A WARM WELCOME
Welcome from Luc Nijs
On behalf of the Scientific Committee, we welcome you to this website and the ICDS community!
After a great experience at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where delegates could finally meet again in person, the next ICDS
conference is moving to a tiny little country in the heart of Europe: the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Luxembourg is a country that breathes diversity, welcoming a wide array of cultures and nationalities and integrating this multiculturalism in a way that few societies can match. Nature is at times breathtaking, it offers a wide range of cultural activities, and has a rich history.
The conference
The conference will be held at Belval Université, the University of Luxembourg campus situated in the southern part of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg near the French border. Its industrial history is architecturally integrated into the campus, which is surrounded by beautiful nature and located near the city of Luxembourg, a captivating place full of charm and history.
Today, Belval is a unique site in Europe, where industrial heritage and contemporary architecture coexist harmoniously. In my view, the Belval campus is a venue that seamlessly connects to the theme of ICDS7: “Building bridges through Music and Movement: Inspire, Imagine, Transcend.”
We believe this theme captures the transformative power of bringing together researchers, educators, and performers to inspire one another and imagine new possibilities through cross-disciplinary encounters. It transcends existing interdisciplinary boundaries and approaches, all centered around the fascinating topic of music and movement, celebrating it as one of the profound modes of human expression.
Hosting ICDS7 in Luxembourg is a fantastic opportunity, especially with the increasing interest in DE among Luxembourgish music teachers. I am proud to announce that we will launch a new organization at ICDS7 that focuses on music through movement. This will provide a platform for DE and related music and movement approaches to gain a foothold in Luxembourg.
In the ICDS tradition, the 7th edition welcomes different types of contributions, ranging from concerts and performances over practical workshops and roundtables, to research presentations and seminars. We also continue the ICDS6 initiative to offer conference programming in a hybrid format. Brand new to this edition ICDS is the possibility to submit a contribution to a specific “thematic track," all connected to the overarching theme of the conference. In addition, we are thrilled that ICDS7 has reached out to international organisations in related fields, such as musicology (ESCOM), music education (EAS, EMU, AEC), etc. all of whom will be invited to contribute to the conference.
We warmly invite you to join our vibrant and thriving international community by submitting a proposal for this conference, which promises to be an enriching and bridge-building experience.
We look forward to meeting (and moving with) you at ICDS7!
Professor Dr Luc Nijs
Chair of the Organizing Committee, 7th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies
