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Ballet Victoria in Andrea Bayne’s work for “Ballet Rocks”
Photo by Dan Takahashi
Courtesy of Ballet Victoria
December 11th: Camille A Brown & Dancers’ (CABD) Mentorship Program, December 31st: BalletX Choreographic Fellowship, December 31st: Dance Ireland Residency, January 19th: artsHERE Initiative, May 1st: South Arts Professional Development & Artistic Planning Grants
×Ballet Victoria in Andrea Bayne’s work for “Ballet Rocks”
Photo by Dan Takahashi
Courtesy of Ballet Victoria
Dance Data Project® was created to examine gender imbalance in artistic and administrative leadership in dance companies, venues, and organizations. By issuing data reports, advocacy, and programming, DDP raises awareness related to gender equality, primarily in areas of leadership and choreographic opportunities. We are the only organization doing this vital work to produce metrics-based research clearly outlining issues of equity and transparency in the dance industry.
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s 2023 Women & Girls Index found that “Women’s and girls’ organizations received $8.8 billion in philanthropic support in 2020—or 1.8% of overall charitable giving.” This trend in data has remained consistent since 2012 as “philanthropic support for WGI organizations has consistently stayed between 1.5% and 1.9% of overall charitable giving.” This underscores the importance of philanthropic giving to initiatives, companies, and organizations that focus specifically on women.
In the dance industry specifically, DDP’s 2023 Season Overview Report shows that 14.9% of works commissioned by the Largest 10 companies were choreographed by women, despite those companies operating with 58% of the Largest 50’s expenditures during the 2022/2023 season. This indicates a consistent trend by which the largest companies with the most funding are consistently choosing to program less work by women than smaller companies with much smaller budgets. Our research creates the opportunity for a more informed donor base that is able to target giving towards smaller, more equitable organizations. This sort of transparency in the dance industry is vital and lies at the heart of DDP’s work. This accountability also contributes to gender equity by providing concrete means of fostering a more equitable, healthy, and safe workplace as well as ensuring integrity in procedures and policies. DDP specifically tailors our advocacy and programming to the needs of up-and-coming female talent in dance. At the bottom of this page, we’ve provided a snapshot of these initiatives, as well as the research and Listening Tours which inform all of the work that we do at Dance Data Project®.
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Your gift helps to promote equity! We’ve come a long way, and your help can take us further. Now more than ever it is essential that we work together to raise awareness and fight for gender equality in the Arts.
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