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Dance/USA News and Press

Dance/USA press releases and news are listed in most recent order.  For more information, please contact the communications specialist or call 202.833.1717.

2013

• Dance/USA Welcomes Three Officers, Two Council Chairs, and Six New Members to its 2013-2014 Board of Trustees
• Aaron P. Dworkin Confirmed as Opening Plenary Speaker at Dance/USA Conference in Philadelphia
  
• Joan Myers Brown, Barbara Weisberger, and Sharon Gersten Luckman to be Honored by Dance/USA
• Dance/USA Receives a Second Round of Funding from MetLife Foundation to Support New Stages for Dance
• Dance/USA’s Engaging Dance Audiences Awards Nearly $1 Million: Grants provide project and general operating funds to 20 members 
  

2012

• 2012 Conference- Mayor's Award
• Engaging Dance Audiences Receives Renewed Support
• Renowned Leadership Expert and Author Simon Sinek to Speak at the Dance/USA Conference in San Francisco
• Chris & Warren Hellman, Kary Schulman to be Honored for Outstanding Contributions to San Francisco Dance
• Helgi Tomasson, Sam Miller and C.C. Connor to be Honored by Dance/USA
• Dance/USA 2012 Annual Conference to be Held June 27-30 in San Francisco
• Dance/USA Launches the 2012 Institute for Leadership Training

2011

• New Communications Specialist Joins Dance/USA
• Patricia Martin to be Plenary Speaker for Dance/USA's 2011 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, July 13-16
• Andrea Snyder to Receive Dance/USA Trustees Award
• Lar Lubovitch and Verdery Roosevelt to be Honored by Dance/USA; Pam Crutchfield to Receive Champion Award

2010

• Dance/USA Bids Farewell to Long-Time Director of Research
• Dance/USA Taskforce on Dancer Health Responds to New York Times Critic
• Dance/USA Announces New Executive Director Amy Fitterer Takes the Helm in January 2011
• Dance/USA Announces 2011 Annual Conference, to be held July 13-16, 2011 in Chicago, IL
• Dance Community Celebrates its Contributions to New York City
• New Director of Dance/NYC to Strengthen Industry
• Dance/USA 2010 Annual Conference: Hundreds of dance professionals to gather in Washington, DC for four days of professional development, networking, performances, and celebrations
• Dance/USA Receives Funding from MetLife Foundation to Support the New Stages for Dance Pilot Program
• Dance/USA to Honor Carmen de Lavallade and Dick Caples at 2010 Annual Conference

2009

• Dance/USA Announces 2010 Annual Conference, to be held June 16-19, 2010 in Washington, DC
  
• Dance/USA Announces Executive Director Andrea Snyder Will Step Down in 2011
  
• Dance/USA’s Engaging Dance Audiences Awards over $1 Million
  
• Dance/USA Awarded Grant from Robert Sterling Clark Foundation to Develop Plan for International Export of American Dance
  
• Houston Conference Stipend Letter from Executive Director Andrea Snyder
  
• California-Directed Funding Expands Audience Engagement Pilot
  
• New Medical Finds Result in Preventive Health Screen to Help Professional Dancers Avoid Injury
  
• Dance/USA Announces 2009 Annual Conference: Bold Steps Forward in a New Economy
  
• Tina Ramirez and Sali Ann Kriegsman to Be Honored by Dance/USA
  

2008

• Engaging Dance Audiences-Dance/USA receives 1.5 million to support innovative pilot program
  
• Dance/USA and the National Endowment for the Arts Award $250,000 to Colleges for Dance Masterpieces
  
• Dance/USA Announces New Members of Board of Trustees
  
• Dance/USA Awards 22 Scholarships to the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention and Dance/USA Roundtable
  
• Rena Shagan to Receive Dance/USA Trustees Award
  
• What We Don’t Know About the Performing Arts Field - Dance/USA Director of Research and Information to sit on NPAC Panel, “ Developing a Research Agenda for the Sector”
  
• Frederic Franklin and Anna Kisselgoff Honored by Dance/USA
  
• Dance/USA Receives $500,000 Multi-Year Grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation