Dance Ireland: Research into working conditions and payscales
Since 2008, Dance Ireland has consistently undertaken research into the working conditions of dance artists across the island of Ireland through our research strand Dance Counts. As the national representative and development organisation for professional dance in Ireland, we have taken part in consultations for the Arts Council of Ireland's Paying the Artist policy, and actively promote dance as a sustainable and viable career in Ireland.
Further research into pay scales and working conditions for dance artists on the island of Ireland has been under consideration for some time in order to assess: the market conditions for making and presenting dance in Ireland; employment/contracting practices of dancers for work in dance and other art forms; the different roles for which dance artists may be employed e.g. performer, movement director, choreographer, curator, creative collaborator; commissioning; and the value of choreography as intellectual property within the performance sector.
This research proposal feels timely considering the changes in the sector post-Covid, and the shifting conditions in the ecology of dance.
We anticipate that the research will take place in three phases, and it is possible that each phase may be undertaken by a different researcher depending on experience and area of expertise, and that the findings from each phase will influence how the research will progress.
Phase 1: A field study of work profiles and conditions in the dance sector and the factors that influence pay scales
Phase 2: Data analysis, market analysis and a benchmarking process
Phase 3: Report and recommendations
We now invite expressions of interest from researchers with experience in the arts sector in Ireland to undertake Phase 1 of the research.
This should include:
– Literature review of existing research in Ireland, UK and Europe across similar ecologies
– Data collection through surveys, focus groups and interviews
– Delineation of the factors found to affect pay and funding for dance in Ireland
This work will need to begin in 2024; there will be a €6,000 fee available for the work.
Please email Expressions of Interest with details of your experience and body of research to ****** by 12pm on 6 December.
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