Salt Contemporary Dance Inc

Relevancy & growth - continuously seek and create emerging, cuttingedge choreography to remain innovative in the dance industry. Short term: 1. By 2018-19, salt will be able to pay dancers a wage of 275/week. To meet these goals, salt will continue in the endeavor of increasing the operating budget through ticket/event sales, sponsors, donors, and grants. Long term: 1. By 2019, salt will fundraise and begin processes to build on a new home with space for office space, studios, performance venues and rentable space. 2. By 2021, salt will be able to pay dancers a livable wage (1,000/week) plus benefits, thus attracting and keeping the finest dancers.

Education - educate dancers and community members on relevant, emerging contemporary dance through workshops, festivals, and a multi-tier training program for aspiring dancers. Short term: 1. By 2018-19, salt will have a four-tier training program reaching 50 aspiring dancers ages: 14-18 (salt senior), 18-25 (salt apprentices), 18+ (salt ii & salt pro) and a part-time education team (one education director, two company directors, one assistant) who facilitate and oversee all educational outreach and educational programming. 2. Salt will begin creating videos of workshops, live training sessions, and interactive mentoring. The efforts towards this becoming a reality are already underway through a mini video-training series distributed via social media. Long term: 1. By 2021, salt will have a four-tier training program reaching 100 aspiring dancers ages: 14-18 (salt senior), 18-25 (salt apprentices), 18+ (salt ii & salt pro) and a full-time education team (one program director, four company directors, two assistants) who facilitate and oversee all educational outreach and educational programming. 2. By 2021, salt will have an online portal for the global world of dancers to 1) access classes, workshops, live training sessions, and interactive mentoring 2) network with other dancers, choreographers, and companies and 3) connect with resources such as videographers, musicians, costumers, and trainers.