News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in May 2025
Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from May 2025.
Why Executive Leadership in Dance Is So Difficult
Arts leaders agree: When it comes to the business of dance, things are hard right now. Really hard. Ticket sales are down. Individual giving is down. Grants are a moving target. And all of it is the purview of executive directors, who are feeling the pressure. “The job is really tough, and you have to […]
Arts Administrator Sonja Kostich’s Savvy Approach to Risk-Taking Pays Off
Sonja Kostich, who in August 2022 was named the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s new executive director, has always thought of herself as a creative person. “I like to think big,” Kostich says. “I’m willing to take that risk to go for the dream, because I think it’s possible.”
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in August 2022
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from August 2022.
What It’s Like Working as an Asian American in Dance
“Asian American” is a term that is inadequate to capture the breadth of diversity and experience it seeks to represent. Just as “dance” is shorthand for an endless range of styles from jazz to Kuchipudi, “Asian American” encompasses a vastness of cultures ranging from Korean adoptees to South Indians living in the U.S. The Asian-American […]