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Jimmy graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts and danced professionally for 22 years including a long tenure at BalletMet. He’s choreographed on BalletMet and companies & universities across America. Jimmy's choreographic acknowledgements include three Prince Grace Foundation awards and the National Choreographic Recognition Award from Regional Dance America!
Terminus is grateful to have his voice in the studio and this experience for our students! Please join us in welcoming Jimmy!
To learn more about Terminus Student Company, visit https://www.terminusmbt.com/student-company
Learn more about Barbara's legacy here: https://www.deanedancecenter.com/the-legacy.html
(Photos Courtesy of Deane Dance Center and Museum of Performance and Design)
Barbara Weisberger, Alexi Ramov, and Josephine Schwarz.
Founding Members not in attendance: Marjorie Hassard, Nesta Toumine, and Virginia Williams
Photographed below: Helen M. Gaus: Founder & Artistic Director of Scranton Civic Ballet Company, Barbara Weisberger: Founder of Pennsylvania Ballet (now known as Philadelphia Ballet) and Founding Member of RDA, Alexi Ramov: Founder of Northeast Association of Regional Ballet & Artistic Director of Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley/Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Marcia Dale Weary: Founder of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Josephine Schwarz: Founder of Dayton Ballet, and numerous more.
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Enter Regional Dance America, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to decentralizing dance and educating the next generation of dancers, no matter their geographical location.
Canton Ballet is an honor company in Regional Dance America, a dance service organization which guides its members to the highest professional quality in technical training and performance.
Interested in joining us in the studio this summer? Visit us at cantonballet.com to learn more about our summer programs.
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Deane Dance Center and Sac Civic Ballet were founded by Barbara Crockett (founder of the Sacramento Ballet) and her daughter and son-in-law, San Francisco Ballet dancers Allyson Deane and Don Schwennesen. Sac Civic Ballet was founded in 1996 as an extension of the Deane Dance Center to give its beautiful young dancers more performing opportunities. Sac Civic Ballet continues to promote the art to aspiring dancers of all ages, believing that each dancer has something special to offer. Sac Civic Ballet conducts classes, rehearsals and performances to benefit these dancers by the beauty and discipline of classical dance. The heritage of classical ballet offers a wonderful expression of human emotions and adventures which allow young artists to fully understand themselves and appreciate their world. Since its inception, this young company has been able to produce The Story of Sleeping Beauty, Sweet Coppelia and The Story of Noah's Ark, all of which have given many challenging roles to all Company Members to develop and enhance their growing techniques.
Join us in wishing Sac Civic Ballet all the best in their virtual adjudication this evening! We are honored to continue the legacy of Barbara Crockett, co-founder of Regional Dance America & host of the first ever Pacific Festival in 1966.
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Regional Dance America
Regional Dance America, RDA, is a national nonprofit organization of pre-professional dance companies Take Your Company To The Next Level!
Regional Dance America is elevating the future of dance in America – giving dancers experience and directors perspective. Highlights of this season for RDA Member Companies include:
- RDA’s signature Scholarship and Recruitment Process for dancers and choreographers,
- Adjudication Tours to provide helpful feedback for companies from world class professionals,
- RDA Festivals filled with master cl
08/26/2023
Regional Dance America’s National Festival 2024 • Daytona Beach, FL
We are looking forward to uniting together this coming Spring for the 5th RDA National Festival!
This monumental event will include:
➡️4 days of classes, performances, seminars and workshops
➡️Led by world renowned experts in dance, music and more
➡️ Opportunities for every attendee- from the Dancers & Directors to the Guardians attending!
📣Stay tuned for more exciting announcements and information about our Festival and this amazing location!
We hope to see you there! 🌞
Link in Bio 🔗📲
Photos Courtesy of The Daytona Beach CVB
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06/29/2023
Capturing the powerful rhythm and graceful moves of dancers from all corners of America at the 2023 Regional Dance America National Choreography Intensive & Training Program!
Thank you
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06/27/2023
We love seeing the RDA leotards at our National Choreography Intensive & Training Program! 🤍
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06/24/2023
01/06/2023
RDA Associate Dancers,
We cannot wait to see your scholarship and recruitment applications! Reminder: all submissions are due by January 23rd. Check out our story for some tips and tricks on making your video reel! 📹
Thank you to all of the wonderful schools, companies, and colleges for providing opportunities to the dancers of RDA!
PC: Gary Taylor Photography
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01/04/2023
➡️ A New Season of RDA Associates is here! ⬅️ Check with your Director for more information on how to become an Associate. Be sure to sign up this week!
Photo: California Dance Ensemble
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12/31/2022
2022- A Year in Review! With your support, Regional Dance America has continued to provide our dancers and member companies with continued growth and new opportunities. We hope that you will consider RDA for your end-of-year giving! Help us further dance education for our RDA dancers. Your gift will allow them to participate in RDA's Summer Programs.
In 2022, Regional Dance America:
🔸 Launched the RDA/Pacific Region and hosted its first Festival in Reno, NV
🔸 Held 5 successful Adjudication tours and 5 Region-hosted Festivals
🔸Over 1,800 Participants and 75 Faculty Members nationwide were a part of those 5 Festivals
🔸 Over 10.5 Million dollars in Scholarship and Recruitment opportunities were awarded to RDA Dancers
🔸 We welcomed 16 new companies into the RDA Family!
🔸The 61st annual National Choreography Intensive was held in Dayton, OH at Wright State University
🔸Began offering new content for our RDA Associates
🔸 The Barbara Crockett and Glenda Brown RDA Scholarships were created to honor our late co-founders and their legacies
It was an exciting year! We look forward to all that 2023 will bring to RDA and we thank you for your continued support! To make your tax-deductible donation, please visit our website or here https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=2EJFP5VXU9334
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12/30/2022
Congratulations to RDA co-founder and visionary leader Cassandra Crowley on an amazing career with Canton Ballet! Join us in wishing her all the best in her retirement!
'Matriarch' of Canton Ballet leaves behind legacy of dedication and prized pupils Tommie Earl Jenkins, an accomplished actor and Broadway dancer, said retiring Canton Ballet director was instrumental to his career.
12/22/2022
Wishing you Happy Holidays from Regional Dance America! ❄️
Photo Credit: , Chamberlain Ballet . .
12/17/2022
Congratulations to Canton Ballet Alumnus- Cameron Catazaro! Regional Dance America Northeast
Introducing Our 2023 “25 to Watch” What will the dance world of tomorrow be like? An answer—or several—might be illuminated by our annual list of dancers, choreographers and companies on the brink of skyrocketing.
12/14/2022
Our heartfelt condolences go out to Stephen "tWitch" Boss's family and friends. And to the Alabama Dance Theatre family, where he was once a student. He was an inspiration to many and shared so much love and light with the dance community. He will be missed. Rest in Peace 🕊️
PC: Richard Calmes
RDA/Southeast Festival Montgomery, AL 2011
Learn along with Regional Dance America/Southwest alum, Courtney Crain! 👯♀️
11/30/2022
Help us create opportunities!
We hope you will consider supporting Regional Dance America. Your tax-deductible donation will contribute to furthering the dance education of RDA dancers.
Two scholarships, in honor of our late co-founders Barbara Crockett and Glenda Brown, will allow RDA dancers to participate in Regional Dance America’s summer programs. We are incredibly thankful for the contributions Ms. Crockett and Ms. Brown made to RDA, and we are honored to be able to offer these scholarships in their honor.
If the incredible legacies of these two women have impacted your life personally or professionally, please consider making a gift to Regional Dance America in their memory.
https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=2EJFP5VXU9334
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11/24/2022
⭐️ ALUMNI MEMBER COMPANY • GEORGIA METROPOLITAN DANCE THEATRE ⭐️
Regional Dance America and RDA/Southeast are very excited to welcome Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre back into Regional Dance America! GMDT is located in Marietta, GA, and is directed by Ashleigh Whitworth and Gray Stoner. Read below to learn more about GMDT's history with RDA ⬇️
"Georgia Metro Dance Theatre (formerly Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre) has proudly been a member company of RDA since its inception. After a 9 year hiatus, we are proud to return to the fold as Georgia Metro Dance Theatre and continue the legacy of founding director Ruth Mitchell. RDA has enriched the lives of many of our current faculty members, choreographers, and both our artistic and associate directors, all of whom attended RDA when they were students under the leadership of Ms. Ruth Mitchell and Ms. Lisa Toups. We are very excited to expose the next generation of GMDT company members to the amazing dance opportunities RDA has to offer and watch them grow through the classes, performances, and becoming part of the RDA dance community." - Ashleigh Whitworth
📸 Abigail Photos
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11/17/2022
⭐️ RDA SCHOLARSHIP & RECRUITMENT: GET INVOLVED ⭐️
RDA’s signature Scholarship & Recruitment Process is a cornerstone of our mission and gives young talented dancers opportunities beyond their regional borders. We welcome all professional training programs, company, college, and university recruiters to participate in our Scholarship & Recruitment Process and offer letters of encouragement, letters of acceptance, and scholarships to our dancers! We hope you will join us! Link in bio 🔗📲 Submit your Scholarship and Recruitment opportunities by November 18th!
✨ We can't wait to share these opportunities with our RDA Associates!
📸 Abigail Photos
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11/14/2022
⭐️ NEW COMPANY • SARATOGA SPRINGS YOUTH BALLET ⭐️
Welcoming Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet to the RDA/Northeast Region! We are so excited to see Regional Dance America grow! Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet is located in Ballston Spa, NY and directed by Joan Kilgore Anderson & Cristiane Santos. Join us in sending some love to them! 💜
📸 Susan Blackburn Photography
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11/11/2022
✨ RDA ASSOCIATES ✨
We are so excited to launch our 2022-2023 season of RDA Associates! Looking forward to sharing new and exciting content to enhance your dance life 🤩 Become an RDA Associate to connect with our Nationwide network!
📸: Gary Taylor Photography
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11/01/2022
⭐️ RDA SCHOLARSHIP & RECRUITMENT: GET INVOLVED ⭐️
Regional Dance America is eager to invite you to participate in our 2023 Scholarship & Recruitment Process. Our goal is to provide all training programs and college and university recruiters with a realistic and personalized approach to the scholarship & recruitment process via virtual audition submissions as well as on-site recruitment efforts at our Festivals.
RDA’s signature Scholarship & Recruitment Process is a cornerstone of our mission and gives young talented dancers opportunities beyond their regional borders. We welcome all professional training programs, company, college, and university recruiters to participate in our Scholarship & Recruitment Process and offer letters of encouragement, letters of acceptance, and scholarships to our dancers!
We hope you will join us! Link in bio 🔗📲 Submit your Scholarship and Recruitment opportunities by November 18th!
📸 Gary Taylor Photography
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10/21/2022
⭐️ NEW COMPANY • BALLET ECLECTICA ⭐️
Regional Dance America is excited to welcome Ballet Eclectica to the MidStates Region! Ballet Eclectica is directed by RDA alum Antonio Douthit-Boyd and they are based out of Saint Louis, Missouri. Scroll down to read Antonio Douthit-Boyd's personal experience with RDA! ⬇️
“As a former participant of RDA from 1998-2000 through Alexandra School of Ballet under the direction of Alexandra Zaharias, I found a new love and passion for ballet while forming lifelong friendships and a network of world-class artists that to this day, I am still connected with. RDA changed the direction of my life. During my time with RDA, I had the chance to take a masterclass with Ms. Lorraine Graves, former Prima Ballerina of The Dance Theatre of Harlem. Ms. Graves awarded me a full scholarship to study at the school for a summer intensive where I later became a soloist with the company and learned repertory from Artistic Director Emerita of Ailey II, Ms. Sylvia Waters. Ms. Waters taught us a section from Sinner Man from Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece Revelations, which I will never forget. I later went on to dance for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for twelve years as a principal artist. Joining RDA will allow me to give back to my community of dancers while showing them the endless possibilities, the sky is the limit, and theirs for the taking. Ballet Eclectica looks forward to years of learning and sharing with the RDA community, and we are honored to be a part of such a powerhouse of an organization.” - Antonio Douthit-Boyd
📸: Antonio Douthit-Boyd
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10/16/2022
⭐️ NEW COMPANY • ENCORE PERFORMANCE COMPANY ⭐️
Regional Dance America is so excited to welcome Encore Performance Company to the Southwest Region! Encore is directed by Christi Varvel and they are based out of College Station, TX. Join us in congratulating them!
📸 Ariana Jones Photography
Want to learn more about Regional Dance America? Link in bio 🔗📲
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10/07/2022
⭐️ NEW COMPANY • CITY CENTER BALLET ⭐️
Regional Dance America is so thrilled to welcome City Center Ballet to the Northeast Region! City Center Ballet is directed by Jennifer Henderson and they are based out of Lebanon, New Hampshire. Join us in congratulating them!
📸 Dan Grossman
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10/03/2022
Looking to add another performance opportunity to your dance ensemble’s season? Look no further than Regional Dance America! Experience unlimited growth by becoming RDA’s newest member company this fall. Apply today! Link in bio 🔗📲📧
📸 Tricia Eaton
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09/12/2022
Welcome back to dance! A new season is upon us! Are you looking to enrich your dancers’ season with new opportunities, performances, and scholarships? It’s not too late for your performing ensemble to join Regional Dance America! Contact us today! 🔗📲📧
📸 Gary Taylor Photography
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09/01/2022
We are so excited to be evaluating 15 new companies to become a part of Regional Dance America this Fall!!
Want to join the RDA family? Contact us today to learn more about our virtual evaluation process!
📸 Abigail Photos
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08/30/2022
"There are many aspects of RDA which are transformative. However, as Artistic Director, my favorite is the one-on-one feedback we receive from the adjudicator. Their comments provide insight into the strengths and weaknesses of our program. This feedback allows us to continue to push our company dancers in the right direction both technically and artistically.
RDA/Northeast has provided the Dayton Dance Conservatory Company the opportunity to work with top notch choreographers. The exposure to new teachers, performance opportunities, and being surrounded by fellow dancers who share the same love of dance reinvigorates our own dancers' passion for the art form. In addition, the emerging choreographer performance night and the National Choreography Intensive have inspired many of our dancers to explore the choreographic process themselves.
Dayton Dance Conservatory Company is a part of RDA/Northeast because it is one of the best performance opportunities around. In addition, it provides a wonderful environment for the students to learn and grow from, as well as a place where they can network with some of the leading dance teachers and choreographers in the United States." - Kirsten Fricke, Dayton Dance Conservatory Company
Contact us TODAY to learn about the exciting opportunities waiting for your pre-professional group! 🔗📲📧
📸 Matt Silver
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08/21/2022
We are so grateful to the Wright State University Dance Program for welcoming us this summer! Check out this awesome special on our Program- National Choreography Intensive
We hope to see you all at our program next summer ❤️
Feeling and form The Wright State Dance Program hosted nearly 100 emerging choreographers and dancers from around the country during a unique 10-day day festival. Continue reading →
08/18/2022
We are sad to report on the passing of Regional Dance America co-founder Barbara Crockett just a month short of her 102nd birthday. The founder of the Pacific Regional Ballet Association, which later became Regional Dance America/Pacific, Barbara worked tirelessly for the regional dance movement across the United States. Her steadfast efforts helped to guarantee that regional dance spread coast to coast. Regional Dance America would not be the organization that it is today without the guidance and support of Barbara Crockett. Her warm and generous presence will be sorely missed by all.
08/03/2022
✨We’re Growing! Join us today to add RDA/Pacific to your performing group’s 2022-23 Season! ✨
Contact us for more information
Link in Bio 🔗📲
📸 Gary Taylor Photography
📍 RDA’s 61st Annual National Choreography Intensive
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08/03/2022
“Kansas Ballet is a member of RDA because our dancers value the Festival experience. The atmosphere promotes community over competition and each year our dancers eagerly look forward to the classes, social gatherings and most especially the opportunity to perform in front of an audience that is deeply invested in the art of dance.”
- Stephanie Hetson, Artistic Director of Kansas Ballet
Contact us TODAY to learn about the exciting opportunities waiting for your pre-professional group! 🔗📲📧
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07/30/2022
Reflection. Who were you before NCI? Who are you now?
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07/29/2022
Day 9️⃣ concluded our 61st Annual National Choreography Intensive. We had a showing for family and friends, followed by a farewell banquet! We had some fun giving out NCI superlatives 🤩 and SPARK awards, which are scholarships towards next years NCI! We are so thankful to Wright State University for welcoming us to their campus!
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07/28/2022
Day 8️⃣ brought us closer together as Artists and friends 💗We started the morning with a warm up class and then began preparing for our final showing of the Intensive. Over the course of our Intensive, the dancers got a taste of what life is like as a professional dancer!
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07/26/2022
Tomorrow is the last day of NCI 2022! We look forward to the final showing and celebrating all that the dancers and choreographers have accomplished!
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07/25/2022
Day 7️⃣ photo dump!
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Earlier this week we welcomed Julius ‘ECLYPSE’ Jenkins to the NCI Faculty! We had a blast learning about the history and moves of street style dance! Comment below your favorite thing you learned in class ⬇️
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07/24/2022
Breaking through Day 6️⃣ We look forward to tomorrow and everyone’s continued growth 🌱
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07/23/2022
Giving it our all- from class ➡️ stage.
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07/23/2022
Day 5️⃣ Reaching Beyond! What’s your favorite NCI memory, past or present?
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07/22/2022
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Regional Dance America is a 501 (c)3 non-profit national association of dance companies. Together, we are elevating the future of dance in America - giving dancers experience and directors perspective. RDA inspires a growing community of excellence in dance education, choreography, and performance. We envision a future with increasing opportunities, exposure, and connection for pre-professional dance companies around the United States.
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RDA annual festivals inspire artistic and personal growth, creativity, and excellence! Member companies gather in their regions for three-day-long festivals, each hosted by a member company or jointly hosted by the region. Over 1500 dancers from 60 regional companies, 300 parents, 100 artistic directors and staff members, and nearly 100 faculty members and musicians attend the annual festivals. Participants attend master classes, seminars, and college roundtables during the day, as well as perform each evening. Dancers from member companies are seen by college and professional training program recruiters and have the opportunity to audition for awards and scholarships. Member company directors network with well-known dance educators and choreographers.
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