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Cross-Cultural Dance Resources

“Discovering Dance through Cultures and Cultures through Dance”

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, Inc., established in 1981, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization dedicated to supporting the performing and scholarly communities interested in dance as a human universal and expression of culture. Navigate the sub-menu on the left to learn more about the organization and how you may become an active participant in our efforts.

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources: Vision, Mission, Goals

Vision

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, newly integrated into the Herberger Institute School of Dance at Arizona State University, maintains its primary commitment to its core Mission and Goals while expanding its role in the local academic community and beyond into new digital frontiers. In the coming ten years, Cross-Cultural Dance Resources will continue to grow as a national and international learning organization firmly grounded in its established traditions while seeking new horizons in dance cultures, performance, research, and dissemination.

Mission

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources promotes the holistic understanding and appreciation of the diversity and significance of dance as a human universal in all cultural contexts through active research, publication, consultation, and public presentation. Cross-Cultural Dance Resources transcends disciplinary boundaries between the arts, humanities, and social sciences in support of the open exploration and investigation of all dance cultures.

Goals

  1. Meet the challenges of Cross-Cultural Dance Resources’s Mission and Vision.
  2. Further develop Cross-Cultural Dance Resources’s rich network of resources.
  3. Expand research and dissemination opportunities among Cross-Cultural Dance Resources members and their colleagues.
  4. Improve access to dance cultures in all forms.
  5. Mentor and provide support to dance artists, scholars, and students.
  6. Increase public awareness of dance cultures and the work of the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources.
  7. Build a sustainable future for Cross-Cultural Dance Resources.