Bharatanatyam and buddhist diplomacy: Reassembling the soul of Indian classical dance in Singapore

Aparna R. NAMBIAR, UC Berkeley

8:30 AM - 9:25 AM

Dancers in the Japanese “I-mon-dan (visiting troupe to comfort)” traveling to the front line between Burma and China

Yukiyo HOSHINO, Nagoya University

8:30 AM - 9:25 AM

Inter-East Asian dance as method, artistic research as method: Nam Hwayeon’s work on Choi Seung-hee

Jihoon KIM, Chung-ang University

8:30 AM - 9:25 AM

Panel 1 : Q & A session

Emily WILCOX, William & Mary
Darlene Machell de Leon ESPENA, Singapore Management University
Aparna R. NAMBIAR, UC Berkeley
Yukiyo HOSHINO, Nagoya University
Jihoon KIM, Chung-ang University

8:30 AM - 9:25 AM

Dancing me to the south: On Wu-Kang Chen and Pichet Klunchun’s Inter-Asia choreography

I-Wen CHANG, Taipei National University of the Arts

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Inter-Asia traditional dances in dialogue: Reflections on a performance-lecture between Singaporean practitioner-scholars

Muhammad Noramin Mohamed FARID, Royal Holloway - University of London

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Blind spot: Media, memory, and resistance

Michael SAKAMOTO, UMass Amherst

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel 2 : Q & A session

Adrianna DIRISIO, University of Buffalo
Paul RAE, University of Melbourne
Sadiah BOONSTRA, University of Melbourne
I-Wen CHANG, Taipei National University of the Arts
Muhammad Noramin Mohamed FARID, Royal Holloway - University of London
Michael SAKAMOTO, UMass Amherst

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Japanese dancers, bollywood dance: Cultural exchange and Tokyo’s namaste India festival

Kristen BUDISILL, Bowling Green State University

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Merdeka, youth solidarity and cross-ethnicity: Emergence of multicultural dance in Singapore, 1955-1980s

Beiyu ZHANG, University of Macau

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Kathak dancescapes as cultural politics across India and Hong Kong

Ping-hsiu Alice LIN, Chinese University of Hong Kong

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Panel 3 : Q & A session

Soo Ryon YOON, Lingnan University
Priyanka BASU, British Library and SOAS University of London South Asia Institute
Kristen RUDISILL, Bowling Green State University
Beiyu ZHANG, University of Macau
Ping-hsiu Alice LIN, Chinese University of Hong Kong

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM