15 episodes
The Middle Woman - a roadmap to managing the performing arts Elsie Management
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Laura Colby is a performing arts manager, based in Brooklyn NY. As founder and president of Elsie Management, she has managed a roster of international contemporary artists for nearly 30 years, bringing dance, contemporary theater, outdoor spectacle, new circus and puppetry arts to global audiences. She has focused her work on developing best practices for managing, touring, and presenting the performing arts from the lens of a working artist. In The Middle Woman, Colby shares her collected learnings with the new generation of performing arts professionals.
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Ep. 14: Live & Learn
In this episode of The Middle Woman, Laura Colby shares the things she'd wishes she'd known when she first started in this field. She shares her experience of 30+ years, in the hopes you don’t get tripped up as you move forward in the field.
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Ep. 13: Contracts
In this episode Laura Colby shares her experience in contracting for Elsie Management represented artists. Colby talks about the steps to a contract, important clauses, negotiating specific terms, and more!
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Ep. 12: Elevator Pitch
In this episode, Laura Colby talks about the importance of having a ready-to-go Elevator Pitch. She covers how to create one of your own and how to present your work. No matter how complicated your work is, you need to be able to describe it succinctly to whomever you are speaking to, be that your grandparent, your UPS person, or that presenter you really want to have program you.
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Ep. 11: Talk About It (with Allen Moon)
In this episode, Laura Colby invites Allen Moon, Director of Touring and Artist Management of David Lieberman Artists Representatives, to talk about their sales work, specifically how they talk about the performance works, artists, and touring shows they promote via representation. They share their experience selling contemporary performing arts touring shows that are not necessarily considered popular or obvious in terms of what their genres are or what the experience is going to be like for the audience.
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Ep. 10: Money (with Anna Amadei)
Laura Colby is joined by Anna Amadei, Elsie Management's Vice President, to discuss the financial framework of running a business in the arts, being an artist or working in the field on behalf of other people, and managing a budget. They discuss how talking about money can depend on our cultural upbringing and backgrounds, and highlight how important is for all arts workers, no matter which niche they are part of, to learn how to talk about money.
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Ep. 9: Egos
Hierarchy, gatekeepers, and power are all part of the performing arts industry. In this episode, Colby talks about her experiences with egos, the positive and negative impacts on arts workers, and what to do when it interferes with your work.
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Credits
Created by Elsie Management
Music by Manual Cinema