<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br>Dance, Timing and Musical Gesture<br>13 - 15 June 2008 University of Edinburgh, Scotland<br><br>The Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, in<br>collaboration with Queen's University, Canada, invites abstracts for<br>an interdisciplinary, international conference on the topic of Dance,<br>Timing and Musical Gesture. The aim of the conference is to consider<br>the temporal dynamics, expressive possibilities and communicative<br>power of dance and musical movement. The meeting will include talks,<br>posters, dance workshops and performances and will take place in the<br>beautiful and
culturally vibrant city of Edinburgh. Three student<br>scholarships are available, covering registration and accommodation.<br><br><a href="http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/Research/imhsd/DanceConference2008/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/Research/imhsd/DanceConference2008/index.html</a><br><br>Invited Speakers<br>Luis "Alien Ness" Martinez (New York City, USA) B-Boying and Hip Hop Culture<br>Prof. Stephanie Jordan (Roehampton University, UK) Dance Studies<br>Prof. Merce?de?s Pavlicevic (Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre,<br>UK) Community Music Therapy<br>Prof. Dee Reynolds (University of Manchester, UK) Dance and<br>Performance Studies<br>Prof. Daniel Stern (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Developmental<br>Psychiatry<br>Dr. Vicky Karkou (Queen Margaret University, UK) Dance Therapy<br>Dr. Peter Keller (Max Planck Institute, Germany) Neuroscience of<br>Movement Dr. Sophia
Lycouris (Edinburgh College of Art, UK) Dance<br>Improvisation Dr. Jessica Philips-Silver (University of Montreal,<br>Canada) Neuroscience of Dance<br><br>Invited Performers and Workshop Leaders<br>Tricia Anderson (St. Andrews, UK) Choreography and Creative Dance Education<br>Etch N Sketch (Scotland, UK) B-Boy/B-Girl ?Breaking? Performers<br>Dr. Shelley Katz & Diana Gilchrist-Katz (ISC at Herstmonceux Castle,<br>UK) Gesture in Vocal Performance<br>Me?ta-Me?ta (London, UK) Cuban Jazz Performance<br><br>Deadline for abstracts: Monday 7 April 2008 Please send abstracts of<br>300-400 words to Dr. Nikki Moran (<a ymailto="mailto:n.moran@ed.ac.uk" href="mailto:n.moran@ed.ac.uk">n.moran@ed.ac.uk</a>), indicating your<br>discipline and your preference for a 15 minute talk, a 30 minute<br>workshop or a 1 hour poster presentation. For further information,<br>please contact Dr. Katie Overy (<a
ymailto="mailto:k.overy@ed.ac.uk" href="mailto:k.overy@ed.ac.uk">k.overy@ed.ac.uk</a>) or Karen Ludke<br>(<a ymailto="mailto:K.Ludke@sms.ed.ac.uk" href="mailto:K.Ludke@sms.ed.ac.uk">K.Ludke@sms.ed.ac.uk</a>) or see the conference website<br><span>(<a target="_blank" href="http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/Research/imhsd/DanceConference2008">www.music.ed.ac.uk/Research/imhsd/DanceConference2008</a>).</span><br></div></div></div><br>
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