Gerard & Kelly achieve fair pay for Guggenheim performers

Looking at How Performers Are Paid for Performance Art
by Hilarie M. Sheets, The New York Times, July 30, 2015

New York's Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet to close

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Plans to Close
by Michael Cooper, The New York Times, March 20, 2015

Responding to Austin, dance artist Edwards calls for r/evolution

A Call for R/evolution
by Jennifer Edwards, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 10, 2015

in response to:

Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?
by Sarah Anne Austin, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 2, 2015

Museum's changes reflect a changing Brooklyn

With Expansion, Brooklyn Children’s Museum Is Accused of Forsaking Its Community
by Nikita Stewart, The New York Times, March 6, 2015

What's to become of American dance? Sarah Anne Austin's analysis

A New York Observer article about Gibney Dance closes with its founder, Gina Gibney, asking a community forum, “How are we going to build a new audience?” She continued, “It’s not enough to say what artists need in a performance venue — you also have to ask what audiences need.” 

No one had an answer to her question, because no one was educated on it before. Dance in higher education is about your body, about your work, about your thoughts about the field, not figuring out how to get other people to see what you make.

--Sarah Anne Austin

Read more in:

Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?
by Sarah Anne Austin, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 2, 2015

NYC Cultural Affairs chief to launch diversity survey

Measuring Diversity in City Arts Organizations
Department of Cultural Affairs Embarks on Diversity Survey
by Jennifer Smith, The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2015

de Blasio announces aid and hires for NYC school arts programs

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer and Chancellor Fariña Announce New Arts Programs for Thousands of Students
NYC.gov, July 1, 2014

Cynthia López to head NYC Office of Media and Entertainment

Documentary Producer to Lead City’s Film Office
by Nikita Stewart, The New York Times, April 18, 2014

Few women head top art museums

Study Finds a Gender Gap at the Top Museums
by Hillarie M. Sheets, The New York Times, March 7, 2014

"Go forth where?" An artist challenges Levi's

In this 2011 video, citizen-artist LaToya Ruby Frazier uses her power as an artist to throw serious questions (and shade) at jeans manufacturer Levi's.

What is the responsibility of an artist to her community? In this film, artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier discusses the economic and environmental decline of her hometown—Braddock, Pennsylvania—the city that the clothing company Levi's used as inspiration and backdrop for a major advertising campaign in 2010. Having photographed in Braddock since she was sixteen years old, LaToya's black-and-white images of her family and their surroundings present a stark contrast to the campaign images of "urban pioneers" and slogans such as "everybody's work is equally important." In a performance developed in collaboration with the artist Liz Magic Laser, LaToya carries out a choreographed series of movements on the sidewalk in front of the temporary Levi's Photo Workshop in SoHo. Wearing a costume of ordinary Levi's clothes, the artist's repetitive and relentless motion ultimately destroys the jeans she's wearing. 

LaToya Ruby Frazier (b. 1982, Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA) lives and works in New Brunswick, New Jersey and New York, New York.

Arts careers for US veterans

War Theater, RepurposedVeterans Pursue Careers in the Arts

by Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, November 10, 2013

Women choreographers in Britain describe gender inequality

Sexism in dance: where are all the female choreographers?
Want to be a ballerina? No problem. But any girl dreaming of a career in choreography had better mind the glass ceiling…
by Luke Jennings, The Guardian, April 27, 2013

Stickin' with the union!

Freelancers Union and its members are building a new support system to help the growing independent workforce thrive. A free membership gives you solidarity, benefits, community, and a political voice.

 Get information on free membership here.

Dance and motherhood

Having it All : Dancing and Motherhood at Three American Companies
by ASHLEYANDERSONDANCES, loveDANCEmore, Spring 2012

Jennifer Edwards on dance and money

Dance and Money: A Response to Lightsey Darst
by Jennifer Edwards, The Huffington Post, June 6, 2012

Newark's got 'America's Got Talent'

'America's Got Talent' Provides Boon to Newark Arts Center
by Holly Hall, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 12, 2012

Read the Dance Workforce Census report

Read the Dance/NYC Junior Committee report that everyone's talking about!

Dance Workforce Census: Earnings Among Individuals, Ages 21-35

The value of this study is its presentation of the first concrete research relating to the untenable economic plight of young dancers, choreographers and administrators working within the dance field in New York City. While no answers are posed, the need to find answers is made evident. If the passion, discipline and creativity of these individuals is not to be wasted, it must be allowed to flourish in a way that confirms that dance is, indeed, a respected profession — a place where achievement is recognized by the ability to earn a living wage, with appropriate health insurance benefits and a modicum of financial stability.

         –Beverly D’Anne

To download a pdf of the highlights or the full report, click here.

Tough economic realities for dancers

Dancers on poverty line
by Miriam Kreinin Souccar, Crain's New York Business.com, February 27, 2012

As Maddow would say, "The best thing in the world!"

OMG! This is such fun!

 John Bohannon: Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal

Music by: Greg Brosofske (Minneapolis, USA based composer)

Dancers: Jessica Elhert, Bryan Godbout, Stephanie Laager, Edward Bruno Oroyan, Nelle Hens, Camille Prieux, Mariel Blaise, Gabson Nenaks, David Zagari and Marcio Canabarro

This performance originally took place at TEDxBrussels, on November 22, 2011
Information: http://www.tedxbrussels.eu

Welcome Home4Dance

Home4Dance--a professional networking site for the dance industry--has opened up at this handsome and sophisticated site and is taking members now. Individuals and organizations involved at all levels and in numerous genres of dance are welcome.

Warren Adams, Founder and CEO

Choreographer Warren Adams is the brainchild behind Home4Dance. While recovering from an injury, he began to look at dance from outside the bubble. He came to realize how disconnected the dance industry was compared to other mediums like music, media and sport.

Our mission is to empower the dance community by providing the most innovative technologies to maximize career and business opportunities across the Dance Industry. Imagine all the relevant features of Linkedin, Facebook, Backstage, Monster and IMDB integrated into a professional network exclusively for dance.