Why Dance/USA’s Opening Night Celebration Reaffirms Your Love of Dance
Dance/USA’s 2018 Opening Night Celebration at the Aratani Theatre of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles was the perfect way to get inspired. Read more here.
Debbie Allen: 2018 Dance/USA Honor Awardee
Triple threat and more, dancer, choreographer, actor, director and producer Debbie Allen says nurturing the next generation is “the most purposeful thing” in her life. Read more about this year’s Dance/USA Honor Awardee.
Carla Perlo: 2018 Ernie Awardee
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.
Lula and Erwin Washington, 2018 Dance/USA Champion Awardees
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.
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, 2018 Dance/USA Trustees Awardee: Pioneer in the Field of Integrated Dance and Activist for Disability Rights
“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.
Building Audiences for Dance
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.
Celebrity Curators: Presenters Turn to High-Profile Dance Artists To Inspire New Programming Directions [Part 2]
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.
Celebrity Curators: Presenters Turn to High-Profile Dance Artists To Inspire New Programming Directions [Part 1]
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.
Can the City’s Boom Mean New Audiences for the Seattle Symphony?
Read a recent case study from The Wallace Foundation on how the Seattle Symphony used market research to build audiences for the arts.
Leadership Corner: Michelle Ramos, Executive Director, Alternate Roots and Chair, Dance/USA Board of Trustees
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.
