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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.

2020

• 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