<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><H1><SPAN style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><I>In Tangible Bodies<SPAN style=""><SPAN style="; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></H1><H1><SPAN style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><I><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dance Under Construction IX</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></H1><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">An annual, roving, interdisciplinary forum for graduate students </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">to share research and action in dance, body, and performance studies.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>May 19-20, 2007</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>University of California, Davis</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Department of Theatre & Dance</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Possible topics, papers, presentations, & performances include:</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- sites of knowledge (bodies, places, communities…)</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- experimentation </FONT><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- new modes of research </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- dance and memory</FONT><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- hybridization </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- choreography in crisis</FONT><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- translations, adaptations, and fusions</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- the artist as citizen</FONT><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">- your research interests here</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Call for participation:</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Proposals are invited from current and recent graduate students for panels, presentations, workshops and performances. We seek both finished work and research-in-process. Innovative alternatives including site-specific and time-based events are welcome. </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Presentations – 20 min max.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Workshops – 80 min max.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Saturday night performances – 15 min max.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If what you want to offer doesn’t fit these frames, your proposal is still welcome. Collaboratively, creatively we will attempt to include your work.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Proposals should include the following:</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">1. Title of panel, roundtable, paper or presentation.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2. Names of all presenters, including chair &/or organizer and discussant (for panels and roundtables).</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">3. Affiliation(s), mailing address, phone numbers and email addresses of all participants.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">4. Explanation of the session – 250 words max (for panels, workshops, and roundtables); abstract of each presentation or paper - 250 words max.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">5. Two or three sentence bio for all participants.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">6. Technical requirements.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Proposals should be emailed to the conference organizers:</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mary Elizabeth Anderson and Keith Hennessy</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B><A href="mailto:dance_under_construction@yahoo.com">dance_under_construction@yahoo.com</A></B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>The deadline for submission of all proposals is </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Tuesday, April 10, 2007.<SPAN style="; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><I></I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B><SPAN style="; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><I>In Tangible Bodies</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>the fine print:</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Late to organize and small in scale, we envision this year’s conference as a low-key event. No keynote speaker. Low-tech performances. Generous collaborative spirit.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">No fee to participate. Everyone pays for (fundraises) their own transportation and hotel. We will try to reserve discounted rooms at one or two specific hotels. More info to come.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Also, Davis folks will be encouraged to host guests for those who prefer a homestay.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><SPAN style="; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="; font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: bold; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Dance Under Construction</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B><I>BACKGROUND</I></B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dance Under Construction is an interdisciplinary forum for presenting graduate student work on dance, the body and performance.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">It originated as an initiative of the graduate students of UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures and has been hosted by various UC campuses.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dance Under Construction has grown to an annual student-run event for dance and performance scholars, as well as those in related disciplines.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Designed for the development of intellectual inquiry in a supportive and rigorous environment, the conference offers students a chance to explore through experimental modes of research and performance.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This interdisciplinary event provides a rare and important discursive space for the stimulation and presentation of cutting-edge research in topics related to the body as a site of cultural identification.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Previous conferences have addressed artistic and intellectual exploration of themes such as Black Aesthetics, Technology and Dance, Globalization, Transnational Bodies, Gender and Sexuality, Dance and Popular culture and Postcolonialism and Performance. </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>