Dance Community Convening May 29, 2019 Chicago Cultural Center - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dance Community Convening May 29, 2019 Chicago Cultural Center 10:30am-12:00pm

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Background • 2002 study by Dance/USA • 17 years later, what do we know about the Chicagoland dance ecosystem? • Chicagoland definition • Data sources and methodology

Data Sources ● Candid (formerly Foundation Center ● National Assembly of State Arts and Guidestar) Agencies (NASAA) ● City of Chicago’s Department of ● National Center for Charitable Statistics Cultural Affairs and Special Events (NCCS) (DCASE) ● National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) ● DataArts ● PolicyMap ● Fractured Atlas ● See Chicago Dance ● Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) ● TRG Data Center ● InfoGroup USA ● U.S. Census Bureau, American ● Ingenuity FactFinder

Number of dance-makers and studios is growing! In 2002: 216 studios and schools 258 dance-makers

Very small organizations dominate the Chicagoland dance nonprofit scene

Dance-makers Cook County contains the overwhelming majority of dance-makers # Dance- # Dance- makers makers Zip Neighborhood (2018) (2002) Albany Park, Avondale, Irving Park, Lincoln 60618 26 11 Square, Logan Square, North Center 60622 Humboldt Park, Logan Square, West Town 16 17 Avondale, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan 60647 13 10 Square, West Town Andersonville, Edgewater, Lincoln Square, 60640 11 15 Uptown Albany Park, Avondale, Belmont Cragin, 60641 10 <10 Hermosa, Irving Park, Pottage Park 60605 Loop, Near South Side 10 <10

Dance artists are vulnerable to low wages and work without pay From Measuring Chicago’s (Artistically) Creative Economy (2014) ● 12% of dancers and choreographers in the City of Chicago work without pay (other artistic professions: 0–1%) ● Nearly two-thirds earn less than $15,000 annually ● More than half are people of color

Despite swings, foundation funding has increased.

The majority of philanthropic dollars go to a few organizations Funding by Foundations and Public Charities, 2015 Name City Amount % 1 The Joffrey Ballet Chicago $3,811,696 23% 2 Music and Dance Theater Chicago 56% Chicago 3,628,424 22% (Harris Theater for Music and Dance) 3 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago 1,635,479 10% 4 Maywood Fine Arts Association* Maywood 1,000,000 6% 5 Northwestern University Evanston 603,475 4% 86% of 6 Links Hall Chicago 492,862 3% total 7 United States Artists Chicago 375,000 2% 8 Lucky Plush Productions Chicago 369,200 2% 9 Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago 324,900 2% 10 Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago 250,000 2%

Public funding is a small proportion of overall funding— and declining.

Chicagoland is 48 percent people of color

Market Research From Building New Audiences for Dance in Chicago Top five factors that influenced the decision to attend a dance performance: 1) Reputation of the company or dancers 2) Ticket price 3) Desire to support a local company 4) Good seats 5) Convenient location

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