November 6, 2026
Faculty member Enzo Vasquez Toral received the 2026 Gertrude Lippincott Award, recognizing the best article in dance studies, for his recent publication in Theatre Journal. He was also recognized with an Honorable Mention for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s 2026 Outstanding Article Award.
Both of these awards recognize outstanding scholarship in the study of performance, celebrating Vasquez Toral's work, which sits at the intersection of performance studies, Indigenous studies and gender and sexuality studies in Latin/x America. Vasquez Toral's award-winning article focused on Lukas Avendaño's dance piece, Lemniskata.
Dance Studies Association's Gertrude Lippincott Award is given annually to the best English-language article in dance studies published within the past year. Vasquez Toral travelled to DSA's 2026 Conference in Long Beach, California to accept his award. The conference, titled Speculative Choreographies: Bodies, Economies, and Movement in a World in Flux, took place October 23-25, 2026.
Vasquez Toral's Honorable Mention for ATHE's Outstanding Article Award placed him among yet another group of impressive scholars in the field of performance studies. The award "acknowledges scholarship marked by methodological sophistication, complex and critical engagement with dramatic texts and performances, focused inquiries, and possible directions for future scholarship." Learn more about Vasquez Toral and his fellow scholars recognized as part of ATHE's annual award.