Measuring Success: Data-Driven Dance

“Judgment [in the dance field] is often based on aesthetic or taste, usually informed by exposure, and it tends to limit the conversation to ‘like’ or ‘dislike’. … Our goal, instead, should be to guide and instruct performers and audiences in how to evaluate the quality of a product beyond an actual performance – including how to lead to performance and advance beyond it. But how do we best determine what those include?”