Congress on Research in Dance
Congress on Research in Dance is an international non-profit learned society for dance researchers, artists, performers and choreographers. CORD publishes the Dance Research Journal, and sponsors annual conferences which distribute annual awards.
The society was founded in 1964 as the Committee on Research in Dance,[1] and based at New York University. It was formally incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 1969. The organization changed its name to Congress on Research in Dance in 1977. In 1991, it moved to the State University of New York College at Brockport. In 2007, the CORD National Office moved to the care of Prime Management Services based in Birmingham, Alabama. Membership generally includes performers, choreographers, artists and dance academics from colleges and universities.
Dance Research Journal
| Dance Research Journal | |
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Dance Res. J. |
| Discipline | Performing arts |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Mark Franko |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Congress on Research in Dance |
Publication history | 1968-present |
| Frequency | Triannual |
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| ISSN |
0149-7677 (print) 1940-509X (web) |
| LCCN | 2005-237227 |
| OCLC no. | 60620743 |
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The Dance Research Journal is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal publishing 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. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Congress on Research in Dance, of which it is an official journal. It was established in 1968 and the editor-in-chief is Mark Franko (University of California, Santa Cruz).
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic ASAP, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, Humanities Index, Index to Dance Periodicals, International Index to Performing Arts, and ProQuest.
Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research
- 1996, Joann Kealiinohomoku
- 1997, Ann Hutchinson Guest
- 1998, Kapila Vatsyayan
- 2000, Ivor Guest
- 2001, Deborah Jowitt
- 2003, Sally Banes
- 2005, Marcia Siegel
- 2007, Robert Farris Thompson
- 2008, John Acocella
Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research
- 1995, Carl Wolz
- 1996, Gigi Oswald
- 1997, Selma Jeanne Cohen
- 1998, Vicki Risner
- 1999, Ernestine Stodelle
- 2000, David Vaughan
- 2001, Beate Gordon
- 2003, Jane Bonbright
- 2005, Katherine Dunham and Anna Halprin
- 2006, Elsie Ivancich Dunin and Allegra Fuller Snyder
- 2007, Susan Leigh Foster
- 2008, Brenda Dixon Gottschild
See also
- Timeline of music in the United States (1950 - 1969)
- American Dance Guild
- Society of Dance History Scholars
References
- ↑ Kolcio, Katja (Spring 2007). "A pillar supporting research in dance for 40 years" (Word doc). CORD Newsletter (Congress on Research in Dance). XXVII (1). Retrieved 2008-06-08.
Further reading
- Kealiinohomoku, Joann W. and Mary Jane Warner, "Dance", pgs. 206 - 226, in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music