By the numbers, The Nutcracker sold more than $51 million in tickets in 2017 and attendance grew by 14%. Get more Nutcracker stats from Dance/USA’s survey here.

With the demise of traditional arts coverage, is a new "Fifth Estate" on social media serving mainstream and fringe arts with critical coverage?

Some 80% of professional newspaper critics employed 20 years ago no longer make a living at their craft. How has this loss of informed criticism changed the field?

Finding the right music can make or break a choreographer's piece. But that's just the beginning. Don't ignore the legal side and clearing rights.

Working with a mentor helped artistic director Vijay Palaparty define his artistic goals. As a participant in the Institute for Leadership training, he said, "Today, I am clear about what I want and why.”

Leadership Corner chats with Jodie Gates: "As leaders we need to look to the younger generation to help us design new models and trust that they’ll take us somewhere."

Are your programs and performance videos stored in a basement or under your bed? Dance/USA's Director of Archiving and Preservation explains how to protect and preserve your company's artistic legacy now.

Audiences at La Jolla Playhouse didn't reflect San Diego's diverse community. Read how the company changed perceptions and engaged a broader audience.

Learn how one performing arts organization, part of the Wallace Foundation's Building Audiences for the Arts cohort, is figuring out how to attract and retain younger audiences.

"I was blown away by the depth of the conversations …. They go beyond dance and into the larger world." Read more comments on Dance/USA's 2018 conference.