Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Arts Administrators

  • My Arts Admin Week: Lucia Scheckner, Education Director at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange

    My Arts Admin Week: Lucia Scheckner, Education Director at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange Sunday, February 5-Friday, February 10, 2017 January 2017 marked my four-year anniversary as BAX’s Education Director. As I enter my fifth year, the different rhythm of each season making up the year becomes habitual. I’m also struck by what does not…

  • The Arts Administrator’s Alphabet: The Letter C

    For the next few months, we will be using the alphabet as a novel way to unpack the many concepts of arts administration. Please join in. Thank you to the following arts administrators for adding ideas to the project: Ashley Thorndike-Youssef, Now Next Dance Fernando Maneca, BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange Hillary Kooistra, Abraham.In.Motion Kathryn…

  • 17 Awesome Examples: Arts Administrators around the United States

    Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Artistic Director of Elisa Monte Dance     Photo: Ayodele Casel Today I have pulled together posts from the past few years of arts administrators in a variety of roles. These are great stories and inspiration in a field still lacking of books, courses, and degree programs. We are learning from each other! *Please…

  • Artist Profile #153: Becky Radway (Brooklyn, NY)

    Photo by Matt Carr  Hometown: Trevose, PA (just outside Philly) Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 36 College and degree: BA in Dance Performance and Choreography (and a minor in Math) from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD Website: www.beckyradwaydanceprojects.com How you pay the bills: Arts Admin… I am the Associate Artistic Director/Managing Director of Triskelion Arts, a performance and rehearsal space in…

  • Artist Profile #152: Jan Erkert (Champaign, IL)

    Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Current city: Champaign, Illinois Age: 65 College and degree: University of Utah, BFA Website: http://www.dance.uiuc.edu/ How you pay the bills: Head of the Dance, University of Illinois All of the dance hats you wear: Dancer, choreographer, teacher, writer, administrative head (and body).  ——————————————- Jan Erkert and Dancers. Photo by William Frederking. Describe your dance life in your….…

  • The Arts Administrator’s Alphabet: The Letter A

    For the next few months, we will be using the alphabet as a novel way to unpack the many concepts of arts administration. Please join in. Thank you to the following arts administrators for adding ideas to the project: Ashley Thorndike-Youssef, Now Next Dance Fernando Maneca, BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange Hillary Kooistra, Abraham.In.Motion Kathryn…

  • Artist Profile #148: Marc Brew (Glasgow, UK)

    Photo: Andy Ross Hometown: I grew up in a rural village called Jerilderie, in NSW Australia Current city: I am based in Glasgow, UK but work internationally Age: 39 College and degree: Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School – Victorian Certificate of Education and Dance. I then went on to the Australian Ballet School…

  • Artist Profile #141: Laura Faure (Portland, Maine)

    Hometown: Born in Paris, France, lived many places. Current city: Portland, ME Age: 66 College and degree: Various, BA Keene State College Graduate school and degree: MALS Wesleyan University Website: www.batesdancefestival.org How you pay the bills: My job as Director of the Bates Dance Festival All of the dance hats you wear: Curator, producer, director, administrator, encourager…

  • Artist Profile #138: Jennifer Edwards (New York, NY)

    Photo: Evi Abeler Hometown: Long Valley, NJ Current city: New York, NY Age: 43 College and degree: County College of Morris (AA), Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts (1 semester), NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA). I took a year between high school and college because I had my son , so I…

  • Artist Profile #134: Phyllis Haskell Tims (Arizona and Idaho)

    Phyllis Haskell Tims receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Utah (2015) Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Current city: My husband and I spend half the year in Tucson, AZ and the balance of the year at our historic backcountry homestead in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness on the Salmon River in Idaho…