10.17866/rd.salford.5363740.v1 Scott Douglas Thurston Scott Douglas Thurston Fields of dance.docx University of Salford 2017 Poetry Dance Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting) Dance 2017-08-31 13:48:57 Journal contribution https://salford.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fields_of_dance_docx/5363740 This poem-cum-conference report traces Scott Thurston’s experience of the conference ‘Dance Fields: Staking a Claim for Dance Studies in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century’ convened by Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University; Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Dance (CIRID), De Montfort University and Centre for Dance Research (CDR), University of Roehampton. The conference took place between the 19<sup>th</sup> and 22<sup>nd</sup> April 2017 and was held at the University of Roehampton.<br>