Dance Across the Board

Conference Information

2009-01-07T09:33:00.000-08:00

Dance Across the Board Conference Information

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

New York University
Tisch Dance Department
111 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003

SCHEDULE

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

ACCOMMODATION

POST CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE

On January 31st 2009, graduate students from across the country are gathering at the first Dance Across the Board Conference to present their research on dance and body-based performance. The theme, “Impulses to Begin,” will be explored through papers, performances, and lecture-demonstrations that address the various ways impulses may spur beginnings in practice, theory, and social movements. In this current climate of change, we are interested in examining the stimuli that spark desire for action and transformation.

Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice critic, dance historian, and master teacher at the Tisch Dance Department, will give the keynote address. This year’s conference features curated, informal studio choreography showings, papers, and dance technology projects, as well as a special panel on Dance and Education. Adam Natale, director of member services at Fractured Atlas, will also provide information about the non-profit organization’s services and support to artists.

Dance Across the Board (DAB) is an interdisciplinary platform for graduate students in New York City and surrounding areas. DAB seeks to provide an East Coast platform where graduate students working in various aspects of dance can come together and dialogue about their research and interests.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information and to register, please email danceacrosstheboard@gmail.com with your name, affiliation, and contact information.

Funded by NYU Tisch Graduate Student Organization

Schedule (updated: 1/25/09)

2009-01-07T09:24:00.000-08:00

Conference Schedule
January 31, 2009

8:30-9:30
Registration

Tisch School of the Arts/NYU Dance Department
111 Second Ave, 2nd Floor
Son of Normandy Studio
New York, NY 10003

9:30-10:15
Keynote Address: Deborah Jowitt
Tisch School of the Arts/NYU Department of Dance
Fractured Atlas: Adam Natale

10:30-11:45
Panel 1: Responsive Environments: Improvisation, Encounters, Movement, and Change

• “Response and Responsibility: Intersubjectivity, Embodied Presence, and Spontaneity in Post Modern Choreography”
Annie Kloppenberg, The Ohio State University
• “This is the Change I’ve Been Waiting for—History, Movement, Identity, and Time”
Yauri Sabrinthia Kelly-Dalencour, Temple University
• “Move: A Dance for Camera”
I-Fen Lin, University of Utah
• “Specular Encounters and The Sublime in Us”
Biba Bell, TSOA/NYU Department of Performance Studies

12:00-1:00
Panel 2: Dance Techniques/Cultural Impulses

• “Gaga: a folk dance originating in the sovereign space of nonsense”
Kathryn Schetlick, TSOA/NYU Department of Performance Studies
• “Corporeal Mime: The Impulse in Performance”
Selma Trevino, TSOA/NYU Department of Performance Studies
• “A Choreographic Exploration of PAST/PRESENT”
Lona Kisha Lee, Smith College

1:00-2:00
LUNCH

2:00-3:15
Education Panel
Phyllis Lamhut, Instructor
Tisch School of the Arts/NYU Department of Dance
Barbara Browning, Professor
Tisch School of the Arts/NYU Department of Performance Studies
Randy Martin, Chair
Tisch School of the Arts/NYU Department of Art & Public Policy
Julie Malnig, Professor
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Deborah Damast, Professor
NYU Steinhardt School of Education
Danielle Goldman, Professor
The New School (moderator)

3:30-4:45
Panel 3: Body Transformations: Perceptions, Contractions, Becomings

• “Semiotech: Wearable Performance Technologies”
Amy Koshbin and Michael Clemow, NYU/Tisch ITP
• “The Möbius Strip as Topology of the Body”
Marina Libel, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
• “Contraction: Moving On”
Stefania Mylona, University of Surrey, UK
• “To do or Not to do…”
Moriah Evans, UC San Diego, Department of Visual Arts

5:00-6:00
Panel 4: Beginning Again: Repetition, Memory, and Death

• “Cultural Choreography: The Dance of Death and the Impulse of Memory”
Ellen Rooney, Bowling Green State University Department of Theater and Film
• “Beginning Again: The Performance of Repetition in Giselle”
Kathleen Edens, NYU/Tisch Performance Studies
• “Almost, Not Quite”
Kathryn Enright, The Ohio State University

2009-01-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

Hotel Accommodations

Broadway Inn
264 West 46th Street
(800) 826-6300

Club Quarters Downtown (NYU affiliation)
52 William Street (in Wall Street area)
(212) 229-3802

Comfort Inn Murray Hill
42 West 35th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
(212) 947-0200

Cosmopolitan Hotel
95 West Broadway at Chambers Street
(888) 895-9400

W (New York)
541 Lexington Avenue at 49th Street
(212) 755-1200

Empire
144 West 63rd Street at Broadway
(212) 265-7400

Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street
(212) 545-8000

Gramercy Park
2 Lexington Avenue at 21st Street
(212) 475-4320

Greenwich Hotel (NYU affiliation)
636 Greenwich Street at Morton Street
NYU Guest Accommodations Office
(212) 443-4700

Holiday Inn Downtown
138 Lafayette Street at Canal Street
(212) 966-8898

Howard Johnson Express
135 East Houston
(212) 358-8844

Portland Square Hotel
132 West 47th Street
(212) 382-0600

Quality Eastside
161 Lexington Avenue at East 30th Street
(800) 567-7720

Sheraton Park Avenue
45 Park Avenue at 37th Street
(212) 685-7676

Soho Grand Hotel
310 West Broadway at Grand Street
(212) 965-3000

Washington Square Hotel
103 Waverly Place at Washington Square West
(800) 222-0418

Note: The Sunday New York Times travel section is a good source for information on special weekend packages and current rates.

Discount Reservations Agencies
Hotel Reservations Network, (800) 964-6835
Quickbook, (800) 789-9887

Please Note: The TSOA Department of Dance is pleased to provide this information sheet in an effort to assist prospective students, parents, and visitors. Tisch Dance is not affiliated with any of the vendors listed here. For detailed information, please contact the vendor directly.

Getting to NYU Tisch Dance

2009-01-07T08:53:00.000-08:00

Getting to 111 Second Avenue (between 6th & 7th Streets)

SUBWAY
Lexington Avenue (IRT) Line, No. 6 local train to Astor Place Station. Walk east on St. Mark’s Place to Second Avenue, then south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Broadway (BMT) Line, R or N local train to Eighth Street Station. Walk east on Eighth Street/St. Mark’s Place to Second Avenue, then south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Sixth Avenue (IND) Line, F local train to Second Avenue Station (at Houston Street). Walk north on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Sixth Avenue Line (B, D trains) or Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, or E trains), to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station. Transfer to F local train to Second Avenue Station. Walk north on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

For further subway information, check out the Metropolitan Transit Authority web site at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/.

TRAIN
Metro-North into Grand Central Station, then Lexington Avenue (No. 6) subway downtown (see Subway); Amtrak into Penn Station, then Eighth Avenue subway downtown (see Subway); Long Island Rail Road into Penn Station, then Eighth Avenue subway downtown (see Subway).

PATH train 33rd St line to Ninth Street Station (to Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street, then walk or take the crosstown bus east to Second Avenue, then turn right and walk south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue).

CAR
From the north or northeast: New York State Thruway, which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, to the FDR Drive in Manhattan, south to Houston Street, then west to First Avenue, north to Ninth Street, west one block to Second Avenue, south to 111 Second Avenue.

From the northwest, west, and south: Interstate Highway and/or New Jersey Turnpike to the Holland Tunnel, east on Canal Street to Christie Street, then north to Houston Street, east on Houston to First Avenue, north to Eighth Street, west one block to Second Avenue, south to 111 Second Avenue.

From the George Washington Bridge: take the Henry Hudson Parkway south to 14th Street then east to Second Avenue and south to 111 Second Avenue.

PLANE
From La Guardia, Kennedy, or Newark Airport, take the airport shuttle bus to Port Authority Bus Terminal or Grand Central Station. From Port Authority, take the Eighth Avenue IND (A, C, E) downtown subway to West 4th Street Station, and transfer to a downtown F or V local trains to the Second Avenue Station (see Subway). From Grand Central, take the Lexington Avenue IRT (No. 6) downtown subway to Astor Place (see Subway). Cabs and car services are available at the airport and, even though they cost more, are your best bet if you have a lot of luggage. Taxis from airports charge a flat fee of $30 plus tolls and tip.

Parking Garages Near NYU
Champion Parking Garages, Broadway at Astor Place or Mercer Street bet. 8th St. & Waverly, (212) 473-9061
Eighth Street Parking Corp., 11 East Eighth Street, (212) 475-9562
Hillary Gardens Garage, 300 Mercer Street, (212) 473-8752
Thompson Street Garage, 221 Thompson Street, (212) 677-8741
Washington Square Garage, 2 Fifth Avenue, (212) 553-8312
Washington Square Village Garage, 1 Washington Square Village, (212) 674-6170

For further information on getting to the Washington Square campus of NYU, call the Directions to NYU line at
(212) 995-4989.

Compiled by NYU Tisch Dance Department

Post Conference Performance

2009-01-05T09:40:00.000-08:00

POST CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE:

PAST/FORWARD: SPECIAL ALUMNI PERFORMANCE AT THE SKIRBALL CENTER
PAST / FORWARD

A Tisch Dance Alumni Celebration
NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8pm

The Department of Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts will present a one night only concert of works by alumni choreographers at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Entitled Past/Forward: A Tisch Dance Alumni Celebration, the program will feature works by Kyle Abraham, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Sean Curran, Jacob Kovner, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Brook Notary, Sydney Skybetter, and Johannes Weiland.

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
New York University
566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South)
www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
212-352.3101

Tickets
Regular Admission $25
Students $12

Conference Announcement

2008-12-28T00:17:00.001-08:00

Dance Across the Board Graduate Student Conference

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
New York University
Tisch Dance Department
111 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003

On January 31st 2009, graduate students from across the country are gathering at the first Dance Across the Board Conference to present their research on dance and body-based performance. The theme, “Impulses to Begin,” will be explored through papers, performances, and lecture-demonstrations that address the various ways impulses may spur beginnings in practice, theory, and social movements. In this current climate of change, we are interested in examining the stimuli that spark desire for action and transformation.

Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice critic, dance historian, and master teacher at the Tisch Dance Department, will give the keynote address. This year’s conference features curated, informal studio choreography showings, papers, and dance technology projects, as well as a special panel on Dance and Education. Adam Natale, director of member services at Fractured Atlas, will also provide information about the non-profit organization’s services and support to artists.

Dance Across the Board (DAB) is an interdisciplinary platform for graduate students in New York City and surrounding areas. DAB seeks to provide an East Coast platform where graduate students working in various aspects of dance can come together and dialogue about their research and interests.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information and to register, please email danceacrosstheboard@gmail.com with your name, affiliation, and contact information.

Funded by NYU Tisch Graduate Student Organization

Notice: Deadline Extended

2008-11-25T06:54:00.000-08:00

Please note that the deadline for submitting a proposal to Dance Across the Board has been extended to Friday, December 5th, 2008.

Announcement: Keynote Speaker

2008-10-31T08:34:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that Deborah Jowitt will be the keynote speaker at Dance Across the Board's first conference on January 31st, 2009.

Deborah Jowitt has been writing about dance for The Village Voice since 1967. She has published two collections: Dance Beat (1977) and The Dance in Mind (1985). Her Time and the Dancing Image, won the de la Torre Bueno Prize for 1988. She edited Meredith Monk (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997) and wrote the introduction to José Limon: An Unfinished Memoir, (Wesleyan University Press, 1999). Her Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. She lectures and conducts workshops worldwide, as well as teaching in the Dance Department of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Call for Proposals

2008-10-20T12:33:00.000-07:00

New York University presents:
Impulses to Begin
Dance Across the Board Graduate Student Conference
Hosted by the Tisch Dance Department, NYU, January 31st, 2009
http://dabdance.blogspot.com
danceacrosstheboard@gmail.com

Call for Papers and Performances

Dance Across the Board is seeking proposals that consider the theme: Impulses to Begin. We would like to explore the notion of impulse in the field of dance, and the ways in which it spurs beginnings in practice, theory, and social movements. In this current climate of change, we are interested in examining the stimuli that spark desire for action and transformation.

What is an impulse? Why and when does it occur? Does something begin after an impulse, and what happens when an impulse is intercepted? What needs to begin? What has begun? In physiology, an impulse is a “progressive wave of excitation over a nerve or muscle fiber” that can either stimulate or inhibit. An electric impulse is a single, often abrupt, flow of current in one direction. Impulse can also be defined as a force, thrust, push against, pressure, shock, or instinctual urge. The impulse in its various forms is pertinent across cultures and disciplines, and Dance Across the Board encourages papers and performances that approach the topic from any of these angles.

Suggested areas of investigation include, but are not limited to:
Impulses and beginnings in theory, history, choreography, and practice; in relation to the political, the social, the body, technology, education, community, culture, and audience psychology.

Dance Across the Board welcomes proposals in the form of papers, solo or duet performances, lecture-demonstrations, films, and mixed media. Interpretations of the theme are encouraged as the conference promotes new ideas and possibilities. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. The conference will be curated into panels. Please be advised that the conference studio is only able to support basic technological needs.

Dance Across the Board (DAB) is an interdisciplinary platform for graduate students in New York City and surrounding areas to present work and works-in-progress on dance and body-based performance. Conceived in the spirit of Dance Under Construction, DAB seeks to provide an East Coast platform where graduate students working in various aspects of dance can come together and dialogue about their research and interests. This first DAB event will feature curated, informal studio choreography showings, papers, and dance technology projects.

Proposals should include the following:
1. Completed Submission Form including:
- Name
- Title of presentation
- Email address and telephone number
- Institutional affiliation
- Names of other participants
- Format of presentation
- Technical requirements
2. 300-word explanation/abstract that describes your presentation and how it relates to the conference theme
3. 50-word bio for all participants
4. For performances, a 3 to 5-minute clip of the piece or a representative work sample. Please mail DVD/VHS or link to an online video.

All proposal materials (except for DVD/VHS) should be emailed to danceacrosstheboard@gmail.com
Please mail DVD/VHS, labeled with your name and viewing info, to:
“Dance Across the Board,” NYU Tisch Dance Department, 111 Second Ave. 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003

Deadline for Proposals: Friday December 5th 2008
Notification of acceptance by: Tuesday December 9th 2008

The conference is free and open to the public
Please direct all questions to: danceacrosstheboard@gmail.com