University will host American College Dance Festival

The Dance Program will host the American College Dance Festival Association’s (ACDFA) North–Central Regional Conference Thursday–Sunday, March 13–16.

More than 500 students and faculty from 33 colleges and universities from the Midwest, along with 30 students from Taiwan, will come together with one thing in mind: dancing. Participants will engage in four days of performances, workshops, panels, and master classes taught by instructors from around the region and country.

A global concert on Friday, March 14, and the gala concert on Sunday, March 16, will be showcased along with five adjudication concerts.

Each year the ACDFA sponsors 10 regional conferences across the country. They serve as the primary means for college and university dance programs to perform outside their own academic settings and be exposed to the diversity of the national college dance world.

Traveling to different schools and parts of the country is only one of the overall educational benefits. ACDFA has been the primary venue for college programs to share creative work and showcase the incredible training that’s offered at universities. It’s also a great connection with the professional world.

Founded in the 1970s, the American College Dance Festival Association continues to support and promote the wealth of talent and creativity that is prominent throughout college and university dance departments. The fostering of creative potential and artistic excellence in choreography and/or performance is central to its educational mission.

For more information about the concerts and the conference, visit The UW Dance Program or contact Ereck Jarvis, conference co-coordinator, at 262-1640.