Rena Shagan Associates congratulates MEREDITH MONK for her 2009 Grammy Award nomination for Best Small Ensemble Performance, for impermanence.

RENA SHAGAN HONORED WITH 
DANCE/USA TRUSTEES AWARD 
The Dance/USA Trustees Award is given at the discretion of the Board of Trustees to recognize an outstanding professional whose work has special significance to the field and, in this case, to Dance/USA. Rena Shagan was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the creation and growth of Dance/USA at the National Performing Arts Conference Dance/USA meeting in Denver this past June 2008. In presenting the award, Dance/USA cited Rena Shagan’s service to the field as chair of the committee and task force that created Dance/USA. In that role, Ms. Shagan led her colleagues in defining relevant goals, programs, services, and constituencies necessary to create a national service organization that would support the rise of the national dance community. 

BOOKING AND TOUR MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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"This book has the 'smarts' you need to survive and thrive in the touring marketplace. It asks the right questions and guides you to the answers that will work for you." 
-Ivan Sygoda, Director, Pentacle 

"Demystify booking and increase your touring profits. This book provides anyone going on the road with the know-how for success. It guides you step by step through the questions you need to ask yourself and describes what materials you'll need, how the booking process works, what responsibilities a manager assumes during a tour and how to accomplish administrative follow-up. You'll find all the down-to-earth information you need about setting fees, achieving financial goals, capturing new presenters and turning a booking into a tour." 
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters

Author Rena Shagan reveals the secrets of more than 20 years' experience on how to book performances, organize tours, and succeed on the road as a performing artist. Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts is the most comprehensive handbook ever assembled about booking performances and organizing and managing tours. Shagan takes you inside the performing arts industry to demystify the give-and-take of buyers and sellers in this highly competitive field, mapping out a detailed plan of action that shows solo artists and performing groups how to: 

* Turn a single booking into a tour 
* Prepare a sound budget for touring 
* Target prospective bookings 
* Create promotional materials that sell 
* Survive and thrive on the road 

A section of special chapters by top-notch experts gives inside information on how to crack the university scene and what it's like to go abroad. And successful touring artists share their personal experiences about what it's like to go out on the road. Originally published as The Road Show, this newly revised edition contains an invaluable new chapter, "Trends for the Future," which delves into the notable shifts and changes in the evolving marketplace. Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts is an indispensable guide for helping solo artists and performing groups in music, theater and dance develop the skills they need to compete in this rough-and-tumble arena. 

Rena Shagan is President of Rena Shagan Associates, Inc., a New York City-based marketer of performing arts companies for touring in the United States and abroad. She has been a frequent consultant and lecturer on booking and tour management techniques to organizations nationwide, including the Los Angeles Music Center and Ballet Theatre Foundation. 

AandBC THEATRE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo Bill Garvin
Image 2 Photo Bill Garvin
Image 3 Photo Bill Garvin

ASZURE BARTON & DANCERS
Image 1 Photo Liz Magic Laser
Image 2 Photo Banning Roberts &
Eric Beauchesne
Image 3 Photo George Lange

BALLET BOYZ 
Image 1 Photo Panayiotis Sinnos
Image 2 Photo Hugo Glendinning
Image 3 Photo Panayiotis Sinnos

BALLET HISPANICO 
Image 1 Photo Eduardo Patino
Image 2 Photo Eduardo Patino
Image 3 Photo Eduardo Patino

BEIJING DANCE / LDTX 
Image 1 Photo Anne-Cécile Guthmann
Image 2 Photo Zhang He Ping
Image 3 Photo Zhang He Ping

BLACK GRACE 
Image 1 Photo Felicitas
Image 2 Photo Felicitas
Image 3 Photo Felicitas

CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE 
Image 1 Photo LIN Ching-yuan
Image 2 Photo LIN Ching-yuan
Image 3 Photo LIN Ching-yuan

CONNY JANSSEN DANST 
Image 1 Photo Leo van Velzen
Image 2 Photo Leo van Velzen
Image 3 Photo Leo van Velzen

CULLBERG BALLET
Image 1 Photo by Håkan Larsso
Image 2 Photo by Håkan Larsso
Image 3 Photo by Håkan Larsso

DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE 
Image 1 Photo by Andy Snow
Image 2 Photo by Andy Snow
Image 3 Photo by Andy Snow

DECADANCETHEATRE
Image 1 Photo by Daniel Pinkus
Image 2 Photo by Daniel Pinkus
Image 3 Photo by Daniel Pinkus

THE FORSYTHE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo Dominik Mentzos
Image 2 Photo Dominik Mentzos
Image 3 Photo Dominik Mentzos

GARTH FAGAN DANCE
Image 1 Photo by Basil Childers Image 2 Photo by Greg Barrett Image 3 Photo by Greg Barrett

HOUSTON BALLET
Image 1 Photo by Drew Donovan
Image 2 Photo by Drew Donovan
Image 3 Photo by Pam Francis

HOUSTON BALLET II
Image 1 Photo by Bruce Bennett
Image 2 Photo by Jim Caldwell
Image 3 Photo by Bruce Bennett

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
Image 1 Photo Todd Rosenberg
Image 2 Photo Todd Rosenberg
Image 3 Photo Todd Rosenberg

HUBBARD STREET 2
Image 1 Photo Todd Rosenberg
Image 2 Photo Todd Rosenberg
Image 3 Photo Todd Rosenberg

INBAL PINTO DANCE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo Eyal Landesman
Image 2 Photo Eyal Landesman
Image 3 Photo Eyal Landesman

LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo by Chris Woltman
Image 2 Photo by Nan Melville
Image 3 Photo by Chris Woltman

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo by John Deane
Image 2 Photo by John Deane
Image 3 Photo by John Deane

MEREDITH MONK
Image 1 Photo by Marion Gray
Image 2 Photo by Michael Cooper
Image 3 Photo by Ann Hamilton

MONTANA REPERTORY THEATRE
Image 1 Photo by Geoff Sutton
Image 2 Photo by Geoff Sutton
Image 3 Photo by Laurie Lane

PINA BAUSCH TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL
Image 1 Photo by Bettina Stoess
Image 2 Photo by Bettina Stoess
Image 3 Photo by Bettina Stoess

ROYAL BALLET OF FLANDERS
Image 1 Photo by Johan Persson
Image 2 Photo by Johan Persson
Image 3 Photo by Johan Persson

ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET
Image 1 Photo by Bruce Monk
Image 2 Photo by David Cooper
(Vanessa Lawson, Emily Grizzell, 
Yosuke Mino in Peter Pan)
Image 3 Photo by Keith Levit

SALVAGE VANGUARD THEATER
Image 1 Photo by Larry Kolvoord
Image 2 Photo by Larry Kolvoord
Image 3 Photo by Larry Kolvoord

SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY
Image 1 Photo by Kevin Sprague
Image 2 Photo by Kevin Sprague
Image 3 Photo by Kevin Sprague

SHARED EXPERIENCE
Image 1 Photo by Robert Day
Image 2 Photo by Robert Day
Image 3 Photo by Robert Day

STREB
Image 1 Photo Tom Caravaglia
Image 2 Photo Tom Caravaglia
Image 3 Photo Tom Caravaglia

SUSAN MARSHALL & COMPANY
Image 1 Photo Rosalie O'Connor
Image 2 Photo Rosalie O'Connor
Image 3 Photo Rosalie O'Connor

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY
Image 1 Photo by Jeff Busby
Image 2 Photo by Stephen Ward
Image 3 Photo by Jeff Busby

TANIA PEREZ-SALAS COMPANIA DE DANZA
Image 1  Photo Jose Jorge Carreon
Image 2  Photo Jose Jorge Carreon
Image 3  Photo Jose Jorge Carreon

TANJA LIEDTKE
Image 1  Photo Chris Herzfeld
Image 2  Photo Chris Herzfeld
Image 3  Photo Chris Herzfeld

TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY
Image 1  Photo © Naoya Ikegani/Saitama Arts Foundation
Image 2  Photo Marc Ginot
Image 3  Photo Nan Melville