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Lane Harwell
Director
lharwell@dancenyc.org

Lane became director of Dance/NYC in September, 2010. Prior to joining Dance/NYC, he was the director of development at New York’s arts-wide advocacy group, the Alliance for the Arts. His lifelong history in the arts also includes training at the School of American Ballet, a performance career with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, and management experience in diverse theater and service contexts. Lane attended the Professional Children’s School while performing with ABT. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Princeton University and an MA in Performance Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently pursuing an MBA at Columbia Business School, focusing on the applicability of for-profit management approaches to the nonprofit sector. Lane chairs the Steering Committee for the New York Dance and Performance Awards (aka the Bessie Awards). He is also a member of the Steering Committee for the New York City Arts Coalition and of the Policy Leadership Circle for the Institute for Cultural Strategies Initiative.

Lacey Althouse
Development/ Programming Associate
lalthouse@dancenyc.org

Lacey is the Development/Program Associate at Dance/NYC and has been with the organization for the past 3 years. In February 2008, May 2010, and July-September 2010, she took on a leadership role in the brief absence of a director. Major accomplishments include key contributions to programs such as the Dancer Health Screens, Dancing Through College and Beyond, the first ever Mid-Season Symposium, the 2010 website upgrade project, and the NY Community Promotion Project. Lacey has also facilitated lectures on careers in arts administration and navigating the dance scene in New York on behalf of Dance/NYC. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.