2023 sessions in Accra, Ghana.
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29 January, 2021
by Aoife McGrath
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CfP for Choreography and Corporeality Working Group Meeting at Galway Online IFTR Conference 2021
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18 November, 2019
by Aoife McGrath
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The Choreography and Corporeality Working Group will meet at IFTR Galway, 13-17 July, 2020.
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22 November, 2018
by Aoife McGrath
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Call for papers:
Choreography and Corporeality Working Group
IFTR 2019: Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
8-12 July 2019
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21 December, 2017
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Call for Papers: Choreography and Corporeality Working Group
IFTR 2018 - University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
9-13 July 2018
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