News & Announcements

We made a match!

The top ranking project, funded by the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter in a recent grant review was the result of a match made at Zooming In On Collaboration, our annual mixer for choreographers and composers. Congratulations to Chuck Holdeman and Jenna Frome and good luck with “New Music and Dance for South Philly Kids After School,” a project collaborating with United Communities Southeast Philadelphia (UCSEP).

Hi Tea: Dance and Community Arts -- May 22

Colleen Hooper will be presenting on Dance and Community Arts at the 2012 Dance/USA Conference in San Francisco. She will present techniques for building local coalitions and creating unexpected connections between form, venue, and audience. Come hear all about it before she heads west. Hi Tea on May 22 from 6-7:30pm. No agenda, just interesting people.

THE ADVANCE PLANNING CALENDAR

Dance/USA Philadelphia Advance Planning Calendar is a tool to help us avoid, not all conflicts, but hopefully, the disastrous ones. This tool is designed for producing dance companies and presenters. List tentative dates as well as confirmed dates for future performances, anniversaries, festivals and fundraising events. The information is for internal use only; not for the general public.
To request access: email or call 215-922-5970.

Get Involved! Philadelphia to host Dance/USA Annual Conference in 2013

The 2013 Dance/USA Conference (June 12-15, 2013) is a fantastic opportunity for Philly to "strut its stuff." Nearly 600 dance professionals will converge on Philadelphia. Interested in getting involved? Email danceusaconference2013@gmail.com and express your interest in joining the Host Committee, a subcommittee or by providing a specific service, resource or idea. The Host Committee Co-Chairs, Michael Scolamiero, Terry Fox and Donna Faye Burchfield, will lay out the next steps in the planning process. Stay tuned and spread the word to your emails lists and via Facebook.  

Cultural Crossroads

Recently, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs launched Cultural Crossroads, an arts-specific group on the Department’s social networking site. The group’s purpose is to facilitate connections between U.S. artists traveling abroad with U.S. embassy workers in those regions visited as well as to provide resources and funding information to both stakeholder groups. While the group is still small, the arts community is looking for it to increase. This is a great opportunity for the dance community to develop a strong online presence by posting relevant articles, beginning discussions, and highlighting future travel plans or exchange opportunities. The site is open for anyone to join. If you would like additional information, please contact advocacy@danceusa.org.

The Philadelphia Dance History Journal

"From minuet to hip-hop, from assemblies to flash mobs; it’s all here." 

Dance/USA Green Room Blog

Check out the Dance/USA Green Room Blog: blogs from dance enthusiasts to Board Members of Dance/USA discussing art, advocacy, and dance.

How Long is your performance?

Do you post the length of your shows in billings and advertisements? Consider this.

Making homes for the aRTS IN sACRED PLaces

Read the recent report on an exciting new initiative. Thank you, Partners for Sacred Places.

CHECK THIS OUT!

Nonprofits Invited to Connect to New Funding Resource  article by Susan Carey Dempsey. And, A New Ticket Application on Facebook!

Connecting creative people with creative spaces

A new site has launched! PhillySpaceFinder.com is a free online database of creative spaces in the Greater Philadelphia region featuring more than 100 spaces available for rent for performances, rehearsals, meetings, auditions, special events, weddings and more. PhillySpaceFinder was created through a partnership of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Dance/UP, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project.

blowout sale!

Equipment Rental Prices SLASHED! from DanceUP on Vimeo.

Archiving your work

Click here for Best Practices on archiving your performance videos!