AIRDanza, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulla Danza; aCD, association des Chercheurs en Danse; Abteilung Musik- und Tanzwissenschaft, University of Salzburg (Web)

Venue: Salzburg
Time: 28.-30.11.2019
Proposals due: 30.04.2019

19th-century dance built upon a dense network of transcultural and intercultural relationships among European centers and on an extensive network of professionals in the theatrical world who created a real “ballet industry”. The conventional history of dance often focuses on the historical identity of an institution’s past without adopting the multifocal perspective that on the contrary constituted the lifeblood of past dance practices, which instead were constructed according to a “multidirectional” logic. From this situation we see the importance of the study and analysis of the artistic networks and the choreographic practices of the nineteenth century against the backdrop of diverse political systems and different socio-cultural contexts. For this reason it is crucial for dance studies to adopt a transcultural approach that focuses on dialogue and on reciprocal influences that various cultures exerted on past artists and on the groups of workers who acted in the field of dance and music.

Through a meticulous analytical and transdisciplinary approach, the conference focuses on the phenomenon of mobility amongst artists of the European music and dance theater in the 19th century and on the social and political aspects that influenced artistic and cultural developments. One of the many tracks to … read more and source (Web).