[DUC] Dance Under Construction - April 16 & 17, 2010 at UC Riverside - Call for Proposals

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Dance Under Construction will be hosted at UC Riverside April 16 & 17, 2010.



Call for Papers and Performances



“Economy” most often conjures thoughts of finances and money, or the
production, distribution, and consumption of goods. Yet the economy and
economies proffer rich terrains of exploration for choreographers,
performers, and dance scholars. Inspired by the global financial
crisis, U.S. recession, and unprecedented budget cuts across the UC
system, this year Dance Under Construction will explore and interrogate
“Economies in Motion.”



In response to the times, the conference theme intends to investigate
and unravel economies in dance, the body, performance, and other
embodied sites of critical analysis. The economy as defined by its
financial or monetary meaning greatly impacts dance and the study of
dance in a university setting, but there are so many other economies at
play, in motion. Economy also refers to the organization of something,
a system of exchange and interaction. Choreographers account for these
economies (for example, of space, sexuality, gender, politics,
power…the list goes on and on) when creating work and these encounters
and systems of organization are ripe for the picking by dance scholars.



“Economies in Motion” will be addressed during panels presenting
choreography and paper. Topics can include, but are not limited to:



•       choreographing the recession

•       embodying economies

•       economies of politics, gender, race, class, power, etc.

•       intimate economies/economies of intimacy, love, sex, sexuality

•       global bodies and transnational bodies

•       inverting, protesting, and challenging systems of exchange

•       performing institutional culture(s)

•       transgressing systems of power

•       tactics for creative fundraising

•       laboring bodies/bodies as labor

•       dance and/or bodies as a commodity

•       negotiating citizenships and blurring boundaries

•       the poetics of economy in movement practice



We invite broad and innovative interpretations of the conference theme
through papers, projects, and performances. Work that utilizes and/or
analyzes various mediums such as dance, film, text, cultural
production, and other performance genres are encouraged. Proposals for
panels, working groups, professional development workshops, and
roundtable discussions are also welcome.



Applicants should submit an abstract (250-300 words) of your paper,
performance, or project and working bibliography, if applicable. Please
include your full name, contact information, institutional affiliation,
brief biography (2-3 sentences), and indicate all technological and
space requirements. Specify in your application whether a performance
space or classroom setting would best suit your work, and please plan
not to exceed a time limit of 20 minutes. DUC aspires to foster a
community and network of support for dancers and scholars, so please be
prepared to talk about your work and to engage with the work of others.



Please direct your proposals or inquiries to dance_under_construction@ yahoo.com by January 15, 2010.


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Dance Under Construction (DUC) is an interdisciplinary forum for
presenting graduate student work theorizing dance, performance, and the
body. 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. DUC has grown to an annual student-run event for dance and
performance scholars, as well as those in related disciplines. 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. 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.


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