BrewminateKathakali’s masks paint myth on bodies.
Gesture and color become language, storytelling woven into each movement in India’s classical stage tradition.
https://brewminate.com/kathakali-dance-and-masks-from-classical-india/
FID Darstellende KunstRMA-SMI-EADH Conference 2026 (Royal Musical Association, Society for Musicology in Ireland, and the European Association for Dance History)
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music at Queen's University Belfast
21 August - 1 September 2026
Deadline: 15 December 2025
"Histories of European Dance behind the Borders: Mobility, Influence, and Impact"
European Association for Dance History Conference 2025, hosted by Queen's University Belfast
Online
21-23 Nov 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-european-association-for-dance-history-conference-2025/
#dancehistory #tanzgeschichte #dancestudies #ballet #socialdance #ballroomdancing #choreography #performingarts #onlineconference
300 Jahre Pierre Rameaus „Maitre à danser": Enseigner la manière. Les traités techniques de danse (1700-1750)
Internationale Konferenz auf Französisch und Englisch
Paris, FRA
11.-13.12.2025
👉 Weitere Informationen: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-internationale-konferenz-in-paris/
#rameau #tanzgeschichte #dancehistory #dancestudies #tanzwissenschaft #paris
Dance Context Journal 2026 "Politics in Dance"
Deadline: 25 November 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-politics-in-dance-dance-context-journal-2026/
#dancestudies #performingarts #bodypolitics #dancehistory #performancestudies
"Staging Dance" – 28th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium
21 & 22 April 2026
New College, Oxford, UK
Deadline: 28 November 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-staging-dance-28th-annual-oxford-dance-symposium-21-22-april-2026-new-college-oxford-uk-deadline-28-november-2025/
#dancestudies #dancehistory #dancesymposium #oxford #performingarts
Penny Richardsstarted two #wikipedia articles today: Berta Ochsner (1896-1942) was a dancer and choreographer based in #Chicago, who also wrote poetry and plays and music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_Ochsner Her mother Marion Mitchell Ochsner (1857-1932) was president of the National Federation of Music Clubs during WWI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Mitchell_Ochsner @wikiwomeninred #Baraboo @uwmadison @augustana_il #clubwomen #DanceHistory
EADH conference 2025 "Histories of European Dance: Mobility, Influence, and Impact"
An entirely online conference hosted by Queen's University Belfast
21-23 November 2025
Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-eadh-conference-2025-histories-of-european-dance/
#dancestudies #dancehistory #onlineconference #belfast #queensuniversity
Ideas on FireJoin us in celebrating the publication of Ideas on Fire author Dotun Ayobade’s new book Queens of Afrobeat: Women, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion, which is out now from Indiana University Press!
Queens of Afrobeat is a vibrant celebration of the women dancers, musicians, and activists who helped create the Afrobeat genre of music.
#DanceStudies #MusicStudies #IoFAuthors #MusicHistory #DanceHistory
Infrogmation@justafrog
An older friend would sometimes go there about 1960 - he liked the old style New Orleans jazz, but in his early 20s was about 40 years younger than most of the patrons.
He recalled after he'd been there several times, he and his galfriend decided to test if the "NO JITTERBUGING" sign was serious, and started jitterbugging to a tune. They were promptly thrown out.
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