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Metro DC Dance Awards
The Metro DC Dance Awards was founded in 2000 by Cheles Rhynes and Mason/Rhynes Productions as a means of recognizing excellence in local dance and building community among DC-area dance artists and organizations. Since its inception, the MDCDA has produced annual awards ceremonies and developed an online calendar of dance performances by local artists. The organization is operated by volunteers who serve on an Advisory Board and a Selection Committee.
For the first awards ceremony in 2001, artists were nominated for awards by a panel of local dance experts and selected by popular vote. The following year, MDCDA designed and implemented a three-step voting process which maintains the involvement of the community, increases the role of artists in the selection of award winners, and gives dance professionals the last vote in the process. Categories continue to be added and refined as decided by the Advisory Board.
Dance/MetroDC , a branch office of Dance/USA , the national service organization for nonprofit professional dance, became the lead organization for MDCDA in 2006. Dance/MetroDC works in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and Mason/Rhynes Productions to produce the awards ceremony, and other events associated with MDCDA. MDCDA continues to evolve as an organization which both serves and celebrates the metropolitan DC/MD/VA dance community.
For more on the Metro DC Dance Awards, visit www.mdcda.org
Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp Online
In our role as community catalyst, Craigslist Foundation provides and highlights events and online resources that provide nonprofit leaders with the knowledge, resources and visibility they need to make their organizations successful.
Nonprofit Boot Camp is designed to educate and empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs.
Enjoy the rich learning experiences of Nonprofit Boot Camp online for FREE! Listen to workshop podcasts, see session PowerPoints and handouts, and read class notes from attendees. Nonprofit Boot Camp Online offers you free access to presentations, handouts, podcasts, and session notes from Nonprofit Boot Camp.
Margaret Jenkins and Tanusree Shankar
The Margaret Jenkins and Tanusree Shankar lecture was presented by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Joe's Movement Emporium on September 22, 2007 at Joe's Movement Emporium. View the video by clicking here.
Margaret Jenkins is a San Francisco-based choreographer, dance teacher, mentor to many young artists and designer of unique community-based dance projects. Find out more about the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company by clicking here.
Tanushree Shankar is one of the leading dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance in India. Find out more about the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company by clicking here.
Marketing/PR Roundtable
November 11, 4pm to 6pm
Dance/MetroDC Offices
Focus: Dance Is The Answer 2010
It’s time to think about - and put into action! - Dance Is the Answer 2010 (April 15th – May 2nd). With that in mind, we’ll be discussing collaborative PR/Marketing options for Dance Is the Answer 2010 activities at our next Roundtable. Please bring your ideas (big and small) for marketing Dance Is The Answer events, new ideas for cross-promotion, for presence at pre-Dance Is the Answer 2010 events, for Dance Fair possibilities, etc. We will also share what we know about content, from information we have gathered from area dance companies and organizations.
There is strength in numbers: Think about the kind of cooperative advertising you/your organization/company might be interested in and what you are willing to contribute. We’ve been researching new opportunities and creative approaches to spending our marketing dollars wisely as a collective, as I’m sure you have been too! Please bring your ideas and come prepared to discuss how you/your company/organization are planning to participate in Dance Is the Answer 2010!
This event is FREE, but please RSVP to csidwell@dancemetrodc.org with Marketing/PR Roundtable in the subject line.
Dance Is The Answer 2010: April 15 - May 2
Dance/MetroDC is proud to present the third annual Dance Is the Answer, a weeklong festival of dance activities in the DC metro area!
Through DITA, Dance/MetroDC encourages dance-related activities in a focused calendar arc that coincides with National Dance Week to create a swell of awareness and value for dance in the metropolitan region. Through the engagement of existing supporters and potentially new dance enthusiasts and audiences within ten days of spot-lighted activities, DITA creates a grander perspective for the on-going classes, performances and events offered by the region’s dance artists throughout the year. Dance artists, arts organizations, theatre presenters and service organizations all benefit year-round through the opportunities of a combined public message about dance.
Free classes/performances/workshops/open rehearsals will be available from a wide variety of metro-area organizations. Whether you are new to dance or have been dancing since childhood, Dance Is The Answer is a great way to take part in a physically and emotionally enriching art form. We hope you'll find that Dance Is The Answer for you!
Check back soon & often for a comprehensive listing of classes, workshops, performances open rehearsals and MORE!
For Artists/Dancers/Companies/Arts Organizations/Schools:
There are several ways to be involved in Dance Is the Answer 2009 including performance & marketing opportunities and an all day dance fair.
501c3 vs. Others: Business Models Made Clear
Did you miss our professional development workshop 501c3 vs. Others: Business Models Made Clear? View the workshop online and/or download an audio version of the workshop to your MP3 player and listen on the go. Legal business advice provided at this workshop would typically cost you $400 an hour at a lawyer's office. Save your money and take advantage of this resource for only $5. Arts and entertainment lawyer Brian Taylor Goldstein provides answers to questions such as, Should my arts organization incorporate? Should my arts organization become for-profit or non-profit? How do I protect my creative materials? Also covered are basic business models for arts organizations, writing and using contracts, copyright laws, licensing, and small business and non-profit management.
Cost: $5. Call Dance/MetroDC at 202-778-1190 to pay and get the web addresses for podcasts.
Get Your DancePass
Dance/MetroDC’s DancePass program started as a project of dance presenters in the Greater Washington area and Dance/MetroDC, as an answer to the question, “How can we increase the awareness of each other’s dance-making, and make it affordable within the dance community?” DancePass is offered to the region’s dance artists, students and related arts practitioners as well as the wider public.
How it works
Area presenters, self-producing artists, other theatre venues , stores, restaurants, hotels, studios , and spas create special discount offers to DancePass holders through Dance/MetroDC. Dance/MetroDC sends email blasts to DancePass holders each time a vendor makes a discount available indicating the terms of the discount.
*Vendors decide what kind of offer they give to DancePass holders. For example, it’s possible for a vendor to discount tickets across the board to all DancePass holders, or to set aside free merchandise to the first 25 responses they receive. It’s also possible for a vendor to select an item to discount, like free youth hip-hop classes to DancePassKid holders only.
The DancePass card is only valid for the highlighted discounts in the email blast; vendors are not required to discount all performances or products.
DancePass’s Available
DancePass - Available to anyone who loves dance! DancePass will be available for $10 for 6-month membership or $15 for an annual membership.
DancePassProfessional - Available to anyone who makes their living as a dance artist or arts administrator. Those that are in a related performing arts field can be given a courtesy DancePassProfessional status. If you are unsure please contact us. All will be listed on the Dance/MetroDC’s website in our community directory.
DancePassProfessional is renewed annually to keep us up to date on your contact information.
DancePassKid- Available to any child under the age of 13. The membership for DancePassKid is free. DancePassKid is renewed annually until the age of 13. Then they graduate to DancePass!
Participating Organizations
American Dance Institute, BlackRock Center for the Arts, CityDance Ensemble, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dance Place, Deviated Theater, Dushor Dance Studios , Edgeworks Dance Theater , George Mason University Center for the Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jane Franklin Dance, Joe’s Movement Emporium, Joy of Motion Dance Center, Lesole’s Dance Project, Life, Rhythm, Move Project , Next Reflex Dance Collective, The Lincoln Theatre, , Publick Playhouse, Strathmore, VelocityDC, The Washington Ballet, Washington Performing Arts Society, and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
How do I apply for DancePass
Fill out the appropriate application below and email to info@dancemetrodc.corg or snail mail to Dance/MetroDC, 1111 16th St., Suite 310, Washington DC 20036 or fax to 202 833-2686.
If you are not a dance artist or arts administrator, please apply for DancePass or DancePassKid.
DancePass
Available $10, 6-month membership or $15 for annual membership. Please make check payable to DanceUSA and in the memo line write Dance/MetroDC or call 202-778-1190 to pay by credit card.
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DancePassKid is any child under the age of 18.
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DancePassProfessional is anyone who makes their living as a dance artist or arts administrator. If you are unsure please contact us.
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