Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998-1999. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999. Available online at http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm.
2.
Unpublished data. Informal poll conducted by Soar Research of number of contract weeks in modern and ballet companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, Cunningham Dance Company, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, Dayton Contemporary Dance Theater, Donald Byrd Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Nikolai Dance Company, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Philadanco, and Urban Bush Women.
3.
BonbrightJ: Personal Communication based on the National Dance Education Organizations Membership information and database. Bethesda, MD: National Dance Education Organization, 1999.
4.
College and Summer Dance Directories. Dance Magazine, January 1999, pp. 139–149 and 153-205.
5.
Dance Teacher Magazine, December 1998, pp. 84–85.
6.
CostelloJ: Personal Communication based on the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science database. Andover, NJ: J. Michael Ryan Publishing, Inc., 1999.
7.
Unpublished data. Informal poll of numbers of dance schools, programs and departments, numbers of full and part-time faculty, and student enrollment. These included Ailey-Fordham University; Barnard College; Case Western Reserve University; the Five-College System (Smith College; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Amherst College; Hampshire College; and Mt. Holy-oke College), Joffrey-New School, Julliard; Long Island University; North Carolina School of the Arts; and University of California, Irvine.
