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2017 Dance Forum SOUTH

Dance Forum SOUTH
Monday, September 25
12:00pm-4:30pm
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Inman Room
265 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA
Open to all: Find out how to register below!

Dance Forum SOUTH

Building off of Dance/USA’s Dance Forum at APAP and Dance Forum WEST, Dance Forum SOUTH will bring together a wide variety of individuals working in the dance industry to network and explore how dance is presented and performed in the South.  Dance/USA is excited to collaborate with SouthArts in 2017 to bring Dance Forum SOUTH to PAE in Atlanta. This pre-conference session will be interactive and feature a combination of large and small group conversations. Multi-disciplinary presenters are welcome and encouraged to attend.  Coffee will be provided!

Dance Forum SOUTH is FREE to PAE Registrants and $25 for individuals not registered for PAE.  
Register here now:

• Register for the PAE Conference here.
• Register to attend Dance Forum SOUTH only for $25 here.

Speakers

• Michelle Ramos, Dance/USA, Vera Institute of Justice, New Orleans, Louisiana 
  
• Suzanne Callahan, Founder, Callahan Consulting for the Arts, Washington, DC
  
• Pamela Green, PMG Arts Management, Durham, North Carolina 
  
• Anna Thompson, Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 
  
• Rosemary Johnson, Alabama Dance Festival, Birmingham, Alabama 
  
• Denise Ringler, An Appalachian Summer Festival, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 
  
• Lauri Stallings, Contemporary Choreographer, Atlanta, Georgia 
  
• Douglas Scott, Full Radius Dance, Atlanta, Georgia 
  
• Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Core Dance, Atlanta, Georgia 
  
• Eric Fliss, South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida 
  
• Angela Gallo, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina 
  
• Laverne Perry, Rialto Center for the Arts, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 
  

Agenda 

• Welcome & Updates from Dance/USA  
  
• Snapshot 1: The agent-presenter partnership (includes Q & A) 
  
• Snapshot 2: Annual dance festivals in the South (includes Q & A) 
  
• Break 
  
• Snapshot 3: Atlanta-based artists and ensembles on presenting and producing dance (includes Q & A) 
  
• Snapshot 4: Three different dance presenting approaches: City-run venues, college dance departments that present dance, and local community engagement for presenters (includes Q & A) 
  
• Open Networking Time for all speakers and attendees