ACDA-American College Dance Association

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The Artists

400 colleges and universities strong.

Made to order for the perfect corporate sponsorship!

Talk about Influencers! Counting upwards of 400 US colleges and universities as members from almost every state in the Union, the American College Dance Association — ADCA — touches the lives of tens of thousands of people every year.

Recognized and respected by the largest universities, the smallest colleges, and higher ed institutions of all sizes in between, ACDA serves as the country’s premier national membership service organization strengthening the educational network for students and faculty in dance and in business as well.

Hundreds of thousands of people agree: there is nothing else like ACDA. It’s the perfect corporate sponsorship opportunity.

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The Artistry

Artistry in organization. Excellence in creating dazzling new choreography and dance.  

The American College Dance Association began as the brainchild of three college and university dance educators who set out in 1971 to create a national organization that would sponsor regional dance conferences at the college and university level, along with national dance festivals.

Success came quickly and is lasting. Today, ACDA directly supports dance in higher education all across the United States, through a sophisticated series of educational initiatives, regional conferences, a unique 2-year cycle adjudication process for measuring student achievement, and the highly anticipated standing-room-only ACDA biennial national festivals at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

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Ongoing Sponsor Opportunities

The June 2018 National Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Almost 12,000 dancers have attended ACDA conferences across 13 regions in 2017 and 2018. Hundreds more will present work at the June 7-9, 2018 National College Dance Festival in Washington, D.C. to sold-out audiences at the Kennedy Center.

2018 – 2020 ACDA Regional Conferences and 2020 National Festival

All told, over 350 universities and colleges will be participating, with 50,000 or more individuals participating, and a reach to hundreds of thousands of people loyal to dance education and the sponsors who support this one-of-a-kind Performing Arts national enterprise.

What Others Say

“For only the second time in 25 years, two choreographed works from Emory University students were featured in the American College Dance Association’s South Conference. ‘This is one of the highest recognitions a university dance program can receive,’ says Sally Radell, professor and interim director of the Emory Dance Program.”

Emma Yarbrough | Emory Report | April 12, 2017

” ‘This is an incredible opportunity to raise the profile of dance in the community,’ says Rebecca Katz Harwood, associate professor of dance and musical theatre at UMD.”

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY – March 8, 2017 – Lori C. Melton

Over the past 15 years, CSUF has been chosen to perform at the American College Dance Festival Gala Concerts each time they have entered. “This record demonstrates … the incredible talent of its students, who continue to shape the future of the dance.”

Debra Noble, Director, Cal State Fullerton Dance Program, Feb. 5, 2018

“My time at the American College Dance [Conferences] was some of the most fun, enriching and rewarding days I’ve experience as a student. Dancing with students from other universities, I felt like a member of a large artistic community…”

(STUDENT)

“I’d never felt so tied to and proud to be a dancer from Cal State Fullerton. Performing for an audience of peers … was unlike any feeling I’d ever felt before.”

A’Kalia Willis, California State University -Fullerton, Feb. 5, 2018

“It’s a super-saturated lesson on how the field is developing.”

(FACULTY)

“The American College Dance [Conferences] [is] truly an amazing experience … to absorb the energy charging the campus.”

(STUDENT)

“ACDA has been the primary venue for college programs to share creative work and showcase the incredible training that’s available at universities. It’s also a great connection with the professional world.”

(FACULTY)

“Since the first time I attended a conference in 1988, I have been an enthusiastic supporter of the work of ACDA…Our students have had outstanding classes, greater opportunity to grow as performers and choreographers and have established lifelong friendships across the nation.”

(FACULTY)