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RESEARCH CONTEXT & METHODOLOGY This study follows Dance/NYC’s New York City’s Foreign-Born Dance Workforce Demographics (2018) (Dance.NYC/ForeignBornWorkforce2018) and is the second research deliverable of a new initiative aimed at extending the role of artistry in fostering the inclusion, integration, and human rights of immigrants in the New York City area, while shaping national and global discussions. Its objective is to examine the nexus of immigrant matters and dance within readily available data sources to generate knowledge and opportunity for social progress and the art form. The work sets the stage for additional inquiry and action by Dance/NYC and key stakeholders, from Dance/NYC’s core constituency of dance makers and companies to public and private funders and peer service providers.
Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Initiative This study is a part of the newly launched Immigrants. Dance. Arts. initiative, whose name was developed and informed by the Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task force. The name aims to capture the initiative’s primary focus on immigrants working within the medium of dance, and by extension, and often in relation, to other art forms.
Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force As an underlying tenet of its justice, equity, and inclusion work, Dance/NYC embraces the concept of “Nothing Without Us”: no policy should be formed without the full, direct involvement and vesting of members of the affected group. “Nothing Without Us” is borrowed from the disability rights movement and upheld as a core value for all of Dance/NYC’s justice initiatives.
