Marta E. Savigliano is Professor Emerita of Critical Dance Studies, Dance Department, University of California, Riverside and of Culture and Performance, World Arts and Cultures Department, University of California Los Angeles. She is the author of Tango and the Political Economy of Passion, Angora Matta: Fatal Acts of North-South Translation and of numerous articles. She received the Dance Studies Association Outstanding Scholarly Research in Dance Award (2024).
Hannah Schwadron is Associate Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Florida State University. She is the author of The Case of the Sexy Jewess: Dance, Gender, and Jewish Joke-Work in US Pop Culture and various published essays. She received the de la Torre Bueno Prize for Best First Book (2018).