Boasting attendance of over 500 participants, Dance/NYC 2016 Symposium was a success. Bustling through the halls of Gibney Dance Center (280 Broadway) were curious dance folks, plus old and new friends eagerly sharing in the scheduled events, but also in the many passes through the halls. To a completely rapt audience, keynote speakers Misty Copeland and Virginia Johnson had an informal conversation where both asked and answered questions of each other. Partly because of the direction of the Symposium, discussions on diversity, at one point, Copeland said, “We’re here to help each other,” and Johnson, “We do something because we believe in it…there’s nothing more important than that.” Sitting in the front row was Arthur Mitchell, to whom they included in their many points on diversity in the ballet world. Johnson insisted that her charge is to “…pass on what Mr. Mitchell entrusted in me.” In short, they thanked him for helping to make a change.
For this jam-packed Sunday (February 28), there was a great deal to see and of course not enough time to see it all. Besides the very informative workshops on legal issues (“Independent Contractors” and “Planned Giving”) I also sat in briefly on Susan Chin’s panel on public spaces for dance, and Camille A. Brown’s panel on “Diversity & Inclusion in Dance Education.” All were very lively and, as expected, could go on and on because there was more to share.
In their follow up, the folks at dance/NYC writes:
We value your feedback. As we work to improve our leadership training and professional development efforts, please consider taking a few minutes to complete a short online survey by Wednesday, March 16th. Click here for the survey.
Select video and images will be made available at Dance.nyc and we hope you will continue the conversations online using @DanceNYC #dancesymp.
We thank all of our supporters, partners, speakers, volunteers, and friends, who made the 2016 event possible. Thank you for all you do for dance.
Onward,
The team at Dance/NYC
For this jam-packed Sunday (February 28), there was a great deal to see and of course not enough time to see it all. Besides the very informative workshops on legal issues (“Independent Contractors” and “Planned Giving”) I also sat in briefly on Susan Chin’s panel on public spaces for dance, and Camille A. Brown’s panel on “Diversity & Inclusion in Dance Education.” All were very lively and, as expected, could go on and on because there was more to share.
In their follow up, the folks at dance/NYC writes:
We value your feedback. As we work to improve our leadership training and professional development efforts, please consider taking a few minutes to complete a short online survey by Wednesday, March 16th. Click here for the survey.
Select video and images will be made available at Dance.nyc and we hope you will continue the conversations online using @DanceNYC #dancesymp.
We thank all of our supporters, partners, speakers, volunteers, and friends, who made the 2016 event possible. Thank you for all you do for dance.
Onward,
The team at Dance/NYC
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