Dance Data Project

Dance Data Project®
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in Gemma Bond’s Interchangeable Text. Photo by Eric Baiano.
Courtesy of American Ballet Theatre.
Dance Data Project®
Pacific Northwest Ballet School instructor Eva Stone with inaugural year students of
PNB School’s “New Voices: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance” class.
Photo © Lindsay Thomas.
Dance Data Project®
Smuin Contemporary Ballet dancers Nicole Haskins, Susan Roemer, and Jane Rehm perform Helen Pickett’s Petal (2015).
Courtesy of Smuin Contemporary Ballet.
Photo by Chris Hardy.
Dance Data Project®
Still from Melissa Barak’s “Pretty, Peculiar Things” (June 2019).
Photo by Cheryl Mann. Courtesy of Melissa Barak.
Dance Data Project®
Scene from Akwarium, Choreography by Katarzyna Skarpetowska,
Courtesy of Richmond Ballet,
Photo by Sarah Ferguson.

Informing equity through data
analysis, advocacy and programming

Dance Data Project® is a global resource for the study and analysis of major national and international dance companies, venues, and choreographic awards. In addition, DDP surveys ballet competitions, festivals and scholarship programs worldwide. We provide a resource for those seeking information about female choreographers, set, costume & lighting designers, as well composers of classically based dance music.

We also cover recent news (as you’ll see below) and provide an archive of articles related to issues surrounding classical dance, including pay transparency and equity, hiring and and harassment policies. Browse, have a look, and feel free to provide feedback by contacting us on our contact page. Many thanks for visiting.

“This is not a pipeline issue. It is a failure of imagination by a field whose job is to imagine the way the world could be.”

– Rachel Chavkin, Tony award-winning director of “Hadestown”

About the Dance Data Project®

Find out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our decades of advocacy.

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Research & Data

We encourage you to send us updates,
let us know about special initiatives, or call our attention
to areas for study or a company, artist, festival, competition
or venue we haven’t discovered yet.

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Scene from Bonzi, Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Courtesy of BalletX, photo by Alexander Iziliaev

DDP Announcements

Nov 05, 2019

Pictured from right to left: Patricia Barretto, CEO of Harris Theater Chicago, Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of the English National Ballet, DDP Founder Liza Yntema, and the author of the mentioned excerpt, dance writer Marina Harss at the Guggenheim’s Works & Process.

DDP Reference in The New Yorker: Goings On About Town

In her recommendation for the "Goings On About Town" column for The New Yorker, dance writer Marina Harss made reference to DDP within the context of an upcoming Guggenheim Works & Process panel with Dance Lab New York and the Joyce Theater Foundation's women of color Choreographic Lab alumni.

Meet the Company: Richmond Ballet

DDP shares our first ever Meet the Company feature. Hear about the success story that is the inaugural company, Richmond Ballet, from its founding artistic director Stoner Winslett and managing director Brett Bonda.

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Students of PNB School’s “New Voices: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance” class. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s "NEW VOICES: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance"

DDP Founder and President Liza Yntema interviews the team behind Pacific Northwest Ballet's New Voices: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance.

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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa rehearses Requiem for a Rose (2016) with Smuin Contemporary Ballet. Photo by Chris Hardy, courtesy of Smuin Contemporary Ballet.

Meet the Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Read Founder and President Liza Yntema's interview with choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa here!

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Resources

Women Who
Inspire Us

We are always looking for new women
leaders in dance to feature on our site. You can
see a list of some of the women who stand out to us
on our Resources page.

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Our Book/Film List

Educate yourself on the dance world, past and present, with some of our favorite novels and films in the dance genre.

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Scene from Rock-a-Bye, Choreography by Penny Saunders, Courtesy of BalletX—Photographer: Candice DeTore