Entries by dancedata
August 12, 2022
Stephanie Lake for Sydney Dance Company – Program: Resound, Cathy Marston for Houston Ballet – Program: Summer and Smoke, Jessica Lang for Pacific Northwest Ballet – Program: Boundless, Margarita Armas for Miami City Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow, Bobbi Jene Smith for Paris Opera Ballet […]
DANCE DATA PROJECT® LAUNCHES PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP IN DANCE
Today, Dance Data Project® (DDP) announces Raising the Barre: Curriculum for the Next Generation of Leadership in Dance. This free, online leadership curriculum offers creative solutions to properly equip dance leaders of the future with vital skills to strengthen their careers. It is not only for Artistic or Executive Director candidates, but also choreographers, those who are thinking about starting their own companies, and members of Boards of Directors.
August 5, 2022
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa for BAAND Together Dance Festival – Program: Program 1, Tiffany Rea-Fisher for Dance Theater of Harlem, Daniéle Desnoyers for Fondazione Nazionale Della Danza/ Aterballetto – Program: Double Side, Bridget Breiner for Staatsballett Karlsruhe, Stina Quagebeur for Staatsballett Karlsruhe – Program: JAZZ […]
July 29, 2022
Natasha Powell for National Ballet of Canada – Program: Sharing the Stage, Caili Quan for BalletX – Program: Fall Series 2022, Danielle Rowe for Grand Rapids Ballet – Program: Elemental Movement, Jennifer Archibald & Helen Simoneaufor Charlotte Ballet – Program: Innovative Works […]
DANCE DATA PROJECT® FINDINGS SHOW GENDER-BASED WAGE AND OPPORTUNITY GAP IN DANCE LEADERSHIP
Dance Data Project® (DDP) today released its fourth annual Artistic and Executive Leadership Report, tripling the scope of our inaugural Report of this kind to survey 150 total U.S. ballet companies. DDP’s study demonstrates the persistence of a glaring gender-based pay and opportunity gap:
-Only 30% of Artistic Directors at the Largest 50 ballet companies in the United States are women
-Over the past five years, the Largest 50 ballet companies have had more than twice as many men than women in the role of Artistic Director
-In 2018, there were 15 female and 34 male Artistic Directors
-In 2019, there were 13 female and 33 male Artistic Directors
-In 2020, there were 14 female and 33 male Artistic Directors
-In 2021, there were 15 female and 35 male Artistic Directors
-In 2022, there are 15 female and 35 male Artistic Directors
