[Mediaculturehipsters] CFP: DUC IX

[jennifer buscher]

In Tangible Bodies

Dance Under Construction IX

An annual, roving, interdisciplinary forum for graduate students
to share research and action in dance, body, and performance studies.

May 19-20, 2007
University of California, Davis
Department of Theatre & Dance

Possible topics, papers, presentations, & performances include:
- sites of knowledge (bodies, places, communities…)
- experimentation                                     - new modes of  
research
- dance and memory                        - hybridization
- choreography in crisis                        - translations,  
adaptations, and fusions
- the artist as citizen                                    - your  
research interests here

Call for participation:
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.

Presentations – 20 min max.
Workshops – 80 min max.
Saturday night performances – 15 min max.
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.

Proposals should include the following:
1. Title of panel, roundtable, paper or presentation.
2. Names of all presenters, including chair &/or organizer and  
discussant (for panels and roundtables).
3. Affiliation(s), mailing address, phone numbers and email addresses  
of all participants.
4. Explanation of the session – 250 words max (for panels, workshops,  
and roundtables); abstract of each presentation or paper - 250 words  
max.
5. Two or three sentence bio for all participants.
6. Technical requirements.

Proposals should be emailed to the conference organizers:
Mary Elizabeth Anderson and Keith Hennessy
dance_under_construction at yahoo.com

The deadline for submission of all proposals is
Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

In Tangible Bodies
the fine print:
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.

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.

Also, Davis folks will be encouraged to host guests for those who  
prefer a homestay.

Dance Under Construction
BACKGROUND
Dance Under Construction is an interdisciplinary forum for presenting  
graduate student work on dance, the body and performance.  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.  Dance Under Construction 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.  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. 
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