The first seminar of the International Parenting and Dance Network funded by the AHRC will take place at QUB in the Brian Friel Theatre on Friday September 15th.

The day will include workshops, screenings and panel talks with international artists and scholars on the theme: ‘Researching Parenting and Dance: creative and practice-based methods and processes’ (see schedule below).

The seminar is free, but booking is essential. Please visit the Dance Mama website for booking and further details: https://www.dancemama.org/internationalparentinganddancenetwork

 

International Parenting and Dance Network 

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 

Seminar 1: ‘Researching Parenting and Dance: creative and practice-based methods and processes’ Queen’s University Belfast 

School of Arts, English and Languages 

15th September 2023 

Schedule (subject to changes and additions) 

From 9.30am – Registration in QFT Foyer 

9.45am             Welcome from Seminar Convenors in the Brian Friel Theatre  

10.00am – 11.00am       Workshop session 1 (in-person and live-streamed) in the Rehearsal Room 

Janie Doherty (Dance Artist, Northern Ireland) and Lorna Mills (Postpartum Doula, Northern Ireland): “Postpartum is Forever”  

 

11.00am – 11.30am Tea and Coffee break in QFT Foyer 

11.30am – 12.30pm        Paper Panel 1 in Brian Friel Theatre (hybrid) 

Sarah Knox (Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand): ‘“They see me as an additional mother figure”: Perceptions of the parent choreography educator as ‘mother’.’ 

Shelley Owen (Independent Artist and Researcher, UK): ‘Practicing Close to Nothing: failure as potential’ 

Ann Dils (Professor of Dance, University of North Carolina, US): ‘Cultures Dancing, Political Gesturing: Dancing through love and responsibility’ 

12.30 – 1pm           Screening Session 1 in Brian Friel Theatre (online presenters) 

Rosely Conz (Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Colorado, US) and Patrizia Herminjard (Lecturer in the Theatre and Dance Department at Colorado College, US): Deleite  

Elinor Harrison (Lecturer, Washington University, US) and Jessica Anthony (Bryn Mawr College, US): The Motherhood Dance I've Been Meaning to Make  

1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch 

Lunch-time performance (online screening of live performance in the BFT) at 1.30pm 

Jill Guyton Nee and Neile Martin (University of Memphis, US) 

Bebek Adımları (“Baby Steps”) 

 

2.00pm – 2.40pm       Paper Panel 2 Brian Friel Theatre (online presenters)  

Sumedha Bhattacharyya (Lecturer, O.P. Jindal University, India): ‘The Maternal as a Practice of Memory’ 

Johanna Kirk (UCLA, US): ‘Does the Postmodern Dance World "Make Room" for Dancer-Parents?’ 

2.40pm - 3.40pm                          Screening Session 2 Brian Friel Theatre (online presenters)  

Lucy Nicholson (Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire, UK): Moving With 

Anabella Lenzu (NYU Gallatin, New York University, US): Listen to Your Mother  

Meghan Frederick (Temple University, US): You are my love now 

2.40pm – 3.40pm        Workshop session 2 (in-person and live-streamed) 

Regan O’Brien (Dance and Voice Artist, Ireland): “Singing the Body” in Rehearsal Room 

 
3.40pm - 4.00pm              Tea and Coffee Break 

 
4.00pm - 5.00pm         Workshop session 3 (in-person and live-streamed) 

Marie Chamberlain (Chamberlain Dance, Abu Dhabi): “My Children as Creative Collaborators” in Rehearsal Room 

5.00pm - 6.00pm           Roundtable and Closing (in-person and live-streamed) 

Core Network Members reflect on themes emerging from the day and future actions of the network.