Dancing Ireni: Reimaging and Reimagining Choreometrics Symposium, 4/16/15 - 4/18/15

What could you do with online access to over 3000 clips of dances from around the world, annotated with movement analysis, historical and ethnographic contexts, and with discussions with experts and community members?

What could you do with online access to over 3000 clips of dances from around the world, annotated with movement analysis, historical and ethnographic contexts, and with discussions with experts and community members? Join us April 16-18 for an exploration of what was, is and could be for the remarkable array of films and coding sheets that Alan Lomax collected, currently located in a vault at the Library of Congress.

These materials were ground-breaking in their time, and possibly again, but only if they can be digitized and shared, re-imaged and re-imagined for the need for people in the 21st Century to value the unique contributions of cultures, to understand each other more deeply, and to appreciate our differences.

Event calendar link: http://tdps.umd.edu/event/2013-2014/dancing-ireni

SCHEDULE:

Thursday April 16, 2015

The Library of Congress

Miriam Phillips will interview Forrestine Paulay and Meri Lobel on the early days of the Choreometrics project and the LoC will have dance materials on display.  The event begins at 1:30, the interview panel is at 3:00 and there is a reception at 4:30. 

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/botkin-lectures.html#april16 

2:00-3:00 PM exhibit, a presentation beginning at 3:00, followed by a reception ending at 5:00 PM

Mumford Room, 6th floor, James Madison Building

Friday April 17, 2015

The University of Maryland College Park

The Clarice, Rever Room:

Friday April 17, 2015: University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

9-10:45 AM: PAST: Martha Davis: Nonverbal context for Choreometrics, Forrestine Paulay and Anna Lomax Wood: Alan Lomax and the Vision for the project

Additional remarks: Ann Biddle, Meri Lobel, and Allegra Fuller Snyder

BREAK

11-12:30 THE PRESENT

Todd Harvey: Current Status of the Collection

Susan Wiesner: Talking on the Same Page: Locating The Choreometrics Project within the Digital Humanities as the basis for a shared vocabulary across library archives, digital collections, and technology research

Ann Biddle: How I Use Choreometrics in Education

Respondents: Christina Banalopoulou, Kate Spanos, Sudesh Mantillake, Sinclair O’gaga, and Drew Barker: implications for archivists and researchers of performance

12:30-2:00 LUNCH: Informal buffet, tables: Student Lounge

2-3:45 FUTURE

Onye Ozuzu: Keynote on the value of the collection

Shannon Cuykendall, Sarah Fdili Aloui, Kristin Carlson, Susan Wiesner: What technology can do

4-5:30: Annotation tool: hands-on playing with video annotation and markup

Friday Night: Attend Open Dress at Dance Place: Rosy Simas: http://www.rosysimas.com/wewaitinthedarkness/

Saturday April 18, 2015

Round table discussions, plans, proposals

5:30 PM RECEPTION for all: The Dance Wing, The Clarice

Please let your colleagues and potentially interested people know about these events, and know that all are welcome. The symposium is free, and if anyone wishes to register for the entire program, one can do so here: http://www.reimaginechoreometrics.com/choreometrics-symposium-registration/