DWR Resource Library

The DWR Resource Library is a comprehensive and searchable database of resources and tools for dance workers and entities covering a wide array of topics.

To navigate the library effectively, visit our How to Use page for guidance on maximizing your search. If you have additional resources you would like to recommend, please submit using the “Suggest a Resource” form.

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    Whiteness Project

    Whitney Dow

    Whiteness Project is conducting interviews with people from all walks of life and localities in which they are asked about their relationship to, and their understanding of, their own whiteness. Each video interview is paired with a statistic that provides a greater societal context and offers an opportunity for self-reflection by the audience on their own thoughts about race.

    Justice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearchWhite Allies + Institutions
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    Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy

    Helicon Collaborative

    Helicon Collaborative’s newest research on funding patterns at national and local levels and the demographics of decision-makers in the nonprofit cultural sector.

    Funding & FundraisingJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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    Pay Rate for Access Workers Now (PRAWN)

    Madison Zalopany and Alison Kopit

    This project came out of a series of conversations among disabled access workers whose advocacy, counsel, expertise, and labor specifically focused on transforming cultural spaces in the US to be disability-centered. We aimed to collect, document, and share current pay rates to build collective power and create clearer industry standards.

    Accessibility + Disability JusticeFinancial ManagementJustice Equity & InclusionResearch
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    Reclaiming Native Truth: Research Findings

    Reclaiming Native Truth

    An unprecedented research campaign designed to increase our understanding of the dominant narrative about Native Americans in the United States. The research included literature reviews and environmental scans, focus groups with a variety of populations across the country, countless interviews with a range of audiences, a deep-dive social listening exploration, and more.

    IndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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    Native Land Map

    Native Land Digital

    The map is a living document, informed by the contributions of Indigenous communities, Indigenous knowledge holders and their stories.

    IndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionLand AcknowledgementRacial JusticeResearch
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    Arts Ed Search

    Arts Education Partnership

    ArtsEdSearch is the nation’s hub for research on the impact of arts education, including dance education. A project of the Arts Education Partnership, ArtsEdSearch is an online clearinghouse of research focused on the outcomes of arts education for students and educators, both during and outside the school day.

    Dance EducationResearch
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    Beyond Neutrality

    Beyond Neutrality supports organizations to respond to unionization in a way that is pro-union, anti-racist and mission-driven. Managers and leaders of mission-focused organizations may access information and tools here, as they work through the stages of unionization.

    Business ManagementHuman ResourcesJustice Equity & InclusionLegalRacial JusticeResearch
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    Black Dance Scholarship by Black Dance Scholars – List of Citations

    Dance Studies Association + various contributors

    A list of citations of scholarship by Black dance scholars from the 1920s to present.

    Black + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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    Decolonization is Not a Metaphor

    Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang

    Our goal in this article is to remind readers what is unsettling about decolonization. Decolonization brings about the repatriation of Indigenous land and life; it is not a metaphor for other things we want to do to improve our societies and schools.

    IndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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    Disability Equity in NYC’s Arts & Culture Landscape

    Disability/Arts/NYC Task Force (DANT)

    DANT crafted this publication to document the unique moment unfolding in NYC several years when it has seemed like a broad and powerful movement for disability artistry is possible. The hope is that this report is an accounting of the entrenched discriminatory forces that work against the disability community. NOTE: DANT is no longer active, and this report is archived.

    Accessibility + Disability JusticeJustice Equity & InclusionResearch
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    The Freelancer’s Guide to Health Insurance

    Freelancers Union

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

    FreelancingHealth & WellnessResearch
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    APAP Arts Compensation Project (ACP)

    The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)

    The Arts Compensation Project (ACP) is a dynamic data platform that gives presenting organizations and venues access to real-time data on staffing, compensation and benefits to inform decision-making, helping arts leaders and arts workers alike.

    AdvocacyHuman ResourcesResearch

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