Publications

Conference Papers/Presentations:

  • Assaf, N. (2020). Repositioning Performance: Dance in 2020 and Beyond at the Conference: ‘Moving offstage: Bodies, Sites and Situations’ Symposium / Sharing of Practice. University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane, Chichester.
  • Assaf, N. and H. Harrington. (2017). Embodying Feminism in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the East and the West at the 13th International NOFOD Conference titled DANCE AND DEMOCROCY hosted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. June 14-17, 2017.
  • Assaf, N. (2016).  Through the Lens Choreographing and Dancing: a Creative Process in a Shared Reality at Cognitive Futures in the Humanities hosted by University of Helsinki, June 13-15, Helsinki Finland.
  • Assaf, N. and Ross, R. (2015). Developing Community through Dance in Lebanon at Lines Between: Culture and Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean conference hosted by Stockton University and European University of Cyprus. June 2015, Nicosia Cyprus.
  • Assaf, N. and Tayara, R. (2015). The Passion That Moves Me: An Investigation into the Body-Mind Connection of Middle Eastern Dancers. at the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference. July 2015 Coventry University, UK.
  • Assaf, N. (2013). Not Without My Body: The Struggle of Dancers and Choreographers in the Middle East at the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference. July 2013 Coventry University, UK.
  • Assaf, N. (2013). Meaning Form Connection in Modern Dance at the Cognitive Futures of the Humanities Conference. April 2013. Bangor University, Wales, UK.
  • Assaf, N. (2007). Dance: A Discourse Mode at the Conference: Re-thinking Practice and Theory. Published in the book of proceedings.

Books/Chapters/Articles:

  • Assaf, N. (2015). Not Without My Body: The Struggle of Dancers and Choreographers in the Middle East in Somatic Perspectives on Living in This World, edited by Natalie Garret Brown, Sarah Whatley and Kristy Alexander. Triarchy Press.
  • Assaf, N. (2013) Dancing without My Body: Cultural Integration in the Middle East  in Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook, edited by Mounira Soliman and Walid El Hamamsy. Routledge Publications.
  • Assaf, N. (2011). “I Matter” A Closer Look at Performer-Audience Connections: Audience Perspective. A Dance Research Project in collaboration The ATTC, and several Arab and European partner organizations managing the Dance Refl-action project researching current dance pedagogies in the Arab Mediterranean region, financially supported by the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Swedish Theatre and Drama Institute.
  • Assaf, N. (2009). The Meanings of a Modern Dance: An Investigation into the Communicative Properties of a Non-Verbal Medium. VDM-Verlag.

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