Congress on Research in Dance 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

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dance research Dance research is the study of dance, including dance history, ethnochoreology, dance theory, dance anthropology, and dance science. Dance research as an academic discipline is relatively new. In 1967, the first volume of the ''CORD dance researc ...

ers, artists, performers and choreographers, CORD published the ''Dance Research Journal'' and sponsored annual conferences and awards for scholarship and contributions to the field. The journal and awards have been absorbed into the DSA.

History

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

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. 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

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. 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''

The ''Dance Research Journal'' is a triannual

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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

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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

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Awards issued

Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research

* 1996, Joann Kealiinohomoku * 1997,

Ann Hutchinson Guest Ann Hutchinson Guest ( Hutchinson; 3 November 1918 – 9 April 2022) was an American authority on dance notation and movement analysis, long based in the United Kingdom. She studied more than 80 dance notation systems and translated 20 to Laba ...

* 1998,

Kapila Vatsyayan Kapila Vatsyayan (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) was a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She served as a member of parliament and bureaucrat in India, and also served as the founding direc ...

* 2000, Ivor Guest * 2001,

Deborah Jowitt Deborah Jowitt is an American dance critic, author, and choreographer. Her career in dance began as a performer and choreographer. Jowitt has received several awards for her work, including a ''Bessie'' (New York Dance and Performance Award) for h ...

* 2003, Sally Banes * 2005, Marcia Siegel * 2007,

Robert Farris Thompson Robert Farris Thompson (December 30, 1932 – November 29, 2021) was an American art historian and writer who specialized in Africa and the Afro-Atlantic world. He was a member of the faculty at Yale University from 1965 to his retirement more ...

* 2008,

Joan Acocella Joan Acocella (née Ross, born 1945) is an American journalist who is a staff writer for ''The New Yorker''. She has written books on dance, literature, and psychology. Education and career Acocella received her B.A. in English in 1966 from the ...

* 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

Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research

* 1995, Carl Wolz * 1996, Gigi Oswald * 1997,

Selma Jeanne Cohen Selma Jeanne Cohen (September 18, 1920December 23, 2005) was a historian, teacher, author, and editor who devoted her career to advocating dance as an art worthy of the same scholarly respect traditionally awarded to painting, music, and literatur ...

* 1998, Vicki Risner * 1999, Ernestine Stodelle * 2000, David Vaughan * 2001,

Beate Gordon Beate Sirota Gordon (; October 25, 1923 – December 30, 2012) was an Austrian-born United States, American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. She was the former Performing Arts Director of the Japan Society (New York), Jap ...

* 2003, Jane Bonbright * 2005,

Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century, and directed her own dance company for ...

and

Anna Halprin Anna Halprin (born Hannah Dorothy Schuman; July 13, 1920 – May 24, 2021) was an American choreographer and dancer. She helped redefine dance in postwar America and pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to hers ...

* 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.

References

External links

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