Fields of dance.docx ThurstonScott Douglas 2017 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>