October 24-28, 2012

Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens and nearby venues (Hotel soon to be Doubletree by Hilton Los Angeles Downtown) Los Angeles, California

 Call for Proposals Via Online Submission- NEW this year!

Deadline for Submission: February 15, 2012

Submitted Online no later than midnight.

Emailed or mailed paper proposals will not be accepted.

From our conference planning committee......."To all who PLAN is send a proposal for the LA conference in October of 2012 be forewarned that since this is the inaugural year of the electronic proposal I know there will be items you are not used to. PLEASE for our sake and yours think about and do your proposal NOW. The proposals that come in the last minute might not make it through and the new system will shut you out at the appropriate time. Thank you for thinking about this immediately. This will be a most exciting conference and we anticipate a banner number of proposals from which to choose. Make sure yours is one of them!!"

Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States, is a hub of cultural and creative diversity. It is home to people from 140 different countries and students in the Los Angeles Unified School District speak more than 90 languages or dialects. There are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than in any other city at any other time in recorded history. 

What to consider? 

How do cultural traditions of the past affect contemporary trends in dance education and how do current trends relate back? How do we preserve dance traditions and remain relevant in today's cultural and educational paradigm? How can study of cultural dance traditions support the larger creative goals of dance? How do we expose our students to the many different cultural dance forms given limited studio time and resources? How do we honor traditional cultural dance traditions while facilitating the creation of new culturally relevant and expressive work? How does cultural diversity impact the artistic processes (creating, performing, and responding) in teaching and learning; and making connections to 21st century learning skills? What is the responsibility of dance educators to impact and change community, state and national policy in light of cultural diversity?

NDEO has always held diversity to be an essential part of conference. The 2012 national conference focuses on cultural diversity, exploring how a multicultural approach to education in dance and the creative process strengthens the field and how dance education partnered with cultural education enriches our understanding of the important role cultural traditions play in our lives.