The Dance Studies Association (DSA) is an international organization of dance scholars, educators, and artists.
Dance Studies Association aspires to be a gathering place to facilitate collegiality and contribute to the advancement of the field.
From Transmissions & Traces, DSA's inaugural conference at The Ohio State University, 2017. Photo: Jess Cavender
become a DSA member
- Voting Privilege
- Conference presenting privileges
- Discounted conference registration for DSA and affiliated organizations
- A subscription to Dance Research Journal and a copy of our annual book series, Studies in Dance History.
- Continued free access to Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies and conference proceedings
- Access to a robust online membership directory and a member listserv
- The ability to post jobs, calls for papers, and scholarly and artistic opportunities to our website
- Eligibility for awards and members-only research and travel grants
- Access to members-only mentoring, Working Groups, professionalization, and pedagogy opportunities at conferences, graduate symposia, and through online activities
upcoming conferences
The Dance Studies Association is hosting its 2019 annual conference at Northwestern University August 8-11, located on the shore of Lake Michigan with a view of the Chicago skyline. We invite you to join us for papers, panels, roundtable discussions, lecture-demonstrations, movement workshops, dance works, and screendances that address the conference theme, “Dancing in Common.”