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June 22, 2007

"Engaging Art" is Awesome! Live Blogging from American Symphony Orchestra Conference

Check out the "Engaging Art: A Public Conversation" blog that Douglas McLennan of ArtsJournal created and moderated.

blogging from American Symphony Orchestra League conference

Live blogging at yesterday's American Symphony
Orchestra League Conference in Nashville, TN

This very active and thoughtful blog conversation, which focused on the future of the arts with a strong emphasis on concert music, started on June 14th and culminated yesterday with a live blogging event at the 62nd National Conference of the American Symphony Orchestra League in Nashville, Tennessee.

I think that the integration of an extended pre-conference dialog via the "Engaging Art" blog with a face-to-face program that builds upon this initial conversation is a great model to follow. Even better, during the program yesterday, people around the world interested in the future of concert music could post questions, which were answered by speakers and others blogging from the conference.

I would definitely like to create something similar for the dance community as a way to address some of the issues that were discussed in a recent post, "Exploring the Economics of Dance and Creating New Business Models." There are many directions in which such a project could go. It could focus on:

1) The business, strategic, funding and marketing side of dance,

2) The future of the Internet, video and technology for dancers and dance companies,

3) The choreographic and creative side of dance, or

4) A combination of two or more of the above.

It would be great if you shared your thoughts about such a project for the dance community.

Posted by Doug Fox on June 22, 2007 11:18 AM

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3 Comments

Tonya Plank said:

What about dance bloggers? (writers who chat about / promote dance through blogs as opposed to mainstream media). That's kind of a whole issue into itself, I suppose...

Added: June 25, 2007 1:05 PM | Permalink

Doug Fox said:

Tonya,

It's definitely a huge topic - I'm not sure if I was thinking about how dance writers - professional and amateur - use blogs to cover dance when I wrote above.

It could sort of be part of item 2 above. But it could stand on its own and there are many issues to delve into including different approaches to dance writing.

I especially like your post "Writing (Or Scribbling Messily) in the Dark,” because, among other things, you include a picture of your notes. You're both exposing the process of writing and simultaneously making the act of covering dance transparent. This is definitely not a traditional approach to writing about dance performances and shows that there are distinct alternatives.

Added: June 26, 2007 9:11 AM | Permalink

nikaly said:

thanks for this blog!!!!

Added: June 27, 2007 12:08 PM | Permalink

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June 22, 2007