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.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: UCLA & Lula Washington, Part 5
In the fifth post about her Archiving Fellowship, Carolina writes about working on the personal papers of choreographer Elle Johnson at UCLA, and how archives can fill in historical gaps.
Art in a Critic-Free Zone (Part 2)
With the demise of traditional arts coverage, is a new “Fifth Estate” on social media serving mainstream and fringe arts with critical coverage?
Art in a Critic-Free Zone (Part 1)
Some 80% of professional newspaper critics employed 20 years ago no longer make a living at their craft. How has this loss of informed criticism changed the field?
The Ins and Outs of Finding, Securing and Programming Music in the Dance World
Finding the right music can make or break a choreographer’s piece. But that’s just the beginning. Don’t ignore the legal side and clearing rights.
