The Russian institute of theatre arts —GITIS, The Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Centre for Socio-Cognitive Discourse Studies (SCoDis) at Moscow State Linguistic University will host the First International Conference “Language and Dance, Language of Dance”. It will take place on
The Conference is held under the Strategic Leadership Programme “Priority 2030”.
The conference will address the following issues:
- Dance and national identity.
- Gestures in language and dance (multimodality — gestures in communication and gestures in choreography).
- Words and dance: description of movements in different languages and choreography.
- Cognitive linguistics and the concept of dance in different dance styles and schools of dance.
- Artificial intelligence and robots in language and robotization in dancing, dancing machines in choreographic performances and dancers with osteosynthesis.
- Ethnicity in language and dance. Language and mentality, dance and mentality. *Dancers of different national identities with their views on how language influences dance and the choreography are welcome.
- Semiotic studies in language and choreography.
- A person in motion: everyday life, linguistic experiments, dance practices, choreographic works.
- Eye movements and other facial expressions in choreography and language (experiments with eye-tracker).
- “Theatrical” gestures in everyday life and gestures in acting (theatre, cinema). Pantomime in choreography.
- Dance, music, and sign languages.
Speaking time: plenary talks — 30 minutes (presentation + discussion), session talks — 15 minutes per presentation, with 5 minutes for discussion, round table talks — 10 minutes.
Important dates
- September 8th, 2024 — deadline for submission of abstracts
- September 10th, 2024 — notification of acceptance
- November 13th-15th, 2024 — conference
Organizing Committee
Chairs
- Kibrik Аndrej А. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Zaslavsky Grigory А. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
Со-chairs
- Iriskhanova О.К. (Centre for Socio-Cognitive Discourse Studies at Moscow State Linguistic University, Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Loseva-Demidova Е.S. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
Members
- Gordeev V.M. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Yastrebov А.L. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Sigalova А.М. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Melik-Pashaeva К.L. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Кuvitanova О.I. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Kolomatskiy D.I. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Popova K.V. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Ryabtseva N.К. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Kiose М. I. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Leontieva А.V. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Agafonova О.V. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Petrov А.А. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Burkova S.I. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences)
Program Committee
- Valukin M.E. (The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
- Evdokimova A.A. (Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of Sciences, The Russian institute of theatre arts — GITIS)
Application and Abstracts
Application for Conference participants should contain the following information:
- Last name, first name, patronymic (in full) (English)
- Place of work, position (English)
- Academic degree, title (English)
- Postal code, address
- Contact number
- Email address
- Form of participation (in person or online)
- Title of the report in English
- Abstract of the report in English (300 words)
- Key words in English
Please, note that the abstracts should be anonymous. The application and the abstract should be sent as email attachments to Ladath@iling-ran.ru. The files should be named in the following way: ivanov_application and ivanov_abstract.
