Dance/USA Webinars and Workshops

Centering the Artist: Structuring Support for Parent Artists, sponsored by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts with additional support by Harlequin Floors, July 24, 2024. Dance/USA offered a webinar discussion about the realities of balancing family life with a vibrant career in the arts. Panelists shared how they navigated the challenges and triumphs while creating, choreographing, and producing art. Speakers: Francesca Harper, Hannah Newman-Pan, Taryn Kaschock Russell, Grace Whitworth, and Xin Ying. This webinar was not recorded for playback.

Centering the Artist: How to Crowdfund Your Next Project, sponsored by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, April 30, 2024. Dance/USA and Jess Eva Allen of Jess E Allen Studio offered a webinar designed to demystify the world of crowdfunding. This webinar was tailored to equip attendees with the essential knowledge and strategies to effectively utilize crowdfunding platforms to fund your next dance related project. This webinar was not recorded for playback. 

Discussing Dance Data: Impact of the Pandemic on the Financial Structures of Nonprofit Dance Organizations, March 6, 2024. Dance/USA Director of Research Sarah Morrison and SMU DataArts Director Zannie Voss share findings from two different datasets exploring the impact of the pandemic on non-profit dance organizations. They examine data from before, during, and after the pandemic. Discover how this data impacts, empowers, and influences your decision-making!  Watch the recording.

Virtual Allyship Trainings, June 6-7, 2023. Facilitated by Service Never Sleeps, this two-day workshop was a unique opportunity to be in community with creative workers and dance professionals, lean into Dance/USA’s values of equity and inclusion, and deepen your anti-racist work.  

The 118 Congress and the Dance Ecosystem, February 2, 2023. Attendees learned about who is on congressional committees of interest to the arts and cultural sector, the 2023 priorities for the 118th Congress, and what you can do to be an effective advocate for the dance ecosystem and overall arts and cultural sector

Virtual Race Equity Series: White Supremacy 101; Bias & Microaggressions, November 1-2, 2022. These trainings, facilitated by Service Never Sleeps, provided an understanding of Allyship principles and located anti-Blackness and white supremacy in both current and historical contexts.

Virtual Allyship Trainings, October 6-7, 2022. Using a racial justice lens, the trainings, facilitated by Service Never Sleeps, both taught foundational knowledge about white supremacy while also equipping individuals in real time for addressing discrimination and promoting social justice in everyday life.

Virtual Race Equity Series: White Supremacy 101; Bias & Microaggressions, January 25 and February 22, 2022. These trainings, facilitated by Service Never Sleeps, provided an understanding of Allyship principles and located anti-Blackness and white supremacy in both current and historical contexts.

In October 2021, Dance/USA presented Centering the Artist, a series of programming for and about independent artists, featuring the following three webinars: 

Music and Dance – How to Find Your Creative Partner and Make New Collaborations Happen, October 28, 2021. New Music USA and Dance/USA teamed up to present an exciting roundtable discussion exploring the collaboration possibilities between music creators and choreographers. Presented in partnership with New Music USA. Speakers: Chari Glogovac-Smith, Morgxn Karr, Jeremy McQueen. Moderator: Alicia Graf Mack

Dancers Protecting Their Labor, October 20, 2021. Hosted by Dance/NYC, this dialogue unpacked the workforce experiences of dancers across genres and those who work to champion livelihoods in dance. Presented in partnership with Dance/NYC. Speakers: DHQ Brat, Joey Kipp, Amy A. Lehman, Kate Shindle, and Peter Trojic

Informational Session with Dance Artists’ National Collective, October 15, 2021. Dance/USA offered an informational session with Dance Artists’ National Collective (DANC) about important issues affecting dancemakers. Presented in partnership with Dance Artists’ National Collective. Speakers: April Biggs, Emily Hansel, Alex Rodabaugh, and Tony Wright.

U.S. Artist Visas and International Travel in the Age of COVID: Latest Update, September 9, 2021. Experts from Tamizdat and the hosts of ArtistsfromAbroad.org – the Association of Performing Arts Professionals and the League of American Orchestras – described what it takes to secure U.S. artist visas and navigate COVID-19 travel restrictions. Presented by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, League of American Orchestras, and Tamizdat. Co-hosted by A2IM – American Association of Independent Music, Chamber Music America, Dance/USA, Folk Alliance International, National Performance Network, North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents, OPERA America, and Theatre Communications Group

NEA American Rescue Plan Webinars, July 13 and July 27, 2021. Dance/USA and the International Association of Blacks in Dance hosted conversations with the NEA Dance Department on COVID-19 NEA relief support, ask questions, and connect with the federal agency’s dance team.