Dancing in Common

Publishers' Exhibit Opportunities

With an estimated 500 dance scholars and educators in attendance, DSA’s 2019 conference offers publishers an excellent venue to promote dance and performance titles.

Display by Table

Make an impact as an exhibitor. This opportunity gives you the ability to network, advertise, promote and sell your books, products, and services to a captive audience which is highly invested in the study of dance.

Each six-foot display table includes two chairs, wastebasket, and name badges for booth attendants. Display tables must be attended for the duration of the Exhibit.

First table: $375.00
Additional tables: $175.00 each

DISPLAY BY PUBLICATION

This is the perfect opportunity to promote one of your books to dance scholars and educators from around the world!

Display books or materials on the DSA Scholars Table. Each display item is $30.00. (You may display a book and an order form for the $30 price; additional display items subject to the $30 fee.)

Sponsorships

Sponsor a conference event and become part of the action. During three plenary sessions, an opening reception, and our annual awards luncheon, all 500+ attendees gather together at one time. By sponsoring one of these events you will have the opportunity to be seen by all. You will receive signage at the event, public announcement of your sponsorship, program credit, and website credit. There are only five opportunities for event sponsorship.

• Plenary I, Opening and Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Thursday 8/8 from 4:30-6:00 PM: $750
• Plenary II, Dance Works for the Commons, Friday 8/9 from 4:30-6:00 PM: $750
• Plenary III State of the Field, Sunday 8/11 from 12:30-2:00 PM: $750
• Membership Awards Luncheon, Saturday 8/10 from 12:30-2:00 PM at Orrington Hotel: $2,000
• Opening Reception, Thursday 8/8 from 6-8:00 PM at the Orrington Hotel: $2,000

Program Advertising

Market and endorse your books, products, events, and services by placing an ad in the program guide. This program guide is distributed and used by each attendee.

The following sizes are available in the Conference Program Guide:

• Back Cover: $750
  8.5" W x 11" H with .125 in bleed
• Inside front and inside back covers: $700
  8.5" W x 11" H with .125 in bleed
• Full Page: $600
  7.5" W x 10" H
• Half Page: $300
  7.5" W x 4.75" H
• Quarter Page: $150
  3.5" W x 4.75" H

Please note all artwork must be received no later than June 15, 2019. If you have any questions, please contact Lizzie Leopold at conference@dancestudiesassociation.org.

Travel

Traveling from abroad:

Foreign Currency Exchange at O'Hare and Midway Airports (https://www.choosechicago.com/plan-your-trip/international-travel-information/foreign-currency-exchanges/)

Passport/Visa Requirements:

Certain international travelers may be eligible to travel to the US without a visa. Please visit state department website (below) for exact requirements. (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas.html)

Banks in Evanston (walk-able from hotel): Chase Bank, PNC Bank, First Bank & Trust, BMO Harris Bank, Citibank, First Northern Credit Union

Transportation

O’Hare International Airport is approximately one hour from Northwestern’s Evanston campus (depending on mode of transit). Midway International Airport is slightly farther and may take longer. Airport Express Shuttle is available from both locations (arrange ahead of time, https://www.airportexpress.com). Uber and Lyft are also available. Suburban taxi cabs are available (American Taxi) by calling (847-673-1000) or using the iOS app once you have landed at the airport. Average fare is $50-$60.

PUBLIC TRANSIT FROM O’HARE:

• Pace Bus Route 250 (leaves from O’Hare “Kiss n’ Fly” station at long term parking lot E, final destination is Evanston’s CTA Davis station walkable to hotel, fare is $1.75) http://www.pacebus.com/sub/schedules/route_detail.asp?RouteNo=250
• CTA Blue Line Train, transfer to Red Line, transfer to Purple Line (leaves from lower level of Terminal 2, take Blue to Jackson Station downtown, switch to red and take toward Howard, at Howard (toward Linden) switch to Purple and get off at Davis, fare is $5) http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/tofrom/publictransit/Pages/default.aspx

The Hilton Orrington Hotel is centrally located in the heart of downtown Evanston. It is walking distance to more than 50 restaurants and shops, with fitness center and two restaurants right on site and walking distance from a multiplex movie theater. It is also located just 11 miles from downtown Chicago and besides beautiful Lake Michigan.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

DSA’s  block of discounted rooms at the Hilton Orrington Hotel has sold out on some nights, and the discount will  no longer be available after July 8, 2019. The Orrington Hotel will continue to sell rooms at the the best available rate, so please contact them directly for reservations at 1-800-Hiltons.

The Dance Studies Association now has an additional block of rooms at the HOLIDAY INN-CHICAGO NORTH, August 6-11. The room rate is $129.00 per night for single, double triple or quad occupancy.

Click here to reserve (entering conference dates).

Or, to make reservations directly with the hotel, please call (847) 491-6400 and ask for “in house reservations,” mention the arrival and departure dates and Group Code: DS8.

All Bodies Welcome

The Hotel Orrington, where the plenaries and awards luncheon will be held, is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. So too are the Northwestern University buildings, where breakout sessions will be held, and Links Hall, the off-campus performance venue. Walking time from the hotel to the university is 5 to 10 minutes on level sidewalks. Ride shares from the hotel to campus are readily available; guest parking on campus is another option.

All Genders Welcome

Participants may choose to have their preferred gender pronouns on their conference badge by filling in the optional box on the registration form. Gender-neutral bathrooms on campus will be marked on the map in the conference program. EXPLODE!—a series of performances and events on- and off campus co-curated by Clare Croft and Anna Martine Whitehead—will consider how scholarship looks different when queer folks actively author spaces for gathering.

All Children Welcome

Although neither DSA nor Northwestern is licensed to provide daycare, parents and guardians may bring their children to the conference. Children who can quietly read or watch a video are welcome at all sessions, as are nursing infants. (Spaces that can serve as lactation rooms will be marked on campus map in conference program.) Local daycare centers may be able to provide drop-in care if arranged in advance. (Bright Horizons Evanston is down the block from the Hotel Orrington; the McGaw YMCA and Evanston KinderCare are a short ride away). Babysitters can be found through Care.com, UrbanSitter, and SitterCity.

There are abundant family-friendly options in the area. Near the conference hotel and university are playgrounds and the beach. Further afield are the Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, the Bean at Millennium Park, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of Natural History, Adler Planetarium, and Shedd Aquarium. The Chicago Architecture Foundation offers boat and walking tours, and the Chicago Art Institute offers family tours and a space for making art. The Cubs are out of town, but you can catch the White Sox Friday through Sunday of the conference weekend.

All Nationalities Welcome

DSA believes in international exchange and is committed to holding regular meetings outside the US. In 2018 we met in Malta and we are looking into other international locations for future conferences. For non-US citizens who require a visa to the US for 2019, the acceptance letter to the conference should be sufficient documentation. If you encounter obstacles, please contact our administrative office at info@dancestudiesassociation.org.