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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

2026 Global Resident Choreographers Report

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The seventh annual report examining resident choreographers at dance companies, and the third report on companies worldwide. The report examines 300 U.S. and 170 international dance companies, for a total of 470 companies, adding 30 companies to those analyzed in 2025. For this seventh edition, DDP has included the newly expanded Largest 150 U.S. Contemporary and Modern Dance Companies. 

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Global Leadership Report 2026

Global Leadership Report 2026

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DDP’s annual examination for 2026 of the gender distribution of leadership positions at the largest ballet and classically-based companies across the globe.

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2026 Artistic and Executive Compensation Report March 2026

Ballet Artistic and Executive Compensation Report 2026

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The Ballet Artistic and Executive Compensation Report is DDP’s annual study of pay in the Largest 150 ballet and classically based companies in the U.S., ranked by annual expenditure.

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Download the The Largest 150 U.S Contemporary and Modern Dance Companies Gender Leadership Distribution + Compensation Data Byte

DATA BYTE: The Largest 150 U.S Contemporary and Modern Dance Companies Gender Leadership Distribution + Compensation

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The following Data Byte is Dance Data Project® (DDP)’s first combined examination of leadership and compensation among the largest contemporary and modern dance companies in the United States. The Largest 150 U.S. Contemporary & ModernDance Companies report was published in October 2025 and details the Largest 50 U.S. contemporary and modern dance companies, ordered by annual expenditures, as well as the Next and Additional 50 companies, ranking 150 companies in total.

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Ballet School Leadership Data Byte

DATA BYTE: 2025 Ballet School Leadership

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This is Dance Data Project’s®  first-ever Ballet School Leadership Data Byte, which examines the gender distribution of leadership within ballet schools affiliated with the Largest 150 Ballet & Classically Based Companies.

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DATA BYTE: 2025 Revenue

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The 2025 Revenue Data Byte marks DDP’s first in-depth analysis of nonprofit revenue structures, utilizing IRS Form 990 data from FY2019 to FY2024 to examine how the Largest 150 U.S. ballet and classically based professional companies earn income. Understanding how nonprofit ballet companies generate and structure their revenue sheds light on how these companies maintain sustainability and ultimately reveal greater insight into the ballet industry’s overall operation. The Largest 150 companies are ranked in descending order based on the size of their annual revenue for FY2023 and are divided into three categories: the Largest 50 (#1-50), the Next 50 (#51-100), and the Additional 50 (#101-150) companies for further analysis.

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DATA BYTE-Company Ranking Based on Number of Dancers

DATA BYTE: 2025+ Leadership Transitions

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DDP’s first report to analyze dancer counts for the Largest 150 U.S. Ballet and Classically Based Companies ranked by FY 2023 expenditure.

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Number of Dancers By Company Report 2025

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This is Dance Data Project® (DDP)’s seventh annual study examining the gender distribution of leadership at ballet and classically based companies in the United States. This is DDP’s fourth iteration of the report examining the Largest 150 companies. This report analyzes the gender distribution of Artistic, Executive, and Associate/Assistant Directors, and for the third year, includes Heads of Schools, Heads of Second Companies, and Rehearsal Directors. DDP continues to expand our analysis of leadership positions within ballet, and, for the first time, the gender distribution of music directors and conductors among the Largest 150 companies is examined. 

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DATA BYTE-Company Ranking Based on Number of Dancers

DATA BYTE: Company Ranking Based on Number of Dancers

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DDP’s first report to analyze dancer counts for the Largest 150 U.S. Ballet and Classically Based Companies ranked by FY 2023 expenditure.

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2025 Percussive Dance Companies Data Byte

DATA BYTE: 2025 Percussive Dance Companies

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DDP has released its first report analyzing gender representation in choreography for The Nutcracker and other holiday productions. This mini report or “Data Byte” covers the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons.

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