INAUGURAL CONFERENCE Transmissions and Traces: Rendering Dance Oct. 19-22, 2017 HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DANCE Sel Fou! (2016) by Bebe Miller i MAKE YOUR MOVE GET YOUR MFA IN DANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN We encourage deep engagement through the transformative experiences of dancing and dance making. Hone your creative voice and benefit from an extraordinary breadth of resources at a leading research university. Two-year MFA includes full tuition coverage, health insurance, and stipend. smtd.umich.edu/dance CORD program 2017.indd 1 ii 7/27/17 1:33 PM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE dance.osu.edu | (614) 292-7977 | NASD Accredited Congratulations CORD+SDHS on the merger into DSA PhD in Dance Studies MFA in Dance Emerging scholars motivated to Dance artists eager to commit to a study critical theory, history, and rigorous three-year program literature in dance THINKING BODIES / AGILE MINDS PhD, MFA, BFA, Minor Faculty Movement Practice, Performance, Improvisation Susan Hadley, Chair • Harmony Bench • Ann Sofie Choreography, Dance Film, Creative Technologies Clemmensen • Dave Covey • Melanye White Dixon Pedagogy, Movement Analysis Karen Eliot • Hannah Kosstrin • Crystal Michelle History, Theory, Literature Perkins • Susan Van Pelt Petry • Daniel Roberts Music, Production, Lighting Mitchell Rose • Eddie Taketa • Valarie Williams Norah Zuniga Shaw Application Deadline: November 15, 2017 iii DANCE STUDIES ASSOCIATION Thank You Dance Studies Association (DSA) We thank Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP would like to thank Volunteer for the professional and generous legal Lawyers for the Arts (NY) for the support they contributed to the merger of important services they provide to the Congress on Research in Dance and the artists and arts organizations. Society of Dance History Scholars. Special thanks to our wonderful lawyer Paul Yakulis at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, and to Nadine George-Graves, past-president of CORD, who found Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts NY and signed us up! iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 WELCOMES 4 BOARDS OF DIRECTORS 5 COMMITTEES 6 LOCAL INFORMATION 13 MAPS 15 BOOK EXHIBIT 16 GRADUATE STUDENT EVENTS 17 EVENING PERFORMANCES 18 AWARD WINNERS 20 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 22 AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE OVERVIEW 27 DETAILED SCHEDULE 41 BIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS 116 2017 PROCEEDINGS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1 WELCOMES Presidents’ Welcome Final Words from the last Presidents of CORD and SDHS. At the time of this writing, the official application for CORD and SDHS to merge into the new Dance Studies Association (DSA) has just been reviewed and approved by the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York! This is the same office that approved CORD’s original application as a not-for- profit society in 1969. So while the Dance Studies Association is a new name with new bylaws, it remains legally connected to our collective history of advocating for the development of the discrete field of Dance Studies in the U.S., and later, internationally. Through the creation of Dance Research Journal, Studies in Dance History, and Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, along with five decades of conference gatherings and proceedings, CORD and SDHS have helped grow and nurture the field, as well as helping a community of dance scholars find, learn from, and support one another. And here in 2017, at The Ohio State University, we all get to celebrate the creation of our 21st century professional society named Dance Studies Association! When the Joint Organization Ad-Hoc Review Committee began its work in 2015, it reviewed discussion documents dating back to the early 2000s that reflected a desire for CORD and SDHS to join forces. The discussions were wide ranging both philosophically and practically, and there were a number of backs and forths, pushes and pulls, advances and retreats. What we have created together in forming the Dance Studies Association is filled with the aspirations of moving our field forward, growing internationally, providing support to newer scholars, connecting more with dance artists, and promoting organizational practices that value shared learning, diversity, inclusiveness, and principles of social justice and equality. It is our privilege and honor to welcome everyone to this year’s historic conference. The Ohio State University’s Department of Dance has one of the longest-standing dance programs in the U.S. and its graduates have gone on to diverse careers in the field making important contributions across a range of professions. We would like to thank the department and Ohio State for hosting this inaugural DSA conference, partnering with us as the organization shimmies, glides, thrusts, bourrées, rocks and rolls itself into being — percolating with hope and optimism — and steadied with fifty years of know-how, grit, and determination. Let the celebrations begin! Anne Cooper Albright (SDHS) and Anne Flynn (CORD) 2 Welcome from The Ohio State University Conference Chair It is my pleasure to welcome you to the inaugural conference through three sessions on Sunday morning. We welcome Urban of the Dance Studies Association with the joined forces of Arts Space’s and the Melton Center’s campus and Columbus the Congress on Research in Dance and Society of Dance community members to these events. History Scholars. The Ohio State University is one of the most comprehensive universities in the United States and is a leader This conference would not have been possible without support among land-grant institutions. The Department of Dance has from departments and programs across campus and central long been a leader in the fields of dance. As we celebrate Ohio. First, I thank the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences the first meeting of DSA, the Department of Dance is also and Office of Research for support through an Arts and celebrating the 10th anniversary of our PhD in Dance Studies, Humanities Conference Support Larger Grant. Many thanks also and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the department. to our colleagues in campus departments and centers including We are thrilled to host the inaugural DSA conference during this the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design monumental year for our department. (ACCAD), the Arts Initiative, the Asian American Studies Program, Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise, the Center for The conference theme, Transmissions and Traces: Rendering Slavic and East European Studies, Dancers in Graduate School, Dance, developed out of our department’s research the Korean Performance Research Program, School of Music, investments. The question that led the call for proposals, “How and Departments of African American and African Studies, is dance transmitted?” represents our work in scholarship, Comparative Studies, History of Art, Theatre, and Women’s, documentation, pedagogy, composition, and digital frameworks. Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and to the University of Dayton We welcome you to Sullivant Hall, which inspired how we Department of Music and Theater, Dance, and Performance conceived the conference. We are pleased that paper panels, Technology Program for their support. I thank the Ohio State roundtables, lecture-demonstrations, and workshops can occur College of Arts and Sciences Technology Services whose side-by-side in seminar spaces, studio spaces, and studio- technical equipment ensure we are all heard. seminar spaces. We had an enthusiastic response to our call for proposals. I thank the Program Committee, Angela Algren, Clare It takes a village to make a conference, and the Department of Croft, Kate Elswit, Lena Hammergren, Ana Paula Höfling, Petri Dance, chaired by Susan Hadley, has made this one possible. Hoppu, Jasmine Johnson, Raquel Monroe, Jose Reynoso, Andee I extend deep thanks to my colleagues Harmony Bench, Karen Scott, and MJ Thompson, for evaluating the submissions. Eliot, Candace Feck, and Susan Petry, the core members of the Local Arrangements Committee, who have worked brilliantly We are delighted to partner with BalletMet for PARALLEL on countless tasks for the past two and a half years to bring CONNECTIONS at the Wexner Center for the Arts Friday this conference into being. Big thanks go to the Department of evening in performances of The Man in Black by James Kudelka, Dance’s incredible support staff, Damian Bowerman, Carrie Cox, Slingerland Pas de Deux by William Forsythe, Wexner Center Oded Huberman, Deb Singer, and Chris Summers, for handling MinEvent featuring choreography by Merce Cunningham everything behind the scenes. I thank my graduate assistants staged by Ohio State faculty Karen Eliot and Daniel Roberts, Cole Garlando and Kathryn Holt for keeping everything in order and Minus 16 by Ohad Naharin, staged by Erez Zohar. Thanks to during the months of the planning. Many thanks to our graduate the Department of Dance for presenting this huge performance and undergraduate students who have dedicated their time in during the running of this conference. various volunteer capacities to support us this weekend. I am pleased to partner with the Ohio State Urban Arts Space, It has been a truly exciting endeavor to plan this conference which welcomes us Saturday evening with a reception as the Congress on Research in Dance and Society of Dance and performance of New England Foundation for the Arts History Scholars merged to form the Dance Studies Association. National Dance Project Touring Award artist Dahlia Nayar. I extend warm thanks to Anne Flynn, CORD President and DSA The presentation of her work 2125 Stanley Street was made President, and Ann Cooper Albright, SDHS President and DSA possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Secretary, for their collaboration and guidance. Thanks also to Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable our association managers Cindy Lemek and Janet Wilhelms for Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. I am also their administrative support. delighted that the Melton Center for Jewish Studies is a co- sponsor of this conference with support from the Thomas Let’s raise a glass as we pursue and celebrate the field of dance and Diann Mann Distinguished Symposium Fund.