A new initiative in New York City will hand out $324,000 to freelance dancers struggling to make ends meet.
Inspired by guaranteed income programs, the Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund will provide $1,000 grants with no strings attached to more than 320 dancers.
The nonprofit dance advocacy group Dance/NYC, which announced the initiative, says funding for the grants comes from the Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust and other donors.
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Grants will be awarded through a weighted lottery system that gives priority to underpaid and unprotected groups of dance workers. Awardees must have contracted dance work completed between January 1st, 2025, to April 30th, 2026.
Says Sara Roer, interim executive director of Dance/NYC,
“Inspired by guaranteed income programs and peer-led wage subsidy efforts, the DWR
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