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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

PAPERS, PANELS, AND OTHER FORMATS WELCOME

The “Dance and Dance Culture” area of the national PCA solicits proposals on dance and culture in the Americas and/or dance in popular culture worldwide. All methods of inquiry and delivery are welcome. Given the association and membership, participants are encouraged to consider their research’s interdisciplinary connections, 21^st century innovations in the field of dance, and the diverse interests of their potential audience.

The national PCA/ACA sponsors an annual conference at which papers, presentations, and activities in all areas of American culture and of world popular culture are explored through formal scholarly panels, roundtable discussions, film showings, keynote addresses and receptions, and an exhibition hall of publishers and acquisition editors. The conference can draw more than 2,000 participants and feature more than 500 interdisciplinary panels.

In the past ten years, the Dance and Dance Culture area has directly sponsored or co-sponsored 10 to 15 panels over the four-day conference. Topic areas that have been represented include: the dancing body in new and emerging technologies; dance and transmedia representation; cultural, political and social commentary; popular music; gender studies; global maintenance, evolution, and transmission of traditional dance forms; and new directions in 21^st century performing arts.

Full conference information, including registration, key deadlines, local arrangements, and tentative conference programming can be found on the PCA conference webpage.

We are piloting a new program of joint panels this year, joining with the Disney Area. We and they are especially interested in papers in the following areas (please note in your proposal if you are interested in presenting in a shared panel):

Dance: Broadway show choreography, for example: (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Newsies

Dance: Disney on Ice choreography

Dance: Dance animation choreography, for example Fantasia, Frozen, Little Mermaid, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast

For Additional Information, Please Contact

Cynthia Williams, Area Chair: williams@hws.edu

Important Dates to Remember:

• Database opens for Submissions - Sept. 1, 2024
• Early Bird Registration Begins - Oct. 1, 2024
• Deadline for Paper Proposals - Nov. 30, 2024
• Travel Grant Applications Due - Dec. 15, 2024
• Early Bird Registration Ends for Presenters - Dec. 31, 2024
• Regular Registration Begins for Presenters - Jan. 1, 2025 
• Travel Grant Decisions / Notifications - Jan. 15, 2025
• Regular Registration Ends for Presenters - Jan. 31, 2025
• Late Registration Starts for Presenters - Feb. 1, 2025
• Preliminary Program draft available - Feb. 5, 2025
• Late Registration Ends for Presenters- Feb. 15, 2025

Those Presenters Not Registered by Feb. 15 Will be Dropped from the Program

CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS, LA - April 16-19, 2025