Book and Publication AwardsClick each award listing for information on eligibility, nominations and past awardees. Individuals may only submit for one award per publication. 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. 2025 Awardee: Shayna M. Silverstein, Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria 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. 2025 Awardee: Natalie Zervou, Performing the Greek Crisis: Navigating National Identity in the Age of Austerity2025 Honorable Mention: Doug Fullington and Marian Smith, Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg Gertrude Lippincott AwardAwarded annually to the best English-language article published in dance studies. 2025 Awardee: Shannon Woods, “The Threat Is Now: Choreography, Temporality, and the Active Shooter Drill”2025 Honorable Mention: Soo Ryon Yoon, “Alvin Ailey and Korean Dance: Writing Afro-Asian Relations into Korean Dance 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. 2025 Awardee: Tara Rodman, Fantasies of Ito Michio |