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Legal Issues for Dance Companies (February 12, 2011)

Legal Issues for Dance Companies
Saturday, February 12, 2011
New York University Law School

A day-long symposium on legal issues for dance companies presented by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) BUILD Education Initiative, and the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section Pro Bono Committee of the New York State Bar Association.

Click on the links below for videos of the individual presentations.

Legal Issues for Dance Companies - Licensing
Cory Greenberg, Esq., Director of Operations & Special Projects, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Marc Kirschner, Founder and General Manager, TenduTV
Christine A. Pepe, Esq., American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), Director of Legal Affairs

Legal Issues for Dance Companies - Trusts and Estates
Timothy J. DeBaets, Esq., Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard Jean Davidson, Executive Director, New York Live Arts, (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. and Dance Theater Workshop Re-imagined.)
Terence Dougherty, Board Director and Corporate Secretary of New York Live Arts (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Re-imagined); General Counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union; Commissioner of the Women's Refugee Commission.
Daniel Scott, Esq., Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Legal Issues for Dance Companies - Business Entities and Accounting
Innes Smolansky, Esq., Law Office of Innes Smolansky
Lesley F. Rosenthal, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lane Harwell, Director, Dance/NYC
Brian S. Perkis, CPA

Legal Issues for Dance Companies - Social Media
Elissa D. Hecker, Esq., Co-Chair, EASL Pro Bono Committee; Law Office of Elissa D. Hecker
Erik Gensler, President, Capacity Interactive Inc.
Andrew Berger, Counsel: Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP