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les congrès Benesh

First BMN Congress held at the Royal Opera House, London

1986

This archive page is under construction.

This information is partial.

It is the result of an ongoing collection from various sources ( Benesh News, former Benesh Institute website... )

1988

Programm

1991

22th - 26th July

→ day 1 | DEVELOPMENT OF BMN USAGE SINCE 1988

MORNING : not only in the field of dance but also in the Clinical, Ethnochoreology and Education fields
AFTERNOON : advancements in the computer fields :
Mac Benesh [Robyn Hugues Ryman]

→ jour 2 & 3 | (NO INFORMATION)

→ jour 4 | BMN IN EDUCATION

discussion on BI course examination / structure BMN at the Surrey University and external examination

→ jour 5 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

MORNING : range of issues which affect both freelance and resident company choreologist (contrats, copyrights, working practices...)
AFTERNOON : advice on what constitutes archival material, how it should be stored, and what precautionary mesures should be taken in order to safeguard against loss, theft or damage
[Jane Pritchard, archivist at the English National Ballet and the Rambert Dance Company]

ON TECHNICAL MATERIAL

Liz Cunliffe, Diana Curry, Andrew Ward & Amanda Eyles

Benesh Congress 2000 © Kally Lloyd Jones

Lisa Rich & Angharad James

Benesh Congress 2000 © Kally Lloyd Jones

1996

27th - 28th July

Programm

1999

24th - 25th July,

first International Benesh Congress at the Royal Academy of Dance Headquarters, London

→ jour 1 | INTRODUCTION TO BENESH EDITOR

→ jour 2 |

OPNE SESSIONS

development of the course at the Conservatoire de Paris [Eliane Mirzabekiantz]
course for clinicians in Japan [Violet Ashford]
the issue of preserving and safeguarding our traditional and social dance heritage as represented by societies such as the Scottish Folk Dance Society [Margarel Flemings]

CLOSING SESSION : discussion about the timing of Congress

2000

5th - 6th august, at Royal Academy of Dance headquarters, London

RUDOLF REMEMBERED

→ day 1 |

Welcoming [Sir Peter Wright et Nicholas Dromgoole]
Working with Rudolf Benesh [Joan Benesh + round table with Marianne Balchin, Frances Green, Julie Jones, Juliette Kando, Julia McGuinness-Scott, Linda Pilkington, Wendy Vincent-Smith, Ann Whitley and Janet Wilks]
BMN et Technology : Introducing the Benesh Editor and the Benesh Institute Website [Rhonda Ryman, Liz Cunliff, Andrew Ward]
Managing a Choreographer's Legacy [Lady Deborah MacMillan, Wendy Somes, Judy Spence]
Choreographer/Notator Relashionship [interview : Christopher Hampson & Amanda Eyles]

→ day 2 |

Reports by Director and Technical Director [Andrew Ward, Liz Cunliffe]
Technical Session : zoning and Surfacing [Amanda Eyles et Diana Curry]
Dance Education : a Question ode tof Literacy [Joan White]
Conservatoire de Paris course [Eliane Mirzabekiantz]
African Dance at Cape Town University [Eduard Greyling]
Clinical Course [Violet Ashford]
The Public Profil of Notator [Amanda Eyles, Michele Braban]

Programm

Congress Committee

Participants

Liz Cunliffe, Angharad James, Lisa Rich, Richard Bevan, Jonathan Still

Violet Ashford & Amira Mayroz [1er plan]

Robyn Hugues-Ryman

Diana Curry, Linda PIlkington, Eduard Greyling, Jacquie Hollander, Robyn Hugues-Ryman & Rhonda Ryman

Programm

2005

22th - 23th July

→ day 1 |

MORNING :
Benesh Institute Report
Technical Session : Orientation and Travel
AFTERNOONI :
Technical Session : Orientation and Travel
General Discussion : Copyright, License to Use Scheme, Educational Use Scheme, General Code of Practice, Conditions of Engagement

→ day 2 |

MORNING : Technical Session : zoning and surfacing + Hands and Feet
APRÈS-MIDI : Technical Session : Clinic / General Discussion