Dancing Dialogues: Networking research with traditional English and diasporic dance groups practising in South West, South East and Midlands England.

舞蹈对话：与在英格兰西南部、东南部和中部地区练习的传统英语和侨民舞蹈团体进行网络研究。

• 批准号: AH/Y000153/1
• 负责人: Libby Worth
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY000153%2F1
• 关键词: Dancing; Dialogues; Networking; research; traditional

Dancing and dancers are at the heart of this proposed practice-based network that seeks greater understanding of traditional/folk/national dance forms currently practiced in England. Engaging key current research trajectories of diaspora, community, regionality, and urban cultures and identities, this project recognises and values the breadth of dance practices taking place under the headings of 'traditional', 'folk', 'regional' and 'national', and will foreground their complex, often contested, associations and histories. Our network will develop research with traditional dance groups active within three selected areas of England (South East, Midlands and South West). There are many such groups operating in halls and community centres throughout these regions that are currently under researched. These include largely amateur companies based in England from a range of diasporic communities maintaining their cultural identities such as Polish, Ecuadorian, Irish, Spanish and South African groups, together with local regional dancers of, for instance, Cornish step, Morris, sword and clog dance. As national borders close, and with increased global interdependence, we ask: what role do distinct traditional and national dances play for diasporic communities in negotiating embodied identity in England today? How are notions of regional location, site, and geography central to extending our understanding of dance as contextual to the idea of 'Englishness'? How have groups adapted, created, and survived during and post the Covid 19 pandemic? How do traditional dance groups actively contribute to creativity and community? The project will develop research in three stages. Initial questionnaires circulated widely to traditional dance groups active in each of the three regions will invite inclusion on an interactive online map supported by tech and software company IN2. With this we aim to locate the number and range of dance groups operating in each of the selected areas. There has been no systematic attempt to capture this information in England previously, nor how it relates to understandings of 'Englishness'. Dance groups will be able to upload their online profiles to support group interaction and further research engagement. Working with our partners and supported by an experienced advisory group the website details will be circulated through dance festivals and associations and linked to related websites. In the second stage researchers based in each of the regions will lead visits to self-selecting groups that have expressed interest in sharing their practices. Libby Worth (PI based in SE region), Jerri Daboo (Co-I in SW region) and Midlands consultant Rosemary Cisneros will extend the network through face-to-face interaction, interviews and discussion with groups. This will culminate in an online symposium that addresses the project aims through dancer panels, video analysis, presentations and keynotes. We will invite academics' contributions from related disciplines such as, ethnomusicology, material culture, memory studies, heritage studies, religious studies and social cultural geography. The final stage will trial an original methodology in a workshop hosted by EFDSS at Cecil Sharp House in London. Two to three dancers from self-selecting groups in each region will be invited to meet to show and share steps and dance experiences. This day of 'dancing dialogues' is envisioned as trialling an embodied process that could be developed and offered regionally and internationally. It will provide an opportunity for dancers to share their steps and the stories of their dances to better understand how creative activity contributes to regional, national and diasporic cultural identity. This both fulfils dancers' expressed desire to meet with each other and supports greater academic research in this terrain. The project will complete with an open access web report and co-written research article.

舞蹈和舞者是这个拟议的基于实践的网络的核心，该网络寻求更好地理解目前在英格兰实践的传统/民间/民族舞蹈形式。该项目涉及侨民、社区、地区性以及城市文化和身份的当前主要研究轨迹，承认并重视在“传统”、“民间”、“地区”和“民族”标题下进行的舞蹈实践的广度，并将突出他们复杂的、经常有争议的关联和历史。 我们的网络将与活跃在英格兰三个选定地区（东南部、中部地区和西南部）的传统舞蹈团体一起开展研究。这些地区的大厅和社区中心有许多此类团体，目前正在研究中。其中包括大部分来自英国的业余团体，来自一系列保持其文化特征的散居社区，如波兰、厄瓜多尔、爱尔兰、西班牙和南非团体，以及当地的地区舞者，例如康沃尔舞、莫里斯舞、剑舞和木屐舞等。舞蹈。 随着国家边界的关闭以及全球相互依存度的增强，我们要问：在当今英格兰的离散社区中，独特的传统舞蹈和民族舞蹈在协商具体身份方面发挥着什么作用？区域位置、场所和地理的概念对于扩展我们对舞蹈的理解如何与“英国性”概念相关？在 Covid 19 大流行期间和之后，团体如何适应、创造和生存？传统舞蹈团体如何积极贡献创造力和社区？该项目将分三个阶段开展研究。向活跃在这三个地区的传统舞蹈团体广泛分发的初步调查问卷将被纳入由科技和软件公司 IN2 支持的交互式在线地图上。通过此，我们的目标是确定在每个选定区域运行的舞蹈团体的数量和范围。以前在英国没有系统地尝试捕捉这些信息，也没有尝试过它与对“英国性”的理解之间的关系。舞蹈团体将能够上传他们的在线个人资料，以支持团体互动和进一步的研究参与。与我们的合作伙伴合作，并在经验丰富的咨询小组的支持下，网站详细信息将通过舞蹈节和协会传播，并链接到相关网站。在第二阶段，每个地区的研究人员将带领参观那些表示有兴趣分享其实践的自选团体。 Libby Worth（东南地区 PI）、Jerri Daboo（西南地区 Co-I）和中部地区顾问 Rosemary Cisneros 将通过面对面互动、访谈和小组讨论来扩展网络。最终将举行一次在线研讨会，通过舞者小组、视频分析、演示和主题演讲来讨论该项目的目标。我们将邀请民族音乐学、物质文化、记忆研究、遗产研究、宗教研究和社会文化地理学等相关学科的学者投稿。 最后阶段将在 EFDSS 在伦敦 Cecil Sharp House 举办的研讨会上试验原始方法。每个地区自选团体中将邀请2至3名舞者见面，展示并分享舞步和舞蹈经验。这一天的“舞蹈对话”被设想为尝试一个可以在区域和国际上开发和提供的具体过程。它将为舞者提供一个分享舞步和舞蹈故事的机会，以更好地了解创意活动如何促进地区、国家和侨民文化认同。这既满足了舞者表达的相互见面的愿望，也支持了在这一领域进行更深入的学术研究。该项目将完成一份开放获取的网络报告和共同撰写的研究文章。