Dance Notation Bureau Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010

Signed

May 13, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.7

Gross Receipts

$498,930

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The heart of the DNB's operation is its collection of 784 Labanotation scores of dances that have been choreographed by 271 different artists. This core collection is supplemented by 10,000 related items that support the staging of the dances, including photos, videos, music scores and recordings, programs, costume sketches, and lighting and scenery designs - a collection that makes the DNB a unique archive in the world of dance. Many of the scores in the DNB archive have kept dances from disappearing over the years, including works by Merce Cunningham and George Balanchine. The archive is open Mondays through Fridays from 10AM - 6PM year-round, by appointment. We also mail materials to patrons at their request. We add new scores to the collection each year, the product of our efforts to notate important old and new modern dance works and ballets. In April 2010 the DNB implemented a web-based searchable catalog of the DNB's archive of Labanotation scores and related material. It is called the Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog (NTDC). The application is available from the DNB's website (www.dancenotation.org). In addition to indexing information, the NTDC stores and presents over 120 data elements of descriptive information about each of the 784 scores (current count) in the archive. An interactive search capability allows the user to refine inquiries based on more than a dozen selection criteria. Anyone with web browser software and an internet connection is able to interactively search the DNB's score catalog from any device, including an iPhone. Dance companies, university dance departments, stagers, dance students, scholars and interested laypersons use the NTDC. In the year ending June 30, 2010, the DNB website, which hosts the NTDC, had 25,651 unique visitors, of which 22,668 were first-time visitors. There were 2,983 return visitors.

Activity 3

Many of the dance scores in the DNB Archive are licensed for performance to dance companies and universities, by agreements that we have in place with the choreographers or their heirs. The DNB collects license and royalty fees on behalf of the choreographer when a contract is entered into between the DNB and the organization licensing the dance for public performances. When called upon, the DNB will supply a stager who is expert in reading Labanotation to set the work on the dancers from the score. Over 460 clients, including dance companies, schools and individuals have contracted with the DNB to stage dances that we license.The DNB completed the following staging contracts for dances in the year ending 06/30/10. A total of 181 performances were contracted. The estimated audience of between 15,000 to 18,000 patrons will see, or have seen performances of the dances below. For each dance contracted in FY 2010, the following list includes: the name of the dance, followed by the choreographers name, the name of the dance company or university that contracted for the dance, and the location of the performances (city / state or country). (1) Traditions / C. Weidman, Labkine Dance Co., Paris, FR2;(2) Negro Spirituals / H. Tamiris, Labkine Dance Co., Paris, FR(3) Continuo / A. Tudor Festival Ballet Theatre, Fountain Valley, CA(4) Brahms Waltzes C. Weidman, Bellhaven College, Jackson. MS(5) The Shakers / D. Humphrey, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY(6) Journey / J. Trisler, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI(7) Negro Spirituals / H. Tamiris, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ(8) Negro Spirituals / H. Tamiris, Dance Inc., IDF, France(9) The Beloved / L. Horton, Dance Inc., IDF, France(10) Little Improvisations / A. Tudor, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO(11) Brahms Waltzes / C. Weidman, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL(12) Sweet in the Morning / L. Williams, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL(13) Brahms Waltzes / C. Weidman, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, FL(14) Continuo / A. Tudor. Festival Ballet Providence, Providence, RI(15) Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes / S. Driver, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (16) Fourth Song from Dark Elegies / A. Tudor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (17) Little Improvisations / A. Tudor, UNC, School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC (18) Little Improvisations / A. Tudor, L'Academie Americaine de Dance de Paris, Paris, FR (19) Negro Spirituals / H. Tamiris, Broad St. United Methodist Church, Columbus, OH (20) Games / D. McKayle, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ (21) Negro Spirituals / H. Tamiris, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ (22) The Shakers / D. Humphrey, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (23) Soiree Musicale A. Tudor, New York Theatre Ballet, New York, NY (24) The Desperate Heart / V. Bettis, Labkine, Paris, FR (25) Water Study / D. Humphrey, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ (26) Continuo / A. Tudor, Ballet San Jose, San Jose, CA(27) I Am The Gate / H. McGehee, Dance Inc., IDF, FR (28) The Shakers / D. Humphrey, Emory University / Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA (29) Continuo / A. Tudor, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington South, NZ(30) Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor / D. Humphrey, Univ. of Mass., Amherst, MA(31) Creature on a Journey / J. Erdman, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID(32) Hamadryad / J. Erdman, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID(33) Fandango / A. Tudor, Oklahoma Festival Ballet School of Dance, Norman, OK

Filer

EIN

13-1869805