Join RDA/Northeast

Regional Dance America/Northeast is truly an extraordinary opportunity for your entire company. It is an honor to become a member of RDA/NE’s select group of dedicated companies.

As an RDA Member Company, you will:

●     Reach your fullest potential! Each member company participates in a private annual Adjudication where the company is seen by a professional Adjudicator. The Adjudicator provides valuable feedback to empower each company with choreographic inspiration and professional guidance to inspire both artistic and technical growth.

●     Connect with a greater network of peers! Member companies receive the opportunity to network with each other, seek advice, and share resources. Directors share goals and invaluable information on all aspects of directing a company, including internal structuring and funding advice. 

●     Network with key individuals in the dance community! At RDA Festivals, member companies network with professionals in the areas of dance education and choreography, sports medicine, higher education, and more.

●     Receive regional and national exposure, credibility, and prestige! Member companies participate in three exciting days of master classes, auditions, and high caliber performances at RDA Festivals where they are seen by their peers, recruiters, and members of the national dance community. Joining the national roster of RDA member companies elevates each company’s stature and exposure in the greater dance community!

 Your dancers will: 

 ●     Gain perspective to elevate their accomplishments! The RDA Adjudication and Festivals empower dancers to reach their fullest potential and stimulate young dancers to grow as artists and individuals. Dancers will meet other dancers from around the country who share their same passion and dedication to dance.

●     Receive the highest level of training possible!Each member company dancer participates in three days of master classes and performances at RDA Festivals. Classes are taught in a wide variety of dance techniques by the country’s leading professionals.

●     Participate in on-site auditions at RDA Festivals!Dancers have the opportunity to audition for scholarships to some of the country’s top summer, winter, and year-round dance programs, including college and university programs. Over $300,000 of scholarships are awarded annually, including to RDA’s National Choreography Intensive. 

●     Be seen by professional recruiters! Dancers are seen by college and professional training program recruiters as well as artistic directors of programs throughout the US.

●     Gain insight into the professional dance world and beyond!Company dancers are exposed to inventive choreography by emerging artists and experience master classes and choreographic works by highly esteemed professional dance educators. Dancers perform for new communities and audiences around the country.

What are the Membership Requirements?

  • Send an Artistic Director to attend a RDA Regional or National Festival in its entirety within five years prior to applying for application;

  • Be incorporated & recognized as a 501(c)3 organization for at least one year prior to applying for evaluation;*

    • *if a company is affiliated with an educational institution, that institution must be tax-exempt, or the company must be chartered separately from the institution and financed primarily by that community.

  • Apply and be approved for evaluation by Regional Dance America’s National Executive Committee. Click here for more information;

  • In the year before membership and every year thereafter, present at least two annual public performances for which admission or fees are charged exclusive of school performances or recitals;

  • In the year before membership and every year thereafter, have at least eight dancing members who are 12 years of age or older and have not more than 25% of its dancers over the age of 25 at evaluation;

  • Be evaluated according to the bylaws and policies of the Region and meet required standards;

  • Be a registered Festival participant each year of membership;

  • Paya required dues and any other fees each year on a timely basis;

  • Have high ethical standards and values;

  • Comply with all rules, policies, and procedures regarding adjudication and performances;

  • Adjudicate at least two pieces each year for the RDA Region Festival; and comply with all rules, policies and procedures established for the administration of the affairs of the RDA Region and RDA National;

  • Regional Companies who left RDA in good standing from a Region and have the same Artistic Director within the past seven years, may attend a Festival as a guest company and evaluate for membership at that Festival.

get involved today!

Membership Inquiries:

Erin Robbins, Artistic Director
South Dayton Dance Theatre

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 Banner photo: Philadelphia Dance Theatre. Photo credit: Annmarie Bergendahl