We invite you to join us for an evening in celebration of Los Angeles dance, 30 years of DRC and the Horton Awards!
This event is free and open to the public! RSVP required.
Wine and snacks will be served
Friday February 1, 12-2 pm
The Gabriella Foundation, Santee Site, 222 E 16th St, Suite E, upstairs, Los Angeles, CA (Downtown LA/Fashion District near the 10)
*affordable metered parking in the area
Join us for a lunchtime event to share tips, tools and resources for dancers, dance teachers, and teaching artists in dance. Includes lite lunch snacks, mini-presentations, classroom demos and Q&A that will help you energize your career as a dance teaching artist.
Expand your Teaching Practice:
– Connect with dance teachers/teaching artists
– Access grants and services available in LA
– Explore the power of “Backward Planning”
– Set goals for the Spring semester
– Ignite students’ artistic expression
– Brainstorm on classroom management issues
– Ask questions and get answers
Please RVSP here
Join DRC and guest experts Ben Johnson and Michelle Espinosa Coulter for an important panel discussion on the hunt for accessible studio space in LA. Stay tuned for details.
FREE for DRC Members* | $25 for Non Members
Join DRC and guest experts Ben Johnson and Michelle Espinosa Coulter for an important panel discussion on the hunt for accessible studio space in LA.
Join DRC Executive Director Raélle Dorfan and Director of Business Development Gina Baffo to get your questions answered regarding the business of dance art making: fiscal sponsorship, staffing resources, arts marketing, DRC’s new HomeGrown residency, touring and more. Network with peers and collaborate on solutions to challenges facing the field.
Raélle Dorfan
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Raélle studied various forms of dance and Musical Theater before immigrating to California, where she went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from the UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance program. Raélle has been dance instructor/choreographer at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles for almost a decade and prior to her new role at the DRC, Raélle was Associate to the Director at Cadence Arts Network, Manager for Pentacle programs in LA and was Education Director at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. Raélle has performed at some of California’s most prestigious venues with Pacifico Dance Company and Fusion Dance Theater and serves on the board for Fusion Performing Dance Academy. Adept and most comfortable in the dance/music studio and on the stage, Raélle is dedicated to the performing arts and delighted to be part of the DRC team and community!
Gina Baffo
A results-driven outreach, community relations and integrated marketer with a penchant for serving dance non-profits, Gina has been serving the LA dance community for the past 10 years. She received a B.A. in Communication Studies from UC Santa Barbara while studying ballet. After directing brand and digital strategies for corporate entities ranging from Jaguar to Westin Hotels of Hawaii, she has had the pleasure of leveraging her business acumen to advance the positions of dance companies in LA. Her work is marked by building results through engagement, partnerships, audience development and integrated initiatives that promote the dance field in Southern California. Gina’s outreach work intersects the distinctive spirit of the region with choreographers and company works to drive accessibility and broader audiences. She is honored to join the DRC team to support and direct programming for the LA dance community.
Fall into new teaching practices: Join us for a lunchtime event to share tips, tools and resources for dancers, dance teachers, and teaching artists in dance. Includes lite lunch snacks, presentation by local dance service organizations and discussions on best practices in dance education.
Expand your Teaching Practice:
Connect with dance teaching artists
Access grants and services available in LA
Explore best practices in the dance studio
for students with special needs
Understand sensory toys and tools
Ask questions and get answers
Friday Oct 25th, 12-2 pm
The Gabriella Foundation home of Everybody Dance! Santee Site 222 E 16th
St, Suite E, upstairs Los Angeles (Downtown LA/Fashion District near the 10) *affordable metered parking in the area
This event is co-hosted by the Gabriella Foundation, home of Everybody Dance!, Career Transition For Dancers, a program of The Actors Fund, and the Dance Resource Center. Presenters include Center for Cultural Innovation, Pieter Performance Space, and St. Mary’s College/LEAP Program.
For more info: visit www.danceresourcecenter.org/dancer_health
How can dance play a vital role in the discoveries we are making during a crisis? What are we learning about the essential nature of our practices?
Join DRC and special guest, Victoria Marks, for a collection of “thought activities” that will bring us into deeper conversation together, and perhaps help to revitalize our creative responses to the pandemic.
Register Here: https://danceresourcecenter.salsalabs.org/juneconvening