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

Dance/USA News and Press

• 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
  
• 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
• 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

Dance/USA News from The Spin, Dance/USA's e-newsletter

July 21, 2010

• Dance/USA Seeks Applicants for Executive Director Position
• Announcing the new Dance/USA e-Journal!
• Make Your Nomination for the 2011 Honor and Ernie Awards
• Dance/USA is Looking for Fall Interns
  

Dance/USA Seeks Applicants for Executive Director Position
As many of you know, Dance/USA Executive Director Andrea Snyder will step down in June 2011 after more than 11 years in the position.

Dance/USA seeks a visionary, energetic communicator and manager to lead it in its next decade of development. The successful candidate will combine passion, vision, leadership, and communication skills to represent the broad and diverse constituencies that Dance/USA serves and engaging them in building consensus in this transformational time.

For a detailed job description, click here.

The application deadline is August 15, 2010. Direct inquiries to James Abruzzo, managing director, DHR International, 973.792.1710 ext. 11.

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Announcing the new Dance/USA e-Journal!
We just launched From the Green Room, our new online location for the Dance/USA Journal. In migrating to this new online platform, Dance/USA intends to provide the same in-depth coverage of the field enhanced by the added benefit of a technologically dynamic environment. You'll be able to not only read articles, but also post comments and share with friends. We hope that this will become an interactive spot for exploring the diversity of the dance field.

So take a look. Post a comment. Stay tuned for more articles coming soon. And let us know what you think!

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Make Your Nomination for the 2011 Honor and Ernie Awards
Dance/USA invites its membership to recognize leaders in the national dance community through the Honor and Ernie Awards! The 2011 honorees will join the ranks of many distinguised past recipients, including Carmen de Lavallade and Dick Caples as our 2010 awardees.

Both recognitions will be presented next June at the 2011 Dance/USA Annual Conference in Chicago.

To make your nomination, please log in to the Dance/USA website and visit this page.

Nominations are due August 16, 2010.

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Dance/USA is Looking for Fall Interns
Dance/USA is looking for interns to join us this fall in our Washington, DC office. We offer opportunities to work on a variety of issues facing the dance field on a national scale. Interns gain professional on-the-job experience working directly with and assisting our national office staff.

To learn more, please visit our website. Applications for fall internships are due September 1.

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