JEREMY E. CARTER-GORDON

Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION

2015 (August) Erasmus Mundus- Choreomundus International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage

Advisors: Georgiana Wierre-Gore, László Felföldi.

Dissertation: Temporal-Aesthetic in Rapper Dance Competition:

Aesthetics, Discourse, and Decision Making Strategies Among Expert Judges

 

2011  B.A in Anthropology, Bard College (NY, USA)

Advisor: Mercedes Dujunco

Thesis: ‘If We All Danced, There Would Be No War:’ Transmission and      Inscription of Communal Values in Contra Dancing

 

ARTICLES

Participation, Photography and Facebook: Contra Dance and Digital Performance. Country Dance and Song Journal (Forthcoming, Autumn 2015)

 

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & ACADEMIC AWARDS

2013-2015  Erasmus+ Choreomundus Scholarship: Tuition and Stipend.

2011-2012  Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: European Hilt-and-Point Sword Dance.

2011  President Leon Botstein Award: Graduating senior with a strong academic record across the disciplines judged by the faculty to have demonstrated intellectual ambition, creativity and integrity.

2008-2011  Trustee Leader-Scholar: Social action fellowship. Founder of the Vermont Harmony Project, doing oral histories and cross-cultural workshops.

2010  Flow Circle Fund: Oral history project with the Vermont Harmony Project

 

CONFERENCES & TALKS

2015  Trailguide to a Temporal-Aesthetic Map: Aesthetics, Discourse, and Decision Making Strategies in Rapper Dance. SDHS/CORD Joint Conference, Athens, June 4th-7th

2015 Temporal-Aesthetic Mapping in Dance Research: When’s Important! K(no|w)Body, University of Roehampton, London, June 18th -19th

2015  European Sword Dance History and Practical. University of Roehampton, Guest Lecturer, World Music and Dance, January 19th

2014   Intersubjective Discourse and Adjudication in Dance: Aesthetic Mapping of Judging at the Dancing England Rapper Tournament. Local Dance as Knowledge, Practice, and Heritage Symposium, Budapest, November 21st-23rd

2012   Chasing the Star of Swords: Researching European Sword Dance. Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Appleton, OH, August 3rd-5th

2012   Hilt-and-Point Sword Dancing Traditions of Western Europe. ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology Symposium, Limerick, July 22nd-29th

2011   University and the Formation of the Voting Habit. International Student Conference on Freedom and Responsibility, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 29- May 1

 

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

2015   Editorial Board: Country Dance and Song Journal

2015   Co-Founder, Co-Organizer: K(no|w)Body Symposium 2015

 

DANCE LEADERSHIP

2013-2015  Board Member: Country Dance Society-Boston Centre.

2006-2015  Sword Dance Instructor: Teaching sword dance professionally in schools, festivals, and to teams in the USA, UK, Spain, France, Italy, and Germany.

2015   Judge: Dancing England Rapper Tournament

2012-2013  Chairman: Swing into Summer Dance Weekend, Pinewoods Camp, MA.

2009-2015  Contra and English Dance Caller: Teaching and calling social dancing.

2007-2011  President: Bard Contra Dance

2009-2011  President: Bard College Tango Club

2009-2011  President: Bard College Contact Improv

 

SELECTED PERFORMANCES & TEACHING

2014  American Music Abroad: Folk group Windborne selected by U.S. Dept. of State for a month-long cultural diplomacy tour of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Angola performing and teaching workshops in music and dance

2009-2012 Country Dance and Song Society: Taught rapper, longsword, morris, bal folk, couples dancing, play party games, contra, and harmony singing to children and adults

2000-2015 Folk Dance performance: Rapper: Newcastle Kingsmen (UK) Beside the Point Morris: Pinewoods Morris Men, Great Meadows Morris and Sword. Other: Orion Longsword (US), Kezka (Basque), Traunstein Schwerttanz (German)

2007-2011  Renewal Chorus: Co-director of world music ensemble, fifty-plus concerts

2006  Dancing England Rapper Tournament York: 1st place Showcase Award

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2010  Smithsonian Folkways: Wrote new Mission Statement and Strategic Vision for the organization’ education division. Created guidelines for and wrote new lesson plans to help teach traditional music and dance in classrooms.

2010-2011  Bard College: President of the Student Association, Student Representative to Board of Trustees, Head of Student Life Committee, Senior Class Officer

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2015 (June)  Elicitation Interview: Describing bodily experience with elicitation techniques with Dr Anne Cazemajou

2014   Labannotation: Advanced Labanotation with János Fügedi.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Council For Traditional Music

Society of Dance History Scholars

American Anthropological Association—Music and Sound Interest Group

Society for Cultural Anthropology

Association for Feminist Anthropology