American College Dance Association Conference

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Mission
The American College Dance Association exists to support and
affirm dance in higher education through regional conferences,
the adjudication process, and national festivals. The educational
mission of the Association is to foster creative potential, to honor
multiple approaches to scholarly and creative research and
activity, to promote excellence in choreography and/or
performance, and to give presence and value to diversity in
dance. The Association acts as a national membership service
organization to strengthen the educational network for students
and faculty within the academic dance community.
The Association shall operate without profit, so that no part of its
earnings or assets shall ever be distributed as a dividend or inure
to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. The
Association does not discriminate in leadership, admission or
access to its programs and activities.

Empowerment
ACDA recognizes that Art can provoke; therefore, during the course of the conference,
participants are empowered to remove themselves from conference activities.

Privacy
Out of respect for all participants, publishing or posting recorded
material from an ACDA conference is prohibited without permission.
All images of any structured activity (performances, feedback
sessions, classes, receptions, etc.) during this conference are owned
exclusively by ACDA and the host school and may not be posted,
printed or distributed in any way, including on the Internet (e.g.,
Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, etc.), without express written
permission from the subject(s), ACDA and/or the host school, and all
necessary copyright permissions. This pertains to all elements,
including, for example, music heard in the background of a video clip.
Informal images with friends may be posted with permission from
those in the images.

Adjudication
The adjudication process is structured to ensure that
feedback and the selection process is as objective as possible.
Adjudicators do not know the names of schools or choreographers
presenting work in the adjudication concerts. In order to keep the integrity
of this ACDA policy and process in tact through the adjudicators’ final
decision, it is necessary to ask all conference participants to avoid
conversation with adjudicators about the adjudicated dances, the
adjudication process, or their comments during the feedback session. In
addition, please do not discuss your school's programs or your own work
with the adjudicators. Your full cooperation is being requested for the
enjoyment of all conference participants, including the adjudicators!