Jamie Benson

Dance/NYC 2016 Symposium: Building New and Non-Traditional Dance Audiences: CUNY Dance Initiative

audience picPod de Deux attended this Dance/NYC 2016 Symposium discussion and workshop and learned how the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI) is developing new dance audiences while offering NYC dance companies free space to rehearse and perform. After the session, we interviewed PDD alum Jamie Benson, who presented helpful tips on how to build a following with social media strategies. We also recorded enthusiastic feedback from audience members and another presenter, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, a CUNY Venue Director.

This post is part of a series of interviews conducted at the Dance/NYC 2016 Symposium.

DANCE HAS A P.R. PROBLEM: Jamie Benson

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“Dancing is fun!” Sometimes we all need the reminder, and this episode couldn’t have been a better one. Finally back in Btoven Studio, with dancer, choreographer and marketing professional Jamie Benson, we had some of the most fun yet as we dug deep into topics that ranged from the social purpose of laughter and the paradox of choice to Jamie’s rediscovery of the joy of dancing.  We learned how Jamie incorporates humor into his choreography, works with adult non-dancers in his Shakedown Dance Collective and pursues the ultimate Bradjelina Life.  He even provided valuable marketing advice for dancemakers! To learn more, visit our guests page and jamiebenson.com.