March 26th: New & Experimental Works (NEW) Program, March 31st: SIA Foundation Grants, April 1st: Palm Desert Choreography Festival, April 1st: New England States Touring (NEST 1 and 2), April 17th: World Arts West (WAW) Cultural Dance Catalyst Fund, September 14th: New England Dance Fund, October 13th: Community Arts Grant - Zellerbach Family Foundation, December 1st: Culture Forward Grant - The Svane Family Foundation, December 31st: National Dance Project Presentation Grants - New England Foundation for the Arts, December 31st: National Dance Project Travel Fund, December 31st: New England Presenter Travel Fund
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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
Read about the choreographer, dancer, and author, and trailblazer who was honored at the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors following the link below.
By Siobhan Burke
17 November 2017
In the year following the 2016 presidential election, Burke writes that she’s seen political resonance across the dance community. Dances without political agendas even seem to hint at the outside world.
Read more in the New York Times.
By Roslyn Sulcas
18 November 2016
This article explores the leadership of Tamara Rojo, the former Spanish star of the Royal Ballet, who left to pursue a leadership position with a near rival company across London. With her she took another star, Alina Cojocaru, and gave one of the largest opera houses in the world a run for their money.
Read more in the New York Times.
by Alastair Macaulay
12 January 2017
“Can ballet express a modern view of the sexes?” This questions guides Alastair Macaulay’s article for the New York Times. It is apparent in his writing that, no, Macaulay does not think this can be the case. But, he hopes the future will bring more Hermiones from “The Winter’s Tale” and more Martha Grahams.
Read more in the New York Times.
DDP reaction by Isabelle Vail
Led by Melissa Silverstein, Women and Hollywood is a nonprofit dedicated to women’s parity in film. Like the Dance Data Project, though ten years older and more established, the organization researches female involvement in a plethora of areas in the art form. Directorships, productions, attendance, award representation – you name it – Women and Hollywood sets the tone for 2018, a year of change.
On their website, the nonprofit includes a page with striking statistics. Its display is concise and to the point: women simply don’t get the opportunities that men do. Take a look below and see all the areas studied by the organization. With enough resources, DDP could too study such diverse areas of the dance field.
See Statistics on Women and Hollywood.
The New York Times: After Flood, Houston Ballet Returns With a Romantic Masterpiece
By Alastair Macaulay
24 September 2017
Houston Ballet performed “Mayerling” at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts this fall, following destruction in the city from Hurricane Harvey floods. Macaulay praised the company, describing this ballet as perhaps its best work yet.
Read more in the New York Times.
by Brooks Barnes
26 October 2017
The major shift occurring in Hollywood and the world of film currently is of great relevance to the DDP mission. Inequality. Harassment. Assault. Who knows if the same crimes are go unspoken in the dance world?
In a recent article during this critical time, published in the New York Times, Brooks Barnes describes the atmosphere at the ArcLight Hollywood, held by Women and Hollywood. Characterized by the simultaneous premier of the newest movie in the “Saw” franchise, horror stories of statistics describing the unequal representation of women in the film business were spread across the room by attendees. Led by feminist Melissa Silverstein, Women and Hollywood is much more than a blog and is one of the leading organizations combating female parity issues in this art form.
Read more about it in The New York Times.
by Tamara Cohen
A Jewish feminist philanthropist, Barbara Dobkin is described in this biography as pursuing the full equality of women through several modes of dedication. According to this article, in 1998 Dobkin received the Woman of Vision award from the New York Women’s Foundation, and she continues to serve her mission today.
Read more about this philanthropist in the Jewish Women’s Archive.
Video produced by Griselda Murray Brown, filmed and edited by Richard Topping
16 March 2016
Video originally posted on the Financial Times.
By Robert Greskovic
1 August 2017
In this article by the WSJ, critic Robert Greskovic expresses dismay over the choreography presented this summer at Joyce Theater. Though a diverse crowd of dancers and creators, the festival fell short in many critiques. A step forward for equality, but little representation of the genius in the art.
Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
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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
