János Fügedi PhD (1953) is a senior researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre for Humanities, Institute of Musicology. He notates and analyzes East-European traditional dances, leads the internet publishing of a dance knowledgebase, author/co-author of dance monographs. He’s a professor at the Hungarian Dance Academy teaching Laban-Kinetography for BA and MA students. He’s been a fellow of ICKL since 1989 and the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees since 2007. He was a member of Research Panel between 1991-1997, chaired the Research Panel at the 1997 conference of ICKL. He got his PhD in Education and Sport Sciences in 2003 at the Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, and was rewarded by the Hungarian Dance Association the price “For Dance Research” in 2013.