Dance/NYC Announces Collective Motion: A 5-Year Commitment to the Field
Company:
Dance/NYC
Join Dance/NYC for Collective Motion: Dance/NYC’s 5-Year Commitment to the Field, a free Zoom event on October 8, 2025, 3:00–4:15 PM ET, where the organization will unveil their vision and priorities for the next five years in a new strategic plan. This gathering will bring together partners, peers, and supporters to reflect on the past while also envisioning the future of a more equitable field. Registration and details can be found at https://bit.ly/DNYCCM25.
Recently, Dance/NYC has engaged deeply in a multi-year strategic planning process. The new plan articulates a bold framework rooted in clarified organizational values, renewed goals, and actionable commitments to strengthen the dance ecosystem. Collective Motion is both a culmination of this process and a milestone opportunity to gather the field in reflection, connection, and collaboration.
“This plan distills salient takeaways from experimentation and adaptation in recent years,” says Sara Roer, Dance/NYC Interim Executive Director. “By solidifying those learnings into a clear path forward, the organization will have a firm foundation from which to weather a volatile environment for the entire arts sector.”
The gathering will feature inspiring artistic activations, reflections from field leaders, and insights into how Dance/NYC will continue supporting resources, connections, and power-building for dance workers over the coming years.
Presenters and guests will include current Dance/NYC staff along with:
Eddie Torres - President & CEO, Grantmakers in the Arts
Elissa D. Hecker - Law Office of Elissa D. Hecker; Former Dance/NYC Board Chair
Jina Paik - Nonprofit Finance Fund; Dance/NYC Board Member
Marissa Lewis - PENN Creative Strategies
Niya Nicholson - Executive Director, MOVE|NYC
Reshma Patel - Four Rivers; Dance/NYC Board Chair
Sara Roer - Interim Executive Director, Dance/NYC
Virginia Johnson - Former Artistic Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem; Visiting Scholar, NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
Collective Motion: Dance/NYC’s 5-Year Commitment to the Field is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council.
About Dance/NYC:
Dance/NYC’s mission is to promote and encourage the knowledge, appreciation, practice, and performance of dance in the metropolitan New York City area. It embeds core values of justice, equity, and inclusion into all aspects of its programs and operations. Dance/NYC remains committed to delivering programs that address disparities in the dance field by continuing to fill gaps in the availability of resources where they are most needed. It believes the dance ecology must itself be just, equitable, and inclusive to meaningfully contribute to social progress and envisions a dance ecology wherein power, funding, opportunities, conduct, and impacts are fair for all artists, cultural workers, and audiences. Instagram @dance.nyc | X (Twitter) @DanceNYC Facebook @DanceNYCorg | LinkedIn
