Indeterminate States (2025 conference)

Submit to a Hub...

Read more about DSA presentation formats HERE.  Hubs are meant to gather individuals around a stated theme, meeting for 90-minutes on all 3 days of the conference. More than any other presentation format, Hubs allow participants to gather repeatedly in close community throughout the conference - offering the potential for deep engagement.  For the 2025 conference, working groups, Standing Committees, and Conference Co-Chairs were invited to submit a proposal for a Hub.  Below are the 6 Hubs chosen from these submissions.  Each 2025 Hub is specifically programmed and curated, so please read the Hub format description (as well as the thematic framing).  The 2025 submission portal will open on November 15th and you may choose to submit to one of these 6 Hubs. 

NOTE:

• Individuals may only submit once, and thus must choose whether to submit to a Hub or as an individual paper panelist, etc.
• All accepted presenters must be DSA members in good standing.  You do not need to be a DSA member to apply for presentation. 
• The 2025 conference is an in-person gathering.  
  

2025 HUBS (FULL HUB DETAILS & DESCRIPTIONS HERE)

What counts as practice? Complicating the terms “practice” and “research” in the field of Dance Studies
Sanchita Sharma & Zena Bibler

Colonial Transformations and Global Exchanges in Nineteenth-Century Dance
Chantal Frankenbach, Lynn Matluck Brooks, Cara Gargano, Russell Brown

Folklórico Dance and the Choreographies of a Transnational Mexicanidad
Manuel R. Cuellar, Xóchitl Chávez

Dance in Defense of Academic Freedom
Hannah Schwadron, Rebecca Fitton, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Lizzie Leopold, Charmian Wells, Queen Mecca Zabriskie

Activating Asian and Asian Diaspora Dance Futures: Creating Resilience Through Community
Emily Wilcox, Lorenzo Perillo