Performing Arts Strategies

CAROLELINDA DICKEY, co-director, has worked both as a producer and an arts presenter; her work spans a continuum from a grassroots, community-based experience to international cultural exchange.  She has an extensive background in arts management, especially in the field of dance, including seven years as the founding executive director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.  Ms. Dickey has also been the company manager for the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and Meredith Monk/The House.  From 1987 to 1999, she served as executive director of the Pittsburgh Dance Council.  She taught for six years in the graduate school of Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School for Public Policy.  In addition to her consulting, currently she is an advisor to the Internationale Tanzmesse NRW, Germany, having served as co-director since 2000.

Ms. Dickey is a past president of the boards of directors of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) and PA Presenters.  She is also a past board member of Dance/USA, Citizens for the Arts (Pennsylvania), and the Women and Girls Foundation of SW PA.  She currently sits on the board of directors of Squonk Opera, Inc. and the advisory board to the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University.

In 1999, she founded Performing Arts Strategies and has consulted on program evaluation/development and public policy for the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Pentacle, Dance/USA, Florida State University, PHILADANCO, and the Harlem Arts Alliance.  An important aspect of her work has revolved around international cultural exchange.  A frequent speaker on international exchange, Ms. Dickey has spoken on cultural policy at conferences in Germany, Japan, Canada, Macedonia, and Venezuela, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on the issues and concerns of touring artists.  She has written and published numerous articles on the arts, especially dance and dance touring.  Her report, Improving Access [to non-immigrant visas for foreign artists] for the Rockefeller Foundation has been widely lauded.  

In 1995, Ms. Dickey received the Richard S. Caliguiri Memorial Award (Vectors Pittsburgh) for distinguished community service and was the inaugural recipient of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts Award of Excellence.  She has received citations from both the Governor (1999) and the House of Representative (1995) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

ANDREA SNYDER is co-founder and co-director of American Dance Abroad since its inception in 2011. In addition to ADA, she has booked the Trisha Brown Dance Company since 2015, and is curating the Mamaroneck-based Emelin Theatre’s Dance Off The Grid series. Andrea served as Dance/USA’s president and executive director (January 2000 to June 2011). She created and directed the National Initiative to Preserve America’s Dance (NIPAD) grant program for The Pew Charitable Trusts (1993 to 2000); was assistant director of the NEA Dance Program (1987-1993); booking agent for Sheldon Soffer Management; executive director of Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians; administrator of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dance Department; associate administrator for the Cunningham Dance Foundation; and assistant to the Director of the Dance Notation Bureau. Andrea has served on numerous grant panels, and has taught arts administration for her undergraduate alma mater, The American University. She received a Masters degree in arts administration from the Gallatin Division of New York University. Andrea chaired the Performing Arts Alliance Board of Directors and was a member of the Dance Magazine inaugural Board of Advisors. From 1995-2010, she moderated The John F. Kennedy Center’s contemporary dance post-performance discussions. Her life/career in dance is profiled in Renata Celichowska’s book, Seven Statements of Survival. An alumna of the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute, Andrea became a certified professional coach through Coaches Training Institute in April 2010.