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 | |
| 11/28 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition |
University of South Carolina |
3:10 pm–5:10 pm |
JANUARY 2024
| 1/6 | Program Acceptance Audition | ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
10:15 am–12:15 pm | |
| 1/7 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | ADF Scripps Studios Durham, NC |
11:00 am–12:30 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 | |
| 1/31 | Program Acceptance Audition | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Houston, TX |
10:15 am–11:40 am |
FEBRUARY 2024
| 2/2 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | University of Houston Houston, TX |
10:00 am–11:30 pm | |
| 2/13 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | East Carolina University Greenville. NC |
2:00 pm | |
| 2/16 | Community Class & Scholarship Audition | Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
TBD |
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