APAP has curated and carefully assembled a growing collection of important resources to guide and support you in practicing anti-racism in your work and your life. APAP aims to provide members and the field with a broad range of information from diverse sources addressing racial equity, decolonization, cultural justice, gender and other critical issues. More…
Tag: dance
NY Times: Dance Companies Take Baby Steps Back to Rehearsal
May 28, 2020: Ballet and contemporary performers across Europe are returning to work in a different world, with masks, liability waivers and no touching. More…
Livestreaming REAL TALK! A guided response to Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance, a tentatively-titled, living document-in-progress
Livestreaming REAL TALK!, a guided response to Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance, a tentatively-titled, living document-in-progress, livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 14 May 2020 at 12 p.m. HST (Hawaii, UTC-10) / 2 p.m. AKDT (Juneau, UTC-8) / 3 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4). Produced by Abrons Arts Center and The Creating New Futures Working Group. More…
Dance Magazine: Has Anyone Asked Artists What They Need?
By Raja Feather Kelly | May 11, 2020
It’s Monday, May 4, 2020 at 6:20 pm and I start a text chain with 10 artists I find in my phone. I’m at home, I am bored, and I am in this sort of limbo with myself. Dusty Springfield has been on repeat. In my head. My love-letter-slash-sad-love-song to New York City right now: I just don’t know what to do with myself. More…
The Arts Respond to COVID-19
Boston University’s Arts Administration program has compiling media items related to the pandemic, aiming to highlight the creativity of our field in these listings of streaming performances, virtual exhibitions, and media reports of the ways in which the crisis is affecting the arts community – and the ways in which artists and arts organizations are responding. We are also tracking community resources to support artists and arts organizations in these difficult times. More…
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the artist community, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts is creating a temporary fund to meet the needs of experimental artists who have been impacted by the economic fallout from postponed or canceled performances and exhibitions. For as long as our Board of Directors determines it is necessary and prudent to do so, the Foundation will disburse one-time $1,500 grants to artists who have had performances or exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the pandemic. More…
The Arts Getting Us Through a Pandemic
Wallace staffers give thanks to arts nonprofits that are giving us comfort, stimulation and entertainment in a difficult time. More…
Boot Camp for the Arts Livestream
From Capacity Interactive: COVID-19 has turned our industry upside down, but our commitment to the future of the arts is stronger than ever. In times of uncertainty, we must come together as a community and find innovative ways to navigate this pandemic together. More…
What APAP is doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
APAP is monitoring the spread and impact of the Coronavirus on a daily basis and working with other field leadership organizations to gather information, share resources, and advocate for the field. We highly encourage members to review our resources here, read our member newsletters, and follow APAP on Facebook and Twitter for updates. More…
The New Yorker: Performing Artists and the Financial Fallout of the Coronavirus
By Emily Witt | March 22, 2020
New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented. More…