​Hello, Culture Stewards.

We Are Bound: Developing Equitable Artists’ Contracts crew here. Greetings to you! 

As you know, we have been working to develop guidelines for more equitable artists’ contracts.
We asked artists nationwide which contractual issues have the greatest impact on their current and future earnings, ownership rights, and protections.  
We engaged lawyers to offer guidelines and recommendations to top artist-named issues.
Now, we sincerely ask that you invite all artists you know to a virtual sharing and listening session to overview the emerging recommendations that lawyers have offered.

DIGITAL DISCOVERY LAB™  MAY 1,  1 - 3 PM ET

Artists can pop in at any time during the two-hour window. 

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83610142400?pwd=9vb72sA4WpgfNi665yIFWMPHoxSNbG.1
Meeting ID: 836 1014 2400. Passcode: 146679

Various Artists
92y
Apr. 22-26
The Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival, a multi-night performance and workshop program offering rhythm-based dance forms including tap, hip hop and street dance, Kathak Indian dance, flamenco, Appalachian flatfooting, Irish step dance, live music and more. Find out more here 

Various Artist
​Baryshnikov Arts
April 24–26
SISSY a modern-day reimagining of Sisyphus, expressed through dance and explored from a female perspective, taking place between the worlds of a theater and a miles-long rock quarry.  Find out more here  

Various Artists
La Mama
Apr. 25-27
Alexis Chartrand and Nic Gareiss, and Megumi Eda shares a program as part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.  Find out more here  

Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
Apr. 25 – 26
Magloire’s 2023 work, Well, inspired by the compositions of contemporary composer Anthony Cheung will be presented.  Find out more here  

Reggie Wilson
Danspace Project
Apr. 26
Danspace Project’s Platform 2018: Dancing Grounds curated by Wilson inspired an extensive Philadelphia project which featured eight Philly choreographers at three historic churches in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia project resulted in a documentary film entitled GROUNDS THAT SHOUT!… and others merely shaking produced by Deborah Thomas, directed by Gordon Divine Asaan, and curated by Reggie Wilson. This program will include a screening of the documentary of the 2019 Philadelphia series and reflections on the 2018 Danspace Platform. Find out more here  

Various Artists
La Mama
Apr. 25-27
Jesse Zaritt and Pamela Pietro, and Jordan Demetrius Lloyd shares a program as part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.  Find out more here  

A film by Emily Coates
WeisAcres
Apr. 27
Invisible Universe is a feature-length experimental documentary and dance film by Emily Coates that chronicles spontaneous collaborations between leading dance artists and scientists encountering each other for the first time within the Wright Laboratory. Find out more here

Various Artists
La Mama
Apr. 26-27
As part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival and at Community Arts Space, Amalia Suryani will premiere of Ta’na Nirau, “…rooted in the dance, music, and storytelling traditions of the Dayak tribes of Borneo, Indonesia, who are grappling with multiple existential challenges,” notes the release.  Fin out more here  

Brenda Bufalino & Company
92Y
April 27 
As part of the "Works & Process" series Bufalino closes the inaugural Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival with stories and work spanning a lifetime, Bufalino starts with the film The White Buffalo Suite, which her company the American Tap Dance Orchestra premiered in 1990. Her cast of collaborators includes dancers Alice Baum, Tammy Sakuri, and Dylan Szuch as well as accordion player and pianist Ben Rosenbaum and bass player Joe Fonda. Find out more here 

Various Artists
CPR
April 27
Nico Cabalquinto is the guest curator for OPEN STUDIOS, and invites Fernando Gregório, Kevin Peter He, and MIZU to share works in development.  Find out more here 

The Trisha Brown Dance Company
The Joyce
Apr. 29 - May 4
The Company with a program celebrating Brown’s Unstable Molecular Structure cycle, a period which introduced the geometric style that remains a hallmark of her work. The program will feature Opal Loop/Cloud Installation #72503 (1980) and Son of Gone Fishin’ (1981), plus a new commissioned piece, Time again, by choreographer Lee Serle in collaboration with Colombian visual artist Mateo López.  ​Find out more here 

Darcel Haqq
CPR
Apr. 29
As part of the "Open Air" series, Haqq will present closed mouths dont get fed, an immersive performance installation that explores the genesis of human consciousness, and examines the formative moments when we first recognize our desires and develop the autonomy to express them. Find out more here 

Camille A. Brown is looking for extremely virtuosic dance artists to perform for engagements with her Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers.

Female Presenting Dancers: We are in search of dance artists with the ability to perform African diasporic styles, specifically: polyrhythms, black social dances, and have a familiarity with modern dance and contemporary styles/techniques. The dance artist must have an ability to learn, retain choreographic aesthetic, possess the ability to act and do character work while maintaining a physical capacity to dance and perform.

Male Presenting Dancers: We are in search of dance artists who are familiar with various hip hop forms, breaking, popping, locking, improvisation, and have a familiarity with modern dance and contemporary styles/techniques. The dance artist must have an ability to learn, retain choreographic aesthetic, possess the ability to act and do character work while maintaining a physical capacity to dance and perform.

Dates: June 9th-11th: Women's Audition, June 12th-13th: Men’s Audition

Video Submission Deadline: The Camille A. Brown & Dancers Audition is INVITATION ONLY. Applicants should submit a video for review to [email protected] by May 4th, 2025. Video may be of you in studio or performance (must be solo or easily identified), 2-3 minutes of footage. Invited candidates will be notified with audition location and times.

Salary/Wage: Ranges from $25 to $30/hour for rehearsals and meetings; $1000 to $1300 for weekly engagements; $300 for local performances. Payment range is based on experience. Cost of living adjustments may increase fees.

Must be able to work in the U.S.

Rehearsals will begin in-person: Monday, June 16th, 2025 in New York City.

Camille A. Brown & Dancers is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, age, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply.

INVITATION ONLY! Please Submit Video for Review to [email protected] by May 4h, 2025.

Seán Curran Company
NYU Skirball
Apr. 18 - 19                                                                                              
The Company makes its NYU Skirball debut with the world premiere of PATH, "...with music from “Path of Miracles,” composed by Joby Talbot. The work reflects on the phenomenon of the Camino de Santiago — the ancient Catholic pilgrimage route across northern Spain to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia – and Curran’s own spiritual wayfaring. Also on the program is Everywhere All the Time (2018), with music by Donnacha Dennehy, which explores the relationship of humans with the natural environment and features a set by the noted landscape architect, the late Dr. Diana Balmori," according to the release.  Find out more here

BODYTRAFFIC
The Joyce
Apr. 15-19
The Los Angeles based company returns with an evening of works by Juel D. Lane, Trey McIntyre, and Matthew Neenan, .  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
Apr. 21
As part if the Works & Process series, Rotunda Dance: Swing with Danny Jonokuchi & The Revisionists and Gaby Cook in collaboration with 92NY, opens the first annual Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival.  Find out more here   

Jane Comfort and Company
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium
Apr. 21
This documentary, Breaking Form, is a tribute to the work of Comfort, a downtown New York dance scene and visionary choreographer for  decades "...pushing artistic boundaries, redefining movement, and engaging her audiences in social justice issues of the day," notes the release.  The event is FREE. Find out more here  

Various Artists
92nd Street Y
Apr. 22-26
The Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival, a multi-night performance and workshop program opens will offer rhythm-based dance forms including tap, hip hop and street dance, Kathak Indian dance, flamenco, Appalachian flatfooting, Irish step dance, live music and more. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Baryshnikov Arts
Apr. 24 - 26
The 20th Anniversary Spring Season includes SISSY, a modern-day reimagining of Sisyphus written, choreographed, and directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall. Find out more here 

New Jersey Ballet
NJPAC
Apr. 24 - 25
The New Jersey Ballet under Artistic director Maria Kowroski, will present Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and a world premiere by Harrison Ball.  Find out more here 

​2025 GALLIM Moving Artist Residencies
Deadline: May 1, 2025
​
Moving Artist Residency Program
This residency supports six early-career Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latine, people of color and people of global majority who are women, non-binary, transgender and gender nonconforming movement artists based in NYC. This two-week process-based residency offers fully-funded studio space, artist stipends, mentorship, professional photo & video shoot, and promotion via GALLIM’s channels.

​APPLY & FIND OUT MORE

Parent Moving Artist Residency Program
This residency supports two movement artists who are parents. This one-week process-based residency offers fully-funded studio space, artist stipends, mentorship, professional photo & video shoot, and promotion via GALLIM’s channels.

​APPLY & FIND OUT MORE HERE

Various Artists
LaMama
Apr. 10-13
As part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, "John Jasperse Projects will premiere a new evening-length work that is built around a collection of real-life, intergenerational mentor/protegé relationships that exist within the team of collaborators. This celebration of the arc of life in dance and the generosity of the act of transmission is at the heart of the work. In many ways, dance has often been denigrated through sexism precisely because it is linked to sensorial, intuitive, empathetic, and responsive processes–attributes that are typically thought to be feminine," notes the release. Also part of the Festival are Keith A. Thompson & danceTactics performance, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd and more.  Guest curators are Martita Abril, Blaze Ferrer, Adham Hafez: Find out more here  

STREB EXTREME ACTION
SLAM
Mar. 21 - Apr. 13
Streb's latest DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME will present the "...action-packed MAVERICK SURF, a piece that has seen continued evolution thanks to Elizabeth’s push to take the Action Heroes to new velocities. The result is a more dynamic, more intense performance, as the Action Heroes take on gravity-defying feats with breathtaking precision," according to the release.  Find out more here 

Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce
April 1 - 13
The Company will offer Graham classics plus contemporary works by Baye & Asa and Hofesh Shechter. Graham’s "Americana" solos will be paired with Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo and Jamar Roberts’s We the People. Graham’s Greek-themed Clytemnestra Act II and Errand Into the Maze, both with sets by Isamu Noguchi, will be presented with Deaths and Entrances. The season will also include new works from Graham dancer Xin Ying and choreographer and Graham 2 director Virginie Mécène.  Find out more here   

Dance Theatre of Harlem
City Center
Apr. 10 - 13
For this season, DTH will present the New York premiere of Robert Garland's The Cookout, William Forsythe's Company premiere of The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, the world premiere of Jodie Gates' The Passage of Being, and the Company premiere of George Balanchine's Donizetti Variations.  Find out more here  

Various Artists 
Arts On Site
Apr. 12 - 13
This curated performance will feature work from Claire Goldes, Carlos Franquis, Joy-Marie Thompson, Alexander Anderson, and Taylor Graham & Jerimy Rivera and (All)Ways Dance Company.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Judson Church
Apr 14
For the ​Movement Research at Judson Church series, Luna Beller-Tadiar, Shua Group and Yun Lee will share the evening. Find out more here 

BODYTRAFFIC
The Joyce
Apr. 15-20
The Los Angeles contemporary dance company returns with works by Juel D. Lane, Trey McIntyre, and Matthew Neenan, Find out more here

Artist Emergency Grant Opportunities
 
Are you a dancer anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency? Have you recently lost engagements, or been ill or injured? You may be eligible for a one-time Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant of up to $3,000. Cycle 18 is open through April 15 for essential expenses including rent, utilities, medicine/healthcare, and food. This national program is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts and funded by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Privacy is guaranteed. Please click here for details. Learn more in this recorded information session. 

Dance/USA, the national service organization for the dance ecosystem, announces the recipients of the Dance/USA Honor, ‘Ernie’, Champion, and Trustees Awards, to be presented at the 2025 Dance/USA National Conference in Chicago, June 17-20. New this year, Dance/USA will also present the inaugural Emerging Leader Award.

Awardees Include:
Stoner Winslett, Founding Artistic Director of Richmond Ballet, will receive the Dance/USA Honor Award;
Rita Mustaphi, Artistic Director of Katha Dance Theatre, will receive the Dance/USA Ernie Award;
National Dance Project (NDP), a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, will receive the Dance/USA Trustees Award;
Joel Hall, Artistic Director Emeritus of Joel Hall Dancers & Center, will receive the Dance/USA Champion Award;
Jessica Leyva, Executive Director of Chicago Dance Crash, and Jonathan Pacheco of Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater will receive the Dance/USA Emerging Leader Award. 

​Find out more here

Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce
April 1 - 13
The Company will offer Graham classics plus contemporary works by Baye & Asa and Hofesh Shechter. Graham’s "Americana" solos will be paired with Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo and Jamar Roberts’s We the People. Graham’s Greek-themed Clytemnestra Act II and Errand Into the Maze, both with sets by Isamu Noguchi, will be presented with Deaths and Entrances. The season will also include new works from Graham dancer Xin Ying and choreographer and Graham 2 director Virginie Mécène.  Find out more here   

STREB EXTREME ACTION
SLAM
Mar. 21 - Apr. 13
Streb's latest DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME will present the "...action-packed MAVERICK SURF, a piece that has seen continued evolution thanks to Elizabeth’s push to take the Action Heroes to new velocities. The result is a more dynamic, more intense performance, as the Action Heroes take on gravity-defying feats with breathtaking precision," according to the release.  Find out more here 

Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater
Mar. 26 – Apr. 6
Led by Artistic Director Francesca Harper, slated for their two-program season titled “Echoes” is Harpers’ Luminous, Houston Thomas’ Down the Rabbit Hole, plus Alvin Ailey’s Streams, and for the “New Vintage” program Jamison’s Divining (excerpt), Ailey Highlights, Thomas’ Down the Rabbit Hole, and Baye & Asa’s John 4:20. Find out more here  Find out more here  

Sara Mearns, Guillaume Côté and Jonathon Young, Jamar Roberts
New York City Center
Apr 3 – 5 
Curated by Mearns, the Artists at the Center series will feature premieres Côté and Young (Don’t Go Home), Mearns partners with Gilbert Bolden III , and Roberts to the stage alongside Mearns, Jeroboam Bozeman, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, and Anna Greenberg. Find out more here  

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group
NYU Skirball 
Apr. 4-5 
The Reclamation.  Wilson, according to the release, “…is conspicuously reclaiming foundational ideas from his early gestural and “duet-ed” works and landing on provocative questions and surprises fitting to the times we are now experiencing.” For more information visit https://nyuskirball.org/events/the-reclamation/

jill sigman
SMUSH Gallery
Apr. 4-5
sigman will present Spark Bird, a new performance installation that "...explores our connections to the other-than-human through the lives of birds and the practice of birding," notes the release.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Mark Morris Dance Center
April 4-5
Under artistic director, Bradley Shelver, ICONS DANCE FESTIVAL, a celebration of dance, will feature the Joffrey Concert Group, Limon2, and BHDos.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
LaMama
Apr. 10-13
As part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, with guest curators: Martita Abril, Blaze Ferrer, Adham Hafez, Keith A. Thompson & danceTactics performance group will premiere Love Alone Anthology Project.  Find out more here  

Chloe London
Triskelion
Apr. 10-12
London will premiere Unstable Sky, where she "...investigates the idea of repurposing material from her past dances," according to the release. Find out more here