Expanding Our Advocacy Initatives
At Dance/USA, we are dedicated to ensuring that dance is a powerful, thriving, and essential part of our nation’s cultural landscape. Our advocacy initiatives are central to this mission.
Takeaways and Resources from Advocacy Office Hours
Resources for nonprofits, international artists, and more shared at recent Dance/USA Advocacy Office Hours.
Dance Forum 2025
An inspiring and productive morning filled with insightful conversations and meaningful resource-sharing.
Dance/USA Post-Election Analysis: Advocacy, Resilience, and Discernment
The 2024 election results mark a significant shift in the political landscape.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Dianne Walker, Part 4
Isabel’s final blog post discusses how Dianne Walker’s archives fill a gap in the record around the legacy of tap dance, as well as how it connects, reflects, and speaks to generations before and after Dianne.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: National Institute of Flamenco, Part 4
In her final post, Amy reflects on huge progress in NIF’s archive organization, the specific origins of a collection of books in the archive, the many community ties and impacts of NIF, and its public future.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: LEIMAY, Part 3
Benja’s third blog reflects on how the Fellowship convening allowed the LEIMAY team to reflect upon their careers and archival pursuits, and how this process fed into the production of their new work, “A Meal.”
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Dianne Walker, Part 3
In her third blog post, Isabel reflects on how the Detroit convening of the fellowship cohort influenced her thinking about her work with Dianne and eventually placing the archive with a repository.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Cashion Cultural Legacy, Part 4
Lacy reflects on the rewarding aspects of her fellowship and her deepened appreciation for Cashion, dance, digital archiving, and cultural heritage.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: National Institute of Flamenco, Part 3
In her third post, Amy addresses her work planning and conducting oral histories and posits a position for the NIF archive as an “archivo de uso” which is rooted in community.
