Congress on Research in Dance

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Dance Research Journal, publication of Congress on Research in Dance
Image:DRJ-cover.jpg
Abbreviated title DRJ
Discipline Performing Arts
Language English
Edited by Ann Dils
Publication details
Publisher University of Illinois Press (United States)
Frequency Biannual
Indexing
ISSN 0149-7677 (print)
1940-509X (web)
LCCN 2005-237227
OCLC 60620743
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Congress on Research in Dance is an international non-profit interdisciplinary society for dance researchers. CORD publishes the Dance Research Journal, and sponsors annual conferences which distribute annual awards.

The society was founded in 1965 as the Committee on Research in Dance,[1] and based at New York University. In 1991, it moved to the State University of New York College at Brockport. Membership generally includes dance academics from colleges and universities.

Contents

[edit] Dance Research Journal

The Dance Research Journal is the official journal of the Congress on Research in Dance. It is a refereed journal, using a blind review process.[1] The Journal is published twice a year, and carries scholarly articles, book reviews, and other reports of interest to the field of dance research, with its primary orientation being towards the historical and critical theory of dance. In 2008, it is in its 40th volume, and the editor is Ann Dils.

It is indexed in Academic ASAP; Academic Search Elite; Academic Search Premier; Dance Collection Catalog of The New York Public Library; Expanded Academic Index; Humanities Index; Index to Dance Periodicals; International Index to Performing Arts; and ProQuest.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research

[edit] Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research

  • 1995, Carl Wolz
  • 1996, Gigi Oswald
  • 1997, Selma Jean Cohen
  • 1998, Vicki Risner
  • 1999, Ernestine Stodelle
  • 2000, David Vaughn (dance author)
  • 2001, Beate Gordon
  • 2003, Jane Bonbright
  • 2005, Katherine Dunham and Anna Halprin
  • 2006, Elsie Ivancich Dunin and Allegra Fuller Snyder
  • 2007, Susan Leigh Foster

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Kolcio, Katja (Spring 2007). "A pillar supporting research in dance for 40 years" (Word doc). CORD Newsletter XXVII. Congress on Research in Dance. 

[edit] References

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