Dance/USA News and Press Releases

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.

2021

Dance/USA Announces New Round of Fellowships to Artists Program
President Nominates Chairs of National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities
Dance/USA Announces New Board Chair and Council Chairs for its 2021-2022 Board of Trustees
Dance/USA Invites Letters of Interest from Organizations and Artists for 2022 Archiving and Preservation Fellowship Program
Dance/USA Releases New Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Dance Field
Dance/USA Appoints Haowen Wang as Director of Regranting
Dance/USA Announces the 2021 Institute for Leadership Training Participants
Dance/USA Announces Updates to the Archiving and Preservation Fellowship Program
Dance/USA Condemns Racially Targeted Violence and Discrimination Against the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
Dance/USA Supports the Equality Act
Dance/USA Announces Tenth Annual Institute for Leadership Training
Updates on the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
Dance/USA Presents New Resources for Documenting and Archiving During COVID-19
SBA Issues Interim Final Rules on the Paycheck Protection Program

2020

Congress Passes $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Package
Dance/USA to Honor Donald Byrd, Zenetta S. Drew, Grace “SwaHuux” Gillette, and Amy Fitterer
U.S. House and Senate Leadership Agree on $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Package
Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists Receives $1.92 Million in Renewed Funding
Dance/USA Announces Kellee Edusei as New Executive Director
Ask Congress to Provide Relief During Lame Duck Session
Dance/USA Presents Article Series Featuring Artist Fellows
Dance/USA Presents a November 2020 Election Analysis
President Stalls COVID Negotiations; Talks Continue on Piecemeal Legislation; Continue to Urge Congress to Provide Pandemic Relief
Advocacy Updates on COVID Relief, Funding for the Federal Government, Foreign Guest Artist Visas
Dance/USA Announces New Officers and Trustees for its 2020-2021 Board of Trustees
Dance/USA Presents a November 2020 Election Toolkit
Dance/USA Seeks Executive Director
Dance/USA Advocacy Day of Action – Friday, August 14
Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health Information Papers
Senate Republican Leadership Introduces HEALS Act to Begin Negotiations on Next COVID Relief Package
Dance/USA Board of Trustees Announces Changes to Membership Dues
Speak Up in July as Congress Takes Action on COVID Relief!
Advocacy Updates on Charitable Giving Incentives, Visa Policies, Self-Insuring for Unemployment Benefits
Dance/USA Announces First Cohort of Archiving and Preservation Fellows
Dance/USA Announces the 2020 Institute for Leadership Training Participants
Black Lives Matter
The Dance/USA Annual Conference to Convene Dancemakers and Address COVID-19
Ask Congress to Support More Relief for Dance
Latest Guidance on Paycheck Protection Program, Pandemic Unemployment Benefits, and More
The Dance/USA 2020 Annual Conference is Going Virtual
Latest News on COVID-19 Relief Options
Support for Dance in Latest Federal Relief Package
Overview of COVID Paid Leave and Relief Provisions
Contact Congress Regarding COVID-19 Relief for the Arts
Paid Leave Provisions Included in Bipartisan Federal COVID-19 Relief Package
Urge Congress to Include the Dance Community in COVID-19 Relief
Dance/USA 2020 Annual Conference Heads to Denver June 17-20
Dance/USA Announces Ninth Annual Institute for Leadership Training
President’s 2021 Budget Proposes Eliminating Cultural Agencies
Dance/USA Accepting Applications for Summer 2020 Archiving Fellowships
Dance/USA Announces Transition of Executive Director Amy Fitterer

2019

Dance/USA Announces New Officers and Trustees for its 2019-2020 Board of Trustees
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Proclaims September 17, 2019 Oakland Dance/USA Day
Dance/USA Announces Launch of Archiving and Preservation Fellowships Program
Dance/USA Announces the 2019 Institute for Leadership Training Participants
Dance/USA Annual Conference Heads to Cleveland June 12-15
Dance/USA Awards Over $1 Million to 31 Artist Fellows
New Budget Proposal Would Eliminate Cultural Agencies in 2020
Dance/USA Announces New Archiving Services for Artists and Dance Groups
Arts Advocates from Across the U.S. Urge Congress to Support the Arts
Dance/USA to Honor Dianne McIntyre, Glenn McCoy, Terry and Sheldon Adelman at Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH
Dance/USA Announces Eighth Annual Institute for Leadership Training

2018

Announcing The Equity Project: Increasing the Presence of Blacks in Ballet
Dance/USA Announces New Fellowships to Artists Program
Dance/USA Releases New Strategic Plan
Dance/USA Announces Newly Elected Officers and Members of its 2018-2019 Board of Trustees
Senate to Vote This Week on NEA Funding
Dance/USA Announces Fellowship in Dance Archiving and Preservation
Urge Congress to Vote Against Proposed Cut to NEA Funding
Dance Heritage Coalition’s Digital Collection to Move to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Dance/USA Announces the 2018 Institute for Leadership Training Participants
Dance/USA Announces the Updated Artist’s Legacy Toolkit
Urge Congress to Support Arts-Friendly Policies for Arts Advocacy Day
Dance/USA Announces Seventh Annual Institute for Leadership Training
Dance/USA to Honor Debbie Allen, Carla Perlo, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Lula and Erwin Washington at Annual Conference
President’s Budget Would Shut Down Cultural Agencies

2017

Dance/USA Statement In Support of a Healthy, Safe, and Equitable Culture
Urge Congress to Support a Universal Charitable Deduction
Dance/USA Statement on the Tax Reform Bill
Dance/USA Announces Directory of Not-for-Profit Dance Ensembles and Invites Feedback
Dance/USA Statement on Hurricane Harvey
Dance/USA Stands Against Bigotry and Hatred
Advocate for Dance During the August Recess
Dance/USA Announces Newly Elected Officers and Members of its 2017-2018 Board of Trustees
President Proposes Shutdown Budget for NEA
Dance/USA Announces 2017 DILT Mentees
Dance/USA Awards $1.1 Million to Engaging Dance Audiences Grantees
Dawn Fraser, Jane Chu, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar to Speak at Dance/USA Conference in Kansas City, MO
Dance/USA to Present 2017 Trustees Award to Douglas Sonntag
Dance Heritage Coalition to Integrate into Dance/USA
Dance/USA Statement on Arts Advocacy Day 2017
Act Now to Save the NEA
Dance/USA Announces Sixth Annual Institute for Leadership Training
Dance/USA to Honor Cleo Parker Robinson, Gina Gibney, and Billie Mahoney at Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO
Dance/USA Statement on the Recent Travel Ban

2016

Dance/USA Announces Newly Elected Board Officers and New Trustees
Dance/USA Receives $1.9 Million in Renewed Funding for Engaging Dance Audiences
Founding Director of Dance/USA’s First Branch Office, Dance/NYC, Passes Away
Dance/USA to Celebrate the 2016 Honorees in Austin June 8, 2016 at Opening Night Celebration
Dance/USA Statement on Discriminatory Legislation
Dance/USA Announces Fifth Annual Institute for Leadership Training
Dance/USA to Honor Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Ann Williams, Ella Baff, Sarah and Ernest Butler at Annual Conference in Austin, TX

2015

Dance/USA Welcomes Four Officers, One Council Chair, and Five New Members to its 2015-2016 Board of Trustees
Dance/USA to Celebrate the 2015 Honorees in Miami June 17, 2015 at Opening Night Celebration
Dance/USA Awards $1.2 Million to Engaging Dance Audiences Grantees
Trisha Brown, Linda Shelton, Raven Wilkinson, and Toby Lerner Ansin to be Honored by Dance/USA
Dance/USA Announces Fourth Annual Institute for Leadership Training

2014

Dance/USA Philadelphia Receives $89,000 in Transitional Funding
Philadelphia Dance Service Organization to Close
Engaging Dance Audiences Receives $1.873 in Renewed Funding: Third Round Focuses on Sustainability and Engaging Specific Audiences
Dance/USA Welcomes Two Officers, Six Council Chairs, and Eight New Members to its 2014-2015 Board of Trustees
Dance/USA to Recognize Local Dance Champions Robert and Katherine Goodale and Colleen Callahan-Russell at Annual Conference in Minneapolis
Cecily Sommers is Keynote Speaker at Dance/USA Conference in Minneapolis
Liz Lerman and D. David Brown to be Honored by Dance/USA
Dance/USA Announces Third Annual Institute for Leadership Training

2013

Dance/USA Presents the 2014 Dance Forum: Dancing Our Way Through the Affordable Care Act
Dance/USA Selected to Participate in EmcArts Pilot Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies
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