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Attendees who are not members of the Society are welcome to stay on for the AGM as observers.

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A photo of Sara Wookey

“Independent research in dance: challenges, opportunities, networks", a provocation by Sara Wookey and Anna Pakes ahead of the Society for Dance Research’s AGM 2026.
Sat 21/03 (online, GMT)
• 11:00 Provocation
• 12:30 AGM
• 14:00 Close
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Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey

Excited to share some of my research, reconnect with old friends, and meet new researchers at the CEST Winter Symposium in Napoli starting today! www.unior.it/en/node/3789

You can get your own copy by becoming a member of the Society for Dance Research, recommending the journal to your library, or feel free to let me know if you’d like me to send you a PDF.

Happy festive season, everyone ✨

The cover features an image from Tavaziva’s Greed, a work that was at the centre of a Choreographic Forum hosted by the Society earlier this year, in collaboration with Kauma Arts.

The article engages with Franco Battiato’s music and even includes a notated sketch in Kinetography Laban of the sema performance hosted at the venue.

This issue includes my article, “Sampling the Mevlevi Sema: Circulation of a Sufi Practice within a Queer Nightlife Event in Milan” - an auto-ethnographic, multisensorial analysis of an electronic dance music event organised in December 2023 by the art collective Nul.

Sinibaldo happily opening a large envelope next to a Christmas tree

Front cover of the latest issue of Dance Research, the journal of the Society for Dance Research, including an image from Bawren Tavaziva’s Greed. The issue is held in front of a Christmas tree.

Table of Contents of the latest issue of Dance Research.

First page of the article ‘Sampling the Mevlevi Sema: Circulation of a Sufi Practice within a Queer Nightlife Event in Milan’ by Sinibaldo De Rosa

The pleasure of unboxing the latest issue of Dance Research, the journal of the Society for Dance Research —an organisation for which I was honoured to become co-chair this year, alongside the always brilliant Kathryn Stamp.

Ah non riesco ad inserire le traduzioni, sono troppo lunghe. Rimando alla mia pagina Facebook.

«Il mio ultimo saluto»: la lettera testamento di Marivera De Rosa | Il Centro L’addio della sindaca di Luco dei Marsi: «La mia vita è stata piena e pienamente vissuta e ha avuto ciò che conta»

Ci hai lasciato con delle parole straordinarie come te. Nei commenti posto una traduzione in inglese perché vorrei davvero che il tuo messaggio viaggi lontano, e che anche chi non ti ha conosciuto possa capire un po’ di cosa stiamo parlando. Grazie zia...
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Next week I will join dear friends and distinguished colleagues in Hamburg for a workshop on 'Alevism through Emotions'. It is exciting to go back to Hamburg after many years (should be 17!).
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It’s almost time for … our next Choreographic Forum!

Join us online on 🗓️ Tuesday 24 June, 6–7pm for a discussion on 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 by choreographer Bawren Tavaziva. Register here: tinyurl.com/greed-sdr

📷 Raluca Maria Polodeanu

Grazie #francescaalbanese

Both as previous recipient of the Ivor Guest Research Grant and now as co-chair of the Society for Dance Research, I can’t urge you more to come to this event! It will be online and it’s free although we’re inviting donations to continue offering the grants in the future ;)

With presentations by Dr Adesola Akinleye, Professor Ann R. David, Christina Fulcher and Ruth Anna Phillips on topics including the tools of neurodiversity in theatre and dance processes, transdisciplinarity, and image permissions for publication ⬇️ Do not miss it!

Hello Bluesky!

We are excited to be sharing the recordings from our past Choreographic Forums in case they are of interest to any practitioners or dance researchers ⬇️

The project was funded by an #ivorguestresearchgrant from the @sdanceresearch.bsky.social and a Study grant from the @thebiaankara.bsky.social

Developing Anti-Fascist Pedagogies

Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like.

Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

A roundtable with a few sets of cards in different colours and a list of questions

on a table a few cards with words such as ‘doing activism’ ‘performing’ ‘making’…

A screen showing a slide that mentions ‘stories we perform / open / share / space’ Ariadne mikou & sinibaldo de rosa

on a table a few decks cards in different colours

Great time at Coventry Uni for the Moving Online symposium with ‘stories we…’, a roundtable-devised-as-a-score together with Ariadne Mikou

Excited to contribute to the lecture series "Interdisciplinary Studies in Alevism“ at the University of Vienna this Tuesday - also accessible via Zoom - thank you very much Deniz Coşan Eke for the invitation!

it was an honour to teach an online workshop on drawing and writing movement for the Drama for Physical Education course at Şırnak university earlier this week. I appreciate all the work by the two lecturers as well as the students’ generosity! thanks for the invitation!!! #movement #drawing #drama

So happy that the Kurdish poet we campaigned for at PEN Norway during the past 5 years is finally free!!

Ilhan Sami Çomak was arrested and tortured as a student 30 years ago - at last he is united with freedom!

Great work by everyone! Here is his poetry:

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Friends in London! Check out this anthology of Ilhan Sami Comak s poetry … he was released last night after spending 30 years in prison!

Sit on the knees, Yeşim transmits a movement from ‘4Kapı 40Makam’ (2011) to Sinibaldo. The right arm goes left, the left hand holds the right elbow, the chin touches the right shoulder.

a while ago in Istanbul learning a movement from Yeşim Coşkun’s ‘4Kapı 40Makam’ (2011) to create Kinetography Laban score of the choreography #movementnotation #kinetographylaban #labanotation #4kapi40makam @yesimcoskun

Caroline it was such a delight to have you! And great to find you on blue Skye!

Choreographic Forum - Black British Ballet's 'Island Movements' Join the online Choreographic Forum to discuss Island Movements, Black British Ballet’s tale of Windrush generation, and share your thoughts

Register for the Society for Dance Research’s first online Choreographic Forum on Black British Ballet's 'Island Movements' this Thursday #danceresearch #windrush #blackbritishballet www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/choreograp...

Me and miss Ila Bila in winter gear with our index and middle fingers pointing to our eyes - in the background an advert writes ‘eyes on me - l’accattivante palette dai colori dirompen…’

Posing with miss Ila Bila @milanocadornafn winter