Contemporary Dance Didactics: Explorations in Theory and Practice - A CLOSE ENCOUNTER conference

Contemporary Dance Didactics: Explorations in Theory and Practice - A CLOSE ENCOUNTER conference with lecture demonstrations, round table discussions and paper presentations at DOCH in Stockholm, 28-31 October, 2012. For the first time in Scandinavia, DOCH is organizing a conference on the theory and practice of contemporary dance didactics.

The purpose of the conference is to introduce and share research, discuss, demonstrate and try different forms of dance didactics with participants from Sweden and internationally. Furthermore to illuminate how dance didactics have developed and how this field of  teaching and learning can grow. Many well-known international dance scholars, dance teachers and dance researchers are invited.

To stay updated with the conference be sure to visit this website regularly.

»You can see the headings for the keynote speakers' lectures here.

The registration is now open. »You will find the registration form here.

We are currentky working on the timetable for the conference. »You will find a list of the accepted abstracts here.

For more information, please contact

Kay Artle, Conference Coordinator, Departement of Dance Pedagogy
E-mail: kay.artle@doch.se

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Important dates

14 December 2011. First call for papers.

19 January 2012. Second call for papers.

26 February 2012. Deadline for abstracts.

5 April 2012. The selected participants will be contacted by e-mail.

7 June 2012. The full programme will be published on this website.

2 May - 31 July 2012. Early registration, reduced conference price.

1 August and onwards, late registration, full conference price.

28-31 October 2012. The conference.