• DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates and Dance St. Louis Receive Major Funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68
• Getting Beyond Breakeven - A Study Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The William Penn Foundation
• Society of Dance History Scholars Announces 2009 Awards

DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates and Dance St. Louis Receive Major Funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates (Philadelphia) and Dance St. Louis, three of the foremost stand-alone dance presenters in the United States today, have been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for a pilot program to build a national network of new dance-presenting venues in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri.

The mission of each organization in this new consortium is dedicated to deepening and broadening dance appreciation within their communities. The project “Building a Network of New Dance Presenters across America’s Heartland” will extend that mission to additional communities within the three states. The project goal is to strengthen the overall environment for dance creation and presentation. Funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, combined with additional project revenues from the consortium’s organizations, will launch a multi-year project beginning June 2009.

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Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68

by Daniel J. Wakin
June 30, 2009
The New York Times

Pina Bausch, the German choreographer who combined potent drama and dreamlike movement to create a powerful form of dance theater that influenced generations of dancemakers, died on Tuesday in Wuppertal, Germany. She was 68.

The cause was cancer, her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, announced. She received the diagnosis just five days ago, said Ursula Popp, a company spokeswoman. Ms. Bausch’s family did not release the exact nature of the illness, Ms. Popp said. As recently as June 21, Ms. Bausch stood on stage after a performance of a new work, which is untitled, Ms. Popp said.

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Getting Beyond Breakeven - A Study Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The William Penn Foundation

"Getting Beyond Breakeven: A Review of Capitalization Needs and Challenges of Philadelphia-Area Arts and Culture Organizations" is an effort to better understand and illuminate the fiscal conditions and structural needs of the region's nonprofit cultural community.

The report explains the nature of undercapitalization and its impact on achieving artistic mission, and describes critical differences in business models for different types of cultural organizations. It was written by TDC, a Boston consulting firm with a long history of work in the cultural sector.

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Society of Dance History Scholars Announces 2009 Awards

Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) advances the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. As a constituent member of the American Council of Learned Societies, SDHS holds wide-ranging annual conferences; publishes new scholarship through its proceedings and book series; collaborates regularly with peer organizations in the U.S. and abroad; and presents yearly awards for exemplary scholarship, including the de la Torre Bueno Prize®.

At a recent conference held in conjunction with the Dance Critics Association, June 19-22, at Stanford University and San Francisco, SDHS proudly presented its annual awards. Contact SDHS at Info@sdhs.org for additional information.

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