PETITION TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
The Child’s Bill of Rights in Dance requests equal access and opportunity for all persons in the United States regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, interest or ability. Dr. Radi Shafie recently posted a petition on the White House website seeking 100,000 signatures to support the bill of rights. Read on to learn more.
Navigating Change: Succession in the Ballet World, Part 1
Whether a ballet company is replacing its founder or the person that put the company on the map, change at the top doesn’t come easy. Even if a search firm is on hand to smooth the process, transitions have their trials. As no company wants to stay in the same place, succession points toward the future — for its company, its board, and its dancers.
Preparing Your Organization for Facebook Search
Facebook recently began the rollout of social search. This powerful tool
will allow users on Facebook to enter queries such as “Broadway shows
in NYC my friends like,” “friends who like ballet,” or “concert venues
in Seattle my friends have been to.” Read on to learn more about harnessing this powerful interactive tool.
Dance/USA’s Engaging Dance Audiences Awards Nearly $1 Million to 20 Members
Twenty Dance/USA members receive nearly $1 million to support innovative audience engagement activities that will serve as best-practices models for the field. Read on for details of the grant recipients.
Navigating Change: Succession in the Ballet World, Part 2
Making a transition from one artistic director to another can be both daunting and exhilarating for ballet and dance company leadership. See how some major U.S. companies have navigated the rough waters to new artistic leadership.
The Hunt for New Work: Matching Choreographers to Companies
Selecting new choreographers for a program or a season seems a
straightforward enough process at first glance. Read on to find out how artistic directors
seek out new works for their companies sifting the choreographic gold from the dross.
Serious Selling: How To Turn Souvenir Sales into Merchandising That Makes Money
Many dance companies find that merchandise sales rarely amount to much in the way of profits.
But with creativity, resourcefulness, and commitment, performing-arts
organizations can turn merchandising into serious money. See how San Francisco Ballet turned its Ballet Shop into a profitable and distinctive representative of its company brand.
Six Steps to Retail Success
Tips on building or refining a merchandising program for your dance company.
Where Have All the African American Audiences Gone for Concert Dance?
Many professional dance companies in major U.S. cities dream of having
more African American audiences for their work. Reality sets in as
artistic and administrative staff look out over the crowd and wonder
where all the African Americans audiences have gone. Sure there are a
few people of color scattered among the sea of dance lovers, but not
nearly enough to fulfill the dance field’s collective desire for more
racially diverse crowds.
Framing Discourse Around Equity
By Jennifer EdwardsThe following conversation took place on Twitter during the Dance/USA Forum in New York on January 11, 2013:Me: #APAPnyc So in this conversation of shifting demographics and “diversity” I have heard the word “queer” exactly once.Ellen Chenoweth: @jenniferedwards great point, would like to see graphs around age and demographics there too.AXIS Dance Company: @jenniferedwards true. We also see[m] to be forgetting disability as a form of diversity here #Apapnyc @danceusaorgDanc…