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.
2024 Coast to Coast: In-person Community 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
AUGUST 2023
8/7–11 | Community Class & Audition | In Motion Summer Dance Intensive Hamilton, Bermuda |
see schedule | intensive registration required |
NOVEMBER 2023
11/1 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Towson University Towson, MD |
12:00 pm–1:50 pm | |
11/3-5 | Community Class & Auditions | Grier School Pittsburgh, PA |
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11/3 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition |
Meredith College
Raleigh, NC |
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11/15 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | NC Central University Durham, NC |
4:00 pm–5:30 pm | |
11/28 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
3:10 pm–5:10 pm |
JANUARY 2024
1/6 | Program Acceptance & Scholarship Audition OPEN COMMUNITY (ages 13–17) |
ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
10:15 am–12:15 pm | REGISTER HERE |
1/7 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition OPEN COMMUNITY (ages 18+) |
ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
11:00 am–12:30 pm | REGISTER HERE |
1/16 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | UNCSA Winston-Salem, NC |
10:20 am–12:45 pm | |
1/17 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Elon University Elon, NC |
10:30 am–12:00 pm | |
1/17 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA Baja Carson, CA |
1:00 pm–2:30 pm | |
1/19–21 | Community Class & Auditions | Alabama Dance Festival Birmingham, AL |
see festival schedule | festival registration required |
1/23 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Memphis Memphis, TN |
1:00 pm–2:00 pm | |
1/25 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | IABD Conference Memphis, TN |
3:00 pm–4:30 pm
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1/31 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | The University of Hawaii at Manoa Manoa, HI |
12:30 pm–2:00 pm
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1/31 | Program Acceptance Audition | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Houston, TX |
10:15 am–11:40 am |
FEBRUARY 2024
2/1 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Sam Houston State University Conroe, TX |
1 pm | |
2/2 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Houston Houston, TX |
10:00 am–11:30 pm | |
2/2 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA |
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2/2 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC |
Q&A 10:30 am, Class 11:00 am–12:45 pm | |
2/7 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA |
11:30 am–12:50 pm | |
2/8 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | NC State University Raleigh, NC |
5:30 pm–6:45 pm | |
2/8 | Program Acceptance Audition | Studio One Dance Center Apex, NC |
7:00 pm–9:00 pm | |
2/10 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Colorado State University, Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO |
11:00 am–1:00 pm | |
2/11 | Program Acceptance Audition | Destiny Dance Institute Wake Forest, NC |
3:00 pm–5:00 pm | |
2/12 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Colorado Boulder Bolder, CO |
10:10 am–11:45 pm | |
2/12 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | UC Irvine Irvine, CA |
8:00 am-9:50am & 10:00 am-11:50am | |
2/13 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | East Carolina University Greenville. NC |
2:00 pm | |
2/14 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Spelman College Atlanta, GA |
6:00 pm–8:00 pm | |
2/16 | Community Class & Auditions | Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
SDI: 11:15 am–12:45 pm PDI: 4:00 pm–6:00 pm |
Register here! |
2/26 | Program Acceptance Audition | Baltimore School of the Arts Baltimore, MD |
9:30 am-11:05 am & 1:00pm-2:30 pm | |
2/28 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | JHU Peabody Institute Baltimore, MD |
10:00 am–12:00 pm |
MARCH 2024
3/1 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Towson University Baltimore, MD |
11:00 am–12:50 pm | |
3/7–3/10 | Auditions for PDI Program Acceptance & Scholarships for PDI & SDI | Regional High School Dance Festival Norfolk, VA |
see festival schedule | festival registration required |
3/7–3/10 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA Northwest @ The University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
see festival schedule | festival registration required |
3/11 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Columbia College Chicago, IL |
10:30 am–11:50 pm | |
3/14–3/15 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | ACDA Mid-Atlantic South @ Meredith College Raleigh, NC |
see festival schedule | festival registration required |
3/16 | Program Acceptance Audition | Barriskill Dance Durham, NC |
10:30 am–12:00 pm | |
3/18 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Reed College Portland, OR |
1:10 pm-2:30 pm | |
3/22 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Virginia Commonwealth Universtity Richmond, VA |
9:00 am-11:00 am | |
3/25 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ |
9:00 am-11:00 am | |
3/26 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
10:30-11:55 am | |
3/27 | Auditions for PDI Program Acceptance & Scholarships for PDI & SDI | Dance Theater West Phoenix, AZ |
6:00 pm–7:30 pm | |
3/29 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
1:00 pm–3:00 pm |
Past Visits & Events
ACDA (various locations) | IABD (various locations) | Scottsdale Community College |
ADF Scripps Studios | James Madison University | Scripps College |
Adrienne Arsht Center | Juilliard School | Slippery Rock University |
Ailey/Fordham BFA | Lamar University | Spelman College |
Alabama Dance Festival | Loyola Marymount University | State University of New York, Brockport |
Arizona State University | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | State University of New York, Potsdam |
Baltimore School for the Arts |
Marymount Manhattan | Studio One Dance Center |
Barriskill Dance Theater | Meredith College | Texas A&M University |
Bennington College |
McDonogh School |
Texas Woman’s University |
Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts | Montclair State University | University of California, Irvine |
Boston University | Muhlenberg College | University 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 |
CO State Univ, Fort Collins | North Carolina Central University | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
Dance Council of North Texas | North Carolina Dance Ambassadors | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Dance2B | North Carolina State University | University of North Carolina, School of the Arts (UNCSA) |
Destiny Dance Institute/Wake Forest Dance Festival | Northfield Mount Hermon School | University of Oklahoma |
Durham Academy—Upper School | Northwest School of the Arts | University of Texas, Austin |
Durham School of the Arts | Northwestern State University | University of Texas, El Paso |
East Carolina University | Ohio State University | University of the Arts (UArts) |
Elon University | Ohio University | University of Utah |
Florida State University | Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Gibney Dance Center | Phillips Academy—Andover | West Chester University |
Gonzaga University | Point Park University | West Virginia University |
Governor’s School for the Arts—Norfolk, VA | Reed College | Western Michigan University |
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts | Rutgers University | |
Grier School | San Jose State University | |
Henrico High School | School for Contemporary Dance & Thought | |
Hollins University |
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