The 2004 Congress on Research in Dance/World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific/International Council of Kinetography Laban INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TAIPEI will focus on both the role of DANCE in keeping traditions alive and on dance as both reflection and catalyst of cultural, environmental and political change. We will investigate dance as a healing agent in a cataclysmic environment and explore representations of IDENTITY across international, individual, cultural, and temporal borders. The dialogue between dancers, notators, choreographers, audiences, educators, therapists, writers and researchers will demonstrate how dance contributes to understanding changing societies.

Taiwan serves as a touching example of the power of dance for healing and social INTEGRATION as dance therapists worked to heal the emotional scars of the 1988 earthquake, which killed 3200 people. Seminars with practitioners who lead workshops for survivors, as well as with international dance professionals will give voice to the pivotal role of dance and the arts in making a culture whole after war, natural devastation, or other massive cultural change.

Although the conference seeks thematic coherence, conference sessions on all topics are invited. Sessions to be considered include paper presentations, panel sessions, and workshops. Abstracts of papers and proposals for panels, roundtable sessions, workshops, or lecture/demonstrations should be postmarked no later than February 15, 2004. All abstracts should be in English and no more than 500 typed words describing the type of presentation, and outlining the session content. The more clearly and completely you can describe the session content, the easier it will be for the readers to equitably assess it. There should be no names, affiliations or other identifying information in the body of the abstract. The cover page (see reverse) must include complete contact information for all presenters: name(s), preferred mailing addresses, day and evening phone contact(s), and fax and e-mail contact(s), audio/visual or other technical requirements, and space requirements. Applicants must also indicate which organization they are a member of, and if more than one, which one is most appropriate to the specific proposal. Students applying for the CORD Graduate Research Award Panel must submit the full text of their papers. Notification of selection will be mailed to presenters by March 15, 2004. Send all material via postal mail to:

Abstracts and cover sheets may be submitted electronically to medsall@astro.temple.edu by February 15, 2004. If submitting electronically please send the abstract and cover sheet as an attachment using Microsoft Word, saved as a rich text format document. Further information will be available on the CORD (www.cordance.org) and ICKL (ww.ickl.org) websites.

Note: The deadline for the essay printing in the proceeding is due by April 1, 2004 to Professor Janice LaPoint-Crump at gandg@gte.net

Conference Co-chairs:
Yunyu Wang, Taipei Planning Committee
Mary E. Edsall, USA Planning Committee/Program Committee

Conference Program Committee:
Karen E. Bond, Barbara Browning, Uttara Coorlawala, Martha Eddy, Mary E. Edsall (Chair), Ilene Fox, Cara Gargano, Luke Kahlich, Janice LaPointe-Crump (Proceedings Editor), Basilo Esteban Villarux

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This conference will explore applications of Labanotation, Motif Writing and Laban Movement Analysis:

• in education, for example how they can be incorporated in the dance curriculum, supporting areas of dance study such as history, composition, improvisation, and dance for children.
• with computer technology, which may include topics such as the development of new software, or the use of technology to present the material such as on CD-ROMs or via the internet.
• to cultural studies, including their use to preserve the dance forms of a specific culture or their use in making cross-cultural comparisons.

Proposals for sessions on other possible applications are also invited.

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