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"Foundation for...funding, advocacy and awareness building."

Dance/NYC is committed to effective case building grounded in action oriented research. Through research, it guides strategic and responsive policy and fund development and improves management practice. Dance/NYC understands the key role data has in ensuring dance workers and companies are advocated for and that their needs are served at this time. Dance/NYC has published 15 pioneering research reports. Please visit the research library below to access all of Dance/NYC's past research

 

Research

State of NYC Dance 2023: Findings from the Dance Industry Census

State of NYC Dance 2023: Findings from the Dance Industry Census

Carrie Blake, Webb Mgmt and Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, ADC Consulting in collaboration with Dance/NYC staff.

 
Coronavirus Dance Impact Information Brief - A Dance Sector in Peril

Coronavirus Dance Impact Information Brief - A Dance Sector in Peril

Prepared by Carrie Blake, Webb Mgmt in collaboration with Dance/NYC staff. 

 
Defining “Small-Budget” Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology

Defining “Small-Budget” Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology

By Carrie Blake, Nelie Jacques, and Dance/NYC    

 
Advancing Immigrants. Dance. Arts.

Advancing Immigrants. Dance. Arts.

By Julie Koo and Mireya Guerra, in collaboration with Dance/NYC's Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force.

 
 
Immigrants. Dance. Arts.: Data on NYC Dance

Immigrants. Dance. Arts.: Data on NYC Dance

By Julie Koo, in collaboration with Dance/NYC's Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force.

 
 
Performing Disability. Dance. Artistry.

Performing Disability. Dance. Artistry.

By Anne Coates, with Jeffrey G. Nolan, and in collaboration with Dance/NYC's Disability. Dance. Artistry. Task Force.

 
 
New York City's Foreign-Born Dance Workforce Demographics

New York City's Foreign-Born Dance Workforce Demographics

By Dance/NYC, DataArts, and Webb Management Services

 
Advancing Fiscally Sponsored Dance Artists & Projects

Advancing Fiscally Sponsored Dance Artists & Projects

By Webb Management Services

 

Research in the News

The Dance Edit: Making sure every dance worker counts

The Dance Edit, The Dance Edit, July 14, 2022

 

Dance/NYC Announces Dance Industry Census

Dance/NYC, Dance/NYC, July 13, 2022

 

In a New Census, Dance/NYC Wants to Count Every Dance Worker

The New York Times, Rachel Sherman, July 13, 2022

 

More Research in the News

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