The driving force behind Washington, D.C.’s Dance Place, Carla Perlo receives the 2018 Ernie Award for her contributions to building a full-service studio/theater, that is a home for artists and neighborhood kids to create.
The driving force behind Washington, D.C.’s Dance Place, Carla Perlo receives the 2018 Ernie Award for her contributions to building a full-service studio/theater, that is a home for artists and neighborhood kids to create.
Eminent couple Lula and Erwin Washington have for nearly four decades shaped dance in Los Angeles as influential artists, educators, community leaders, and role models. Read more.
“I never set out to change the world,” says dancer, educator and activist Mary Verdi-Fletcher. “I just wanted to dance.” Along the way, she made dance accessible for those in wheelchairs, and accessibility became a common practice.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Pacific Northwest Ballet spent two seasons conducting market research and testing initiatives designed to attract new millennial audiences. Find out what they learned and what surprises they uncovered.
Presenters from around the country have turned to "celebrity" dance artists to curate programming. Some prominent dancers are also curating their own independent works. Read more from Isabella Boylston, James Sofranko, Justin Peck, and Tiler Peck.
Celebrated dancers have been curating more and more performances. Hear from dancers and presenters about the experience, including The Kennedy Center, Jacob's Pillow, and The Music Center in this two-part series.
Read a recent case study from The Wallace Foundation on how the Seattle Symphony used market research to build audiences for the arts.
Dance/USA's Board Chair Michelle Ramos is committed to breaking down silos in the dance community through programming that focuses on diversity, equity and intersectionality. And in her spare time she just earned her PhD, runs marathons and takes class. Read more in Leadership Corner.
I don’t know that the dance field is any worse than it ever has been, but universally dancers still struggle with the question: How am I going to make a career out of this, said dancer-turned-photographer Jonathan Givens. Read on for more.
Relevance, community, place-based work, and truth telling were the topics discussed at Dance/USA's 2018 Dance Forum. The event focused on examples of work that represented the future of the dance field in different ways. Read on for more.