June 21, noon-1 pm. at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Thanks for hosting, ACAC, and for everyone who made it to this preliminary meeting! If you didn't make it but have any thoughts about what's in the notes, please comment! We appreciate any input you might have to make this the most effective event possible.
Notes:
Emphasize how its ok to approach dance as an audience member w/o having that background--legitimize all approaches so long as they are open
Make the atmosphere of the event comfortable so people can feel ok asking “dumb” questions
Our problem as dancers, when discussing dance, what you think of as being layman terms still aren't really in plain terms enough for the general person--tend to forget how much lingo we do have
Give those attending a glossary of dance industry terms (keep it short)
Also have the list of local companies with short blurbs describing them and contact info for marketing/PR person
Program idea: Dance Basics, short performances, panel discussion
choreography—what is a choreographers’ job? Angela
Current writers about dance—maybe we can just ask people who are coming if
they would appreciate more having current writers speak or want to keep it very basic
Invite the editors and ask them whom to invite--get them thinking about covering dance generally and offer them the DanceATL calendar as a great way to know ahead of time what's coming up (GET US YOUR INFO for next season ASAP, people!)
DanceATL calendar, have it set as much as possible
Timing: Is it possible to get ahead of the Fall Arts Listings/Previews? Might be hard, because those are early fall and we would really have to have the event right now to make it ahead of them
Lure people with food and wine (hey, it's part of the casual and comfortable atmosphere), and how long should it last? Evening for a couple hours
GSU, Emory, Georgia Tech—contact papers, dance depts.
Press Club: Sigele will contact in case they're interested as a small partner event
Who should do the Dance Basics intro? Sue Schroeder? (Claire will ask her) Someone who can talk in a clear way about dance to a non-dance audience
Demonstrations w discussion--lec/dem format
Clarify how the different styles co-exist: invite diverse
groups to show various styles
Encourage discussion, all opinions are ok
Get comfortable with dance
Open line policy for questions afterwards—DanceATL "writer’s hotline"--"what is that spinny thing called?"
Will we be able to video and distribute? Need not only video camera, but audio equipment and editing. Brian Wallenburg might be able to use their resources bc it's at the ballet (Sigele will check with him)
Maybe just the presentational part being video taped, keep
the discussion off the web so there's no pressure when giving opinions
Grant for arts journalism projects—look into, it was NEA perhaps? (Angela will
provide)
Discuss student vs. professional
Compiling big list of editors to send around/contact
directly
Space: Atlanta Ballet because we need a floor everyone can use
Who does demos? not favoritism in invites, we want wide range of styles and we'll see who can do it in their schedules: Atlanta Ballet, CORE, Dance Canvas,
(Juel??), T. Lang, Full Radius, Giwayen Mata or Manga, Julie Baggenstoss, Blake
Beckham, Ballethnic or City Gate, gloATL, d’Air, a college group, Anwar/Empire
Nobody gets to do a whole piece, aiming for 2-3 minutes ea tops
Partly important to cultivate writers who are coming from outside the dance community because so many of us are connected with one group or another already (small community). We want some folks to write who AREN’t connected with the
dance companies/community directly
Aiming for last week of August, at Atlanta Ballet (Sigele will check what's available) early evening maybe like they usually do their preview parties: 5:30
reception, 6pm start
Introductions from artistic and marketing staff from presenting
groups and others--chance for these staff and the writers to meet in person
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