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Affiliations
AFFILIATIONS: With strategic affiliations around the globe, MSA is the world leader in the representation and promotion of dance. Our affiliates include:


Association of Talent Agents (www.agentassociation.com) - is a non-profit trade association representing the finest talent agencies in the industry. Founded in 1937, ATA is the voice of unified talent agencies and literary agencies. ATA agencies represent the vast majority of working artists, including actors, directors, writers, and other artists in film, stage, television, radio, commercials, literary work, and other entertainment enterprises.

 
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
(www.aftra.org) - is a national labor union representing over 70,000 performers, journalists and other artists working in the entertainment and news media.
 
Actors' Equity Association
(www.actorsequity.com) - is the labor union representing American actors and stage members working in the professional theatre. Equity has negotiated minimum wages and working conditions, administered contracts, and enforced the provisions of their various agreements with theatrical employers across the country.
 
The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (www.ssdc.org) - is a national independent labor union whose member representatives collectively bargain contracts with producer organizations, thus creating the national standards for professional stage direction and choreography.
 
Dancers Alliance
(www.dancersalliance.com) - was formed by dancers and dance professionals to protect dancers’ rates and working conditions. Please click on the link above to see guidelines for non-union music videos and live events.
 

Career Transition For Dancers
- The mission of Career Transition For Dancers is to empower current and former professional dancers, as well as their younger counterparts, with the knowledge and skills necessary to clearly define their career possibilities after dance, and to provide the resources to help make these possibilities a reality.

 
Academy of Dance on Film
(www.danceonfilm.org) - is devoted to the documentation and preservation of popular filmed dance.
 

 
Music Video Producers Association
(www.MVPA.com) - MSA is a member of the Music Production Video Association, an organization that addresses the mutual concerns of its members in today’s ever-changing music video industry.
 
Pamela Cooper of The Cooper Company (www.thecoopercompany.biz) works closely with MSA in the management of choreographers for the stage, with the emphasis on Broadway. The clients of MSA and The Cooper Company are currently attached to many of the top shows on Broadway. Pamela Cooper recently expanded to New York and her offices are located within the prestigious Broadway production company The Frankel Group.

 
American Choreography Awards (www.americanchoreographyawards.com) celebrates and honors the craft of choreography for the camera with a gala event featuring celebrities, emotional tributes and spectacular live performances by leading choreographers.

 
Answers4Dancers.com
(www.answers4dancers.com) – the leading international website for dancers, with hundreds of auditions posted monthly, and professional advice from Grover Dale’s team of experts.

 
TOKYO COMMUNICATION ARTS
is a performing arts college in Japan. MSA helped set up their dance program and has been holding Master and Teaching Classes at their school and in the US for over 10 years.
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