Dance Magazine: This Ballet Company Will Only Dance Works by Women in 2020. The Director Doesn’t Think That Should Be News
Patricia Barker discusses her leadership and women choreographers with Dance Magazine’s Steve Sucato.
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BWW Feature: THE DAY at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Learn how the female perspective shaped THE DAY.
Just Released: Global Resident Choreographer Survey
Dance Data Project® (DDP) has conducted an initial examination of resident choreographer positions globally within the ballet industry.
DDP found that among the 116 international and U.S. ballet companies studied, a significant majority have hired men as resident choreographers. The study reveals that 37 of the 116 ballet companies surveyed globally employ resident choreographers. Twenty-eight of these 37 companies have placed exclusively men in this position (76%). Read the report here.
wfmt: Where Are the Women Composers? How Classical Music is Faring in the Fight for Gender Equality
By Hannah Schiller 13 May 2019 American orchestras have taken some steps to represent women composers, but that there is still a long way to go. So says a newly-released […]
New York Times: Frida Kahlo Could Barely Walk. In This Ballet, She Dances.
A work premiering at the Dutch National Ballet will animate the Mexican painter’s emotional world and artistic legacy.
American Alliance of Museums: Women’s Locker Room Talk: Gender and Leadership in Museums
The crossover of the fight for parity extends into the visual art medium – museums come together for the fight.
Nonprofit Quarterly: The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography
By Jeanne Allen September 18, 2015; WBUR (Boston Public Radio, “The ArtEry”) In 1963, the Ford Foundation used the power of its grants to help create eight ballet companies across the […]
Philanthropy Women Interviews DDP Founder Liza Yntema
This interview in Philanthropy Women’s Feminist Giving IRL series features Elizabeth Yntema, president and founder of the Dance Data Project® (DDP).
Berks-Mont: Dance Theatre of Harlem performs at Kutztown University
Dance Theatre of Harlem will be offering a lecture and demonstration for K-12 schools at 10 a.m. on Feb. 5. In this assembly performance, the company will speak about their history, how they started as a revolutionary, multi-ethnic dance company, and perform excerpts of their new works that highlight female choreographers, women of color, and African-American themes
New York Times: After Oscar Season’s Wildest Week, a Troubling Takeaway
As the field continues to narrow, female filmmakers and actors of color appear increasingly sidelined.
