Leadership Corner: Denise Saunders Thompson, President and CEO, International Association of Blacks in Dance
At IABD, diversity, equity and inclusion are top of mind for everyone — in this country and other countries. Read more from Denise Saunders Thompson.
Community Engagement and Building Audiences for Dance
The Contemporary Arts Center and Junebug Productions share the learnings from their Wallace-funded project on engaging young African American audiences in New Orleans by launching educational and social programs and building audiences for dance.
Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training
Dance/USA’s DILT program matches early career dance leaders with seasoned professionals in a national dance mentorship and leadership program. Read about two recent participants in Dance/USA’s Institute for Leadership Training.
Leadership Corner: Malik Robinson, Executive Director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Chair Elect, Dance/USA Board of Trustees
Malik Robinson grew up in the family business, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Learn how he has navigated tough issues, made mistakes and triumphed.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Chicago Dance History Project, Part 4
The fourth and final of Archiving Fellow Daina Coffey’s blogs focuses on the Chicago Dance History Project’s role as a community-based, dancer-run organization, as well as her work organizing vast digital collections.
Protecting Your Dance Company’s Business Assets
Big businesses aren’t the only ones facing cyber crime. Non-profits are also targets. How can you protect your organization’s data and digital assets? Read on.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Chicago Dance History Project, Part 3
Building on her second blog post, Archiving Fellow Daina Coffey expands on the ideas of interactivity in the archive which guided her work curating an exhibit for the Joel Hall Dancers and Center’s “Legacy Concert”
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Chicago Dance History Project, Part 2
In her second blog post, Archiving Fellow Daina Coffey outlines the strategies, challenges, and successes of curating a multimedia exhibit to celebrate the history of Chicago-based Joel Hall Dancers and Center.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: UCLA & Lula Washington, Part 6
In the sixth and final post about her Archiving Fellowship, Carolina reflects on what she learned from the experience, and discusses the need for flexible and scalable approaches to dance archives.
Nutcracker Again?
By the numbers, The Nutcracker sold more than $51 million in tickets in 2017 and attendance grew by 14%. Get more Nutcracker stats from Dance/USA’s survey here.