Dance/USA On Tour in Los Angeles
Professional Development Seminars
To Help Dance Survive And Thrive!
co-hosted by the Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles, the Music Center, The Japanese American Cultural Community Center

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 13-15, 2007

Speaker Biographies

David Bury works in development, planning, and fundraising for cultural organizations.
Through David Bury & Associates, which he founded in 1981, David has helped more than 200 organizations create stronger development programs, carry out major fundraising initiatives, and conduct strategic planning processes. Prior to forming DB&A, David served as assistant director of the Vermont Arts Council and executive director of the New England Bach Festival. He was founder and former president of the Green Mountain Consortium for the Performing Arts. Among the thirty plus clients that his firm currently works with are: American Symphony Orchestra League, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Danspace Project, Jacob’s Pillow, Meet The Composer, National Performance Network, OPERA America, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. and Merce Cunningham.
4/13-15; Individual Development Sessions

Joe Goode is a choreographer, writer, and director whose first concern as an artist is to provide a "deeply felt, profoundly human experience" in the theater. He is widely known as an innovator in the field of dance for his willingness to collide movement with spoken word, song, and visual imagery. His work has been recognized with numerous awards and prizes including a New York Dance and Performance Award (a "Bessie'), and several Isadora Duncan Dance Awards ("Izzies"). Joe Goode was commissioned by the Magic Theatre to write and direct a play, The Body Familiar.

Goode has also been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the James Irvine Foundation. The American Council on the Arts, the Business Arts Council/San Francisco Chamber of Commerce as well as the “Heritage” award from the California Dance Educators Association has honored him with awards for excellence. Goode's work has been commissioned by dance companies across America and his performance/installation works have been commissioned by the UCLA Fowler Museum, Krannert Art Museum , the Capp Street Project, the M.H. de Young Museum, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

The Joe Goode Performance Group (formed in 1986) has toured throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Africa. Joe Goode is known as a master teacher; his summer workshops in "felt performance" attract participants from around the world. Goode is a member of the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in the department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies.
4/15; Plenary Speaker – Dance Forum

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: NEW WAYS TO DEVELOP YOUR REACH AT HOME (AND ON THE ROAD) PANEL
Saturday, April 14, 2-5pm

Danielle Brazell – Moderator
Danielle Brazell is the Managing Director of Arts for LA – a nonprofit arts advocacy organization committed to increasing support – in all forms – for the arts and cultural life of Los Angeles. For over 15 years, she has been an active leader in the arts community as an artist, administrator and teaching artist.

Linda Chiavaroli - Panelist
Linda Chiavaroli, Director of Communications for the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, has worked in marketing and pr for dance companies, orchestras, individual artists and arts centers, and as a journalist covering the performing arts.

Leo Garcia - Panelist
Leo Garcia is a nationally respected playwright, actor, filmmaker, teacher, director and producer. Since 2003, Garcia has curated and presented over 200 performances and events at Highways Performance Space where he is the Artistic Director / Executive Director.

Gayle Leonard-Hooks - Panelist
Gayle Hooks is Managing Partner of Lucas LaFrance Associates, a performing arts agency in Los Angeles. She represents dance companies, vocal artists and jazz musicians who tour nationally and internationally.

Laurel Kishi – Panelist
Laurel Kishi has an extensive history in performing arts production for over 18 years, and has been Performing Arts Manager for the J. Paul Getty Museum since 1999. In her current capacity, she develops and presents over 100 programs annually at both the Getty Center and the newly re-opened Getty Villa.

Peter Lesnik - Panelist
Peter Lesnik is the Executive Director of the Carpenter Center at Cal State Long Beach. He commissions new dance, presents all of the performing arts, sits on several boards and is a commissioner on the LA County Arts Commission.