So without further ado, notes:
April 3, 2011
DanceATL meeting
The Beam, Moving in the Spirit
3:30-5:30pm
Performance by Refuge Dance Company www refugedance.org
Show “Progress” May 1 at Fabrefaction
Introductions:
Claire Horn-CORE
Aly Brock, Atlanta Ballet
Stephanie- dance teacher
Joe Winter-C4 Atlanta, singer
Jessyca Holland-C4 Atlanta, actor
Malina Rodriguez-lighting designer, Dance Truck
Lane Salter-dancer, teacher, fund development at Moving in the Spirit
Helen Hale-independent artist
Jenna Knight-Ferst Center
Bianca George
Chris Holzwarth—Beyond the Applause
Ali Carter
Stephanie Cureton
Heather Harper- Harper Continuum Dance Theater
Stefanie Staten Boettle
Ramatu Afegbua-Sabbatt--Manga African Dance
Shows/Upcoming: Gathering Wild- April 21
Agnes Scott College- April 8-10
C4 Board Workshop- Actor’s Express-April 4 at 6:30pm
Magnetic Theatre- First weekend in May
Ferst Center- Announcing new season on Tuesday
Zoetic- May 14 fundraiser- Marcia Wood Gallery Castleberry hill
Panel:
Chris Holzwarth:
-being a dancer herself
-gives her students a personality assessment
-dancers are multi-dimensional àputting together her psychology and art
-idea to use the sports driven community into dance with Atlanta Ballet’s advertising
-need for dancers to have the balance of another career
Jenna Knight
-dancer from Brenau
-made the switch to arts administration without having any background
-South arts: Southern Arts Federation- encompasses all art forms and all she knew was dance
-Great to jump in and learn a lot about all the different art forms
-wanted to focus on performing arts so pursued “presenting”
-came onboard at the Ferst Center
-Even though she is not dancing still is connected to dance because of her career
Helen Hale
-studied ballet and modern here in Atlanta
-started dancing with Gathering Wild, George Staib, and ADF
-thought she wanted to go to college and study dance and everything else…lol
-applied to bunch of schools specifically Brown and while waiting for a reply knew that she wanted to only pursue dance so ended up at Temple University
-Graduated from Temple and joined a company of a faculty member at Temple
-performed once and then dislocated her shoulder (for 5th time!) and came back home and has been back home for 2 years
-while recovering got an internship at Wonder Root
-wonderful insertion point to the Atlanta art community
-puts on shows by herself
-making work in Atlanta and needs to take trips outside of town to further her knowledge and experiences to bring back to the community
Questions:
- Talking about the sustainability of art and work and how to maintain it
- define the word professional: define professional as getting paid, but this is not always true
- TED- school system ruining art for children http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
- Being creative doesn’t always mean to be in front of , every kind of support
- As a fundraiser bring TED in to discuss this problem- building creativity everywhere especially
- Be our own advocates- know what’s going on globally and internationally in the arts
- Also support what’s going on locally
- Business article about arts and culture and how critical it is that Atlanta build up there arts and culture
- Redefining our career paths- what’s the value proposition we give to Atlanta?
- Growing the arts as a business-if there are people from different venues fight for the same thing maybe something can happen
- Learn to say: so what is our budget? Embarrassing what is asked for from the artist, and not being able to get it
- “Can you just do a flash mob?” It still comes with a price->still a price tag to this, so badly want to show work, and they will do it for free which needs to stop
- Stop working for free!!
- Getting paid more as a lightening designer than a dancer->can we make it sustainable?
- Higher price you put on it, the more people value it
- Quality of dance is not where it could be in Atlantaà as dancers we have to know it is a job, we have to name our price and demand it
- What is the normal response when asking for the price?
- Surprised that it is asked for
- Then go into work mode to scaling it down in order to work
- In the end, a matter of respect
- Or go into community to help
- Considering upping the price
- Website: Kickstarter- e.g. Emily reached her goal of 2000, you just have to ask
- If you post something (a price), and everyone pledges and pledges are met for your goal, you get the money
- Great way to soft sell what you are doing
- Works more for events than general operating expenses
- Issues with doing things for free
- Malina putting together the dance truck as a presentation venue
- Puzzle for dancers to find these venues
- Unspoken collaborative barter when dancing with friends, it is known that it will be reciprocatedàwhy not put a number on this?
- In the Atlanta community there is not a demand for dance because it is not known
- But there is a new interest but you have to find it and go with it
- Just connect! You guys are responsible to sit that and don’t do it for free
- How can you put it in front of people, so it can be known?
- Result of collaborations with different venues and mediums making dance interesting in Atlanta
- Not to be intimidated to approach the “big boys in Atlanta” organizations and people in Atlanta- because what is the worst that can happen, they say no and you’re where you started
- You have to start and maintain the relationships to get things to happen- don’t be afraid to ask
- Arts are a different sort of economyàarts thrive so much more when the arts are integrated in everything in society
- Rather do it for free than being underpaid
- Created our own audiences and hunger for danceàget out there and ask
- Dancers in school and next choices
- Going back home because there is no way to stay here
- Education doesn’t breed or foster an appreciation for arts
- Want to be a part of community but fear and wonder what to do next?
- Because it is not directed in our school
- Need to go out and then bring it back
- Know what you need to do instead of hopping around into like grad school
- Have to set a boundariesàgoing out and coming back in
- What’s the best dance school for you? You need to look at that, and investigate what you are wanting from it
- Dance majors that are in Atlanta, what now?
- Book: A Guide to College Choices for the Performing and Visual Arts The need to do something beyond the passion, this looks at how to chose
- People can’t afford to go to colleges, unless you have your own benefactor
- Knowing your options is a good idea
- Entrepreneurship for artist classes that help artist coming out into the community as a business
- Offering it to the universities as a continue education
- Think of yourself as a business- be on top of things and having an understanding and executing of how your business runs
- Public Speaking issues? Feeling comforting with this will help you further
- As an independent artist you have to piece things together like the classes
- Most businesses fail because of not keeping up with your capacity and you have to figure this is out and be innovative
- In Atlanta: Harper Continuum every three no’s is a yes
- Renders with creativity
- Will not do something that can’t afford and had to turn things down because will not do for free
- Strengths of Atlanta:
- Operates in a different frequency than New York, can be a strength as well as a weakness
- Has a different spirit that leaves a lot of creative room because of collaborative effort
- More optimistic we are in seeking those relationships
- Good to be involved in the community, if not everyone at least DanceATL representing the community and getting awareness into other conversations happening
- Georgia Assembly of Community Arts Agencies http://www.gaartsnetwork.org/ (GACCA) conference in May
- Georgia Forward http://www.georgiaforward.org/ In November. C4 went last year and arts weren’t even on the table before
- Going to those conferences that provide things like above—offer a lot of resources, you just have to find it
- Email newsletter for DanceATLàhave a representative even if you can’t go and bringing back the information
- Going back to the being paid idea
- Dance USA- Audience Engagement Platform
- Conceptualize what are you are selling
- Interesting personalization of performance options
- Being creative about what you are selling
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