International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

Preliminary Programme: Fifth symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe

Faculty of Arts, South-West University “Neofit Rilski” 

2 – 8 May, University Center “Bachinovo”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 

 

 

Monday, 2 May

 

17.00 – 18.00         Opening ceremony 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Apostolov, Vice rector of the SWU “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad 

Prof. Dr.Sc. Yordan Goshev, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, SWU “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad 

Dr. Velika Stojkova Serafimovska, Chair of the Study Group on Music and Dance of Southeastern Europe

 

18.00 – 19.00          Cocktail

 

19.00 – 20.00          Concert of traditional music, workshop

 

Tuesday, 3 May

 

09.00 – 10.30           Session 1: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europe

 

11.00 – 13.00            Session 2: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989 / Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europe

 

14.00 – 15.30            Session 3: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

16.00 – 17.30            Session 4: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

19.30 – 21.00            Traditional dance workshop

 

21.00 – 22.00           “May It Fill Your Soul”, a film by Timothy Rice

 

Wednesday, 4 May

 

09.00 – 10.30           Session 5: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

 

11.00 – 13.00            Session 6: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе

 

14.00 – 15.30            Session 7: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

16.00 – 18.00           Session 8: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

19.30 – 21.00            Concert of traditional music and dance

 

Thursday, 5 May

 

09.00 – 10.30           Session 9: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

11.00 – 13.00            Session 10: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

 

14.00 – 15.30            Session 11: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

16.00 – 18.00           Session 12: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

19.30 – 21.00            The Night of the Bulgarian Ethnomusicology

 

Friday, 6 May

 

09.00 – 10.30           Session 13: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

 

11.00 – 13.00            Session 14: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

13.00 – 14.00            Excursion – cultural heritage of the region

 

Saturday, 7 May

 

09.00 – 10.30           Session 15: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

11.00 – 13.00            Session 16: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

 

14.00 – 15.30            Session 17: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе

 

16.00 - 17.00             Final discussion

 

17.00 – 18.00            Business meeting

 

19.00 – 21.00            Closing ceremony

21.00                           Farewell party