Thank you all for sharing your dance success stories - for gathering with us today. ♥️ #apap2025
NCCAkron shares lessons learned in their work supporting choreographic work: aggregate resources, stay in communication, play with format, think longterm - persistence and patience. #apap2025
There is a need for comprehensive education on how to present percussive dance but the good news is we know this kind of dance can live in the music scene! - Soles of Duende #apap2025
“In really rough times, artists get to work.” - Lisa Mount, Artistic Logistics at our Dance Success Stories panel #apap2025
Informational papers for dancers on cardiovascular health, nutrition, strength training, and more from the Task Force on Dancer Health danceusa.org/informational-p…
Sara Nash introduces new initiatives on dancer health and well-being from @NEAarts learn more at HTTPS://Arts.gov/impact/arts…
Next round of @NEAarts Grants for Arts Projects is live. Visit Arts.gov for more. First deadline Feb 13 #apap2025 #artsfunding
We are sharing a few key themes from our Strategic Reframing Process:
- Advocacy
- Connection & Community
- Career Development
- Expanding the Definition of Dance
More to come in future weeks. Please stay tuned with us.
#apap2025
“In the coming years, we will be called on to dance at the edges of our own comfort,” personally and as an ecosystem, to support our organizational success. -Kellee Edusei, ED Dance/USA #apap2025
This year is gonna be about choice. Choosing how we do this work. “We can do it with joy, or with a struggle.” - Kellee Edusei, ED Dance/USA #apap2025
“Politically and socially we are in a tumultuous time... Bertrand Evans-Taylor, our Director of Govt Affairs at Dance/USA, has shared with us what we will need in these times: Serenity, courage, and wisdom.” -Kellee Edusei, Exec Director #apap2025
“I am deeply appreciative of my Board colleagues. I am honored to be with you…” - Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez (@abdosay22), Dance/USA Board Chair, @TUDance #apap2025
Get a good night's sleep, everyone. See you at Dance Forum tomorrow morning, bright and early! danceusa.org/dance-forum
Doors open at 8:30am
New York Hilton Midtown, Trianon Ballroom (3rd Floor)
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The 16th cycle of the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program is now open!
Applicants must be professional dancers who can demonstrate a pressing & critical need for emergency support.
Details here: bit.ly/3BaUhgf
@rrauschenberg
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“Changes are being made across the #dance ecosystem to ensure our industry is more inclusive,” says Kellee Edusei, executive director of @DanceUSAorg. “However, the pace and commitment varies from organization to organization.” Learn more. bit.ly/3YrsExc
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There’s no denying it: America’s #dance ecosystem is changing, and companies might need to adapt to survive. Read on to hear executive director of @DanceUSAorg Kellee Edusei’s thoughts on the industry’s shifting tides. bit.ly/3YrsExc
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ICYMI here's @j_artshealthlab's How Do We Realize the Potential of the Arts to Support Health & Wellbeing in the U.S.—key learnings from the arts & health caucus held prior to the #HealBridgeThrive convening co-hosted by @NEAarts & @WhiteHouse
bit.ly/4dC7hij
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Many #arts organizations struggle to maintain an audience base, especially when balancing tradition and innovation. Learn more about arts researcher Francie Ostrower’s research into audience sustainability. bit.ly/3YfwN8E
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Please join @NEAarts on Monday, September 30 from 3:30-5:00 pm ET to share your thoughts & ideas on the barriers, best practices & ideal working environments for artists/cultural workers with disabilities to do their best work.
Learn more/register at arts.gov/events.

ALT Collage of four photos featuring a black dancer performing onstage in an orange patterned African costume and two men behind him playing drums; a black and white photo of five black men wearing dark suits and sunglasses; a woman seated in a wheelchair instructing female dancer in a wheelchair and a woman standing beside her; a group of actors on a stage with dramatic blue lighting and projections of a woman’s face behind them" with text that says National Endowment for the Arts Disability Arts Listening Session





