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Article: Dance notation bureau in crisis.(Dance Notation Bureau )
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- Dance Magazine
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- February 1, 2006
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In a startling revelation that it had no money, the board of the Dance Notation Bureau laid off its five-member staff on Oct. 26. After 20-plus years of service, labanotators Sandra Aberkalns and Leslie Rotman, whose work is the heart of DNB, received their final paychecks on Oct. 28, without any reassurance that the layoff was temporary.
Ten days earlier, the DNB's professional advisory committee had met to discuss sharing resources with the larger dance community. Neither executive director Ilene Fox nor Lynne Weber, chair of the board, indicated that there were problems. However, interviews with staff and board members suggest that finances were in disarray for ...