Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.

If you’re looking for your first Broadway contract, getting your foot in the door is tricky. Auditions are structured to prioritize members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union for stage professionals. There are several ways to become a member, but in the meantime, dancers face serious challenges. By Haley Hilton

The siren call of a nonunion gig can be tempting—even for those who have already earned their coveted SAG-AFTRA card. But before you cross that line, think again. Working “off the card” on nonunion projects is a violation that could jeopardize your entire career. By Diep Tran

Hear from a panel of experts about how to understand your rights and obligations as a dancer or choreographer, and protect your creative work. Topics include understanding contracts, how (and why) to form a company, copyrighting your work, and issues for freelancers. We will also be addressing how the COVID crisis has affected the dance community. On-demand recording.

NDEO’s Online Forums provide space to build community and promote networking of dance artists, educators and administrators working within similar interest areas in order to questions, seek advice, share knowledge, and network. There are a range of forums available for active discussions; some are visible for free to the public (no membership required) and others are visible only to current NDEO Members (paid membership required).

The first model of its kind — and the first in the U.S. — to establish a sector-wide minimum standard for compensation, as well as a clear set of guidelines for the conditions under which artistic labor is contracted.

A worksheet to track unreimbursed business expenses for self-employed/1099 workers, to be used as a reference when inputting deductions on their tax forms.

A guide explaining key terms relating to health insurance, and important items to consider when searching for the right coverage.

Fiscal sponsorship FAQs

A template for Indigenous Protocol and acknowledgement (i.e. Land Acknowledgment or Embodied Land Acknowledgment)

Recommended standard rates for dancers for commercial/film projects.

Template responses you can use when being asked to do something for nothing.