1. Thomas F. DeFrantz is Professor of Music and Theater Arts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, co-convenor of the Choreography and Corporeality Working Group of the FIRT, and co-convenor of the Black Performance Theory Working Group. His books include Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture (Oxford University Press, 2004; de la Torre Bueno Prize). His current performance projects include Queer Theory! An Academic Travesty, co-commissioned by the Theater Offensive of...