DANZ resources for dance

Advocacy/Research

• Why Dance - Facts and figures on the popularity of dance in New Zealand
• New Zealand Dance Industry Strategy - written by DANZ in consultation with a wide range of people working in dance
• Contemporary Dance Audiences - Research into contemporary dance audiences in New Zealand, commissioned by DANZ (541kb PDF file). Audience Survey Form (70kb word doc)
• Health Issues for Dancers - Results of DANZ research into health issues faced by New Zealand contemporary dancers

Production/Funding

• Marketing Dance – tips for promoting businesses and events
• Pricing Dance - Pricing and developing audiences (277kb PDF file)
• Find your Match - Sponsorship for dance (124kb PDF file)
• Dance Venues - New Zealand dance performance & rehearsal venues
• Festivals - Dance festivals and competitions in New Zealand and Australia
• Funding - Scholarships, residencies and funding for New Zealand dance
• Promotion - For dance events in New Zealand
• A Working Guide for New Zealand Dancers - Practical guide for producing successful dance projects.
• Residency Fellowships, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany. For persons up to 35 or if older who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years.

Health

• The use of imagery for posture and alignment control in dance by Tania Huddart (540kb PDF)
• Pilates and Dance by Tania Huddart (293kb PDF file)

• Dance Fitness - Why train for aerobic fitness (106kb PDF file)

• Nutrition information for dancers (115kb PDF file)
• Dance Injury Management - Practical advice on warning signs and treatment of dance injuries by Physiotherapist Susan Simpson  (248kb PDF file)
• Releasing Your Lower Legs by Tania Huddart(347kb PDF)

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Career

• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for New Zealand Dancers - including conditions of employment and NZ legislation (or download 206kb PDF file)
• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for New Zealand Choreographers (211kb PDF file)
• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for Teachers of Dance (or download 69kb PDF file)
• DANZ Diary - New Zealand dance events and opportunities
• You're in Business - Tax and business for dance by Melanie Hamilton (280kb PDF file)
• Dance Best Practice and Business Ethics
• DANZ Mentoring Programme
• A Career in Dance
• Landing a Role - Audition advice for dancers by Annabel Reader (213kb PDF file)

Education

• Go to the DANZ education page for detailed information and resources on dance and education issues
• Dance styles - History and links
• Lesson Plan for Secondary Teaching, years 7-13 (147kb PDF file)
• Education Resources - buy DVDs, Videos, books and music CDs to assist with teaching dance
• Space requirements for Performing Arts Facilities in Schools
• Tertiary/University Dance programmes & courses in New Zealand

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Community Dance

• Dance and Disability - DANZ statement of position (151kb PDF file)
• Community Dance - by Petra Kuppers (260kb PDF file)

Dance Writing & Publications

• DANZ Quarterly  - New Zealand's dance magazine
• DANZ email subscription - Receive information about New Zealand dance by email from DANZ
• SideStep - Archive of New Zealand dance writing including features, reviews, research abstracts, programme notes
• NZ Dance News - Subscribe to New Zealand dance information email service (sponsored by DANZ)

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Other resources online

• Managing People - SPARC templates for human resource management
• Donations Toolkit - Creative New Zealand resource on receiving donations
• New Producers' Pack - Auckland Theatre Company (PDF file)
• Moving On - Ausdance resource on career transition of professional dancers (1.49mb PDF file)
• Employment in the Cultural Sector and Government Spending on Culture (2000-2004) - NZ Department of Statistics
• Arts Research Hub including Arts marketing resources - Australia Council for the Arts
• The Big Idea - An online community of New Zealand's creative industries
• Keeping it Legal - Easy to use legal information for the non-profit sector
• Starting an Incorporated Society - Ministry for Economic Development
• Creative New Zealand arts sector resources - including Full House: Turning Data into Audiences, The Touring Manual by Fenn Gordon, Smart Arts: marketing the arts in New Zealand and Getting on Board, a governance guide for arts organisations
• SOUNZ - for information and advice on New Zealand music and composers, for dance and productions, contact SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music. Permission should be sought from composers for the use of their music in performances.
• http://www.ceoonline.com/subscribe/ - On this page you can subscribe to their free E newsletter which has links to free expert talks which are very relevant to the business side of dance.
• Contract information, sample contracts and dance employment resources and can be found on the Union website http://www.alliance.org.au/  and New Zealand Equity Union information at https://nzequity.alliance.org.au/home
• Copyright information sheets - Copyright Council of New Zealand
• Business resources - New Zealand government business site
• Legal, mentoring and volunteer publications - NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations
• National Library of New Zealand - 5,900 general dance resources and over 10,000 NZ dance resources

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