Announcements

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Calls for Papers and Proposals

• December 31, 2019 — Deadline for proposals for the German Shakespeare Association’s “Shakespeare and Dance” conference in Bochum, Germany (April 24-26)

• 17 February 2020 — Deadline for proposals for the Dance Studies Association conference in Vancouver (October 15-18, 2020)

• 1 March 2020 — Contributions sought for essays and glossary entries for this website

News and Events

• April 2-4, 2020 — Emily Winerock presents at the Renaissance Association of America conference in Philadelphia

• April 15-18, 2020 — Lynsey McCulloch and Amy Rodgers convene the seminar “Shakespeare, Music, and Dance” at the Shakespeare Association of America conference in Denver, Colorado

• April 18, 2020 — The Historical Dance Society hosts “An Elizabethan Revel” for its 50th anniversary in Warwick, UK, with dancing led by Anne Daye

• April 24-26, 2020 — The German Shakespeare Association’s “Shakespeare and Dance” conference in Bochum, Germany, presenters include Emily Winerock and Lynsey McCulloch

• May 13, 2020 — “Shakespeare and Dance: An Afternoon Symposium” at the University of California at Irvine, speakers include Brandon Shaw and Lar Lubovitch

• June 10-14, 2020 — The Historical Dance Symposium in Rothenfels, Germany

• October 15-18, 2020 — Dance Studies Association conference in Vancouver, Canada

• We’re on Twitter! Please follow us and tag your Shakespeare and Dance related news and tweets with #dancingbard

 Featured Essays and Abstracts

• “Shakespeare and Physical Theatre” by Linda McJannet (2019)

• All abstracts available in one place for the Shakespeare and Dance special issue of Borrowers and Lenders (2017, vol. 10, no. 2) edited by Elizabeth Klett

Featured Publications

• Get your copy of Choreographing Shakespeare: Dance Adaptations of the Plays and Poems by Project Associate Elizabeth Klett

• Check out the Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Dance edited by Project Associates Lynsey McCulloch and Brandon Shaw. It contains essays by our three Co-Directors and by many other of our Associates and dance studies colleagues. This beautifully illustrated collection is a major contribution to our growing field.

Featured Bibliography

• Masques and Measures

Featured Reference List

• Physical Theatre Shakespeare Productions

Featured Glossary Entry

• Pas de deux

Featured Video

• Pericles does it “Gangnam Style”

Featured Links

• Tariro Mzezewa, “What if Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Told Their Love Story? What if It Were a Ballet?” The New York Times (Feb. 5, 2019)

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Updated December 12, 2019.