Friday May 5
Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Room 108
3-4 pm
Felipe Rojas and Sarah Olsen—Introduction
Felipe Rojas—Why Archaeology & Dance?
4-5 pm
Robert Weiner—Movement Must Be Emulated by the People: Dance, Ritual Movement, and Animated Landscapes in the Indigenous U.S. Southwest
5-6 pm
Zoa Alonso—Moving through the Ludic Space with the Roman pompa circensis
Commentator: Jennifer Stager
6-7:30pm
Valeria Luongo—When Women Fly: Voladoras in Cuetzalan del Progreso, Mexico
Reception and opening of photographic exhibition When Women Fly
Saturday May 6
Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Room 108
9-10am
Sarah Olsen—Why Comparison in the Study of Dance?
10-11am
Hanna Golab—Blazed Marks: A Comparison Between Contemporary Wardaman and Ancient Greek Dance Practice
Commentator: Mariana Cabral
11am-noon Snack
12-1 pm
Rhonda Taube—Bounded Place and Segmented Time: The Function and Meaning of Space in Contemporary K’iche’ Maya Rituals
1-2pm
Mali Skotheim— Place and Performance: Dancing in the Theaters of Late Antiquity
Commentator: Barbara Kowalzig