[ecrea] CFP: Adaptation and Dance, 2 March 2016, Centre for Adaptations

This is a small reminder about the Adaptation and Dance conference
hosted by the Centre for Adaptations, since the CFP deadline is a little
under a month away. Please feel free to circulate the below CFP to
whomever you think would be interested:

*/CFP: Adaptation and Dance/*
*One-day conference*
*Wednesday 2 March 2016*
*Centre for Adaptations, De Montfort University, Leicester*
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Dance productions frequently draw on artistic precedents. Ballet
companies rely on classics based on fairy and folk tales but audiences
also enjoy an expanding repertoire of works based on a broader range of
sources: art – /The Green Table, The Rake’s Progress, A Simple Man/; the
Bible /– Job, The Judas Tree, The Prodigal Son/; film – /Edward
Scissorhands/; biography – /Anastasia, Fall River Legend, Mayerling/;
children’s literature – /The Tales of Beatrix Potter/; novels – /Anna
Karenina, The Great Gatsby, Manon, Woolf Works/; operas – /The Car Man,
Madame Butterfly/; plays – /Edward II, Hobson’s Choice/; poetry –
/Images of Love/. Shakespeare has provided inspiration for a large
number of dance-makers. These examples signal how across several decades
choreographers working globally with a range of companies have produced
one-act and full-length pieces for stage and screen.
In recent years there has been growing interest in the analysis of a
range of topics connected with adaptation and dance. By bringing
together scholars and practitioners, this one-day conference seeks to
move away from the dominant focus on film and television in Adaptation
Studies and consider the neglected area of dance. Papers are invited on
topics related, but not limited, to:
•Fairy and folk tale ballet adaptations
•The history of ballet adaptations
•Modern dance and classical ballet interpretations of literary works
•Key choreographers as adaptors
•The idea of the choreographer as ‘auteur’
•Dance adaptations of novels and poems
•Stardom, celebrity and dance adaptations
•Shakespeare and ballet
•Genres of dance adaptation
•The theoretical underpinnings of Adaptation Studies in relation to dance
It is hoped that selected papers will form an edited collection.
Proposals (between 50–100 words) and a brief biographical note should be
sent to Elinor Parsons ((eparsons /at/ dmu.ac.uk) <mailto:(eparsons /at/ dmu.ac.uk)>)
and Hila Shachar ((hila.shachar /at/ dmu.ac.uk)
<mailto:(hila.shachar /at/ dmu.ac.uk)>) by *6 November 2015*.


Best wishes,
Hila


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Dr Hila Shachar
Lecturer in English Literature
Department of English & Creative Writing
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
Email: (hila.shachar /at/ dmu.ac.uk)
www.dmu.ac.uk/hilashachar <http://www.dmu.ac.uk/hilashachar>

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