AMS Music and Dance Study Group + Annual Meeting

[Destiny Meadows]

Hello all, and happy Monday!

 

I wanted to let you all know about some exciting events at the upcoming AMS/SMT Annual Meeting. As in years past, we have organized a schedule with all of the dance events ahead of the conference. If, by chance, we have missed a dance event, please feel free to email, and we will circulate it through the listserv. Additionally, we wanted to draw your attention to two MDSG events! On Friday (11/7), the study group will be holding a lightning talk session followed by the business meeting. Then, on Saturday (11/8), the group will hold a special session led by the University of Minnesota’s Arts & Performing Arts Librarian/Archivist/Curator, Deborah Ultan.

 

Finally, we are pleased to announce that the AMS Music and Dance Study Group is planning an excursion to the UM Performing Arts Archive on Monday, November 10 (the day after AMS). Deborah has graciously volunteered to assist our group on a tour, as well as pull relevant research materials for projects! If you are interested in attending, I’ve pasted a link to a Google Form to gain a sense of attendance numbers. If you all wouldn’t mind responding to the form by November 1, I would be extremely grateful!

 

Thank you kindly for reading, and if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to email either me, Rachel, or Kari, and we will try to respond promptly. We hope to see you soon in Minneapolis!

 

All best,

Destiny

Google Form: https://forms.gle/5PAAjvNgRr8agDFk9

 

Thursday

Living in the Longer Now: Indigenous Music/Dance as History (AMS President's Endowed Plenary Lecture)
Thursday, 06/Nov/2025: 10:45am - 12:15pm

 

SMT Dance and Movement & Performance and Analysis Interest Groups Meeting
Thursday, 06/Nov/2025: 7:15pm - 8:45pm

 

Friday

AMS MDSG Business Meeting with Short Papers, 2025: New Directions in Choreomusicology
Friday, 07/Nov/2025: 12:30pm-2:00pm

 

Session: Storytelling Through Dance

Friday, 07/Nov/2025: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

 

Saturday

Tracing the Intersection of Dance and Music through the University of Minnesota Performing Arts Archive and the Francis V Gorman Rare Arts Books, Media, and Artists Archives
Saturday, 08/Nov/2025: 10:45am-12:15pm

 

Sunday

Session: Dance (SMT)
Sunday, 09/Nov/2025: 9:00am - 10:30am

 

Individual Paper: “I’m Gonna Keep on Dancing”: Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” Dance Floor Utopias, and the Queer Art of Survival

Erin Anne Fitzpatrick

Still Here: Protest, Survival and Queer Worldbuilding
Sunday, 09/Nov/2025: 10:45am-12:15pm