64th World Congress of Dance Research
July 1 - 5, 2026 in Athens, Greece
You are cordially invited to the largest and oldest gathering of specialists.
All forms of dance, all approaches (research, performance, teaching, therapy, recreation etc.).
Approximately 300 professionals from 40 countries of the 5 continents attend each congress; 12 university professors from 9 countries in the Scientific Committee.
Registrations are open. Absentee conferees are also accepted (presenting without being physically present).
To apply for a visa and/or financial assistance, registered conferees receive an official certificate email ExecSec@CID-world.org .
Congress Venues
Dora Stratou Dance Theatre
Scholiou 8, Plaka, GR-10558 Athens, Greece
Tel. +30 210 324 4395,
+30 210 324 6188,
+30 210 921 4650
Office building: Scholiou 8, GR-10558 Athens, Greece
Ιnstitute of International Relations
3-5, Hill Street, 105 58 Athens, Greece
Tel. +30 210 3312325,
+30 210 3217862
+30 210 3257192
Theatre & School
Arakinthou 33, Filopappou Hill, GR-11741, Athens, Greece
2026 Conferees
This list is continually updated.
Algeria
Amrani Siham
Angola
Fady Nakussima
Australia
Dimosthenis Manasis
Alkis Manasis
Alkis Manasis
Stefan Dimitrije Krnic
Michael Michaelides
Vicki Katis
Sophia Lambas
Tia Lambas
Alexia Manasis
Zacharia Manasis
Marietta Evangelia Margheriti
Andrea Menelaou
Elaina Stephanou
Brazil
Jardel Sander da Silva
Canada
Liene Adamsone
China
Liu Yang
Qing (Maria) Yang
Xinyang Li
Cyprus
Zhanna Golubenko
Ecuador
Carolina Pepper
France
Marie Christine Dal Farra
Séverine Boston
Germany
Leonor Da Silva Colorau
Viola Dolenc
Elke Gulden
Nanette-Sofie Wasem
Fina-Marie Gulden
Elsa Eiss
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Villadathu
Aishwarya Balasundar
Anjali Rajasekhar
Anjana Rajasekhar
Athira Radhakrishnan
Dalisha Logan
Nikhitha Raveendranath
Suman Kaushik
Varada Bharadwaj
Parnika Bharadwaj
Ghana
Emmanuel Ampofo
Joyce Eduful
Victoria Nuamah Agyapong
Richard Basoah
Adam Nkansah
Daniel Appianing
Kwasi Panin Nkansa
Abdul Rashid Zakari
George Demain Whajah
Agyemang Badu Kwadwo
Greece
Prof. Alkis Raftis
Adamantia Aristagora Angeli
Aggeliki Christofilopoulou
Anna Lazou
Christina Katsoula
Dafni Mourelou
Eleni Kouki
Katerina Stavrou
Konstantinos Toulatos
Lambrini Raikou
Maria Kalogerakou
Anna Kiskila
Nicole Blake
Nektarios Bessis
Kalliopi Varoudaki
Sergey Khudenko
Stamatis Theocharidis
Stergios Theocharidis
Tasia Nikita
India
Rajadarshini Saravanan
Italy
Roberta di Laura
Alessandra Brunelli
Maria Cristina Abballe
Daniela Colombo
Annunciata Angela Spreafico
Cinzia Lemmo
Ilaria Prodomo
Vanessa Pistilli
Beatriz Castaño Jumela
Mexico
Patricia Elizabeth Torres Villanueva
María José Martínez Celorio
Martha Romero Piña
Frida Fortoul Velázquez
María del Rocío Palacios Perez Mitré
Portugal
Vera Eva Ham
Susana Nereu de Oliveira Ribeiro
Sofia Couto Martins
Ana Köhler
Carolina Carreiro Franco
Leonor Chaveiro Grima
Mariana Marques Guerreiro
Rita Simões Tavares
Mayra Renata de Matos Peixoto Gonçalves
Ana Rita Berto Martins
Maria Luiza Stadler Demenech
Sofia Cândido Barbosa
Madalena Guerreiro de Sousa Afonso
Julieta de Vilhena Reis Marques
Clara Vargas Ferreira
Raquel Brites Penas
Laura Duarte Baião
Marta Marinho Falcão Silveira
Marta Nunes da Silva Duarte Catana
Jéssica Sofia Matias de Oliveira
Leonor Real Afonso
Joana Galhardo Gomes
Margarida Pereira Fernandes de Vilhena Francisco
Sara Ferreira Rodrigues Gouveia de Almeida
Raquel Salgueiro Magalhães
Nicole Caroline Rangel
Maria Rita Lourenço Laiges e Freire Beirão
Carolina Rodrigues Luzio
Constança do Vale Lima das Neves Faria
Marina Sofia da Costa Micaelo de Sousa Colaço
Miguel Jorge Viegas Cardoso
Spain
Larissa Vesci
Mireia Cots Abuli
Ingrid Martinez Moreno
Blanca Sanchez Pujol
Carla Puig Puigmal
Lorena Maria Pesel Mihut
Aina Mañach Mata
Irune Holgado Esandi
Ingrid Gironella Meiriño
Aina Cufí Martin
Clara Burguñó Faig
Kateryna Khodarieva
Kaoutar Ben Ayad
U.K
Shamti Ruiz Nambiar
Yiyun Li
Louckik Lohogaonkarr
Sonia Brown
United States
Christel Stevens
Karen Lynn Smith
Kierstyn Zaykoski
Lori Clark
Sean McLeod
Lucy Pacheco
Yaritza Rodriguez
Yidi Lin
Archana Athalye
Aditi Sathe
Shuchi Sutaria
Sankirtha Kapoor
Riya Shah
Tavia Abdul Rasheed
İlker Kerem Öksüz
Veronica Higgins