Leadership
In 2015, there were 331-registered professional dance companies in the United States
(DanceUSA.org), and from the Top 50 Dance Companies, only 21% were led by Women.
Leadership
In 2022, within the largest 50 Ballet and Classically based companies in the U.S. 34% of these companies were led by Women artistically. Globally, there were 168 classically based companies, and 29% of the artistic directors were women.
Leadership
In 2022, across the 73 venues studied by Dance Data Project®, there were a total of 96 people occupying an executive leadership position (CEO/Executive Director and
Programming Director). 35 of these positions are occupied by women (36%).
Equity
"In 2016, women earned 73 cents for every dollar men earned in the combined Executive/Artistic Director positions." (Dance Data Project®, 2019)
Equity
"In 2017, women earned 79 cents for every dollar men earned in the combined Executive/Artistic Director positions." (Dance Data Project®, 2019)
Equity
"On average, women earned 75 cents for every dollar men earned in the combined Executive/Artistic Director positions." (Dance Data Project®)
Choreography
Female choreographers' work tends to be under-represented by major venues including Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) that presented only 3 works by female choreographers in their fall 2017 season. In the 2018 - 2019 Joyce theater's season only 8 works (out of 19) by female choreographers.
Choreography
In the 2021 - 2022 report by Dance Data Project® :Among the Largest 150 ballet & classically influenced companies, 29% of works were choreographed by women. Only 12% of works comprising an entire evening, either mixed bill or
full-length, were choreographed by women.
Choreography
Sadler’s Wells in the U.K presented 10 female choreographers’ work and 20 male choreographers’ work in 2018 - 2019 season
