Book and Publication AwardsClick each award listing for information on eligibility, nominations and past awardees. Individuals may only submit for one award per publication. Our 2026 awards cycle closed March 31st, 2026. Find full instructions for each award listed below. Reach out to DSA VP of Awards, Melissa Melpignano at [email protected] with any questions. Awardees for Book & Publication awards will be notified in August of 2026. The de la Torre Bueno® First Book AwardAwarded annually to the best first book in dance studies published in the English language in the previous calendar year (either digitally or in hard copy). 2026 Awardee: Maya Berry, Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons The de la Torre Bueno® PrizeAwarded annually to a book published in the English language that advances the field of dance studies. Qualified submissions are not restricted to any particular methodology or approach, but should introduce quality dance studies scholarship to a wider audience. 2026 Awardee: Anthea Kraut, Hollywood Dance-Ins and the Reproduction of Bodies2026 Honorable Mention: Royona Mitra, Unmaking Contact: Choreographing South Asian Touch Gertrude Lippincott AwardAwarded annually to the best English-language article published in dance studies. 2026 Awardee: Enzo E. Vasquez Toral’s “Unfixing Gender and the ‘Indigenous Erotic’ in Lukas Avendaño's ‘Lemniskata’”2026 Honorable Mention: Dasha A. Chapman’s “Folklore’s Ghosts: Haitian Folkloric Dance and the Hauntings of an Entangled History” Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance ResearchAwarded each year to the best book in dance whose primary method of approach includes historical inquiry published during the previous three calendar years (either digitally or in hard copy). 2026 Awardee: Prarthana Purkayastha, The Archives and Afterlives of Nautch Dancers in India |