SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
ENGAGEMENT: PHILOSOPHY AND DANCE
Engagement: Symposium of Philosophy and Dance
Thursday, 8 September 2016
8:30 a.m . Coffee
8:45 Welcome
9:00 to 10:00 KEYNOTE COMAL 116
Julie Van Camp,
“Illuminate the Music, Dignify the Dance: Mark Morris’ Choreomusicality”
American Society for Aesthetics, jvancamp5@gmail.com
9:30 to 10:45 Lecture for Music and Dance Students:
Recital Hall, Patti Strickel Harrison, Performing Arts Center
Zach Finkelstein
'The Middle Class Artist'
Mark Morris Dance Group, zfinkelstein@gmail.com
10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE COMAL 116
Anna Pakes
“Are Dance Works Real? And Does it Matter?”
Dance Studies, University of Roehampton, A.Pakes@roehampton.ac.uk
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. BREAK
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Keynote INTERVIEW
Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
Mark Morris and Stephanie Jordan Interview followed by a Book Signing
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. BOX LUNCH & Book Fair & Library Resource Display Comal Foyer
1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Submitted Papers Sessions 1
1A Comal 116
- Karen Gover, “Stealing Moves: Plagiarism and Dance”
Philosophy Professor, Bennington College
lgpver@bennington.edu
- Antony Shipman, “Owning up to it: On Bodily Gestures and Intellectual Property” Student, Bennington College
ashipman@bennington.edu
- Gregory Moses, “Signing in the Rain: How Gene Kelly and Augustine Came Together with the Poets to Crash the Gates of Plato's Republic”
PhD Philosophy, Sr. Lecturer, Texas State University
rm95@txstate.edu
1B FH 230
- Jeff Friedman, “Entanglement: A Multi-layered Morphology of Post-colonial African Philosophical Frameworks for Dance Aesthetics”
Associate Professor of Dance Studies , Rutgers University-New Brunswick
jfdance@rutgers.edu
- Heike Salzer, “Wanderlust- The Reoccurrence of Romanticism in 21st Century Dance Making: Sensing, Embodying and Mapping the World via Screendance”
Programme Leader Dance Department, Teesside University, School of Arts and Media, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
h.salzer@tees.ac.uk
- Caroline Sutton Clark, “Groovy Bodies: The 1970s, Somatic Engagement and Dance”
PhD Candidate Dance, Texas Woman’s University
carolinesuttonclark@gmailcom
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Dance Panel, Jowers A207
“Dancestry: An Experiential and Performance-based Model for Modern Dance History"
- Meg Brooker, Assistant Professor of Dance, Middle Tennessee State University
- Katherine Duke, Artistic Director Erick Hawkins Dance Foundation
artistic_director@erickhawkinsdance.org
- Shay Ishiil, Lecturer of Dance, Texas State University
- Jessica Lindberg Coxe, Adjunct Professor of Dance History, Austin Community College
- Megan Slayter, Chair and Associate Professor of Dance, Western Michigan University megan.slayter@wmich.edu
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Submitted Papers Sessions 2
2A COMAL 116
- Eric Mullis, “The Power of Political Dance: Representation, Mobilization, and Context” Assistant Professor of Philosophy-MFA (Dance) Student Queens University of Charlotte – University of Wisconsin mullise@queens.edu
- Camille Buttingsrud, “Proposing a Reflective Order of Embodied Self-consciousness” MA Philosophy, Professional Performer, Independent Scholar, Copenhagen camillesalina@hotmail.com
2B FH 230
- Paula Conlon, “Creek Songs Are Fast and Crazy”: Hypermetric Synergy at Ceremonial Stomp Dance Grounds in Eastern Oklahoma”
Associate Professor of Music, University of Oklahoma
pconlon@ou.edu
- Rita Snyder, “Social Aesthetics: A Clash of Music and Dance Cultures”
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa
rsynder@ua.edu
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Keynote COMAL 116
Stephanie Jordan
“On Writing About Mark Morris: Knowing Too Much?”
Research Professor of Dance, University of Roehampton
S.Jordan@roehampton.ac.uk
7:30 p.m. MMDG, Performing Arts Center
Friday, 9 September 2016
8:30 a.m. Coffee
9:00 – 10:45 a.m. Submitted Papers Sessions 3
3A Comal 116
- Hannah Bacon, “Bergsonian Memory and Embodiment, Against the Post-Traumatic”
PhD Student, Stony Brook University
Hannah.bacon@stonybrook.edu
- Kefu Zhu, “Movement, Spacing, Way”
PhD Student, Stony Brook University
Kefu.zhu@stonybrook.edu
- Audrey Lane Ellis, “Re-negotiating the Biological Body after the Corporeal Turn: the Dancing Body, Feminism and Biological Exuberance”
PhD Student, Stony Brook University
Audrey.ellis@stonybrook.edu
3B FH 230, Panel Discussion: “Teaching Dance and Philosophy to Non-Majors: The Integration of Movement Practices and Thought Experiments to Articulate Big Ideas”
- Megan Brunsvold Mercedes, Asst. Professor of Dance, Southern Utah University
meganbrunsvold@suu.edu
- Kristopher G. Phillips, Asst. Professor of Philosophy, Southern Utah University
Krstopherphillips@suu.edu
- Kira Knapp, Student: Member of SUU Honors Seminar – Movement and Space, Southern Utah University
Kiraknapp@suumail.net
9:30 to 10:45 a.m., Jowers Studio 175, Lecture/Demonstration,
Rebecca Whitehurst: “The Phenomenology of Choreography, a Creative
Embodied Encounter”
rwhitehur@steedwards.edu
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Comal 116
Richard Shusterman
"The Philosopher without Words: Philosophy as Performative Art in the Dances of
the Man in Gold"
Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities, Director of the Center
for Body, Mind, and Culture, Florida Atlantic University
Richard. shusterman@gmail.com
NOON PICK-UP BOX LUNCH
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Keynote Comal 116
Randall Auxier
“The Semblance of the Sacred? Langer on Dance, Ritual, and Art”
Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University
Personalist61@gmail.com
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. BREAK
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Library Tour, Alkek Library, Breezeway Outside Main Entrance
Liz King and Lorin Flores
Subject Librarians for Philosophy and Dance, Texas State University
Elizabeth.king@txstate.edu, indrani@txstate.edu
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Keynote, Comal 116
Judith Hanna
“Neuroscience Spotlights Dance: The Brain as Modern Dance Choreographer”
Research Professor Anthropology, University of Maryland
jlhanna@umd.edu
2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Submitted Papers Sessions 4
4A Comal 116
- Gavin Wittje, "Rage to Say: Pina Bausch, Humor, and Exhaustion" gavinwit@gmail.com
- Renee M. Conroy, “Dancing on the Edge”
Associate Professor Philosophy, Purdue University Northwest, rmconroy@comcast.net
- Ioanna Angelopoulou (via Skype), “Palm in Palm” “Palami me Palami”
Choreographer, Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, Palucca Hochschule fuer Tanz, Dresden in Germany, Duncan Dance Research Center in Athens
iangelop@gmail.com
4B FH230
- Meghan Quinlan, “The Economic Politics of Pleasure in Gaga”
Lecturer Kennesaw University
meghanruthquinlan@gmail.com
- Anna Petronella Foultier, “Reflecting upon the Corporeal Schema: The Example of “Gaga”
PhD Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
Anna.petronella.foultier@philosophy.su.se
- Michele Merritt, “Embodied Subectivity, Radical Enactivism, and the Phenomenology of Dance”
Professor, Arkansas State University, mmerritt@astate.edu
4C Comal 103
- Ilya Vidrin, “The Epistemic Yield of Aesthetic Values in Dance Partnering”
PhD Student, Harvard University/Coventry University
Ilya_vidrin@mail.harvard.edu
- Edgar Vite and Diana Palacio, “A New Epistemology of Body and Movement in Modern and Contemporary Dance”
Edgar Vite: Professor at Department of Visual Arts and Aesthetics at Universidad del Valle
Diana Palacio: Professor at Department of Scenic Arts at Universidad de Antioquia
Vite_edgar@yahoo.com
- Susana Badiola, “Wittgenstein, Dancing, Whistling, and Picturing”
Professor of Philosophy, Angelo State University
sbadiola@angelo.edu
4D Comal 201
- Andrea Woody, “Agency and Attending: How Might Liveness Matter for Artistic Performance?”
Associate Professor & Chair, Philosophy, University of Washington
awoody@uw.edu
- Ian T Heckman, “What Do We Lose to a Video”
PhD Student, University of British Columbia
iantheckman@gmail.com
- Henrique Rochelle Meneghini, “Structure, Form and Function of Dance Criticism and the Ways it Relates Audiences to Works of Art”
PhD Candidate, Dance, Theater and Performing Arts, State University of Campinas, Brazil
henrique.hrm@hotmail.com
4E Comal 114
- Binita Mehta, “The Experience of Self-Transcendence: Traditional Hindu Perspective on Art and Dance”PhD Philosophy, Sr. Lecturer, Texas State University, bvm6@txstate.edu
- Joshua Hall: “Dancing-with: A Theoretical Method of Poetic Social Justice”
Assistant Professor, Queensborough Community College
j.maloy.hall@gmail.co
2:15 – 4:45 p.m., Jowers Studo 178, Friday Afternoon Workshop
Ekalos Reed, “An Experiential Workshop Investigating Dance as a Re-organizational Practice Using Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement and Improvisation"
Guild Certified Feldnkrais Practitioner/Choreographer/Dancer/Teacher,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
ekalos@gmx.com
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. BREAK
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Keynote, Comal 116
Robert Crease
"On Not Being Able to Dance"
Professor of Philosophy, Stonybrook University
robert.crease@stonybrook.edu
7:30 p.m. Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Performing Arts Center
Saturday, 10 September 2016
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Coffee
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Comal 116
Richard A Richards
“Naturalizing Dance: Prospects and Limitations”
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama
rrichard@ua.edu
10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 to 11:45 Submitted Papers Sessions 5
5A Comal 116, Panel Discussion: Why Participatory, or Do-It-Yourself Dance is More Important at Times than Fine Art Dance”
- Bob Crease, Stony Brook University, robert.crease@stonybrook.edu
- Greg Scott, New York University, drgscott62@gmail.com
5B FH230, Panel Discussion: “What Am I Doing in this Dance?”: A Failed Conversation about the Multiple Layers of Performance”
- Matthew Henley Texas Women’s University,Mhenley1@twu.edu
- Sarah Gamblin, Texas Women’s University, sgamblin@twu.edu
5C Comal 103
- Archer Porter, “Performance of Disability or Cyborg Utopia?: Ambivalent Readings of Marie Chouinard’s bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS”
PhD Candidate, Culture and Performance, UCLA
Archer.porter@gmail.com
- Jane Carr, “The Negotiation of Significance in Dance Performance: a Model for Human Interaction in the Context of Difference”
Principle Lecturer of Dance, University of Bedfordshire
Jane.Carr@beds.ac.uk
5D Comal 201
- Jonelle Seitz, “Ways of Looking: Association, Presence, Radicalism”
Dance Critic and Arts Journalist, Austin Chronicle & Fjord Review
jonelle.seitz@gmail.com
- Lauren R. Alpert, “Body Aesthetics and the Ethics of Dance Criticism”
PhD Student, Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
laurenralpert@gmail.com
5E Comal 212, Panel Discussion, “FSC: Northrop’s 1st and 2nd Function Art and its Impact on the Work of Erick Hawkins”
- Louis Kavouras: Chair Department of Dance, University of Nevada
Louis.kavouras@unlv.edu
- LeAnne Smith, Director of Dance, Texas State University
ls14@txstate.edu
- Katherine Duke, Artistic Director Erick Hawkins Dance Foundation
artistic_director@erickhawkinsdance.org
- Shay Ishii, Lecturer of Dance, Texas State University
- Kaysie Seitz Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Texas State University
Noon – 12:30 BOX LUNCH
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Keynote - Comal 116
Arnold Berleant
" Aesthetic Engagement in Video Dance "
Founding Editor Contemporary Aesthetics
ab@contempaesthetics.org
1:30 – 2:30 Keynote - Comal 116
Barbara Gail Montero
“Embodied Aesthetics and Proprioception”
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
bmontero@gc.cuny.edu
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Submitted Papers Sessions 6
6A Comal 116
- Aili Bresnahan, “Interpretation in Dance Performance”
Assistant Professor, University of Dayton
Abresnahan1@udayton.edu
- Lucia Piquero Alvarez, “Emotional Expressiveness in Dance as an Aesthetic Property: a Case Study of Russell Maliphant’s Afterlight (Part One) (2009)”
Resident academic Dance Studies, School of Performing Arts, University of Malta
luciapiquero@gmail.com
- Mariana Viterbo Brandão, “Affirming Versus Relating: Steps Around, Towards and Away from Dance and Performance Art”
Professor, CIEBA, Centre for Research and Studies in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal
Vb.mariana@gmail.com
6B FH 230 Panel Discussion: “Erick Hawkins Dance Technique: A Philosophical Journey Towards a Body-Centered Technique”
- Louis Kavouras: Chair Department of Dance, University of Nevada
Louis.kavouras@unlv.edu
- LeAnne Smith, Director of Dance, Texas State University
ls14@txstate.edu
- Katherine Duke, Artistic Director Erick Hawkins Dance Foundation
artistic_director@erickhawkinsdance.org
- Shay Ishii, Lecturer of Dance, Texas State University
- Kaysie Seitz Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Texas State University
6C Comal 103
- Addie Tsai, “The Mask which the Actor Wears is Apt to Become His True Face: How Jon Cryer Toes the Line Between Homage and Momicry in Pretty in Pink’s Ultimate Lipsync”
PhD Student, Texas Women’s University
atsai@twu.edu
- Eleni Kolliopoulou, “Inter-action as Engagement: Among Passivity and Activity in Performance Art”
crudelen@yahoo.it
6D Comal 201
- Einav Katan, “The Semiotic Experience of Dancing”
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Humboldt University of Berlin
Einav.katan@gmail.com
- Rebecca Farinas, “A New Universality: Pragmatic Symbols of World Peace in Drawing and Dance”
Lecturer PhD, Texas State University
Rlf75@txstate.edu
- Esra Coskun, “Once Coin, Two Sides, Three Minutes: Using Semiotics as a Choreographic Tool in Modern Dance to Represent Opposing Stances on an Issue”
PhD Candidate, Purdue University
ecoskun@purdue.edu
6E COMAL 212, Panel Discussion, “Discovering Collaboration/Collaborating Discovery”
- Richard Hall, Senior Lecturer, Texas State University Music Faculty, rh32@txstate.edu
- Ana Baer, Associate Professor, Texas State University Dance Faculty, anabaer@txstate.edu
- Michelle Nance, Professor, Texas State University Dance Faculty, mn14@txstate.edu
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. BREAK
5:00 – 6:00 Keynote, Comal 116
Kristin Boyce
“Thought, Dance and Aesthetic Reason”
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion,
Faculty Fellow, Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State University
kboyce@honors.msstate.edu
7:30 p.m. ARCOS Dance, Patti Strickel Harrison Theater