RESOURCES

If you have additional websites, organizations, venues or funders to recommend for this resource listing, please email admin@danceusaphiladelphia.org. We welcome your input.

Artists Resource Guide

A publication of Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Click here to download a PDF.

Service Organizations

Actors Equity
Actors Fund
Answers4Dancers.com
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Backstage
Center for Remembering and Sharing
Community Arts Network
Community Education Center
Cyberdance.org
Dance/Metro DC
Dance/NYC
Dance/USA
Dance New Jersey
Dance Theater Workshop
FracturedAtlas.org
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
International Association of Blacks in Dance
International Tap Association
National Dance Educators Organization
New York Foundation for the Arts
Movement Research
Pentacle
Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative
Philadelphia Dance Projects
PhiladelphiaDANCE.org
Philadelphia Dance Directory
Philadelphia Folklore Project
Pennsylvania Performing Arts On Tour
Professionaldancer.net
The Field
Theater Alliance of Greater Philadelphia

Classes/Workshops

There are hundreds of classes in a wide variety of dance forms available at any given time in the Greater Philadelphia area. Go to our Web Forum on Classes and Workshops to find recent postings and seek out recommendations. You may also want to visit the Philadelphia Dance Directory as well for additional listings.

Funding Programs

Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Dance Advance
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
PA Humanites Council
Delaware Valley Grantmakers
Jerome Foundation
Leeway Foundation
National Dance Projects
National Endowment for the Arts
National Performance Network
Pennsylvania Council On The Arts
Puffin Foundation
Independence Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
5 County Arts Fund of The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation
William Penn Foundation

Other Resources

Arts Journal
Bank of America Philanthropic Management
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Dance Europe Magazine
Dance Insider
Dance Magazine
Dance Minute
Dance.net
Danciti
Great Dance
Impulstanz
NYC Dance Spaces
On The Move
Philly Flamenco
Playbill
See Chicago Dance
Tapography
The Winger
Vegas Auditions
Voice of Dance

Performance Venues in Philadelphia

In addition to the venues listed here, Philadelphia is rich with many interesting non-proscenium spaces for dance - churches, parks, industrial spaces, galleries etc.

Large Venues (capacity 700+ )
Academy of Music (Kimmel Center)
Annenberg Center, Zellerbach Theater
Forrest Theater
Irvine Auditorium (University of Pennsylvania)
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall
Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Upper Darby Performing Arts Center

Medium-sized Venues (capacity of 175 -700)
Academy of Vocal Arts
American Philosophical Society
Annenberg Center, Harold Prince Theater
Arts Bank (University of the Arts)
Conwell Dance Theatre (Temple University)
Drake Theater (University of the Arts)
Freedom Theater
Independent Seaport Museum
International House
Irongate Theater (University of Pennsylvania)
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Perelman Theater
Miriam Theater (University of the Arts)
Painted Bride Arts Center
Plays & Players Theater
Prince Music Theater
Suzanne Roberts Theatre
The Crane Arts Center
The Mandell Theater (Drexel University)
The Rotunda (University of Pennsylvania)
Trinity Center for Urban Life
Wilma Theater

Small Venues (capacity 40-175 )
Annenberg Center, Studio Theater
Community Education Center
Jeanne Ruddy Dance Performance Garage
Johnny Brenda's
Mascher Space Cooperative
Prince Music Theater, Black Box
The Ethical Society
The Arts Garage
Walnut Street Theater, Studio 5 & Studio 3