artmov 2018 - A Stream on “Dance Perspectives: Artistic & Authentic Movement”

The Arts & Culture Unit of ATINER is organizing a Stream on “Dance Perspectives: Artistic & Authentic Movement”, 11-14 June 2018, Athens, Greece as part of the 9th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts sponsored by the Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts.
The aim of the stream is to bring together academics, psychologists, pedagogues, dancers, choreographers, dance therapists, performers, dance historians and researchers from all the areas of dance, in order to present and discuss the ongoing relation between different perspectives in understanding, practicing and exploring dance. Participants are invited to explore the current issues of Artistic and Authentic Movement within their related fields of Aesthetics, Choreography, Dance Movement Therapy, Dance Education, as well as their correspondent concepts within the Psychology of Art, Aesthetics, Visual Culture and Psychotherapy such as Aesthetic experience, Aesthetic preferences, Pleasure, Kinesthetic empathy, Embodiment, Authenticity, Active imagination etc. The special purpose of the stream is to inspire and to encourage a dialogue between theory, research and practice, in order to provide relevant findings and innovative developments in the field of dance.
You may participate as presenter of one paper, chair or/and organizer of a session, or observer.
Fee structure information is available on www.atiner.gr/2018fees.
Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, a Mycanae and island of Poros visit, an Athens educational walking tour, an one-day visit to Delphi and an ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion visit. Details of the social program are available here.
Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner-AT-atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by the 12 February 2018 to: Dr. Maja Vukadinovic, Professor, Novi Sad Business School, Higher Education Institute of Applied Studies, and President & Founder, La Sed Gitana – Art of Flamenco, Serbia. Abstracts should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, UK (gregory.papanikos-AT-stir.ac.uk).
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