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RESEARCH, project management, teaching and dramaturgy
Project leadership (PI) Knowing in Motion. Dance, Body, Archive (2023-2026) supported by the Augustinus Foundation. https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/knowing-in-motion/
Research areas include artistic research in performing arts, dance and theatre historiography, artistic mobility, site specificity, ritual and performance theory. Widely published and invited as guest lecturer in Denmark and abroad on numerous occasions.
Teaching at BA-level includes course in Theatre History, Performance Analysis and Complex Dramaturgy - and at MA-level, special topics courses in Site Specificity and Audience Relations
Service to the community includes project reports, conference moderation, peer reviews, examinations, appointed member of academic evaluation committees (MA and PhD), editorial boards and artistic jurys as well as organizing academic conferences and generating income from research foundations. Currently serving on on the Board of Directors of Københavns Teatersamarbejde (KbhT) and the Evaluration Committee of Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies' Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts.
CV
- 2023 PI research project Knowing in Motion. Dance, body, archive (2023-2026)
- 2022 Member of the research cluster Global Entanglements
- 2015 Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
- 2012 Adjunct Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
- 2008 - 2012 Research Fellow at Tampere University as part of the research group Dance in Nordic Spaces (with support from Svenska Riksbanken)
- 2006- 2008 Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Core Fellowship Program
- 2005-2006 Postdoctorate Fellowship University of Copenhagen research priority area: Religion in the 21st Century
- 2004 PhD, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies Section for Dance and Theatre Studies, University of Copenhagen: Title: ”Ballethistoriens Anden. Moderne scenisk dans i Danmark 1900 – 1975”
- 1994 MA (cand. mag.), Department of Theatre Studies, University of Copenhagen. Thesis: ”Den energiske frue: Ballet og dans i Danmark set gennem Emilie Walboms virke”.
- 1978 BA (bifag), Department of Cultural Sociology, University of Copenhagen
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Performing arts
- Dance
- theatre historiography
- artistic mobility
- site specificity
- ritual and performance theory
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Samtale om publikumsrealtioner
Vedel, K. (Participent/performer) & Matiakis, T. (Participent/performer), 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Anmeldelse af Passion och protest. Den svarte danskonstnaren Claude Marchants liv och verk: Astrid von Rosen og Bo Westerholm. Makadam Förlag, Göteborg. 2024.
Vedel, K., 2024, In: Peripeti.dk.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Communication
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Dancing necessities: Infrastructures, interventions, and maintenance
Schmidt, C. U., Bork Petersen, F., Schnor, J. & Vedel, K. A., 2024, In: Peripeti. 39, p. 6-28 23 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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En danser er holdt op
Vedel, K. A., 2024, In: Peripeti.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Exploring in-exhausted potential in Emilie Walbom’s choreographic works: A lecture demonstration about working with archival material in the dance studio
Vedel, K. A. & Bork Petersen, F., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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"Herefter er jeg definitivt holdt op som danser ...": Mindeord om danser, koreograf og filminstruktør Jytte Kjøbek Jorn (15.11.1943-04.07.2024)
Vedel, K., 2024, In: Peripeti.dk. 21, 39, p. 36-43Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Moderne dans ...og efter
Vedel, K. A., 2024, København: Kronstork. 60 p. (Iscenesat).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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On the question of archiving dance...
Vedel, K. A., 2024, Document! Share! Re-activate!: On archiving and sharing artistic research within the performing arts. Larsen, B. & Danig, S. (eds.). BIRCA, p. 16-25 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Open Access
Activities
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Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (External organisation)
Vedel, K. A. (Member)
Mar 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership in review committee
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Evaluering Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium - Odin Teatret
Vedel, K. A. (Participant)
2025 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Peripeti (Journal)
Vedel, K. A. (Editor)
2025 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research
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Katalin Trencsényi
Vedel, K. A. (Host)
26 Sept 2023 → 30 Sept 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Festival Seminar/Professional Forum: Participation, inclusion, co-creation
Vedel, K. A. (Other)
15 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Gabriele Brandstetter
Vedel, K. A. (Host), Bork-Petersen, F. (Host) & Lawaetz, A. (Host)
25 Aug 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Astrid von Rosen
Vedel, K. A. (Host)
25 Aug 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Workshop #1: Emilie Walbom
Vedel, K. A. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Bork-Petersen, F. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Lawaetz, A. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Matiakis, T. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Bäckman, C. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Deres, A. (Member of organizing or programme committee), Mochia, L. (Participant), Eggert, M. (Participant), Martucci, A. (Participant) & Jenssen, K. M. (Participant)
21 Aug 2023 → 25 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Press/Media
Prizes
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Centre National de la Danse, stipendieophold
Vedel, K. A. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions