Excited by our progress, we recognize that this massive project demands major resources of our modest not-for-profit organization. However, digitization is a good thing. It ensures EOD’s currency and upgrades preservation, distribution and education options.

As time passes and we lose dance contributors EOD emerges as a priceless visual memory tapped by family members and professionals alike. It will take the goodwill and generosity of our supporters to successfully build a digital data bank to protect our dance community’s spirited voices.

Launched in 1981, the award-winning EYE ON DANCE series chronicles dance legends along with scores of minority artists, overlooked contributors and professionals no longer living or documented elsewhere. Every single day, dance enthusiasts and professionals tap into the primary source archive’s more than 400 titles.

For instance, in a bold move The Centre National de la Danse in Paris acquired programs for their multi-media library, making EYE ON DANCE one of the first English language educational tapes in stock. This year, due in part to the reach of the website www.eyeondance.org, Canada, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Korea and Mexico expressed interest in programs not only for libraries, but also as background information for funders.

Going beyond dance, a psychiatrist running a drug rehabilitation center incorporated an EOD show on AIDS into his orientation program. And a high school history teacher insisted that playing our "Apartheid & The Arts" tape was a "super" way to sensitize students to racism.

We cannot express how much the public's tax-deductible contributions mean to us, particularly in light of shrinking funding sources. But we do know that your gifts add up to a circle of friends who cheer us on to new horizons and oversee the welfare of EYE ON DANCE.

Tax deductible donations for the EYE ON DANCE Digitization Project go to:
EYE ON DANCE
123 W. 18 Street 7th Floor NY NY 10011

Your contribution will be acknowledged with a written letter.