Congress on Research in Dance

*Dance Research Journal*
ISSN	0149-7677 (print); 1940-509X (web);
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Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) was a professional organization for dance historians in the United States and worldwide that was founded in 1964 and then merged in 2017 with the Society of Dance History Scholars to form the Dance Studies Association (DSA).

An international non-profit learned society for dance researchers, artists, performers and choreographers, CORD published the Dance Research Journal and sponsored annual conferences and awards for scholarship and contributions to the field.^[1] The journal and awards have been absorbed into the DSA.

History

The society was founded in 1964 as the Committee on Research in Dance,

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.^[3] The official records for CORD are held at the University of Maryland's Special Collections in Performing Arts.^[4]

Dance Research Journal

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 was published by Cambridge University Press

on behalf of the Congress on Research in Dance until the merger in 2017. Now it is on behalf of the Dance Studies Association. The journal was established in 1969 as CORD News.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

Humanities Index, Index to Dance Periodicals, International Index to Performing Arts, and ProQuest

.

Awards issued

Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research

1996, Joann Kealiinohomoku^[5]
1997, Ann Hutchinson Guest
1998, Kapila Vatsyayan
2000, Ivor Guest
2001, Deborah Jowitt
2003, Sally Banes
2005, Marcia Siegel
2007, Robert Farris Thompson
2008, Joan Acocella
2009, none awarded
2010, Stephanie Jordan
2011, Mark Franko
2012, Sue Stinson
2013, Susan Manning
2014, Deidre Sklar
2015, Janice Ross
2016, Randy Martin, in memoriam
2017, Thomas F. DeFrantz^[6]

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
2009, none awarded

(now the Dixie Durr Award for Outstanding Service to Dance Research)

2010, Ann Dils
2011, Barbara Sellers-Young
2012, Cara Gargano
2013, Sally Ness
2014, Libby Smigel
2015, Elizabeth Aldrich
2016, Jacqueline Shea Murphy
2017, Ann Cooper Albright

Other CORD awards include one for "Outstanding Book", such as one for Marta Savigliano.^[7]

References

^ CORD award recipients. http://congressonresearchindance.camp7.org/pastwinners Archived 2018-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kolcio, Katja (Spring 2007). "A pillar supporting research in dance for 40 years" (Word doc). CORD Newsletter. XXVII (1). Congress on Research in Dance. Retrieved 8 June 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "A brief history of CORD". Dance Studies Association. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Collection: Congress on Research in Dance records | Archival Collections". archives.lib.umd.edu. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ "Joann Wheeler Keali'inohomoku". Arizona Daily Sun. 22 February 2016.
^ "Professional News". Duke Today. 16 February 2017.
^ Martinez, Sandra Baltazar (18 January 2019). "UCR celebrates 25 years of dance and scholarship". University of California, Riverside.

External links

Official website
Dance Research Journal at
Project MUSE
Congress on Research in Dance records, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries.

[1] CORD award recipients. http://congressonresearchindance.camp7.org/pastwinners Archived 2018-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Kolcio, Katja (Spring 2007). "A pillar supporting research in dance for 40 years" (Word doc). CORD Newsletter. XXVII (1). Congress on Research in Dance. Retrieved 8 June 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[3] "A brief history of CORD". Dance Studies Association. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[4] "Collection: Congress on Research in Dance records | Archival Collections". archives.lib.umd.edu. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[5] "Joann Wheeler Keali'inohomoku". Arizona Daily Sun. 22 February 2016.

[6] "Professional News". Duke Today. 16 February 2017.

[7] Martinez, Sandra Baltazar (18 January 2019). "UCR celebrates 25 years of dance and scholarship". University of California, Riverside.

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