DD Dance DATA Project RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Artistic and Executive Leadership Report JUNE 2021 © DDP 2021 Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Report Summary The following Report is the third annual Dance Data Project® Artistic and Executive Leadership Report and the most comprehensive study to date. For the 2021 Report, the research team produced two parts. The first, Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies and Scope of the Industry, was published in May 2021 and listed the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies, ordered by budget, as well as the Next 50, for a total of 100 companies surveyed. The Report also detailed the combined expenses of the Largest 50 and Next 50, and revealed that while the Largest 50 command approximately $665,000,000 in operating expenses, the Next 50 total budgets comprise only 7% of that figure, demonstrating a significant disparity in resources favoring the few largest companies. This second Report examines the leadership positions at the Largest 50 and Next 50 U.S. ballet companies and compares the number of men and women in the roles, as well as their respective compensation. The Report goes further to give year-by-year comparisons and further insight into the highest compensated employees at the ballet companies with the largest operating budgets. The Report demonstrates that the position of Artistic Director is held by far more men than women, while the position of Executive Director is much more equitably distributed. However, in both Artistic and Executive Director roles, men are compensated at a higher rate than their female counterparts. This Report finds that in the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies in 2019, women earned 73 cents for every dollar earned by men as Artistic Director and 85 cents for every dollar earned by men as Executive Director. The Report is broken up into the following sections: • Part I - Gender Distribution of Leadership • Part II - Artistic and Executive Director Compensation • Part III - Notes and Limitations • Appendix A - Largest 50 and Next 50 U.S. ballet companies • Appendix B - Adjusted Compensation Figures Our research would not be possible without the support of our ally companies and leaders. We would especially like to acknowledge the respondents of our data verification and Self Report Survey, as they have demonstrated meaningful commitment to equity through their participation. We extend our gratitude to the following thirty companies who participated in the data verification and/ or Self Report Survey: Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida Charlottesville Ballet James Sewell Ballet Atlanta Ballet City Ballet of San Diego Madison Ballet Ballet Arkansas Collage Dance Collective Miami City Ballet Ballet Fantastique Colorado Ballet Nashville Ballet Ballet Memphis Diablo Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Ballet Theatre of Maryland Eugene Ballet Portland Ballet (Maine) BalletX Festival Ballet Providence Smuin Contemporary Ballet Brooklyn Ballet Houston Ballet State Street Ballet Carolina Ballet Hubbard Street Dance The Richmond Ballet Charlotte Ballet Chicago Verb Ballets Los Angeles Ballet © DDP 2021 - 2 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Part I: Gender Distribution This section gives the gender distribution of Artistic, Executive, and Associate/Assistant Directors using the most current information available. Artistic Directors Distribution by Gender: In the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies, there are 15 Female and 35 Male Artistic Directors 30% Female | 70% Male GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies Male Female In the Largest 10, there is just one Female Artistic Director 10% Female | 90% Male In the Largest 25, there are 5 Female and 20 Male Artistic Directors 20% Female | 80% Male In the Next 50, there are 26 Female and 25 Male Artistic Directors 51% Female | 49% Male Overall, in the Largest 100, there are 41 Female and 60 Male Artistic Directors 41% Female | 60% Male Note: The largest U.S. ballet companies have a high percentage of Male Artistic Directors, but as the list moves to incorporate companies with lower budgets, the percentages of Female Artistic Directors rises. © DDP 2021 - 3 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Executive Directors Distribution by Gender: In the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies, women hold a greater percentage of Executive Director positions than they do Artistic Director. In the Largest 50, there are 27 Female and 23 Male Executive Directors: 54% Female | 46% Male GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies Male Female In the Largest 10, there are 7 Female and 3 Male Executive Directors 70% Female | 30% Male In the Largest 25, there are 11 Female and 14 Male Executive Directors 44% Female and 56% Male In the Next 50, there are 27 Female and 13 Male Executive Directors 68% Female | 33% Male Overall, in the Largest 100, there are 54 Female and 36 Male Executive Directors 60% Female | 40% Male © DDP 2021 - 4 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Associate (Assistant) Artistic Director Distribution by Gender: Some companies in the Largest 100 have Associate Artistic Directors, who work with the Artistic Director in artistic curating and programming. These positions are filled by more men than women in the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies and by more women than men in the Next 50. In the Largest 50, there are 5 Female and 9 Male Associate Artistic Directors 36% Female | 64 % Male Gender Distribution of Associate Artistic Directors Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies Male Female In the Largest 10, there is 1 Female and 2 Male Associate Artistic Directors 33% Female | 66% Male In the Largest 25, there are 2 Female and 5 Male Associate Artistic Directors 29% Female | 71% Male In the Next 50, there are 7 Female and 2 Male Associate Artistic Directors 78% Female | 22% Male Overall, in the Largest 100, there are 12 Female and 11 Male Associate Artistic Directors 52% Female | 48% Male © DDP 2021 - 5 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Some companies have staff with titles such as “Assistant Artistic Director” and “Artistic Curator.” The following counts combine these positions and Associate Artistic Director positions, although it should be noted that the roles may vary from company to company and between titles. DDP has chosen to exclude any staff with the title “Assistant to the Artistic Director,” with the understanding that this tends to denote a supporting role rather than one in leadership or management. In the Largest 50, there are 8 Female & 12 Male Associate/Assistant Artistic Directors 40% Female | 60% Male In the Largest 10, there are 2 Female & 3 Male Associate/Assistant Artistic Directors 40% Female | 60% Male In the Largest 25, there are 5 Female and 7 Male Associate/Assistant Artistic Directors 42% Female | 58% Male In the Next 50, there are 7 Female & 4 Male Associate/Assistant Artistic Directors 64% Female | 36% Male Overall, in the Largest 100, there are 15 Female & 16 Male Associate/Assistant Artistic Directors 48% Female | 52% Male © DDP 2021 - 6 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY Gender Distribution Graphs The graphs below show the gender distribution of Artistic and Executive Directors in the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies as a year-by-year comparison. These figures have been updated to reflect, over the past five years, leadership at the companies comprising the Largest 50 list published by DDP in 2021. When leadership transitioned mid-year, DDP recorded the gender of the employee who served the longest in that fiscal year or noted, if applicable, that the position was empty. NUMBER OF ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison NUMBER OF ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison 37 38 35 36 36 27 28 27 27 25 23 24 21 22 21 15 15 14 13 14 Executive Artistic Executive Artistic Executive Artistic Executive Artistic Executive Artistic Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors Directors 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Female Male © DDP 2021 - 7 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY The following graph shows the counts of Male and Female Artistic Directors in the Largest 50 U.S. Ballet Companies from 2017 - 2021. Note: A significant disparity between counts exists for each of the five years. NUMBER OF ARTISTIC DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison NUMBER OF ARTISTIC DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison 37 38 35 36 36 15 15 14 13 14 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Female Male © DDP 2021 - 8 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY The following graph shows the counts of Male and Female Executive Directors in the Largest 50 U.S. Ballet Companies from 2017 - 2021. Note: The gender ratios are much closer than in Artistic Director positions, with Female Executive Directors barely outnumbering Male Executive Directors in 2019, 2020, and 2021. NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BY GENDER Year-by-Year Comparison 28 27 27 27 25 24 23 22 21 21 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Female Male © DDP 2021 - 9 - Use of Dance Data Project® research must be credited Dance DATA ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DDP Project] LEADERSHIP REPORT RESEARCH+ADVOCACY=EQUITY PART II: Artistic and Executive Director Compensation This section examines the compensation of Artistic and Executive Directors and the level of pay equity between male and female leaders.