The Creative Administration Research program pairs choreographers with what it calls thought partners, collaborators who might be business-minded arts administrators, funders or presenters, but who are also often working artists.
The program has also hosted two summits, bringing several dozen artists and leaders to the center’s University of Akron home to share their insights into creative administration.
(And to dance together — or to “physicalize their administrative thinking and dreaming,” as a news release said.)
Banning Bouldin, who uses they/them pronouns, formerly ran their Nashville organization, New Dialect, as a conventional dance company, though their goal was to create a dance hub for the city.
“We’re serving more artists and more of the community in a way that’s financially sustainable.”Rosie Herrera, the director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, found that Creative Administration Research affirmed many of her existing ways of working.
Persons:
Byron Au Yong, Raja Feather Kelly, Takahiro Yamamoto, Au Yong, Banning Bouldin, John Michael Schert, ” Bouldin, “ We’re, Rosie Herrera, ”
Organizations:
Creative Administration, center’s University of Akron, Rosie Herrera Dance, Creative Administration Research, Latina
Locations:
United States, Nashville, Miami