South Asian Dance Intersections is a progressive, scholarly, blind peer-reviewed, and digitally available open-access journal which seeks to publish a unique blend of original high-quality research in scholarly, choreographic, contemporary, community-building, and technical explorations within South Asian dance and its interdisciplinary intersections. It aims to bring together emerging and established voices in the field to carry forward pressing areas of discourse. The first volume is themed around the issue of intersections and interstices during the pandemic and in the political sphere. It contains research from six countries, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, and the USA. Table of contents: Editorial: South Asian Dance Intersections, Arshiya Sethi; Crossroads, Priya Srinivasan, Pallabi Chakravorty, and Urmimala Sarkar; The “Wicked Problem” of Locating and Safeguarding Dance in Bangladesh, Lubna Marium; Performing Histories of Abhyudayamu and Yakśagānamu, Swarnamalya Ganesh; Rethinking Endings: Amany’s Persistence, Yashoda Thakore; The Unchanging Reality of Male Dancers in Pakistan, Sheema Kermani; Vajira: The Pioneering Female Dancer, Mirak Raheem; Failure of Rasa: The Story of Indian Dance During COVID-19, Kaustavi Sarkar