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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

April 15, 2022

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Global Update:

Bailey’s Blog

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

  • Bobbi Jene Smith for Paris Opera Ballet
    • March 17, 2023- March 30, 2023: Paris Opera Ballet has commissioned Bobbi Jene Smith (female) to create a world premiere work. This is a program dedicated solely to a female choreographer.
  • Suzanne Haug for Eugene Ballet – Program: Petrushka
    • February 22, 2023 Eugene Ballet: will be presenting a triple bill ‘Petrushka,’ named for the anticipated world premiere of Suzanne Haug’s (female) work Petrushka. The program also features Toni Pimble’s (female) Rite of Spring and Melissa Bobick’s (female) Apollon Musagète
  • Azure Barton for Ballet Am Rhein – Program: I Am A Problem
    • April 16, 2022- June 5 2022: Ballett Am Rhein will present a double bill  program featuring Azure Barton’s world premiere work entitled Baal. This world premiere will be accompanied by a work by Roland Petit (male) but is not a world premiere. 
  • Michèle Anne de Mey & Hélène Blackburn for Ballet Am Rhein 
    • June 3, 2022 – June 13, 2022: Ballet Am Rhein will present the program ‘Vier Neue Temperamente’ which features 5 works, 4 world premieres, 2 of which are choreographed by women. Michèle Anne de Mey will premiere Phlegmatic Summer, and Hélène Blackburn will premiere Choleric. 
  • Vail Dance Festival Choreography and Commissions Lineup
    • August 8, 2022: Vail Dance Festival will present ‘Now: Premieres’ Many female artists are to be featured in the program including Bobbi Jene Smith, Festival Artist in Residence Caili Quan creating two new works one of which will be performed to commissioned music by Caroline Shaw (female), Jodi Melnick will also create a new work to commissioned music by Andreia Pinto-Correia (female), Claudia Schreier, and Pam Tanowitz will also be premiering new works.
  • Pam Tanowitz for New York City Ballet – Program: Visionary Voices
    • April 22, 2022 – May 1, 2022: New York City Ballet will be presenting a quadruple bill featuring two works by Pam Tanowitz. Her work entitled Gustave le Gray No. 1 will be presented alongside a world premiere work. The other two works in the program are by Justin Peck (male) and Jamar Roberts (male) but are not world premieres. 

Leadership Changes

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2022 Spreadsheet


Outstanding Artists (lighting, music, tech, design, etc.)

Artist Opportunities

This section focuses on new or upcoming deadlines for artist opportunities, in conjunction with our Fellowships, Competitions and Initiatives Guide. For a more comprehensive list of artist opportunities, please see the link above.


*DDP utilizes multiple sources to inform Global Roundups. A comprehensive list of publications, subscriptions & sources can be found here. 

April 8, 2022

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Global Update:

Bailey’s Blog


Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

Leadership Changes

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2022 Spreadsheet

  • Bavarian State Ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett) Artistic Director Igor Zelinsky Steps Down 
    • Effective April 4, 2022: The Bavarian State Ballet announced the departure of Igor Zelinsky (male) from the position of Artistic Director of the ballet. According to the press release Zelinsky stepped down “for private family reasons,” and  ballet masters Judith Turos and Thomas Mayr will jointly cover and secure a continuity” (see link), during the transition. 
  • First Female Director of the Edinburgh International Festival
    • Effective October 1, 2022: Nicola Benedetti will become the first female director of the Edinburgh International Festival. Benedetti is successor to Fergus Linehan, who has been festival’s director for 8 years. According to Dancing Times Magazine April 2022 edition, “(Benedetti) will be the first female director in the Edinburgh International Festival’s 75-year history” (73). 
  • Charlotte Ballet Artistic Director Transition
    • Effective May 1, 2022: Charlotte Ballet has announced that Christopher Stuart (male) will step down as artistic director and Alejandro Cerrudo (male) will become artistic director of Charlotte Ballet. This is a male to male transitionMost publications are reporting this as a Female (Hope Muir) to male transition. 
  • Island Moving Company Artistic Director Transition
    • Effective September 1, 2022: Island Moving Company has announced that their founding Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen will step down and the current Associate Artistic Director Danielle Genest will become the next artistic director. 

Outstanding Artists (lighting, music, tech, design, etc.)

Artist Opportunities

This section focuses on new or upcoming deadlines for artist opportunities, in conjunction with our Fellowships, Competitions and Initiatives Guide. For a more comprehensive list of artist opportunities, please see the link above.

*DDP utilizes multiple sources to inform Global Roundups. A comprehensive list of publications, subscriptions & sources can be found here. 

 

DDP ANNOUNCES 2021 U.S. DANCE FESTIVALS REPORT

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Dance Data Project® today announces the third annual report of dance festival leadership and programming. DDP’s 17th report since February 2019, the 2021 US Dance Festivals Report examines gender equity in dance festival performance programming and leadership, finding that female-led festivals program, on average, 49% works choreographed by women, while male-led festivals program only 38% works choreographed by women. Festivals run by women are simply more equitable.

Festivals present an opportunity for new choreographic works to be tested and presented. The most prized and prestigious commissions are world premieres. Of the 2021 festivals examined, DDP finds that 36% of world premieres were choreographed by women, compared to 47% choreographed by men, with the remainder created by gender expansive choreographers or by co-choreographers of different genders.

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DDP ANNOUNCES COLLEGIATE DANCE PROGRAMS FACULTY & ADMINISTRATION REPORT

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Dance Data Project® today announces the release of its Collegiate Dance Programs Faculty & Administration Report. This Report expands DDP’s widely-cited body of research on the dance economy into the realm of academia. This research analyzes the faculty and administrators of 173 degree-granting collegiate dance programs at public and private institutions in the United States.

DDP Research Lead Michayla Kelly notes, “This Report, our 16th since February 2019, analyzes over 1,600 dance faculty positions at institutions of higher education. Academia hosts a significant number of jobs and opportunities for dance professionals – it is an important aspect of the field, and an avenue which can provide dance professionals with long-term job stability and benefits.”

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DDP ANNOUNCES GLOBAL RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS 2022 DATA BYTE

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Dance Data Project® today announces its Global Resident Choreographers 2022 Data Byte. This mini-report analyzes the gender distribution of resident choreographers at ballet and dance companies worldwide, examining, in a greatly expanded study, who holds these influential and frequently lucrative posts.

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DDP ANNOUNCES PROJECTED 2022 RESEARCH CALENDAR

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Dance Data Project® today announces its 2022 Research Calendar. Since its first published Research Report in January of 2019, DDP has produced 15 full Reports and 6 mini Data Bytes. The following is a projected timeline of extensive research– due to the nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on dance organizations, this is subject to change.

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Dance Magazine – Keep Your Talent: How Managers of Dance Businesses Can Combat “The Great Resignation”

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