Growing Through Collaboration: Finding Balance in a Shifting Landscape
Collaboration may generate energy; ignite relationships that build trust, further knowledge and group effort that continue to infuse the creative process.
Technology as Muscle in a Crowded Marketplace
People have so many ways of entertaining themselves, the fact of which dance artists cannot be reminded often enough.
Thoughts from a Dance Enthusiast: Pico Iyer’s Plenary Speech — Day 1
More than ever in the arts, we dancers and dance administrators need some good spiritual food for sustenance – especially as the world pushes us to move ever faster in its service and sometimes, it seems, far away from the art we love. It is imperative to thrive despite many draining challenges that face us. It is important to find balance in our lives.
Thank You from Pico Iyer
I wanted to thank you very truly, from the heart, for making a space for me in your community, and bringing me into your company, in so many senses.
Interview with Dance/USA Board Member Julie Nakagawa
Don’t let her small stature and soft-spoken, polite nature fool you. She is highly intelligent and a fiercely passionate advocate for dance. Julie Nakagawa, co-founder and artistic director of DanceWorks Chicago (DWC) and an officer on the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA, is an artist, teacher, mentor and director that focuses on nurturing not only the individual artist, but the global dance community as a whole. There is no ego here.
The Dance Enthusiast Takes a Field Trip to Dance/USA’s 2011 Annual Conference
Welcome to Dance — Chicago Style
Scene: Opening Reception — On Stage at The Harris Theater for Music and Dance
In Dance News: It’s A Matter of Place
This has been an exciting week for three dance organizations — and there is a common and unlikely thread that ties their accomplishments together: geography.
Dance/USA: Create the Future
Dance artists and practitioners in the Champaign-Urbana (C-U) area have it made; they have access to a respected University dance department and a vibrant local dance community, and they are just a short drive away from one of the central hubs for dance in the U.S. – Chicago. This July, Dance/USA, a national service organization for professional dance, is giving C-U residents a great reason to make the drive.
Dance/USA Is Coming to Chicago!
In case you haven’t heard, Dance/USA (the national service organization for professional dance) is holding its annual conference in Chicago July 13th through 16th. This 2011 convening is anticipated to be the orgs biggest gathering yet of artistic directors, presenters, executive directors, company managers, artists, choreographers, marketing gurus, development divas and (thanks to a one-day scholarship – thank you!) even a little blogger like me. The jam-packed schedule — here — includes receptions, roundtable discussions, plenary speakers, multiple break out sessions (management, artistry, audience engagement and technology), city tours and a number of performances at some of the city’s best dance venues.
Cultivating the “Ah-Ha” Moment
Many of us working in larger cities take exposure to high-caliber arts for granted. We are presented with a myriad of professional performance options on a daily basis. This is not the case, however, across the country particularly in dance where touring is getting more expensive, presenting is getting riskier, and selling tickets is more and more challenging.