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Dance Worker Digest | August 2023

This month's topics cover resources for people with disabilities seeking careers in the arts, contracting change for NYC nonprofits, advocacy around predatory ticketing, and scholarships for dancers in career transition.…

 

Dance/NYC Announces Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program

Dance/NYC is pleased to announce the third iteration of the Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program (DDA Fellowship), made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation.…

 

Solidarity and Collective Action for O’Shae Sibley

We write to you today with profound sorrow to acknowledge the tragic murder of dancer O’Shae Sibley following an attack outside of a Brooklyn gas station on Saturday night. He was a beloved member of the Vogue and Ballroom community in NYC, a devoted and cherished student of the Ailey Extension program, and a former apprentice of Philadanco!’s D/2 company. As we mourn O’Shea, we invite you to join us for a moment of solidarity and collective action.…

 

Dance/NYC in solidarity with WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes

Dance/NYC remains in solidarity with the workers affected by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA strikes, as they fight for improved working conditions for arts workers.…

 

Dance Worker Digest | July 2023

This month's topics cover resources for dance workers in disaster prep and affordable housing, as well as in dance training and responses to anti-drag legislation.…

 

Dance Worker Digest | June 2023

This month's topics cover potential changes to the NYC zoning regulations, the Department of Labor’s independent contractor classification, a new directory of BIPOC arts organizations, and gender disparity amongst resident choreographers.…

 

Dance Worker Digest | May 2023

This month's topics cover NYC’s true cost of living, the impact of a failure to raise the federal debt ceiling, disability justice resources and NYC’s nonprofit leadership demographics.…

 

Dance/NYC State of the Organization Address Spring 2023

As we enter a season of increased activity in the cultural sector, Dance/NYC continues to reflect on its current experience navigating organizational change and how that is emblematic of the current state of our field.…

 
A photo of dancers lifting another up in the air in a studio of a Summer MELT workshop. There is a standing lamp off to one corner as the lifted dancer reaches up in the air. Photo by Rachel Keane.

 

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