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DANCE
IDEAS
- LA Philharmonic Taps Dallas Symphony CEO As Its New Leader
Kim Noltemy’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for the L.A. Phil, which must find someone to take the reins as the organization’s music and artistic director when Gustavo Dudamel leaves for the New York Philharmonic in 2026. – Los Angeles Times
- Outreach Coordinator-Dance Data Project®
Organization Description
Founded in 2015, Dance Data Project® (DDP) is a global resource for the study and analysis of major national and international dance companies, venues, and choreographic awards. In addition, DDP surveys competitions, festivals and scholarship programs worldwide. We provide resources for those seeking information about female choreographers, set, costume & lighting designers, as well composers of classically inspired dance music. In addition, we produced the online Global Conversations series during the pandemic, researched available Covid-19 resources, and compiled a growing list of female performing arts leaders worldwide.
Recently, we have broadened our scope to include global surveys of resident choreographers and season programming. DDP also now surveys modern & contemporary dance companies and now ranks the largest 150 classically based companies by budget. We have added two new online series: Raising the Barre and a short series on motherhood and dance, Moving Forces.
DDP’s work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, NBC, Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and both on radio and television.
Position Description
Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Outreach Coordinator will assist in the acquisition, organization, and storage of media assets from outside organizations, as well as assist in the creative direction of affiliated projects.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Utilize Bailey’s Blog to source leads in female created works nationally and internationally
- Organize outreach efforts to targeted companies to acquire media assets surrounding the promotion of that work
- Update contact lists (when necessary)
- Manage the storage and proper photographer/videographer crediting for obtained assets
- Assist the Chief External Affairs Officer in the development of related projects, when applicable
- Adhere to DDP communications brand guidelines in both internal and external projects
- Must be able to meet minimum hours. While this is a part-time role, it is crucial to the organization and requires a consistent focus each week. The role will need to be a weekly priority for the applicant.
Requirements: Education, Experience, and Skills
- An interest in dance research.
- Well organized, attentive to detail, and in possession of effective time management and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Nurtures positive and collaborative working relationships with team members as well as external resources.
- Deep commitment to diversity, gender equity, racial equity, and inclusion into organizational routines and practice is required.
- Interest in and knowledge of ballet, modern, and/or contemporary dance is recommended.
- Background in or willingness to learn creative campaigns for non-profit organizations
- Must complete the DDP onboarding process as well as sign an NDA (we throw ideas around freely, and many of them do not reach fruition).
- Timely completion of Friday Status Reports (FSRs) as well as invoicing (EOM) on a monthly basis.
Part-Time Position:
- 10 hours with possibility for up to 15 (with proven work)
- $22/hr, commensurate with experience
- 100% remote work
- Has Taylor Swift Transcended Critics?
There has long been a disconnect between how music critics and Swifties consume Taylor Swift’s work, but never before has that split been so pronounced. – The New Yorker
- Rather Than Something To Be Avoided, Anxiety Helps Focus Our Creativity
Even if we are fated to anxiety by our very nature, we needn’t be anxious about being anxious. Contra those who would abolish every form of friction or frustration, he insists that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are. – Washington Post
- What Matters In The Age Of Distraction
For years, we have heard a litany of reasons why our capacity to pay attention is disturbingly on the wane. Technology hounds us. Modern life, forever quicker and more scattered, drives concentration away. For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside. – The New Yorker
ISSUES
- Astonishing Ancient Construction Found In France
Researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) unearthed the monument while excavating a prehistoric site in the eastern commune of Marliens. – Smithsonian
- Art Gallery Of Ontario Strike Revealed A Class Divide
If the union made scant material progress, the strike looks mainly like a huge strategic error on the AGO’s part. — The Globe & Mail
- Climate-Protesting Art Vandals In Paris Arrested Before They Could Vandalize Art
“Two people were arrested on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay for being suspected of attempting to damage classified property. … When they were arrested, they were ‘in possession of a white liquid – glue and a viscous whitish mixture – and were wearing” t-shirts of an environmental activist group. – ARTnews
- Toronto’s Largest Art Museum Reopens After Monthlong Strike
“The Art Gallery of Ontario, which closed to the public on March 26 as more than 400 unionized workers went on strike, (reopened) on April 30. The employees, whose ranks included curators, archivists, designers, researchers, technicians, and front desk staff, … had sought wage increases and protection for part-time workers.” – Artforum
- Marrying Arts And Tech In The Building So They Can Feed Off One Another
At the new gateway to the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology the 180,000-square-foot Student Hall for Exploration and Development offers views into two nearly transparent cubes. In one, actors rehearse a theater performance; students are practicing their moves in a dance studio in the other. – Bloomberg
MEDIA
- Australian Arts Organizations Struggle With Inflation In Costs
Unfortunately, it’s not only large-scale music festivals that are copping severe losses, as many other vital players within the performing arts are battling rising costs in a funding environment that is simply not keeping pace with the price hikes associated with presenting arts events. – ArtsHub
- State Of The Arts In The US: Cultural Organizations’ Staffing Levels Post-COVID
“On average, organizations retained their full-time staff through pandemic shutdowns. Average staff size has grown over the last two years (2022 to 2023) through the addition of permanent part-time positions. Payroll has also increased over the period analyzed, outpacing inflation by 11%.” – SMU DataArts
- What Does Culture Look Like Without Nightlife?
Last year, 125 grassroots music venues closed permanently and 1,293 pubs shut their doors across Britain. According to the Night Time Industries Association, more than 3,000 pubs, clubs and venues have closed down in London alone since the pandemic began in March 2020. – The Guardian
- Mind Blown: The Vegas Sphere As Experience
I don’t know whether the Sphere is the future of live music—it’s very expensive, both to build and attend, and the venue’s path to profitability isn’t clear at all. But I do know this: The Sphere is a mountain. – The Atlantic
- State Of The Arts In The US: Searching For Income Post-COVID
“Many are wondering what the revenue landscape for arts and culture will look like after (governmental relief funds run out). Is there a revenue engine emerging that might fill this gap? To answer this question and others we analyzed data from FY 2019 to 2023 collected from 233 organizations.” – SMU DataArts
MUSIC
- One-Quarter Of Young-Adult-Lit Readers Are More Than 28 Years Old
“According to the report (commissioned by HarperCollins), 74% of YA readers were adults, and 28% were over the age of 28. The research suggests this is due to behavioural changes described as ’emerging adulthood’: young people growing up more slowly and delaying ‘adult’ life.” – The Guardian
- Why Was Penguin Books Named After A Flightless Antarctic Waterfowl?
“Inspired by the existing Albatross Books, (Allen) Lane’s nascent company wanted an animal for (a) mascot. Many years (later), designer Edward Young explained that after a couple hours of fruitless brainstorming, ‘we were in despair. Then suddenly the secretary’s voice piped up from behind the partition. ‘What about penguins?”” – JSTOR Daily
- Now PEN America Has Canceled Its World Voices Festival, Too
“Less than a week after canceling its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony following months of mounting criticism over the organization’s response to the crisis in Gaza, PEN America has also canceled what would have been the 20th edition of its World Voices Festival” after the withdrawal of many participants. – Publishers Weekly
- The Weird History Of Not Letting Writers Take Credit For Their Work
Did you know Ernest Hemingway came up with the word for byline (though he spelled it by-line). “Signed articles could occasionally be found before 1926, but they were not the standard practice they would become a century later.” – The Smart Set
- How Catcher In The Rye Inspired Britain’s Young Hawthornden Prize Winner
In Moses McKenzie’s new book, the main character isn’t self-reflective at all. “It’s difficult to write in the first person and create empathy for a character like that.” Salinger’s famous coming-of-age novel helped him figure it all out. – The Guardian (UK)
PEOPLE
- LA Philharmonic Taps Dallas Symphony CEO As Its New Leader
Kim Noltemy’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for the L.A. Phil, which must find someone to take the reins as the organization’s music and artistic director when Gustavo Dudamel leaves for the New York Philharmonic in 2026. – Los Angeles Times
- Outreach Coordinator-Dance Data Project®
Organization Description
Founded in 2015, Dance Data Project® (DDP) is a global resource for the study and analysis of major national and international dance companies, venues, and choreographic awards. In addition, DDP surveys competitions, festivals and scholarship programs worldwide. We provide resources for those seeking information about female choreographers, set, costume & lighting designers, as well composers of classically inspired dance music. In addition, we produced the online Global Conversations series during the pandemic, researched available Covid-19 resources, and compiled a growing list of female performing arts leaders worldwide.
Recently, we have broadened our scope to include global surveys of resident choreographers and season programming. DDP also now surveys modern & contemporary dance companies and now ranks the largest 150 classically based companies by budget. We have added two new online series: Raising the Barre and a short series on motherhood and dance, Moving Forces.
DDP’s work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, NBC, Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and both on radio and television.
Position Description
Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Outreach Coordinator will assist in the acquisition, organization, and storage of media assets from outside organizations, as well as assist in the creative direction of affiliated projects.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Utilize Bailey’s Blog to source leads in female created works nationally and internationally
- Organize outreach efforts to targeted companies to acquire media assets surrounding the promotion of that work
- Update contact lists (when necessary)
- Manage the storage and proper photographer/videographer crediting for obtained assets
- Assist the Chief External Affairs Officer in the development of related projects, when applicable
- Adhere to DDP communications brand guidelines in both internal and external projects
- Must be able to meet minimum hours. While this is a part-time role, it is crucial to the organization and requires a consistent focus each week. The role will need to be a weekly priority for the applicant.
Requirements: Education, Experience, and Skills
- An interest in dance research.
- Well organized, attentive to detail, and in possession of effective time management and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Nurtures positive and collaborative working relationships with team members as well as external resources.
- Deep commitment to diversity, gender equity, racial equity, and inclusion into organizational routines and practice is required.
- Interest in and knowledge of ballet, modern, and/or contemporary dance is recommended.
- Background in or willingness to learn creative campaigns for non-profit organizations
- Must complete the DDP onboarding process as well as sign an NDA (we throw ideas around freely, and many of them do not reach fruition).
- Timely completion of Friday Status Reports (FSRs) as well as invoicing (EOM) on a monthly basis.
Part-Time Position:
- 10 hours with possibility for up to 15 (with proven work)
- $22/hr, commensurate with experience
- 100% remote work
- Has Taylor Swift Transcended Critics?
There has long been a disconnect between how music critics and Swifties consume Taylor Swift’s work, but never before has that split been so pronounced. – The New Yorker
- Rather Than Something To Be Avoided, Anxiety Helps Focus Our Creativity
Even if we are fated to anxiety by our very nature, we needn’t be anxious about being anxious. Contra those who would abolish every form of friction or frustration, he insists that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are. – Washington Post
- What Matters In The Age Of Distraction
For years, we have heard a litany of reasons why our capacity to pay attention is disturbingly on the wane. Technology hounds us. Modern life, forever quicker and more scattered, drives concentration away. For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside. – The New Yorker
PEOPLE
- LA Philharmonic Taps Dallas Symphony CEO As Its New Leader
Kim Noltemy’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for the L.A. Phil, which must find someone to take the reins as the organization’s music and artistic director when Gustavo Dudamel leaves for the New York Philharmonic in 2026. – Los Angeles Times
- Outreach Coordinator-Dance Data Project®
Organization Description
Founded in 2015, Dance Data Project® (DDP) is a global resource for the study and analysis of major national and international dance companies, venues, and choreographic awards. In addition, DDP surveys competitions, festivals and scholarship programs worldwide. We provide resources for those seeking information about female choreographers, set, costume & lighting designers, as well composers of classically inspired dance music. In addition, we produced the online Global Conversations series during the pandemic, researched available Covid-19 resources, and compiled a growing list of female performing arts leaders worldwide.
Recently, we have broadened our scope to include global surveys of resident choreographers and season programming. DDP also now surveys modern & contemporary dance companies and now ranks the largest 150 classically based companies by budget. We have added two new online series: Raising the Barre and a short series on motherhood and dance, Moving Forces.
DDP’s work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, NBC, Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and both on radio and television.
Position Description
Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Outreach Coordinator will assist in the acquisition, organization, and storage of media assets from outside organizations, as well as assist in the creative direction of affiliated projects.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Utilize Bailey’s Blog to source leads in female created works nationally and internationally
- Organize outreach efforts to targeted companies to acquire media assets surrounding the promotion of that work
- Update contact lists (when necessary)
- Manage the storage and proper photographer/videographer crediting for obtained assets
- Assist the Chief External Affairs Officer in the development of related projects, when applicable
- Adhere to DDP communications brand guidelines in both internal and external projects
- Must be able to meet minimum hours. While this is a part-time role, it is crucial to the organization and requires a consistent focus each week. The role will need to be a weekly priority for the applicant.
Requirements: Education, Experience, and Skills
- An interest in dance research.
- Well organized, attentive to detail, and in possession of effective time management and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Nurtures positive and collaborative working relationships with team members as well as external resources.
- Deep commitment to diversity, gender equity, racial equity, and inclusion into organizational routines and practice is required.
- Interest in and knowledge of ballet, modern, and/or contemporary dance is recommended.
- Background in or willingness to learn creative campaigns for non-profit organizations
- Must complete the DDP onboarding process as well as sign an NDA (we throw ideas around freely, and many of them do not reach fruition).
- Timely completion of Friday Status Reports (FSRs) as well as invoicing (EOM) on a monthly basis.
Part-Time Position:
- 10 hours with possibility for up to 15 (with proven work)
- $22/hr, commensurate with experience
- 100% remote work
- Has Taylor Swift Transcended Critics?
There has long been a disconnect between how music critics and Swifties consume Taylor Swift’s work, but never before has that split been so pronounced. – The New Yorker
- Rather Than Something To Be Avoided, Anxiety Helps Focus Our Creativity
Even if we are fated to anxiety by our very nature, we needn’t be anxious about being anxious. Contra those who would abolish every form of friction or frustration, he insists that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are. – Washington Post
- What Matters In The Age Of Distraction
For years, we have heard a litany of reasons why our capacity to pay attention is disturbingly on the wane. Technology hounds us. Modern life, forever quicker and more scattered, drives concentration away. For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside. – The New Yorker
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Rather Than Something To Be Avoided, Anxiety Helps Focus Our Creativity
Even if we are fated to anxiety by our very nature, we needn’t be anxious about being anxious. Contra those who would abolish every form of friction or frustration, he insists that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are. – Washington Post
- What Matters In The Age Of Distraction
For years, we have heard a litany of reasons why our capacity to pay attention is disturbingly on the wane. Technology hounds us. Modern life, forever quicker and more scattered, drives concentration away. For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside. – The New Yorker
- What Does The Rise Of AI Writing Suggest About Human Creativity?
If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity? What, if anything, sets us apart? And if AI does indeed supplant human writing, what will humans—both readers and writers—lose? – The New Republic
- How Your Sense Of Time Impacts Your Creativity
When it comes to how you would ideally plan your days, the research suggests that people differ, with some more drawn to clock time and some more to event time. – Psyche
- Art Isn’t Supposed To Be Safe
Here on my screen was the distillation of a peculiar American illness: namely, that we have a profound and dangerous inclination to confuse art with moral instruction, and vice versa. – The New York Times