With such a contentious debate still brewing over what exactly digital humanities means, the plenary session at the SIBMAS-TLA conference provided the perfect smorgasbord of innovative projects that are seeking to not only define the movement, but challenge and push it into new spheres. The session opened with a joint presentation from Agathe Sanjuan of […]
Working Session I: Revealing the Unseen: Reflections on Dance, Documentation, and Ontology Chair: Leahkim Gannett, University of California, Santa Barbara The Digital Archiving of the Dance Rehearsal Process in Siobhan Davies’ RePlay: Sharing Hidden Knowledge Sarah Whatley, Coventry University, Coventry Ms. Whatley discussed creation of the archive of the work of Siobhan […]
Poetry in Motion: Dance and Movement Arts With just a brief break for more breakfast foods and coffee, we piled back into the lecture hall for the first plenary session. Guided by Nena Couch from Ohio State University, we heard four presentations on work begin done to preserve, exhibit, and re-create dance works. Libby Smigel […]
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Quotable quotes: “A white shirt means a leading man.” “It is hard to tell kids, sometimes it is just clothes, not fashion.” “You can only use one red dress per show, by the way.” “There are only some people who can wear red…Nathan Lane can wear red.” “No museum should show dance clothes without showing […]
William Ivey Long Keynote The show doesn’t begin when the curtain goes up; the show begins when you enter the theater. This show, the first day of sessions for the SIMBAS-TLA Conference 2014, began on an overcast spring morning when I walked into the John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Manhattan’s West Side. It […]
The SIBMAS TLA Conference was a fabulous and engaging event. New York City played host to delegates representing more than a dozen countries. I am honored to have had the experience of co-chairing this event with Alan Jones from SIBMAS and working with a dynamic planning group including Sylvie Francois and Jan Van Goethem from […]