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TangoFest Master class/ Chamber Rehearsal
back to schedule TangoFest Master Class(PAS) Friday, November 22, 2024, 1-2:15 pm Performing Arts Studio Collaborators from the Tango in the Humanities Conference will engage with Emory students enrolled in MUS/DANC 211.
TangoFest-Milonga
back to schedule Tangofest Milonga(PAS) Saturday, November 23, 2024, 9:30-11 pm Performing Arts Studio Shelley Brooks Atlanta-based tango dancerco-owner of tangology 101 Clint Rauscher Atlanta-based tango dancer co-owner of tangology 101 9:30–9:45 PM: Intro Class with Shelly Brooks and Clint Rauscher Join us for an evening of social dancing with DJ Julia Kaesmayr featuring Shelley […]
Welcome and Intro
back to schedule Welcome and Introductions / roundtable break-out session(PAS) Thursday, November 21, 2024, 1-2:15 pm Performing Arts Studio Kristin Wendland (project director, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) Kacey Link (co-project director, independent scholar/pianist, Los Angeles, CA) This session invites our diverse group of attendees and presenters to engage with each other and the conference research […]
Lecture #1
back to schedule Lecture Demonstration #1(PAS): Embodied and Applied Research Thursday, November 21, 2024, 8:00–9:15 pm Performing Arts Studio Madeleine Hackney (Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) J. Lucas McKay (Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) “Tango and Healing: A Clinical Research […]
Workshop #1
back to schedule Workshop #1 (tharp): Embodied and Applied Research Thursday, November 21, 2024, 2:30–3:45 pm Sonia Possetti (independent scholar/composer/pianist. Buenos Aires, Argentina) Damián Bolotin (independent scholar/composer/violinist, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Nicolás Enrich (Independent Scholar/Bandoneonist, Buenos Aires, Argentina) “Culturally Decoding Tango’s Performance Practices: Marcato, Síncopa, and Yeites”
Workshop #2
back to schedule Workshop #2:Embodied and Applied Research Friday, November 22, 2024, 8–9:15 pm Performing Arts Studio Carolyn Merritt (independent scholar/anthropologist/dancer, Philadelphia, PA) “Re-Imagining Tango: A Dance Anthropologist’s Perspective on Lead-Follow Gender Roles in Tango’s Future”
Lecture #2
back to schedule Lecture Demonstration #2:Embodied and Applied Research Saturday, November 23, 2024, 10:30–11:45 am Tharp Bárbara Varassi Pega(Artistic Research Coach and Lecturer, Codarts University of the Arts, Rotterdam, the Netherlands) “Aural Depth as a Variation Technique in Tango Music Creation” Ignacio Varchausky (independent scholar/bassist, Buenos Aires, Argentina) “The Double Bass in Tango: The Role […]
Paper Panel #6
back to schedule Paper Panel #6: Cultural Exchange and Globalization (PAS) Saturday, November 23, 2024, 9–10:15 am Performing Arts Studio Rielle Navitski (Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA) “Carlos Gardel in the Spanish-Language Ecosystem of 1930s New York” Julián Graciano (independent scholar/composer/guitarist, Buenos Aires, Argentina) “Exploring Argentine Tango and American Jazz: […]
Paper Panel #5
back to schedule Paper Panel #5: Gender, Race and Politics Friday, November 22, 2024, 5:00–6:15 pm Tharp Christophe Apprill (sociologist/dancer, Aix-Marseille University, France) “Tango Dancing: Freedom or Conformity?” Ilene Marder (Independent Scholar/Artist Woodstock, NY) “The Future of Cultural Tango Códigos: Will Traditional Milongas Survive the Twenty-First Century?”
Paper Panel #4
back to schedule Paper Panel #4: (PAS): Cultural Exchange and Globalization Friday, November 22, 2024, 2:30–4:00 pm Performing Arts Studio Yuiko Asaba(Lecturer in Music, SOAS University of London, UK) “Tango And The Idea Of Latin America In Japan, 1910s–1940s” Matthew B. Karush(Professor of History George Mason University, VA) “From International Fad to Local Tradition: The […]