Collaborate or Get Cut: How Sharing Resources Can Save a Dance Program
Abstract:
Higher education and arts institutions are increasingly targeted for budget cuts nationwide. Collaboration and the sharing of resources have become absolutely necessary not only for the survival, but the overall continued vitality of the arts. This poster illuminates how a globally famous ballet school found an academic home within an unlikely university to further the respective missions of both institutions, perhaps even saving the program in higher education altogether. The presentation will include how this partnership came to fruition; how it benefits both entities; and how the partnership further bridges the gap between higher education and the professional school. Further, this research strategizes a practical approach in forming symbiotic, collaborative relationships between and among entities which might not otherwise overlap.