April 30 Centering the Artist Series: How to Crowdfund Your Next Project
Join Dance/USA and Jess Eva Allen of Jess E Allen Studio for Centering the Artist: How to Crowdfund Your Next Project, presented by the Kenan Institute for the Arts, an exclusive webinar designed to demystify the world of crowdfunding. This webinar is tailored to equip you with the essential knowledge and strategies to effectively utilize crowdfunding platforms to fund your next [...]
June 17-22 Summer Dance Intensive – Immersion in Paul Taylor Repertory
Sam Houston State University Summer Dance Intensive 2023 will feature an immersion in Paul Taylor Repertory taught by Taylor Alums, Constance Dinapoli and Francisco Graciano. The Intensive classes run 9:30 AM- 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday, and Saturday 9:30 AM- 1:00 PM at Sam Houston State University Department of Dance and conclude with a final intensive showing on Saturday, June 22nd at [...]
July 15-20 Aimed Dance Pre/Professional Intensive
Aimed Dance invites dancers 14+ years of age looking to expand their experience in performance and choreography by join us for the Pre/Professional Intensive held during Summer Fest 2024. Dancers will take classes in modern, contemporary, ballet, theatre dance forms, choreographic labs, and more. Participants will take the stage alongside the Aimed Dance company and special guests at the weekend [...]
July 8-13 Aimed Dance Young Dancers Workshop
The Young Dancers Workshop invites dancers 9 - 13 years of age interested in advancing their practice in modern, contemporary, ballet, theatre dance forms, cultural dance forms, and more to join us during Aimed Dance Summer Fest 24. Dancers will learn Aimed Dance repertory and take the stage alongside the company and special guests in the weekend Festival Concert. On-campus [...]
May 27 – June 28 Bayou City Ballet Summer Intensive
Bayou City Ballet School is known for developing high-achieving dancers through excellent, classical ballet and pointe instruction from Houston's leading dance teachers. Each summer Bayou City Ballet Summer Intensive challenges dancers ages 10 - 18 years old with a rigorous training designed to improve technique and versatility. In addition to ballet, dancers will gain strength and confidence in: Horton, Graham, [...]
April 25 ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’: A Film Screening and Conversation With Li Cunxin
The film Mao's Last Dancer tells the remarkable true story of dancer and artist Li Cunxin who, after being invited to join the Houston Ballet by Artistic Director Ben Stevenson during a visit to China, became an acclaimed and eventual principal dancer with the company. After deciding to remain in the U.S. rather than returning to China, Li was forcibly detained at the [...]
May 8 Part 2: How to Form a Nonprofit? A Nuts and Bolts Presentation
Are you an artist ready to form a nonprofit organization and need support getting started? Want to learn the nuts and bolts of filing for a nonprofit and requirements before filing? Join NYFA for a presentation with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts’ Amy Lehman, Director of Legal Services, who will share her expertise on how to: How to form a [...]
May 2 Part 1: Should I Form a Nonprofit? A Panel Discussion
Are you an artist thinking of forming a nonprofit organization to support your projects or community-based work? Having nonprofit status can lead to increased grant funding and it offers your donors tax benefits, but the more important question is, will it serve your project and its vision? Join NYFA for a conversation with two artists who have recently been through [...]
April 25 Advocacy 201 Webinar
Don't miss Advocacy 201 on April 25th at 3:00 PM ET, the second in a series of webinars designed to help you take your advocacy for the arts to the next level. Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund staff will provide training on the primary legislative topics for a new advocacy program that we will launch this [...]
April 24 TechTalk: Accessibility
Accessibility: Choreographing Access From Process Day One Join DanceATL and expert panelist Peter Trojic for a virtual Tech Talk about Accessibility for producing live and virtual events! April 24 | 7PM Zoom $5 registration fee Register here. The Tech Talk Zoom link with be sent via email following registration. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.