Free Advice

Each spring, The Joyce Theater Foundation presents Free Advice, a series of seminars that cover a wide range of topics to assist dancers, dance companies, and choreographers as they navigate the field. Seminars are free. Space is limited so reservations are strongly encouraged.

Past topics include:

• Music Licensing
• Marketing Basics
• Effective Writing: Marketing to the Audience
• Fundraising
• Performing Outside New York
• Working Effectively with Production Elements

Please join us for one of the upcoming Free Advice events:

APAP Showcasing

Monday, June 11, 6:15-7:45pm

Are you new to APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters)? Or are you interested in discovering how to maximize your participation in this annual event? Join our panel of APAP veterans to find out how useful the event can be; how necessary it is for you to be on a roster; what presenters are looking for; how to determine whether showcasing is right for you; the different types of showcases; and get the scoop on the hall and booths. Our panelists can help you make the most out of this intense global performing arts marketplace and conference.

Panelists include: Cathy Eilers (Program Manager, Joyce SoHo), Doug Post (Artist Representative, Pentacle) and Kyle Abraham (Choreographer, Abraham in Motion)

Personal Consultations

Monday, June 18, 6:15-7:45pm

Have you ever wished you could have a one-on-one conversation with an expert in the field? Here's your chance! Teams of experts in the areas of marketing, development, artistic/programming, board development, and business/administration will be available for one-on-one consultations. Maximaze your experience by bringing specific materials or challenges to discuss with our experts.

Consultants include: Linda Shelton (Executive Director, The Joyce Theater), Gabrielle Markand Greenspan (Development Officer for Individual Giving and Events, The Joyce Theater), Rennica Johnson (Marketing Manager, The Joyce Theater), Jackeline Montalvo (Marketing Director, Ballet Hispanico), Adam Natale (Director of Partnerships & Business Development, Fractured Atlas), Marie-Louise Silva Stegall (Senior Consultant, Dunch Arts), and Martin Wechsler (Director of Programming, The Joyce Theater)

We are currently at capacity for this session. Please email to be added to our waiting list.

Production Basics

Monday, June 25, 6:15-7:45pm

Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to recognize and communicate your production needs, as well as what you can reasonably expect from the production team when you work in a theater. Panelist will help you understand and create workable production schedules, explain how to find qualified crew and what you might expect of them, help you maximize tech time, figure out what your insurance needs might be, and much more.

Panelists include: Bill Schaffner (Production Manager, Joyce SoHo), Yuriy Nayer (Lighting Designer, independent)

Hosts/Panelists subject to change.

We ask that participants make reservations in advance of Free Advice seminars. Please us the RSVP form below. We will confirm with you that we received your reservation(s).

All Free Advice sessions take place at Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street between Houston and Prince. Get directions here.