Dance Links

Artist Support

These organizations offer information on grants, health/liability insurance, professional development, rehearsal and performance venues, studio space, legal and accounting services, and job opportunities, as well as providing places to post events.

• The Actors Fund
• Alliance of Artists Communities
• Austin Creative Alliance
• Creative Capital
• Fractured Atlas
• New York Foundation for the Arts
  
• Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Resources List
  A helpful list of links on intellectual property, copyright, contracts, and more.
• Regional Foundation Library
  While not arts-specific, the Regional Foundation Library is a valuable resource that serves as a bridge between the grant-seeking and grant-making communities. Students can make an appointment with a librarian for information on research funding.
   

Job Listings

These sites offer targeted job listings in your field.  For additional arts-specific and general job search tools and subscription listings available to currently enrolled fine arts undergraduate and graduate students, please visit the Find a Job or Internship page.

• Americans for the Arts Job Bank
• Dance Europe Magazine Job and Audition Listings

Professional Organizations

Professional organizations are a way to build a network in your chosen career, often hosting events, offering continuing education opportunities, and sharing other resources of interest.  Membership is usually required for full access, but many organizations offer student rates.

• American Dance Guild
• American Dance Therapy Association
• Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts
• Dance Critics Association
• Dance Educators of America
• Dance/USA
• National Dance Education Organization
• Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Arts Agencies

• Mid-America Arts Alliance
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Texas Commission on the Arts

UT Fine Arts Library Resources

The UT Fine Arts Library has area-specific online resources that include research advice, databases, electronic journals, and links, as well as a complete list of fine arts periodicals available to browse at the library.

• Periodical List
• Dance Resource Guide

Other

• Answers 4 Dancers
• Book of Lists
  The Book of Lists provides comprehensive coverage of local business news and information from major metropolitan cities.  It is a great tool for researching industries and individual organizations located by city.
• DanceArt
• Gaynor Minden Online Dance Resources
• Voice of Dance