Dance Notation Bureau Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Mar 14, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$209,801

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The heart of the dnb's operation is its collection of over 800 labanotation scores of dances that have been choreographed by 286 different artists. This core collection is supplemented by more than 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 5 pm 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. Archival preservation & dance research support: the dnb continued to enhance its online presence in fy12 by implementing, with financial assistance from the nea, a digital video archive (dva) of performed excerpts from dances from our score archive. The dva is linked to the dnb's online catalog of notated theatrical dance. Digitized video clips (averaging 45 60 seconds in duration) from 50 dances serve as a visual aid to the dnb's online score catalog. Clips of 19 additional dances are in preparation. The video excerpts of a dance are selected and edited based on a careful review of the labanotation score. The intention is to capture sections of the dance that illustrate its artistic significance, its central choreographic elements and style, and the technical skills required for performance. We receive permission from the choreographer, or heir, and follow the "fair use" guidelines published by the dance heritage coalition in its statement of best practices in fair use of dance-related materials (2009), which has been endorsed by the dance films association, among other organizations. The dva is helpful to colleges and dance companies in selecting suitable works to stage. Each clip is accompanied online by the section of labanotation score corresponding to the dance movements in the video clip. Readers of labanotation can "read-off" the movements as they view the clip. The dva includes a wide range of choreographic styles from modern and contemporary dance and ballet in the dnb's collection of scores: from sophie maslo's folksay (1942) to bill t. Jones's fever swamp (1983) and pilobolus' bonsai (1979). The video clips can be accessed either via the dnb website or directly from the dnb's youtube channel: www.youtube.com/dancenotationbureau. In july 2011, the dance heritage coalition ("dhc") selected the dnb as the new york technical processing hub for a new preservation project for new york city based dance company archives. The dhc is leading the project, which began in november 2011, from the dnb offices. The hub upgrades and digitizes significant choreographer and dance company archives. Work began with the digitization of eiko & koma's archives. The dhc will next digitize at the dnb facility selected archival material from the martha graham dance company and meredith monk. Through the dhc, the dnb library has also received in fy12 archival consulting assistance for our collection from two sources: the institute of museum and library services/laura bush 21st century librarian program, and the council on library and information resources.

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 19 staging contracts for dances in the year ending 06/30/12. University dance programs and dance companies throughout the usa, as well as companies and schools in france and the uk contracted for performances. The estimated audience of between 18,000 to 20,000 patrons will see, or have seen performances of the dances below. For each dance contracted in fy 2012, 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) incense / r. St. Denis, agnes scott college, decatur, ga(2) negro spirituals / h. Tamiris, kenyon college, gambier, oh(3) the shakers / d. Humphrey, nacre dance company, albany, ny(4) continuo / a. Tudor, university of missouri, kansas city, mo(5) rooms, excerpts / a. Sokolow, reed college dance dept., portland, or(6) rooms / a. Sokolow, university of north texas, denton, tx (7) continuo / a. Tudor, ballet tucson, tucson, az(8) passacaglia and fugue in c minor / d. Humphrey, cnsmdp, paris, fr(9) the sleeping beauty (auroroas variation) & la bayadere (kingdom of the shades / m. Petipa, agnes scott college, decatur, ga(10) passacaglia and fugue in c minor / d. Humphrey, jocus. Bagnolet, france(11) little improvisations / a. Tudor, alabama school of fine arts, birmingham, al (12) the shakers / d. Humphrey, verb ballet, shaker hts., oh (13) fandango / a. Tudor, western michigan unoversity, kalamazoo, mi (14) fandango / a. Tudor, texas christian university school of classical and contemporary dance, fort worth, tx (15) negro spirituals / h. Tamiris, college of charleston, charleston sc (16) soiree musicale / a. Tudor, abt studio company, new york, ny(17) brandenburg concerto #4 third movement / d. Humphrey & ruth currier, nacre dance co., albany, ny(18) negro spirituals / h. Tamiris, university of surrey, guilford, surrey uk(19) the sleeping beauty / m. Petipa wittenberg university, springfield, oh

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EIN

13-1869805