Dance USA

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Jul 19, 2011

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$3,401,789

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Annual programs: annual conference - dance/usa hosts the only national convening for dance professionals. The conference includes plenary speakers, break-out sessions, and meetings of all the member councils.research - dance/usa performs annual surveys to measure the financial health, economic impact and changing economic landscape of the dance field.advocacy - dance/usa works to make sure the needs of the field are heard with respect to changing federal regulations and funding. Dance/usa also helps to communicate important changes in the law to membership. Membership and communications - membership and communications departments provide bi-weekly newsletters and monthly e-journal to the membership as well as coordinate conference calls for the council calls of organizationalmembers.

Activity 3

Dance/philadelphia: dance/usa's youngest branch office focusing on advocacy, increasing the capabilities of local dance artists and organizations, and enhancing the public's awareness and support for dance in philadelphia.dance/usa philadelphia staff and advisory board members regularly participate in meetings and generate phone calls and emails to state and city legislators and officials to advocate on behalf of the dance community on multiple issues, most recently in the area of arts funding.projects include the "theater rental subsidy program," a program providing direct financial support to philadelphia-based dance companies to help offset the expense of renting theater facilities for their home season performances; the "philadelphia is dancing! Wall calendar," featuring photos and images of philadelphia dance companies and artists, both promotes and helps generate revenue through sales for the philadelphia dance community.other programs include the advance planning calendar, a tool to help producing dance companies avoid scheduling conflicting or overlapping performance dates; a video services program provides video dubbing, transferring, and basic editing services at subsidized rates for the dance community; a community access imac computer equipped with design software is available to constituents for creating digital, print, or website promotional materials, and a resource center houses a collection of books on dance as well as articles, studies, reports and artifacts on wide-ranging subjects from international dance festivals to reviews of local companies, and a video library of works spanning multiple dance genres.a two-day mini-booking conference, organized by dance/usa philadelphia, features philadelphia dance companies and artists in showcase performances for dance presenters who traveled to philadelphia to better acquaint themselves with philadelphia dance.dance/usa philadelphia's electronic communications regularly reaches members of the dance community and dance audiences with information on dance performances, classes and workshops, auditions, professional development opportunities, and other dance news. Its website, www.danceusaphiladelphia.org, is also an important hub for performance and job listings, internships, funding opportunities, and other information for and about philadelphia's dance community.

Filer

EIN

52-1253457