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Advocacy Alert: Thank Your City Council Reps for Supporting Arts & Culture Funding in the FY25 Budget
Thank your reps and keep the momentum going…
Dance Worker Digest *Special Election Edition*
Whether you’re an individual intending to vote or an organization wanting to support your community’s voter engagement, here are some important deadlines and resources that you can use to plan ahead.…
Dance Worker Digest | February 2024
This month's topics cover the National Arts Summit in DC, Dance/USA’s 2024 elections toolkit, the campaign against cuts to arts & culture in NYC, and new legislation protecting freelance workers in New York State.…
Dance/NYC Announces Co-Executive Directorship - Vicki Capote, Sara Roer, and Candace Thompson-Zachery to Lead Organization
Dance/NYC proudly announces that Vicki Capote, Sara Roer, and Candace Thompson-Zachery will all serve as Co-Executive Directors of the dance service organization. The trio all previously served as a part of Dance/NYC’s interim leadership team, and together, will continue to work as a collective—sharing power, strategy, vision, and labor—to put to the test Dance/NYC’s first attempt at a distributed leadership structure.…
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Dance/NYC in solidarity with WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes
Dance/NYC remains in solidarity with the workers affected by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA strikes, as they fight for improved working conditions for arts workers.…
Dance/NYC Spring Break 2023 | February 27–March 5, 2023
(FAQs after letter) Dear Dance Community, As we embark on another year at Dance/NYC, we recognize the need for change as well as the need for rest in order for change to take root and thrive. Dance/NYC is two months into the transition to a shared leadership structure, which we announced in our December 2022 State of the Organization Address. Led by Candace Thompson-Zachery, Vicki Capote, Sara…
Dance/NYC State of the Organization Address & Winter Break
(FAQ after letter) Dear Dance Community, As we come to the close of a third pandemic year, we reflect on the learnings, losses, and triumphs of the past three years. As an artistic community, city, nation, and world, we continue to navigate what remains to be an unprecedented time— one that has forced us to reassess our relationships to each other and to demand and build more just futures. The…
Testimony to the City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations preliminary budget hearing
Submitted to City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations on March 8, 2022…
Prepared by Dance/NYC…
Presented by Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, Executive Director…
