MOVE FORWARD is a volunteer-led network of presenters in North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), seeking to bring more dance to their venues in their communities. An important goal is to galvanize our collective of presenters and advocates working towards overcoming and improving financial challenges with dance-presenting.

The Funding Committee of Move Forward is reaching out to as many presenter colleagues in North America asking for 12 minutes to complete a short survey by APRIL 1. The results of this survey will help build a case for nationwide US touring support as we begin conversations with foundations, individuals and other organizations. No matter how much dance you present, PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY, as all responses will be valuable. We look forward to sharing the compiled results with you very soon. All individual responses will be kept confidential. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey to the best of your ability.

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1. First Name

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2. Last Name

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3. Email

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4. Organization Name

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5. City (for organization/venue)

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6. State/Province (for organization/venue)

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7. Approximately how many dance performances (not companies) were/have been scheduled for the following CALENDAR (January 1-December 31) years? For years 2020-2022, please include the number you had originally intended to program, assuming a world where there were no covid-related interruptions or adjustments.

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8. Approximately how many of the above dance artists/companies were/are based outside of your venue's/organization's country?

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9. If the overall number of public dance performances has decreased within this 10-year span, what are the two most significant factors the decline could be attributed to? (only select two)

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10. Please rank your current sources of financial support for dance programming (#1 is your highest source/largest percentage of funding, and so on. If you do not receive support from a category, please select N/A). Enter N/A responses before allocating a ranking number.

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11. If any of the above funding channels have decreased in the last 3 years, please indicate which ones.

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12. How likely are you to book dance artists and companies that can offer tour subsidy/presenting support (only select one)?

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13. If dance touring support was available to North American presenting organizations, what is the minimum amount of subsidy or funding you need in order to add one more dance presentation/company annually?

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14. Per question #9, please provide names of your major corporate and foundation supporters. Thanks.

Thanks for completing this survey!

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