DANCEMAKERS’ STATEMENT OF UNITY & POLICIES

In recognizing that we need to change the power structures of SYSTEMIC RACISM towards BIPOC artists, address sexual harassment, abuses of power, cultural insensitivity, and disrespect, Dancemakers HAS developed two important polices:

• Anti-Harassment Policy Statement, April 29, 2019

• Equity and Non-discrimination Policy, January 31, 2019

Dancemakers also supports the Statement from Dance Service Organizations, developed in solidarity by the Canadian Dance assembly, The Dance Centre, CADA/West, Alberta Dance Alliance, Dance Saskatchewan, Dance Manitoba, Dance Ontario, CADA-ON, Dance Umbrella of Ontario, Dance Collection Danse, Dancer Transition Resource Centre, Healthy Dancer Canada, The CanDance Network, Dance Nova Scotia, and DanceNL.

The Statement is downloadable here:

• Statement from Dance Service Organizations

All documents are also available upon request - please email us at info [at] dancemakers.org

Updated April 2019

 Image from the Archives: Leisure Palace by Omer Yukseker