The annual Regional Dance America/Southeast festivals are the focal point of the entire regional ballet movement. Every spring, member companies meet in a host city and spend four days sharing all aspects of the art of dance. Festivals each year bring over 700 dancers, directors, choreographers, and professional support personnel along with nationally recognized instructors and musicians together. Classes are taught by world renowned teachers in ballet, modern, jazz, pointe, variations, pas de deux, hip hop, and more. Dancers are offered seminars on acting, nutrition, injury prevention, and mock auditions for summer programs and professional companies. The festivals also serve as a public showcase for the best work done by member companies each year. Standards are maintained by the use of impartial adjudicators, who view the ballets and choose those of the highest merit. Representatives of America’s professional companies, summer intensives and university dance programs often attend festival to look for potential talent. An audition is held for dancers and choreographers to earn scholarships for summer intensives and training programs. RDA/SE offers an average of $70,000 in scholarships annually.
Recruiters from professional companies, colleges and universities are welcome and encouraged to attend. They may observe the dancers in class and performance, meet with the directors, participate in college roundtable discussions, hand out information on their various programs and take advantage of the various auditions held at each festival to award contracts and scholarships, early admissions and letters of encouragement to apply.
Recruiters from professional companies, colleges and universities are welcome and encouraged to attend. They may observe the dancers in class and performance, meet with the directors, participate in college roundtable discussions, hand out information on their various programs and take advantage of the various auditions held at each festival to award contracts and scholarships, early admissions and letters of encouragement to apply.
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RDA/SE is one of four divisions of Regional Dance America (RDA), a national association of dance companies founded in 1988 to promote the artistic development of dance companies throughout the United States. There are over 85 companies and over 3,000 dancers from across the national who are members of RDA. The organization offers instruction, scholarships, awards, and performance opportunities. |
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Rda/southeast is a proud Member of Regional Dance America
