The Nationwide Middle for Choreography-Akron (NCCAkron) proclaims Thought Companions for the brand new cohort of its Artistic Administration Analysis (CAR) program. Thought Companions are paired with CAR choreographers to research administrative practices that help the artist’s artistic practices. New Thought Companions embrace Conrhonda Baker (Atlanta, GA) working with Jasmine Hearn (Houston, TX), Vu Le (Seattle, WA) working with Deneane Richburg (St Paul, MN), and Tonya Lockyer (Suquamish, WA) working with Amy O’Neal (Los Angeles, CA/Seattle, WA).
The CAR program launched in 2020 with lead help from the Mellon Basis. NCCAkron has initiated a sixth cohort for a complete of 25 Artist Groups from throughout the U.S. Every staff—choreographer, Thought Companion, and NCCAkron workers—participates in an Investigative Retreat to discover tailor-made administrative experiments that improve artistic practices. Rejecting a one-size-fits-all mannequin, CAR encourages numerous approaches, with Thought Companions providing accountability and steering between retreats.
“Serving as a Thought Companion within the CAR program has been a deeply significant expertise—one which reaffirmed my perception that the work of considering, exploring, and mentally creating for administration is simply as essential to a profitable inventive follow as rehearsal, approach improvement, and stretching are to dance-making. The CAR program’s nationwide assume tank mannequin supplies a uncommon and very important house for artists to step outdoors of inherited buildings and reimagine administrative practices that actually help their artistic visions. I’m grateful for the chance to contribute to this evolving dialogue that values artistic administration as an important a part of inventive follow,” commented Conrhonda E. Baker, Founder and Chief Copy Editor, The Bese Saka.
For a listing of all program contributors, alumni, and Thought Companions, click on right here.
NCCAkron continues to share program learnings with the broader performing arts subject. Artists on Artistic Administration: A Workbook from the Nationwide Middle for Choreography, a e book on artistic administration edited by Tonya Lockyer (Suquamish, WA) and revealed by the College of Akron Press, was launched in September 2024. Associated digital and in-person Making Strikes e book occasions proceed by means of 2025.
