Dance/NYC

Thinking about applying to the Dance Advancement Fund? We're here to support! 🧡

Join our FREE Info Session on Thursday, May 7, 4:30–6:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. 📅

Our Grantmaking team will cover how to complete the expression of interest and full application forms, and will be available to answer your questions. Closed Captioning and ASL interpretation provided.

Can't join live? A recording will be available on YouTube after the event.

Want one-on-one help? Sign up for a 30-minute Technical Assistance Session via Zoom or phone.

Learn more and register at https://ow.ly/kQFe50YQM9U

The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York by Kevin Mooney

Image: Background image of four dancers in straw hats with hands open. Some are seated and some are standing. There is a pink gradient over the image, and text reads ‘Dance Advancement Fund. Application Information Session. Thursday, May 7, 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m. ET, Zoom.’

Reminder: Join our Field-Wide Call this Thursday, April 23 at 12:00 p.m. on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/DNYCFWC.

We will equip participants with the tools they need to better advocate for Our New York City Dance: ensuring we can all work together to build a better future for our field, one testimony to City Council at a time!

Do you want to learn how to give testimony to better advocate for Our New York City Dance?

Join us Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET on Zoom for our first Field-Wide Call of the year.

Participants will:
🏛️ Learn how the city budget process works and how it impacts dance
✍🏻 Get the tools and resources they need to advocate through testimony to the City Council

No matter your role in the dance field—performer, educator, student, administrator, or supporter—your participation in advocacy matters. Join us and get equipped with the skills to guide you forward.

Register at bit.ly/DNYCFWC



Image: Blue background. Text reads ‘Field-Wide Call. Thursday, April 23, 12:00–1:00 p.m. Budget Advocacy 101: Giving Testimony for Our New York City Dance.’