Across a variety of artistic genres, we see persistent gender imbalances among the creatives and leaders who make the art possible. That’s especially true for dance, where women continue to hold fewer artistic director positions and receive fewer choreographic opportunities than men despite making up a significant majority of the dance workforce overall. 

As full-blown data nerds here at CI, we believe you can’t change what you don’t measure. So we sat down with the team at Dance Data Project® to discuss the latest industry stats and consider how to carve a path forward for gender equity in dance.

Dance Data Project® promotes gender equity in the dance industry through metrics-based analysis. In this interview, they overview their latest research, programming, and advocacy work to showcase and uplift women across the dance industry—from artistic and executive leaders, to lighting designers and commissioned composers. 

LINKS:

Dance Data Project®

New York Times | Do Men Still Rule Ballet? Let Us Count the Ways.

Dance Magazine | Over 80% of Ballets Are Still Choreographed By Men

Pointe Magazine | Ballet's Gender Gap—By the Numbers

Data USA | Dancers and Choreographers Workforce

New Scientist | Doctors ‘nudged’ into prescribing far fewer antibiotics

ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EQUITY IN DANCE:

Final Bow for Yellowface

Gold Standard Arts Foundation

Cultural Competency and Equity Coalition (C²EC)

The Equity Project