California Dance Network
California Dance Network Website
Santa Barbara Dance Alliance is a member of the newly formed group California Dance Network, a coalition of dance service organizations including: California Dance Educators Assoc., Dance Resource Center - Los Angeles, Dancer's Group - San Francisco, San Diego Dance Alliance, and World Arts West. We have received funding from the California Arts Council to "map dance" in California by gathering data and contact information about choreographers, dance companies, studios, rentals, presentors, theaters, agents, the "how to's" and "where can I's" of dance. SBDA will cover the tri-counties area and the information will be available on a web site mapping dance in the entire state.
JOIN
THE CALIFORNIA DANCE NETWORK (CADN)
A WEBSITE RESOURCE FOR DANCE
Thank you to those who have already created a profile on the California Dance Network!
If you have not done so yet, we invite you to create your own FREE individual or organization profile on the CADN website to help enrich the range and diversity of resources available and add to the growing census numbers for dance in California.
Follow the link to create your own profile. It takes about 5 minutes.
http://californiadancenetwork.org/intro
Since launching the website in May we've already generated interest from 158 dancers, 124 companies, and 128 dance teachers in our state along with a growing network of performance venues, dance schools, and administration resources. Choreographers and presenters have also begun to use the CADN website as a free space to promote their work and publicize their events through personal profiles and an event calendar.
As more people join the CADN, the range and diversity of dance resources grows stronger and illuminates the enormous contribution-cultural and financial-that the dance field makes to the state of California every year.
By creating a profile you will have a free space to promote your work, upload photos and videos, post events on a statewide event calendar, network with other dance contacts through an interactive dance map, and read current news and reviews about dance happening now.
The California Dance Network (CADN) website was developed by an alliance of dance service organizations throughout the state in partnership with the California Arts Council and The James Irvine Foundation to strengthen, connect, unify, and promote the state's thriving dance field. Santa Barbara Dance Alliance is proud to be a founding member.
The goal of this site is to provide exhaustive access to dance-related contacts in California, though you're likely to find dance affiliates from all over the world here. Whether you want to check out all the flamenco, hip hop or ballet companies in the state, find a tap class in your area, learn about graduate study in dance, or read the latest dance news and reviews from around the country, you've come to the right place. You can help us grow the network by creating a profile and spreading the word!
Among the goals of the CADN is making sure our elected officials understand the enormous contribution- cultural and financial- that the dance field makes to the state of California every year. Help us ensure funding for dance by contacting your representatives and making your voice as a dance supporter heard.
The new website aims to empower the California dance community. Specifically, it seeks to:
PROMOTE the services of the partner organizations, encouraging dance artists to plug into regional resources and contribute to the dance community at the local level
GRAPHICALLY MAP every dance artist, venue, and presenter in CA as a means of communicating the breadth and depth of dance in CA to the dance community, government officials, potential funders, and the public at large
GATHER and publicize census data about the California dance field, including number of companies, choreographers, dancers, dance venues, and studios and throughout the state, as well as organizations serving dance
COMPILE state-wide and national NEWS about dance, including news briefs and articles with commenting capabilities, promoting a vibrant, active and informed dance community
PROVIDE dance artists with TOOLS to facilitate online self-promotion. Without knowing anything about web technology, this web site will make it easy for dancers and presenters to create profiles that will be found by web search engines such as Google.
PRESENT AUDIENCES with EVENTS and timely information about dance events in their locale via a state-wide performance calendar and Google ads
our partners
We also encourage you to plug into your local dance community by joining the partner organization in your vicinity. Regional membership gives you access to more resources and detailed information about dance in your area, including events, funding, and advocacy.
check out the organization nearest you
- Los Angeles and Vicinity: Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles
- Central Coast/Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
- San Francisco Bay Area: Dancers' Group
- Statewide: California Dance Education Association
- Or learn more about California's culturally-specific dance community at World Arts West
Add the CAC logo... http://www.cac.ca.gov/download/
