Foreword

The April 2021 issue of Dance Research Journal (DRJ) and this Foreword offer opportunities for looking backward, looking forward, and previewing the scholarship we are publishing in issue 53:1. Issue 53:1 is the first compiled by a new editorial team and under a new editorial structure. In January 2021, we became Executive Co-Editors of DRJ and assembled an editorial team including Editorial Assistants Katie Skinner and Michael Landez. We are happy to be working alongside Dr. Stacey Prickett, Reviews Editor. During this transition period, we have been consulting with each other regularly and finding ways of making decisions collaboratively ranging from daily operations, to editorial work, to visioning, while, at the same time, delegating specialized editorial labor and responsibilities so that we can cover more ground as a team. As the labor we have undertaken is considerable, and in large part invisible, we would like to take this opportunity to recognize and express deep and immense gratitude to each member of our editorial team for dedicating their time, effort, and care to our shared project of developing scholarship and advancing knowledge in dance studies.