Events
Welcome to the performance pages of the University of Surrey 's Dance, Film & Theatre Studies Department.
Please contact Jamie Harber on j.harber@surrey.ac.uk if you would like anymore information about our events or would like to join the mailing list. We look forward to meeting you at an event soon.
Upcoming Events
Dance & Spectacle – 8th - 11th July 2010
Society of Dance History Scholars Annual Conference
University of Surrey, Guildford and The Place, London, UK
The conference marks a collaboration between the University of Surrey, Guildford and The Place, London. This international event will bring together some of the leading scholars across dance and performance studies and will host a series of events by leading British artists engaged in explorations of vertical, aerial and site-specific dance on campus, in Guildford town centre and around the capital.
Call for Proposal documentation
Submission deadline: 2 November 2009
trans.form@work
Postgraduate Symposium, 25-26 March 2010 Department of Dance, Film & Theatre, University of Surrey
Open to postgraduate students working on dance, performance, visual arts, anthropology, corporeal histories and related topics, trans.form@work is a two-day symposium committed to interdisciplinarity. It is centred around dialogue, as a critical structure. Two eminent figures in Performance Studies, Professors Maaike Bleeker and Mark Franko will engage with participants throughout the event, in seminars, panel discussions and master classes.
Call for Participation documentation (word document)
Submission deadline: 21 December 2009.
Moving Naturally - Rethinking Dance 1900s - 1930s
Saturday 31 October 2009 – 10.00 - 6.00pm, PATS, University of Surrey
This international symposium, hosted by the University of Surrey, raises questions about the status of the natural in artistic and educational practices; the fascination with classical art and society; the role of amateur and professional groups in an emergent dance (and performance) culture; the use of outdoor environments for performance; the trans-national migration of influences and trends of the period; concepts of modernism; and the documentation of systems of movement and bodily expression.
View the flyer (pdf file - opens in a new window)
Book online for this event via the University online store.
Past Events
An Introduction to Natural Movement
Sunday 31st May 2009-11.00-4.00pm
A study day based on the work of Madge Atkinson (1885-1970) and her Natural Movement technique. Lunch & refreshments will be provided.
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Celebrating 25 years of Dance Studies at the University
As the forthcoming season is still being confirmed, we thought we would share with you some of the highlights of the last academic year. In April the department celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Dance at the University of Surrey. This included a variety of lectures by highly regarded visiting speakers, various dance shows and an exhilarating performance by staff in the department who teach on the BA (Hons) Dance and Culture programme and are all highly-regarded professional dancers and choreographers. The performance began with Kate Lawrence’s Vertical Dance, followed with African People's Dance by H Patten, new Ballet by Jennifer Jackson and Patrick Wood with Shima Kobayashi on chromatic harmonica, Contemporary dance by Jia-Yu Chang and Monique Kroepfli and Kathak produced by Amina Khayyam.
The department were pleased to welcome Janet Wolff, Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts at the University of Manchester, to deliver a guest lecture on the The Aesthetics of Uncertainty on Friday 2nd May 2008.
The event was well attended and the opportunity for audience participation was enjoyed by all, in addition to the interesting question and answer session at the end of the lecture, which allowed students and staff to raise and explore their own views on the subject area.
The lecture was followed by a Dance Alumni Dinner in the Lakeside Restaurant where dance students past and present gathered to talk and reminisce on 25 years of dance at Surrey.
In addition, the 25th Anniversary celebrations included a series of talks, ‘Conversations with Choreographers’, with Kevin Finnan, Artistic Director of Motionhouse Dance Company, Maxine Doyle, Choreographer for Punchdrunk Theatre, and Wanda Moretti, Vertical Dance Choreographer from Venice, Italy.
And last but certainly not least, the spectacular Vertical Dance performance, choreographed by the department’s Kate Lawrence, drew the crowds despite the awful weather, to watch spell bound as the dancers scaled the outside of the University Library building.
A variety of student and professional performances are programmed throughout the academic year. Please check back regularly to see updates. The dance events programme for the next academic year will be available shortly.
