Artists on Creative Administration
So let's pause here for a moment and discuss what this money that we're seeking actually pays for. How much does it cost to make a dance? Well, let's start with how long it takes to make a dance. In my experience, it really depends on how an artist works. In the experimental scene, it's pretty common that you work in chunks of time stretched out over longer periods of time. So for example, most of my evening length pieces and evening length just means a piece it's like 45 minutes or longer. They take about 20 to 25 weeks of rehearsal spread out over the course of about 18 months. I don't work in ballet, but I know that those choreographic working periods are much shorter, like you might get three weeks to make a new piece. So we're going to do a thought experiment where we build a budget for a piece that takes 10 weeks to make. And for this budget, we're going to talk in ideal numbers mostly. And to do this, I'm going to bring in my manager, who's also the managing producer of this podcast, Michelle Fletcher. Hello…..