About Our Members
ACDA members represent national and international higher-education institutions, as well as individual members with diverse backgrounds connected to the dance community.
Institutional Membership in ACDA is open to any dance program, unit, group, or department within an institution of higher education interested in the purposes of the organization. Individual Membership is open to any individual interested in supporting ACDA’s mission and receiving Individual Member benefits.
Why Join ACDA?
ACDA provides unique opportunities for broadening perspectives in dance through eleven annual Regional Conferences, a biennial National College Dance Festival, At-Large Virtual Adjudication Opportunities and the National Screendance Festival. Since 1973, well over 100,000 students, faculty, musicians, independent and guest artists have participated in ACDA programs.
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MEMBERSHIP DATES & FEES
Institutional Memberships: Valid for two-years
- Memberships begin on July 1 of the first year and lapse on June 30 of the second year.
- Membership term (7/1/24 – 6/30/26) includes discounted pricing for the 2025 and 2026 regional conferences and National College Dance Festival.
- Pricing: $550.00
- All memberships must be renewed through ACDA’s membership portal.
- Renew Your Institutional Membership by Logging into your ACDA Portal
New Institutional Member Introductory Rate
- Available to institutions for first-time ACDA membership.
- Membership term (7/1/24 – 6/30/26) includes discounted pricing for the 2024 and 2025 regional conferences and National College Dance Festival:
- Pricing: $450.00
- Contact the ACDA National Office to become a new Institutional Member
Individual Memberships: Valid for one-year
- Pricing: $105.00 (July 1 – June 30)
Lifetime Memberships: No expiration
- Pricing: $1,000.00
Lifetime Members invest in the continued stability and growth of one of the most dynamic and democratic associations in the field of dance. Your Lifetime Membership will ensure that you are a part of the ongoing mission to support the role of performance and choreography as well as provide venues to share in the artistic and scholarly growth and ability in colleges and universities across the United States. Your contribution supports the future of dance in higher education.
Individual Lifetime Members register for conferences at the member rate during member-priority registration periods, may attend and participate in all General and Membership Meetings, and have the right to vote in ACDA elections.
Contact the ACDA National Office at info@acda.dance if you would like to become a Lifetime Member.
There are no refunds on paid membership.
It’s a super-saturated lesson on how the field is developing. The [Conferences] offers an opportunity to grow so we don’t become limited by our own community’s aesthetic as to what is acceptable, beautiful, challenging.
-ACDA Member
