Strengthening Dance in Canada – A Collaborative Blueprint

In 2016, Canada's dance leaders gathered for a pivotal discussion on sustainability and collaboration within the arts. With funding streams tightening and audiences shifting, the meeting explored how dance service organizations could unify to face these challenges. Drawing from a successful UK merger case study, participants crafted recommendations to foster resilience: deepening partnerships, embracing diversity, and creating shared infrastructure. This initiative represents more than structural change—it’s a blueprint for how the arts can thrive through collective innovation and inclusion​​.