23rd Annual Oxford Dance Symposium
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The Timetable at a glance
| Date/Time | Session/Speaker |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 20th | |
| Panel I: Observing Balls | |
| 2:30 |
Anja K. Arend, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen The Diary of the Munich Dancer Michael Johann Laroche (1805-1870) |
| 3:00 |
Arune Day, TrinityLaban, London; Historical Dance Society Book-muslin Frocks and Primrose Coloured Sashes |
| 3:30 |
Cornelis Vanistendael, Ghent University Observing and Commenting on Napoleon's Court Balls & Its Audiences |
| 4:00 | Tea |
| Panel II: Directions, Theories | |
| 4:30 |
Katarzyna Koźma, Independent Scholar Thomas Hardy's Wessex: Watching the Dancers Through the Novelist's Eyes |
| 5:00 |
Olivia Sabee, Swarthmore ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Pennsylvania Noverre in Translation |
| Wednesday 21st | |
| Panel III: Suspicious Behaviour | |
| 2:30 |
Olive Baldwin, Thelma Wilson, Essex Watching the Maskers: Masquerade Dances in the London Theatres |
| 3:00 |
Béatrice Pfister, University of Lille From Pantomime to Voluptuousness: Female Dancers and Male Spectators of 18th-century Pantomime Ballets |
| 3:30 |
Hanna Walsdorf, University of Music and Theatre 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy' Leipzig To Watch, or not to Watch: Johann Heinrich Hassel's Tirade against Ballet Dancing (1691) |
| 4:00 | Cocktails |
| Panel IV: Images | |
| 4:30 |
Michael Burden, Faculty of Music, Oxford Dancing Ancient and Modern; Decorating the King's Theatre |
| 5:00 |
Keith Cavers, Independent Scholar Through an Opera Glass Darkly - Alfred Edward Chalon R.A. Observes the 'Romantic Ballet' |
| 5:30 |
Sarah McCleave, Queen's University Belfast Portraits and Personae: Visions of Female Dancers, circa 1730-1840 |
| Thursday 22nd | |
| Panel V: Events | |
| 2:30 |
Aryama Bej, Jadavpur University Imaging and Imagining Dance: (Re)watching the Nautch Girls of 19th-century South India |
| 3:00 |
Mary Collins, Royal Academy of Music & Rachel Brown, Royal ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ of Music A Strange and Bizarre Dance |
| 3:30 |
Chris Smith, Texas Tech University, School of Music Dancing Revolution in the Caribbean Basin: Expressive and Revolutionary Movement and Moments in New Orleans History |
| 4:00 | Tea |
| Panel VI: Music of the Dance | |
| 4:30 |
Sophie Benn, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Musical Anatomies and Scientistic Ruptures in Stepanov Natation |
| 5:00 |
Natalie D. Kershaw, University of Birmingham Simply Musick |
| 5:30 | Cocktails |
| Panel VII: Aspects of Staging | |
| 6:00 |
Joanna Jarvis, Birmingham City University Costume for Dance in late 18th-century London: How French was it? |
| 6:30 |
Jennifer Thorp, New College Oxford Garlands, Swords, and Flying Dragons: When is a Stage Prop not a Prop? |