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Dance/NYC is the only NYC-based service entity with a substantive history of research, including the Economic Impact of Dance in New York City and Census of New York City Dance-makers, and the only one with the authority to speak on behalf of the entire NYC dance industry. Through research, Dance/NYC can guide strategic and responsive policy and funding development and improve industry management—strengthening dance in NYC.

Dance/NYC extends its history of research with a State of NYC Dance report based on the first-ever New York State Cultural Data Project data on NYC nonprofit dance groups. Prepared by leading cultural researcher Catherine Lanier and in partnership with the Alliance for the Arts and The Municipal Art Society of New York, this report provides a snapshot of a vital segment of the NYC dance industry and its activity, audiences, finances and resources. This study has been made possible by leadership support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The New York Community Trust.

The Dance/NYC Junior Committee is currently partnering with Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to produce an employment report on its relative peer group, dance workers ages 21-35. For more on this project, click here.

For national industry research, visit Dance/USA.

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State of NYC Dance

by Catherine Lanier » Nov 16, 2011

This report highlights findings on New York City nonprofit dance that have been developed using information from the New York State Cultural Data Project (CDP). The report includes all New York City-based organizations s ...read more

A Census of New York City Dancemakers

by Dance/NYC » May 1, 2007

A Census of New York City Dancemakers Commissioned by: Dance/NYC A branch office of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance Robert Yesselman, Director Prepared by: John Munger Director o ...read more

The Economic Activity of Dance in New York City

by AMS Planning & Research » Mar 1, 2004

Introductions Robert Yesselman-Director, Dance/NYC New York City is the dance capital of the world with more dancers,choreographers, dance companies, dance performances and audiences than anywhere else. After George ...read more

Where Does the Money Go? Dance Funding In New York City: A Report

by Kerry McCarthy & Michael J. Gary » Aug 1, 2003

Dance/NYC commissioned this report to answer the question, "Where does the money go?" It wanted to better understand the giving climate in which New York City's dance organizations, companies, and choreographers are op ...read more