2019 CALL FOR QUESTIONS & INPUT

The 31st Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance will be held January 23 – 27, 2019 in Dayton, OH. We extend an invitation to all members of the IABD community to help shape the program and highlight areas of particular importance to the field through our active Call for Questions and Input.
 
At the 2018 Conference and Festival, we celebrated our 30th Anniversary of Conference and Festival convening by Honoring Legacies: Past, Present, and Future. For 2019, we want to extend that line of thinking to consider and generate conversation around the theme Etched In Stone: Resilient Through Time and the following topics:
  • Preservation/History of our Dances
  • Curating
  • Archiving
  • Closing the gap between Academia and Black Concert Dance
  • Dancing Identities: Race, Gender, Sexuality, Class
  • Teaching, Learning, Pedagogy
  • Training our Youth - On Stage and Behind the Scenes
  • Practice / Choreography
  • Globality / Community / International Dialogues and Collaborative Opportunities with Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and other countries/continents
  • Cultural Memory
  • Funding and the role of the Philanthropist
  • Leveraging greater Administrative/Management and Technical Positions in the field of Dance
  • The role of Digital and Social Media in Dance
This year, we request that conference participants send in questions that engage the topics above, as well as any that we might have overlooked. Once selected, the questions will be posed to the IABD community for responses. Based on those responses, we will select panelists for each question and invite them to participate either through a Digital Presentation/ Film, Individual Paper, Lecture, Lecture-Demonstration, Mixed-Media, Movement Workshop, Panel, or Roundtable Discussion.

The questions posed in the lead up to the Conference and Festival will be used to:
 
1.  Help identify which submitted questions explore topics of particular interest to the community; 

2.  Craft the conference and festival program to ensure sessions are targeted at the most pressing questions; and,
 
3.  Build a collaborative theme and agenda for the Conference and Festival. 
 
Please submit questions via this survey link. 
 
Questions and Input must be submitted by Friday, March 30, 2018. 
 
The IABD Program Committee looks forward to learning from you all and hopes to see you in Dayton, OH for Etched In Stone: Resilient Through Time! 

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Affiliation (if applicable)

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* 3. Email Address

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* 4. Phone Number

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* 5. Proposed Question and Input

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* 6. Please identify the intended audience for this question

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* 7. Please identify the most appropriate audience for this question

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* 8. Please recommend either yourself or someone else that might moderate this session regarding your question (include contact information)

Terms and Conditions 

I understand that in suggesting a question and input for the 2019 Annual International Conference and Festival, and recommending possible speakers who may or may not include myself as a contributor, that the submission of this proposal does not guarantee this proposal will result in a session or if accepted, that I will be included in the final version of the session which may arise directly or be guided from my submission. 
 
• My name, image, question/input, and any supplemental information I have shared in this application may be used in the promotion, marketing, and advertising of the 2019 Annual International Conference and Festival, and beyond. 
 
• If two questions are similar, I understand that the ideas could be combined, and if chosen to speak on this topic, I may be contacted to see if I would be willing to collaborate the session. 
 
• I have saved a copy of my session proposal for my own personal records. I understand that I may not receive written confirmation of my submission from IABD, and I am prepared to contact them directly with this saved copy. 
 
• I understand that sessions may not be used to sell a consultant’s services or products; exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities are available for this purpose. 
 
• By agreeing below, you also hereby authorize IABD (photographer/videographer) to use, reproduce, distribute, and/or publish photographs and/or video that may pertain to you— including your image, likeness and/or voice without compensation as it sees fit. You understand that this material may be used on the web, in various publications, DVDs, recruitment materials, or for other related endeavors deemed appropriate in order to promote/publicize IABD. If IABD charges for access to the images/recordings, the charges will only be for the purpose of recovering the cost of making and distributing the materials. By agreeing to this authorization, you retain all rights to any ideas and other content that you may present during this time. This authorization is continuous and may only be withdrawn by my specific rescission of this authorization.
 
By submitting this session proposal to IABD, you acknowledge that you have read and understand these terms and conditions.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSION!
We look forward to seeing you in Dayton, OH!

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