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EADH Online Lecture Series, 2027
Dance Histories
Following the successful first season of the Dance Histories online talk in 2026, a new series of talks is in preparation phase for 2027. Please return soon for more details.
Talks and speakers in 2026:
Dance & The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment by Professor Bob Harris, and
Dancing in Burns’s Time by Alan Macpherson
Questioning exceptional contexts: writing and working as a female dancer/choreographer in the early 19th Century by Bruno Ligore (Université Côte d’Azur)
Five Decades of Artistry and Innovation with The New York Baroque Dance Company by Catherine Turocy
EADH members can access the talk free of charge.
Existing members please enrol by email, outlining which lectures you wish to attend.
Fees for non‑members to be announced soon.
The event link will be sent to the email address you registered with on the day of the talk.
All times advertised are UK GMT.
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Lecture 1 - Prof Bob Harris and Alan Macpherson, 29 January 2026
'Dance & the Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment' / 'Dancing in Burn's Time'
Lecture 2 - Bruno Ligure, 12 March 2026
'Questioning exceptional contexts'
Lecture 3 - Catherine Turocy, 9 July 2026
'50 Years of the New York Baroque Dance Company'
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EADH Conference
Dance as Interdisciplinary Catalyst: Collaborations, Influences, Networks
Hosted by Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany
1-3 October 2027
(with pre-conference events on the 30 September)
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Folkwang University of the Arts, the European Association for Dance History (EADH) invites scholars from different fields, choreographers, filmmakers, visual artists, and interdisciplinary practitioners to explore the complexities, negotiations, and intricate mechanics of artistic collaboration.
Generously hosted in the historical facilities of the Folkwang University of the Arts, EADH 2027 takes place within the university-wide Folkwang tanzt! (Folkwang dances!). Situated in Germany’s post-industrial Ruhr metropolis, where iconic pioneers like Kurt Jooss, Pina Bausch, Reinhild Hoffmann, and Susanne Linke revolutionized modern performance, Folkwang embodies a century-long legacy of interdisciplinary art-making.
Artistic collaboration is rarely linear; it is an intricate web of tension, translation, shared authority, and mutual influence. We invite proposals for research papers, lecture demonstrations, and film screenings with commentary that interrogate how the body in motion interacts with fine arts, music, theatre, film, design, and architecture across centuries.
Suggested Themes & Focus Areas
• The Intricacies of Collaboration: The mechanics, politics, friction, and creative negotiations between choreographers and collaborators in music, fine arts, film, theatre, and design.
• The Moving Frame (Dance & Film): Screendance, cine-dance, choreographic camera movement, film archives, and the cinematic translation of physical performance.
• Visual & Kinetic Encounters (Dance & Fine Arts): The dialogue between movement, sculpture, painting, photography, performance art, and installations in galleries, museums, and public spaces.
• Shared Vocabularies in Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary approaches, institutional networks, and cross-medium training in dance history and practice. 1
• Spatial & Industrial Metamorphoses: Site-responsive performance, scenography as an active creative agent, and the transformation of post-industrial architectures through movement.
Note: Exceptional proposals outside these core themes will also be considered, space permitting.
Submission Guidelines & Presentation Format
Abstract: Maximum 300 words (in English), outlining the central argument, methodology, and connection to the conference theme.
Biography: Maximum 100 words per presenter.
Presentation Formats:
• Academic Papers / Lecture-Demonstrations: 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A.
• Film / Media Demonstrations: 20 minutes presentation/screening + 10 minutes Q&A.
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2026
Send Proposals to: eadhchair@gmail.com
Applicants can expect to learn whether their proposal has been accepted by end of January 2027. EADH members will be eligible for a discounted conference registration. EADH will publish the abstracts of all accepted papers, and encourages presenters to submit a blog or journal article (as appropriate) for publication by EADH in 2028.
See https://www.eadh.com/publications for further information and the EADH publications archive.
Organized by: European Association for Dance History (EADH) in partnership with Folkwang University of the Arts. In collaboration with Dance & History e.V.
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The
Madeleine Inglehearn Memorial Event
16 May 2027
We have launched a series of yearly special lectures to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr Madeleine Inglehearn, the EADH former president and one of our co-founders. The series is kindly funded by a bequest from Madeleine's estate and the support of the Inglehearn family.
Details for the 2027 lecture to be posted in due time. Meanwhile, you may wish to visit the Tribute page to Madeleine Inglehearn.
All lectures on this series are free for all members and the general public.
FORMER SPEAKERS
2026 - Françoise Dartois-Lapeyre
In 2026 we were delighted to welcome distinguished academic and dance historian Françoise Dartois-Lapeyre, who presented her comprehensive lecture Madeleine Inglehearn’s contribution to early dance research and revival, detailing the many aspects of Madeleine's career and research interests.