Dance Studies Association 2026 Paper

Dance Studies Association 2026 Paper

Forthcoming, 2026

Conference presentation

“Are You Tibetan?”: Legibility Regimes, Lineage, and Pluriversal Accountability in Asian Diaspora Dance

Valkyrie Yao will present “‘Are You Tibetan?’: Legibility Regimes, Lineage, and Pluriversal Accountability in Asian Diaspora Dance” at Dance Studies Association 2026. The paper examines how Asian diasporic dance is read, misread, and positioned through institutional habits of recognition. It considers lineage, cultural accountability, and the limits of legibility within dance and performance studies.