DATA BYTE:
Global Resident Choreographers 2023
May 6th, 2023
With this Data Byte, Dance Data Project® examines the role of resident choreographers at prominent dance companies for the fourth year annually. New additions to this year’s report include the Additional 50 U.S. Ballet & Classically Based Companies and an expanded global company sample. As a result, DDP analyzes 348 companies, a significant increase from the 270 companies previously studied.
Of the 348 companies examined, DDP identified 89 companies employing a total of 116 resident choreographers (an increase from 79 at 55 companies in 2022). Of the 116 resident choreographers, 42 are women (36%) and 74 are men (64%). In the 2022 study, DDP determined that women comprised 32% of resident choreographers and men comprised 68%. These findings indicate there has been little change in the gender distribution of resident choreographers between 2022 and 2023.
*Ballet Fantastique and Cathy Marston at Ballett Zürich reached out to DDP to clarify these respective companies’ resident choreographers. These are late additions; therefore, DDP has not changed the report’s data calculations. DDP acknowledges this omission and will be sure to include them in future iterations of the report.
