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Council Agendas - Saturday, June 6

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All Council meetings took place at the Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana St.

Standing Councils Time Discussion Topic

Managers of member companies
with budgets of $15 million and greater      

 12:45pm - 1:00pm Finish Lunch, Review Agenda
1:00pm - 2:00pm Emerging Leadership with Anne Dunning
2:00pm - 2:45pm Review of recent Council Economic Survey
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:15pm Continuation of Agenda items
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ken Tabachnick, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets between $3 million-$14.9 million
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Jack Lemmon, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets between $750,000-$2.9 million 		11:00am – 2:00pm How can we subsidize our home seasons – expectation of less touring due to economy and restructuring of presenters and theaters – what sorts of ideas can we come up with that will build our audiences for both home seasons and touring.
2:00pm – 2:45pm

Discuss “Engaging Dance Audiences” (EDA) ideas and how we can work together in engaging audiences even beyond the current grant from Dance/USA.

Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Mark Roxey, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets of $749,000 and less 		12:45pm – 1:15pm Check in: thoughts from the conference
1:15pm – 2:15pm Use of technology to facilitate our work / audience engagement
2:15pm – 2:30pm Setting the agenda- suggestions for council breakout sessions
2:30pm – 4:00pm Breakout sessions
4:00pm – 4:15pm Conclusions
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Sydney Skybetter, council chair.
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Agents/Artists Representatives
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ben Pryor, council chair.
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Presenters 12:45pm - 1:30pm National networking
1:30pm – 4:15pm
  • Escalating presentation costs (artist fees, technology, marketing, etc)
  • Difficulty organizing tours – fewer partners
  • Rising costs of international presenting
  • Alternative staffing structures
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Paul Organisak, council chair.
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Service Organizations 2:00pm - 3:00pm Emerging Leadership with Anne Dunning

Agenda options:

  • Subjects we did not get to on Friday
  • Brief discussion about Dr. Gibb’s ideas for getting health screenings for all artists and whether or not working with Service orgs. is the best pathway
  • EDA project updates
  • Dealing with the challenges of the current climate [ although we may be tired of this by the end of Saturday]
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ruth Birnberg, council chair.
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Artistic Directors of Companies Budget sizes $3 Million and above 12:45pm – 4:15pm Traineeship models
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to André Lewis, council chair.
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Artistic Directors of Companies Budget sizes $3 Million and less 12:45pm – 4:15pm

Discussion about the Break Out Sessions Exploring:

  • Diversity
  • Financial Oversight
  • Artist (Dancers) Management
  • Presenter Relations
  • Agent Relations
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Eduardo Vilaro, council chair.
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**Please note all agendas are subject to change.

View Council Agendas for Thursday, June 4 and Friday, June 5.


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