Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) 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 learned society for dance researchers, artists, performers and choreographers, CORD published the Dance Research Journal and sponsored annual conferences and awards for scholarship and contributions to the field.[1] The journal and awards have been absorbed into the DSA.

History

The society was founded in 1964 as the Committee on Research in Dance,[2] and based at New York University. 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 State University of New York College at Brockport. 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.[3] The official records for CORD are held at the University of Maryland's Special Collections in Performing Arts.[4]

Dance Research Journal

Dance Research Journal
DisciplineHistory of dance
LanguageEnglish
Edited byNadine George-Graves; Rebekah Kowal
Publication details
Former name(s)
CORD News
History1969–present
Publisher
FrequencyTriannual
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Dance Res. J.
Indexing
ISSN0149-7677 (print)
1940-509X (web)
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The Dance Research Journal is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal 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 Cambridge University Press 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 Academic ASAP, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, Humanities Index, Index to Dance Periodicals, International Index to Performing Arts, and ProQuest.

Awards issued

Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research

Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research

(now the Dixie Durr Award for Outstanding Service to Dance Research)

Other CORD awards include one for "Outstanding Book", such as one for Marta Savigliano.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ CORD award recipients. http://congressonresearchindance.camp7.org/pastwinners Archived 2018-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kolcio, Katja (Spring 2007). "A pillar supporting research in dance for 40 years" (Word doc). CORD Newsletter. XXVII (1). Congress on Research in Dance. Retrieved 8 June 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ "A brief history of CORD". Dance Studies Association. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Collection: Congress on Research in Dance records | Archival Collections". archives.lib.umd.edu. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Joann Wheeler Keali'inohomoku". Arizona Daily Sun. 22 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Professional News". Duke Today. 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ Martinez, Sandra Baltazar (18 January 2019). "UCR celebrates 25 years of dance and scholarship". University of California, Riverside.

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