American College Dance Association

About This Association

The American College Dance Association (ACDA) began as the brainchild of a group of 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. The aim of these events was to recognize and encourage excellence in performance and choreography in higher education. The success of this first festival resulted in the establishment of a non-profit corporation, the American College Dance Festival Association. (This name changed in 2013 to the American College Dance Association.) Between 1973 and 1979, ACDFA sponsored one or two festivals each year for a total of 14 by the end of the decade. With the generous support of the Capezio Foundation, additional regions were developed. In 1981 the ACDFA Board of Directors identified ten regions “in a manner that would best serve the development of the organization, encouraging greater regional activity.” The ten regions were: New England, North East, Mid-Atlantic, South East, Midwest, Central Midwest, South Central, Mountain, North West, and South West.

Publications

Conventions

Annual

Specialties:

1. Entertainment

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