Welcome to the DWR Hub!
This online platform is built to empower the dance community with easily accessible tools, insights, and resources to navigate the artistry, advocacy and business of dance. Here is your go-to destination—for individuals and organizations alike—to foster more inclusive and equitable practices across the industry.
Our New York City Dance
By leveraging our collective power, we are turning data into directed action to build your vision of an equitable and inclusive dance community.
State of NYC Dance 2023 Report
This comprehensive report unpacks the realities of the industry—illuminating the systemic challenges that hinder equitable livelihoods and opportunities and providing actionable steps towards a more just and sustainable future for New York City dance.
Take Action
Delve beyond insights into the current state of the sector, and take action towards our collective vision for a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for dance in NYC.
Resource Library
Explore a multitude of resources covering fair practices, financial management, negotiation, emergency readiness, and more, to revolutionize how you navigate the dance industry.
About the DWR Initiative
The DWR Initiative spearheads a transformative effort to address economic inequity and strengthen the dance ecology in NYC by empowering individual dance workers, organizations, and entities through partnerships, resource sharing, and advocacy.
Recent Resources
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The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time
Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.
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Disrupting Harm in Dance
Disrupting Harm in Dance is a curriculum as much about reimagining the future as it is about the practices and tools that can be implemented immediately by anyone or any institution. This is an online self-directed course offering information and tools for dancers, performers, and adjacent professionals to work more safely together.
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Making Participatory Budgeting Work: The Equity Imperative
In participatory budgeting, community members decide together how public funds are allocated and spent in their communities. This article talks through the processes, challenges, and opportunities of PB.
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