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Nancy Dobbs Owen

Theatre actress

Sep 21, 2026

20:44
Nancy.
20:45
Okay, so one of the things that is just really exciting or interesting about the contemporary and modern sector is that women are much more prevalent in leadership roles.
20:55
Partially it's because a lot of women start their own companies.
20:58
And while that is starting to happen in ballet companies, there's a great lineage, there's a great history of women forging forward in contemporary companies all the way back to Doris Humphrey and Martha Graham and way back when.
21:11
So that's number one, is that women are more integrated into the sector to start with.
21:16
What's quite shocking is the economic difference between the contemporary modern sector and the ballet sector.
21:23
The largest 150 contemporary and modern companies generated a total revenue of $223 million versus $885 million in the ballet sector.

8 MINS LATER

29:57
Anything to add, Nancy?

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