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Dance Community Convening

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

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

and Guidestar)

• City of Chicago’s Department of

Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)

• DataArts
• Fractured Atlas
• Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA)
• InfoGroup USA
• Ingenuity
• National Assembly of State Arts

Agencies (NASAA)

• National Center for Charitable Statistics

(NCCS)

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• PolicyMap
• See Chicago Dance
• TRG Data Center
• U.S. Census Bureau, American

FactFinder

In 2002:

258 dance-makers 216 studios and schools

Number of dance-makers and studios is growing!

Very small organizations dominate the Chicagoland dance nonprofit scene

Dance-makers

Cook County contains the overwhelming majority of dance-makers

Zip Neighborhood

# Dance- makers (2018) # Dance- makers (2002)

60618 Albany Park, Avondale, Irving Park, Lincoln Square, Logan Square, North Center 26 11 60622 Humboldt Park, Logan Square, West Town 16 17 60647 Avondale, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, West Town 13 10 60640 Andersonville, Edgewater, Lincoln Square, Uptown 11 15 60641 Albany Park, Avondale, Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Irving Park, Pottage Park 10 <10 60605 Loop, Near South Side 10 <10

• 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

Dance artists are vulnerable to low wages and work without pay

From Measuring Chicago’s (Artistically) Creative Economy (2014)

Despite swings, foundation funding has increased.

The majority of philanthropic dollars go to a few organizations

Name City Amount %

1 The Joffrey Ballet Chicago $3,811,696 23% 2 Music and Dance Theater Chicago (Harris Theater for Music and Dance) Chicago 3,628,424 22% 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% 6 Links Hall Chicago 492,862 3% 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%

56% 86%

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total Funding by Foundations and Public Charities, 2015

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

Chicagoland is 48 percent people of color

Market Research

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

From Building New Audiences for Dance in Chicago

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