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Somatic and Inclusive Dance Education

01 Somatic and Inclusive Dance Education · 12 edit slice
6
orgs
12
activities
3
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 6 organizations and 12 activities — ZUZI, Honor Dance, SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE, DANCE MOTION PERFORMING COMPANY and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Development Through Inclusive Athletics", run by 4 orgs.
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shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 6 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 6

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Commission on the Arts 2
Government
DEA Educational Foundation 1
Government
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture 1
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Development Through Inclusive Athletics
9
Music as Transformative Practice
3
Art and Music as Therapy
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

ADAA Showcase Partner
shared by 1 org
Airloom Aerial Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Commission on the Arts Funder
shared by 1 org
Arizona Commission on the Arts Government
shared by 1 org
Artworks Partner
shared by 1 org
BodyMind Dancing™ Partner
shared by 1 org
City High School Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department Government
shared by 1 org
City of Surprise Resource Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Co-Media Partner
shared by 1 org
DEA Educational Foundation Partner
shared by 1 org
Dance Awareness Partner
shared by 1 org
Dysart Community Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Dysart Unified School District Partner
shared by 1 org
EMCC Art Club Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 ZUZI AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 Honor Dance Inc AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 DANCE MOTION PERFORMING COMPANY INC AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 Central Arts Alliance AZ · 1 · shares w/ 0