Announcements about the Dance Data Project™ including new research, upcoming initiatives, additions to the team, and other exciting news.
Dance Data Project®’s Expanded 2021 Report Reveals Persistent and Significant Gender-Based Pay and Opportunity Gaps, Primarily at Largest United States Ballet Companies
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® (DDP) today released its third annual Artistic & Executive Leadership Report, doubling the scope of ballet companies surveyed to 100 and, for the first time, including compensation analysis for associate artistic directors and other highly paid individuals, in addition to previously surveyed artistic and executive directors.
Dance Data Project® Welcomes Six New Team Members to its Summer 2021 Cohort
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® welcomes six new team members to its summer 2021 cohort!
Dance Data Project® Announces 2021 “Largest 50 Report” on U.S. Ballet Companies
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® today announced today released Part 1 of its annual “Largest 50” analysis of United States ballet companies. DDP has also greatly expanded its research scope, surveying a total of 126 U.S. ballet companies,* an increase of 70% from 74 companies surveyed in 2020.
Dance Data Project® Releases Resources Aimed at Highlighting Best Practices for Keeping Dancers Safe from Sexual Assault and Harassment
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® today announced the release of two tools that provide ballet and dance schools, as well as students, parents, and instructors with specific measures to help students and professional dancers to recognize and prevent sexual harassed or physical abuse: the first is a checklist of safety measures; the second is a one-stop resource detailing the reporting around and work being done in the US and globally to address sexual abuse and harassment in the dance and allied performance fields, sports and youth-oriented not for profits. In addition, DDP released a “DDP Talks To”… interview with Emma Lister and Zoë Ashe-Brown, who, alongside Lister’s Makeshift Company and MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS podcast, conducted a wide ranging survey in September 2020 on mental health in ballet.
Global Conversations Round 4 Announcement
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the release of Global Conversations: From the Ground Up, the fourth round in a series of virtual interviews. Round 4 re-imagines a more sustainable and equitable system for teaching, marketing, and branding ballet and features 10 conversations with a roster of majority women leaders of national dance and presenting service organizations, as well as artistic and executive directors, dancers, and choreographers.
DDP and President & Founder Liza Yntema to be Featured in Forthcoming Textbook
/0 Comments/in DDP in the News, DDP Announcements/by Jason SmithResident Choreographer 2021
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the Data Byte: Global Resident Choreographer Survey 2021, a mini-report focusing on the gender distribution of 64 resident choreographer (RC) positions at 75 United States and 68 international ballet companies for a total of 143 companies.
Top 50 Affiliate Schools Data Byte 2020
/0 Comments/in News, DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the Data Byte: Top 50 Affiliate Ballet Schools 2020, a mini-report focusing on the gender distribution in leadership among the ballet schools connected to the Top 50 U.S. ballet companies. The mini-report looks at the 45 out of 46 schools affiliated with the Top 50 companies who made faculty information publicly available on their websites.
Festivals 2020
/0 Comments/in DDP Announcements/by dancedataDance Data Project® (DDP) today announces the 2020 Dance Festival Gender Equity Report, a report that examines the gender distribution of programming and leadership among 2020 festivals and includes a comparative analysis of 2019 and 2020 findings.