The objectives of the Study Group are: to promote research, documentation, and interdisciplinary study of dance; to provide a forum for cooperation among scholars and students of ethnochoreology by means of international meetings, publications, and correspondence; to contribute to cultural and societal understandings of humanity through the lens of dance.

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Dance genres, just like other forms of performance arts, oral traditions and human activities, now are part of the UNESCO Heritage lists under the banner of ‘intangible cultural heritage'.