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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I write to you as the Local Arrangements Chair for the 2020 Dance Studies Association Conference, which is taking place in Vancouver from Oct 15-18, 2020 in partnership with Simon Fraser University's
School for the Contemporary Arts.</div>
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<div class="">The theme of this year's conference is <i class=""><a href="https://dancestudiesassociation.org/conferences/dancing-resilience" class="OWAAutoLink">Dancing Resilience: Dance Studies and Activism in a Global Age</a> </i>and we received a record
number of applicants via our on-line Call-for-Papers portal. With an estimated 500+ dance scholars, artists, and educators in attendance, DSA's 2020 conference--the first in Canada--will be an excellent opportunity for Canadian dance, theatre, and performance
studies departments and institutes to promote their degree programs and related initiatives, faculty research and publications, the achievements of our students, and more. </div>
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<div class="">In 2019, DSA successfully launched its mobile conference app. As the organization continues to green its conferences, it is moving away from printed programs towards more adaptive, interactive, and environmentally-conscious modes of communication.
To that end, I wanted to share the <a href="https://d1z6eg75w3adwx.cloudfront.net/images/Dance-Studies-Association-FINAL.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink">2020 DSA Exhibitor/Sponsor/Digital Advertising Prospectus</a>. I hope you might consider might sharing your message
with delegates at our conference through our book exhibit, sponsorship opportunities, and/or digital advertising. </div>
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<div class=""><a href="https://d1z6eg75w3adwx.cloudfront.net/images/Dance-Studies-Association-FINAL.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink">LINK TO PROSPECTUS</a></div>
<div class=""><a href="https://members.dancestudiesassociation.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/register&reset=1&id=6" class="OWAAutoLink">LINK TO PAYMENT PORTAL</a></div>
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Thank you for your time,</div>
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<b class="">Peter Dickinson, PhD</b><br class="">
Professor and Graduate Chair<br class="">
School for the Contemporary Arts | SFU<br class="">
Director, Institute for Performance Studies | SFU<br class="">
T: 604-908-0993<br class="">
W: <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/~ped" class="">http://www.sfu.ca/~ped</a><br class="">
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At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.</div>
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