The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Concert Dance Industry

Abstract

Starting from early February to now, the world has been impacted by the Coronavirus immensely. It happened so fast that, all of a sudden, the world we were used to living in became the abnormal. Organizations and people were forced to live in an unusual situation where there is minimum human contact and minimum leisure enjoyment. Dance companies and other arts organizations, especially, have been hitted by a huge rock. Dance companies canceled all performances immediately and some even until April of 2021. The whole season is being put on hold indefinitely, and no one knows when they would be able to function like before. In order to survive, companies started to figure out ways to engage their dancers and audience, and hopefully still have some incomes coming in. There is almost no time for preparation. In this research paper, I would like to focus on survival kits/advice for dance companies and the ways for them to keep the arts alive.