DanceDataProject®

DDP is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to informing gender equity in ballet through data analysis, advocacy, and programming.

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Congratulations to Dance Data Project® Board Member Emily Green on being named to Crain's New York Business's 40 Under 40 2026 list.

Please join us in congratulating Emily on this well-deserved recognition.

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In our latest DDP Talks To interview, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Co-Artistic Director of Green Bay Ballet Theater, discusses how fiscal sponsorship has helped the organization begin its work while laying the groundwork for future nonprofit status.

Read the full interview now!

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Access to dance extends beyond performance.

"We want to be as enmeshed in the community as possible."

Read the full conversation at the link in our bio.

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In rehearsal for the Newport Dance Festival // Newport Contemporary Ballet

Performances: July 15–19, 2026

DDP® President and Founder Liza Yntema will be attending this year's festival! Stay tuned for more coverage from her upcoming visit.

📸 Photos by Emily Baker

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As she concludes more than two decades leading the Chamber Dance Project, Founder and Artistic Director Diane Coburn Bruning reflects on the leadership philosophy that has shaped the company's artistic direction.

Read the full DDP Talks To interview on our website.

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In rehearsal with Kang Hyo-hyung and Seoul Metropolitan Ballet // In the Bamboo Forest

Performances: May 15-17, 2026

📸 Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Ballet

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In our June DDP Talks To interview with Coastal Ballet of Florida, Artistic Director and Co-Founder Heather Ossola reflects on the realities of leading an organization she helped build from the ground up.

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Check out our June DDP Talks To interview with Coastal Ballet of Florida, available now! Executive Director and Co-Founder Lauren Birnbaum discusses the steep learning curve many arts leaders face when building an organization.

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📸 In rehearsal for Vanity Fair by Sidonie Fossé, courtesy of Bern Ballet. Photo by Michelle Dänzer.

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In our latest DDP Talks To interview with Coastal Ballet of Florida, Executive Director and Co-Founder Lauren Birnbaum reflects on the realities of balancing motherhood and arts entrepreneurship.

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In rehearsal with Miami City Ballet // ¡Vamos! To the Beach: Spring Mix 2

Performances: May 9-10, 2026

Miami City Ballet presented ¡Vamos! To the Beach: Spring Mix 2, featuring Twyla Tharp’s Deuce Coupe.

🎥 Courtesy of Miami City Ballet

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In rehearsal with Pacific Northwest Ballet // Ballet Sun Valley Festival

Performances: June 27-28, 2026

The festival will feature work by Dani Rowe, Jessica Lang, and Twyla Tharp.

🎥 Leta Biasucci and Melisa Guilliuams rehearse Dani Rowe’s The Window.

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🎙️ Tune in to hear DDP Founder & President Elizabeth "Liza" Yntema and External Communications Lead Nancy Dobbs Owen featured on Pop of Culture, Indiana Public Radio's arts and culture program.

Episode available now at https://t.co/kFO9fkRn5s or wherever you get your podcasts.

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In recognition of Juneteenth, Dance Data Project® highlights the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project (CBDLP), which supports and preserves Black dance in Chicago. We applaud efforts that strengthen organizations, support women leaders, and expand opportunity.

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Ballet North Texas presented "Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina" by Nicolina Lawson, honoring the life and legacy of Maria Tallchief, America’s first major prima ballerina.

Performances: May 23, 2026

📸 Photos 1-2 by Alexis Breen, Photo 3 by Thomas Garza

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Anne Imhof // DOOM: House of Hope

Performances: March 3, 2025 - March 12, 2025

Contemporary artist Anne Imhof presented her largest performative work to date at the Park Avenue Armory.

📸 Photos by Nadine Fraczkowski, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory

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As Liza Yntema and her husband, Mark Ferguson, attended the Joffrey Ballet's Eugene Onegin, it was a chance to reflect on the moment that sparked DDP's mission.

11 years. A few seats away from where DDP was conceived. Still pushing for women and transparency in the industry.

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In rehearsal with Patricia Delgado // Basura

Performances: May 30–July 12

Former Miami City Ballet principal Patricia Delgado is serving as the sole choreographer of Basura, a new musical premiering at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre.

📸 Photos by Anna Walters

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Congratulations to the women nominated for Best Choreography at the 2026 Tony Awards! 👏🏻

✨ Ellenore Scott (Ragtime)

✨ Ani Taj (The Rocky Horror Show)

✨ Lauren Yalango-Grant (The Lost Boys, with Christopher Cree Grant)

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In her latest interview for LA Dance Chronicle, DDP's External Communications Lead Nancy Dobbs Owen sits down with Melody Mennite Walsh to explore the realities women face in building second careers as choreographers.

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