Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Blog Series: Building a Dance Company

  • Building a Dance Company: City/County/State

      As you develop your company, grants can support a variety of expenses, including: funding new work, paying for a theater rental, and developing arts education programming. Even if you are not ready to start applying at this moment – or even this year – spending an hour doing some research and reading can provide…

  • Building a Dance Company: Creating a Budget for 2015

    The year is off and running. Have you been able to sit down and sketch out the year – in terms of projects, performances, and finances? A clear understanding of potential costs, and income sources, will help you confidently head into the coming months.   Whether you are producing your own show, or making work to…

  • Building a Dance Company: Understanding Marketing and PR Work

      Postcard images from: Nancy Karp + Dancers, Ka.Nei.See Collective, 2015 Fresh Festival, and California State Summer School for the Arts   "Marketing" and "public relations" (PR) are interrelated terms. But, what do they mean for a dance company? And ultimately, what are you doing – PR and marketing wise – for your upcoming show?…

  • Blog Series: Building a Dance Company

    Keep Coming Back to the ART: Finding Balance Between Administration and Artmaking   I was talking about this topic today with my friend Sarah of the Mid to West Dance Collective. You want to make work, so you start a company. Now, what logistics must be tackled to organize rehearsals, book a theater, and pay the bills?  For…

  • Building a Dance Company: Your Online Presence

    Image respectfully pulled from the Kate Weare Company website; http://www.kateweare.com/   From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am pleased to add another component to the blog. Once a month, a post will share ideas and details for dancers building their own company. I have a stellar group of advisors for this project: Nina Haft of Nina…

  • New Blog Series: Building a Dance Company

    Photo courtesy of ka·nei·see | collective From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am pleased to add another component to the blog. Once a month, a post will share ideas and details for dancers building their own company. I have a stellar group of advisors for this project: Nina Haft of Nina Haft & Company (San Francisco…