The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Highlights DDP Research in PBT “Here + Now” Performance Feature
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/0 Comments/in DDP in the News/by dancedataDDP ANNOUNCES 2021 U.S. DANCE FESTIVALS REPORT
/0 Comments/in DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance 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.