The American Dance Festival
offers 3 programs each summer:
Summer Dance Intensive (SDI)
Pre-Professional Dance Intensive (PDI)
Dance Professional Workshops (DPW)
ADF Coast to Coast offers the opportunity to connect with the festival across the country prior to the summer season.
Catch a class or audition near you, or invite our faculty to visit your organization.
2023 Coast to Coast: In-person Master Classes & Auditions
Full tour listed below; check back frequently for updates!
Classes/Auditions open to the public are noted as OPEN COMMUNITY.
Color Key:
Summer Dance Intensive
Pre-Professional Dance Intensive
All ages
DECEMBER 2022
| 12/3 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | NYU Tisch New York, NY |
12:00 pm–2:00 pm | |
| 12/5 | Information Session | Marymount Manhattan New York, NY |
9:30 am | |
| 12/5 | Information Session | Ailey/Fordham BFA New York, NY |
10:30 am |
JANUARY 2023
| 1/14 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Program Acceptance Audition |
ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
10:15 am–12:15 pm | REGISTER HERE |
| 1/15 | OPEN COMMUNITY ($5 to attend): Master Class & Scholarship Audition |
ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
11:00 am–12:30 pm | REGISTER HERE |
| 1/18 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Elon University Elon, NC |
1:30 pm–3:00 pm | |
| 1/20–21 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Auditions |
Alabama Dance Festival Birmingham, AL |
see festival schedule | festival registration required |
| 1/27 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA |
2:20 pm–3:50 pm | |
| 1/27–28 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Auditions |
IADB Conference Toronto, Canada |
see conference schedule | conference registration required |
| 1/30 | Program Acceptance Audition | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Houston, TX |
2:05 pm–3:20 pm | |
| 1/31 | Master Class & Audition | UNCSA Winston-Salem, NC |
10:20 am–12:45 pm |
FEBRUARY 2023
| 2/1 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC |
10:30 am–12:30 pm | |
| 2/3 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA |
2:30 pm–4:00 pm | |
| 2/4 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | CO State Univ, Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO |
12:00 pm–2:00 pm | |
| 2/5 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Audition |
Dance2B Denver, CO |
3:00 pm–5:00 pm | REGISTER HERE |
| 2/6 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Univ of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | 10:10 am–11:40 am | |
| 2/7 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA |
12:00 pm–1:30 pm & 1:45 pm–3:15 pm |
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| 2/8 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | UC Irvine Irvine, CA |
8:00 am–9:50 am & 10:00 am–11:20 am |
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| 2/8 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | CA State Univ, Long Beach Long Beach, CA |
1:00 pm–2:40 pm | |
| 2/8 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA |
11:30 am–12:50 pm | |
| 2/10 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | VCU Richmond, VA |
9:00 am–10:45 am | |
| 2/11 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | NC Dance Ambassadors Pittsboro, NC |
10:00 am–11:00 am & 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
event registration required |
| 2/12 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Program/Scholarship Audition |
Destiny Dance Institute/ Wake Forest Dance Festival Wake Forest, NC |
2:00 pm–3:00 pm (class) 3:00 pm–4:00 pm (audition) |
REGISTER HERE |
| 2/12 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 2:00 pm–3:30 pm | |
| 2/16 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | East Carolina University Greenville, NC |
12:30 pm–1:50 pm | |
| 2/17 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Scholarship Audition |
Hollins University Roanoke, VA |
11:30 am–1:00 pm | REGISTER HERE |
| 2/18 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Panel |
NCDEO Conference Charlotte, NC |
see conference schedule | conference registration required |
| 2/23 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | JHU Peabody Institute Baltimore, MD |
10:00 am–12:00 pm | |
| 2/24 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX |
10:00 am–12:10 pm | |
| 2/24 | Master Class & Audition | Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore, MD |
8:20 am–9:30 am & 10:20 am–11:30 am |
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| 2/25 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Audition |
Gibney 890 Broadway New York, NY |
1:00 pm–3:00 pm | |
| 2/25 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Audition |
McDonogh School Owings Mills, MD |
1:00 pm-2:30 pm | REGISTER HERE |
| 2/27 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY |
9:30 am–11:00 am & 11:15 am–12:45 pm |
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| 2/28 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Bennington College Bennington, VT |
7:00 pm–8:50 pm |
MARCH 2023
| 3/2–3/4 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Auditions |
NHSDF: Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA |
see festival schedule | conference registration required |
| 3/3 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA: University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
1:00 pm–2:30 pm | conference registration required |
| 3/4 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA: Montclair State University Montclair, NJ |
4:15 pm–5:45 pm | conference registration required |
| 3/8 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | Spelman College Atlanta, GA |
6:30 pm–8:30 pm | |
| 3/10 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA: Mercyhurst University Erie, PA |
8:15 am–9:45 am | conference registration required |
| 3/12 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA: Ohio University Athens, OH |
4:45 pm–6:15 pm | conference registration required |
| 3/13 | Master Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA: Brenau University Gainesville, GA |
1:00 pm-2:30 pm | conference registration required |
| 3/16 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Audition |
Studio One Dance Center Apex, NC |
7:00 pm–9:00 pm | |
| 3/21 | OPEN COMMUNITY: Master Class & Audition |
Reed College Portland, OR |
12:00 pm–1:20 pm |
Past Visits & Events
| ACDA (various locations) | IABD (various locations) | Scottsdale Community College |
| Adrienne Arsht Center | James Madison University | Scripps College |
| Alabama Dance Festival | Juilliard School | Slippery Rock University |
| Arizona State University | Lamar University | State University of New York, Brockport |
| Barriskill Dance Theater | Meredith College | State University of New York, Potsdam |
| Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts | Montclair State University | Texas A&M University |
| Boston University | Muhlenberg College | Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Brigham Young University | NCDEO (various locations) | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) | NDEO (various locations) | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills | New World School of the Arts | University of Kentucky |
| California State University, Long Beach | New York University, Tisch School of the Arts | University of Maryland |
| Coker College | NHSDF (various locations) | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Dance Council of North Texas | North Carolina Central University | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| Destiny Dance Institute/Wake Forest Dance Festival | North Carolina Dance Ambassadors | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| Durham Academy—Upper School | North Carolina State University | University of North Carolina, School of the Arts (UNCSA) |
| Durham School of the Arts | Northfield Mount Hermon School | University of Oklahoma |
| East Carolina University | Northwest School of the Arts | University of Texas, Austin |
| Elon University | Northwestern State University | University of Texas, El Paso |
| Florida State University | Ohio State University | University of the Arts (UArts) |
| Gibney Dance Center | Ohio University | University of Utah |
| Gonzaga University | Phillips Academy—Andover | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Governor’s School for the Arts—Norfolk, VA | Point Park University | West Chester University |
| Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts | Rutgers University | West Virginia University |
| Grier School | San Jose State University | Western Michigan University |
| Henrico High School | School for Contemporary Dance & Thought |
Bring ADF to You
Invite ADF to your school!
Visits are available November–March, annually.
School representatives can complete the form to request a visit from our stellar team of faculty and administrators.
Questions?
Contact us at school@americandancefestival.org