DRC Member Gatherings

Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund (PAEPF) Webinar

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

11-12:30pm

The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund (PAEPF) grant program will be opening in early March, and now is the time to get ready.

Join us for an informational webinar to learn about eligibility requirements and how you can apply. There will be a series of these webinars held during February, all of the webinars will cover the same material and include a Q&A period.  You are welcome to attend any session.

Learn more about the program here.

The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund (PAEPF) is funded by the State of California and administered by CalOSBA. Eligibility criteria applies.

Navigating FEMA for the Entertainment Industry

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

12-1:30pm

Get your questions answered about FEMA applications, learn troubleshooting tips and understand common myths.

This Zoom webinar is sponsored by a partnership of entertainment industry unions, guilds, associations & nonprofit service providers, and hosted by the Entertainment Community Fund.

Webinar Agenda
·        The application process, grant size, timeframes, and what is and is not covered
·        Support for temporary housing or relocation
·        Navigating denials and the appeal process
·        Understanding FEMA and Common Myths–insurance claims, GoFundMe efforts

Understanding Funding in the Nonprofit Sector and How To Confidently Navigate Conversations & Connecting

Tap-in to better understand and feel more informed about nonprofit funding systems. From contributed to earned income – learn more about the multiple streams of revenue within the sector/a nonprofit organization. We invite you to join our supportive space, where any and all questions are welcome and valid. Build upon the knowledge you have gained during LA County Department of Arts and Culture’s internship program as you prepare to leap into the next phase of art and business administration and management.

Day of Dancer Health 2024

Join us for Day of Dancer Health 2024 on Monday, November 4 and Wednesday, November 6 from 11:20am-1pm!

HomeGrown @ LWDT Dance All Day

Each year one of our longstanding partners, Lula Washington Dance Theatre features DRC Members during Dance All Day at the Taste of Soul Festival. 

2024 Dance All Day Performance: Saturday, October 19

ON THE RECORD: Vinyl Fair

A free community event presented in partnership with Dance Resource Center, Dexter Story, dublab, Arts for LA, LAUSD and LA Commons.

Join us from 4pm – 8pm for a free one-day festivity showcasing the discovery and love of vinyl records and features more than a dozen vendors selling records from a variety of music genres, art-making, interactive activities, dance performances, live DJs and an open dance floor!

Catch an interactive dance performance with Whacking Los Angeles, a community organization dedicated to preserving and advancing the legacy of Punking and Whacking through dance education, events, and nurturing spaces. Watch the company perform, and then hop on to the dance floor to learn some punking and whacking moves. Hosted by Dance Resource Center.

BlakTinx Dance Festival: Gather & Toast

Join BlakTinx, Dance Resource Center (DRC), and LWDT Saturday, March 30th from 6:30-7pm to Celebrate and Toast LA’s Diverse and Vibrant Dance Community & Leimert Park Artists!

BlakTinx’s 2024 Dance Festival, Kaleidoscope Dream, brings together immensely talented Black and Latinx dancers/choreographers of Los Angeles drawing from all genres, including contemporary, tap, traditional West African, hip hop and fusion. It’s an hour and half of electrifying dance and a reflection of the lustrous tapestry of color, age, gender and artistic disciplines that make LA a truly great dance city!

Embodied Dancers: Dance Garage

Do you feel lost when an injury prevents you from dancing?

Are you tired of being in pain and not knowing how to resolve it?

Do you wonder how your injury got started?

Join the Embodied Dancer: Dance Garage for Dance Injuries Demystified with Jennie Morton, MS, BSc. Dance Medicine Specialist

In this interactive workshop, we will explore common causes of dance injuries, plus share tools and strategies for how to prevent and manage injuries if they occur.

March 23rd, 12 – 2pm

Tickets are $20 – spaces are limited so grab yours now

CalPayArt Webinar

Californians for the Arts, through the California Arts Council, has secured a state grant to build a nonprofit paymaster service for small theaters, symphonies, ballets, operas, chorales, dance companies, music organizations and other performing arts organizations throughout CA.

CalPayArt is a mission driven nonprofit paymaster service program specifically designed to support payroll compliance and lower insurance and unemployment coverage costs for small nonprofit performing arts organizations in California.

If you are interested in learning more, registration is now open for an Informational Webinar, co-hosted by Dance Resource Center, Californians for the Arts, and Austin Creative Alliance on Tuesday, November 28 @ noon 

Visit CALPAY.ART to access the benefits of a Nonprofit Paymaster #CALPAYART

Conscious Creativity & The Dancer’s Body

November 15th AND November 29th: attend 1 or both for FREE!

Limited spaces available. DRC members receive priority access.

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

Have you ever wondered where creativity comes from? Do you find yourself swinging between states of excitement, anxiety, or depression that affect your productivity?
This workshop will explore the biological underpinnings of creativity, how it affects our emotions & whole body health, and how emotions express through the fascial system affecting movement. Join us for an interactive session including both theory & practical strategies.

Creativity – Nature or Nurture? 

An exploration of the anatomical, biological, & behavioral influences on the development of creativity.

Anxiety, Depression, & Physical Symptoms

An exploration of the connections between the creative mind, disordered mood, & the expression of physical symptoms.

Emotions & the Dancer’s Body

How emotions express through the fascial system, how we can use this system to better understand & release blockages while reducing injury risk.

Management Strategies

A practical exploration of tools & strategies to manage the creative mind, our emotions, & whole body health.

Led by the incomparable Jennie Morton

HomeGrown @ LWDT Dance All Day

Each year one of our longstanding partners, Lula Washington Dance Theatre features DRC Members during Dance All Day at the Taste of Soul Festival. 

2023 Dance All Day Performance: Saturday, October 21

ON THE RECORD: Vinyl Fair

A free community event presented in partnership with Dance Resource Center, Dexter Story, dublab, Arts for LA and LA Commons.

Join us from 10am – 3pm for a free one-day festivity showcasing the discovery and love of vinyl records and features more than a dozen vendors selling records from a variety of music genres, workshop demos on DJing, artmaking activities, interactive augmented reality (AR) experience, dance performances, live DJs and more!

Virtual Day of Dancer Health 2023

Join us virtually for Day of Dancer Health 2023 on May 4 from 11am-1pm!

 

The Heartof Art – Workshop 1

Would you like to be in the driving seat of your own physical and emotional wellbeing? Do you ignore the physical and emotional cries from your body because you feel you should sacrifice your needs for your art? The healing power of artistic expression is most powerful when borne from human experience and exploration. In this workshop, we will discuss how exploring and understanding the choices you make as a creative can reveal opportunities for genuine connection, creation, collaboration, and healing. Join us for a conversation on how to align your creative soul, purpose, experience, and skillset with a meaningful and fulfilling journey as an artist. 

The Practice, The Journey – Workshop 2

Experience a conscious movement practice designed to guide you towards a deeper understanding of self, exploring how our emotions express physically in the body, and learning techniques for dynamically balanced wellbeing. 

Guest Panel

Nick Baga, Jennie Morton, Nick Brentley

Shine A Light

What we create, perform and teach stems from the essence of who we are and what we experience.
For many of us our neshama – our soul – guides us on our journey. Our ancient to modern day story, and our Jewish identity, so often intertwined in our art and/or our actions.

Let us reflect, share, connect, celebrate, and strengthen community and our resilience.

Join DRC in creating an affinity space for Jewish dancers, dance makers, educators, administrators and allies.

Let’s nosh (nashn) virtually together on the second day of Channukah!

Community Meeting Shared Resources, Partnerships & Collaborative Opportunities

Often times the most impactful moments and programs seed from sharing –
shared vision, resources and/or exploration.

This year we invite you, LA’s ardent dance professionals & supporters, to listen and/or share what you are seeking/offering. Whether it be artistic endeavors, a collaborative funding opportunity and/or affordable living & creative space for you and your team –our community’s strength, versatility and progress is amplified by supporting one another.

Additionally, Team DRC loves finding and sharing opportunities with you – knowing and understanding your organizations current needs and updates helps us to do just that!

* Members – Free
* Non Members – Pay What You Can

The CA Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program Info Webinar

Information Webinar Presented in Partnership with;

Californians For The Arts, Dance Resource Center/DRC and Lendistry.

Thursday, July 7, 2022 11:00am – 12:00pm

The application for the California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant opens on July 13th at 9am. www.CANonprofitPerformingArts.com

The program includes $49,500,000.00 to be allocated to eligible nonprofit performing arts organizations that meet the criteria. These grants will be awarded on a first-come-first-served basis in specified amounts depending on the applicant’s annual gross revenue in the 2019 taxable year.

Days of Dancer Health – 2022

This year, DRC’s Days of Dancer Health will bring our community together to discuss how to address genuine evolution in our sector, and to inspire new ways of thinking to create a healthy performing and administrative paradigm in the world of dance and the arts.

Join us Monday April 4th, Tuesday April 5th, and Wednesday 6th from 11:30am-12:30pm PST for enlightening conversation on how each of us can have power over our own paths and the sector we all love. Please join for all 3 virtual meetings. Final day is a Q&A, mixer and resource sharing opportunity.

Community/Member Dance Forum; Resource Sharing

How can we collaborate to leverage our resources towards achieving our goals?

As the new year approaches and life continues to shift into a new normal – let us gather and discuss where we are, where we want to be and how we can collaborate, partner and work collectively to achieve our goals.

*Those with interest in renting rehearsal, work or event space on the westside are encouraged to attend.

Tuesday November 30th, 2021
11:30-12:45pm PST.

Feel free to bring coffee & have lunch with us.

AAPI members of the LA dance community and allies gathering

AAPI members of the LA dance community and allies gathered on Thursday, April 8th in collaboration with FARconnector and DRC to:
– create an affinity space for AAPI creators to release the trauma from the anti-Asian violence
– make space to reflect and share
– strengthen the community bonds necessary for our own reliance.

The Teahouse was led by Final Bow for Yellowface co-founders Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, and will include a movement meditation led by Mary Suk.

Topics We Lined Up for 2021

•   Health and Wellness for the Dance Professional during/post COVID

       •   Nutritional Wellness

       •   Mental Wellness

       •   Physical Wellness

•   Energizing Your Teaching Career ONLINE

       •   Explore and Overcome New Virtual Challenges

•   How to Navigate Going Back into the Studio Safely

•   Staying Inspired During COVID-19

Issues We Unpacked in 2020

•   COVID Relief Fund

•   Finding Rental Space in LA

•   Re-Energizing Your Teaching Career

•   Staying Inspired During COVID-19

•   How to Teach Those with Developmental Disabilities