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"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery

Announcements about the Dance Data Project™ including new research, upcoming initiatives, additions to the team, and other exciting news.

Top 50 Affiliate Schools Data Byte 2020

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the Data Byte: Top 50 Affiliate Ballet Schools 2020, a mini-report focusing on the gender distribution in leadership among the ballet schools connected to the Top 50 U.S. ballet companies. The mini-report looks at the 45 out of 46 schools affiliated with the Top 50 companies who made faculty information publicly available on their websites.

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Festivals 2020

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the 2020 Dance Festival Gender Equity Report, a report that examines the gender distribution of programming and leadership among 2020 festivals and includes a comparative analysis of 2019 and 2020 findings.

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Data Bytes: Leadership Changes 2020

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announces Data Bytes, the latest category of research that illuminates trends in the ballet industry through a new format of quick and easy-to-read metrics. The first release in this new category, 2020 Leadership Changes – Our End of the Year Mini Report on Comings and Goings in the Industry, sorts by gender the leadership transitions throughout major ballet companies and allied organizations such as festivals.

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Season Status Updates Additions

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announced the addition of two new categories of data to DDP’s 2020-2021 Season Status Updates resource: 2020 Festivals (U.S. and international) and Venues. This online resource lists the most recent available information concerning domestic and international programming changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DANCE DATA PROJECT® TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORIC JOB LOSSES FOR WOMEN IN PERFORMING ARTS – CITING LACK OF LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND ENTRENCHED BIAS

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the social media campaign, Connecting the Dots – #YesThisIsAnArtsStory, designed to draw attention to the catastrophic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in dance and the performing arts in general. The campaign will begin on Monday, Nov. 23 and run for three weeks, ending on Friday, Dec. 11.

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DANCE DATA PROJECT® “ZOOMS OUT” TO INTERVIEW TOP ARTS/DANCE JOURNALISTS, ACADEMICS, AND DEI EXPERTS ON CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE ART FORM

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announced the release of Global Conversations: The View From 30,000 Feet, the third round in a series of virtual interviews. Round 3 examines the state of ballet not only as an art form but also as a multi-million-dollar industry in the United States and a field of endeavor that must quickly adapt to the challenges of a pandemic or cease to exist in the post-COVID world.

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DANCE DATA PROJECT® CONTINUES TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS SEEKING TO NAVIGATE AND EXPAND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today released its Choreographer Checklist: Working Towards a Global Market, a concise to-do list to help female choreographers navigate the changing performing arts field and widen their global audience through digital platforms.

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DDP RELEASES ONLINE INDEX OF WORLDWIDE BALLET PROGRAMMING

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announced the creation of the 2020-2021 Season Status Updates resource, an online tool that provides a listing of programming changes for both U.S. and international ballet companies. The resource, which will continue to be updated in real time, details the most recent information regarding company seasons and the specifics of COVID-era programming (e.g., virtual, live, drive-in, etc.).

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2019-2020 Season Overview Release

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today releases its 2019-2020 Season Overview, a statistical examination of choreographer gender within the seasons of the Top 50 U.S. companies. This year’s report indicates a significant increase in programming equity from last year, but men remain favored in almost every category.

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DANCE DATA PROJECT® TO RELEASE PART 2 OF GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS SERIES, FEATURING THE BALLET WORLD’S TOP LEADERS AND THEIR METHODS FOR CRISIS NAVIGATION

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Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announced the release of Global Conversations – Navigating Challenging Times, the second round in a series of virtual interviews. Round 2 features 10 artistic directors, executive directors, and CEOs of some of the most globally esteemed ballet companies. See the full roster in the announcement.

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