Grantee Database

DANCERS GROUP

Grant Year

2024-25

Grant Program

Statewide and Regional Networks

Award Amount

$46,293.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, Dancers’ Group will offer free programs and services, interfacing frequently with those in the dance community of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Staff will manage a free membership program of more than 2,100 and Fiscal Sponsorship and CA$H Dance re-granting programs; promote and present free public programming like Bay Area Dance Week; and maintain comprehensive ongoing communications and information sharing with the dance community through the online publication “In Dance” and weekly emails —on our website and posts on social media— that feature jobs, grant opportunities, auditions, and discounts to attend performances and other activities in the Bay Area.

Organization Summary

Recognized as a national model in the field of dance, Dancers’ Group was founded in 1982. An artist-centric organization closely connected to its constituents, Dancers’ Group offers a portfolio of programs and services under the categories of Free Public Performances, Audience Development, Fiscal Sponsorship, and Information Exchanges and Convenings. During the pandemic and currently, Dancers’ Group 1) serves as a virtual hub of resources, information and news about the dance ecosystem, providing free access for 50k digital users and over 2,200 members to an online Community Calendar, to “In Dance,” a quarterly publication with articles about artists and issues relevant to them, and to weekly emails; 2) offers virtual and in-person support to 98 Fiscally Sponsored projects; 3) distributed CA$H Dance’s re-granting funds (approximately 100k each year) to individual dance artists and small organizations; 4) revised its membership program to be fully free for all members as part of a strategic multi-year effort to continue making programs and services more accessible; 5) presents the Bay Area Dance Week Festival; and 6) produces free live dance performances in alternative spaces via ONSITE. In 2026, Dancers’ Group will present Party On! Party People a series of free public performances created by artists Erika Chong Shuch, Rowena Richie, and Ryan Tacata in celebration of elders. The performance project will bring together five local arts organizations as co-hosts where the parties will take place.

Organization

Dancers' Group

Address

44 GOUGH ST STE 201

SAN FRANCISCO

94103-5424

County

San Francisco

Region

Bay Area – San Francisco

Phone

(415) 920-9181

Congressional District

California's 12th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 17

State Senate District

District 11

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