National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is holding their National Conference at Point Hilton Tapatio Cliff Resort in Phoenix. The overlying topic is FOCUS ON DANCE EDUCATION: Engaging in the Artistic Processes ~ Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting. Many ADC members will be participating in presenting, teaching and performing. Intensives start on Wednesday, Oct 7, as early as 9 am and continue through 8:30 pm. The official start is Thursday, October 8, and concludes Saturday evening. Exhibitors will be open from 9 am – 5 pm Thursday-Friday, and 9 am – 4 pm Saturday. ADC will have a table. Stop by and say HI.

Pop Up Performances by ADC members:
Ethington Dance Ensemble (Grand Canyon University), Thursday 12 pm, West Courtyard
Verve Dance Company (Glendale Community College), Thursday 12:30 pm, East Courtyard
TranscenDANCE Company (Chandler-Gilbert Community College), Thursday 1 pm, West Courtyard (featured image)
Scorpius Dance Theatre, Friday 11:30 am, East Courtyard
Movement Source Dance Company, Friday 12 pm, West Courtyard
DancEstrella (Estrella Mountain Community College), Friday 12:30 pm, East Courtyard
EPIK Dance Company, Friday 1 pm, West Courtyard

AzDEO (our NDEO state affiliate) will be facilitating a Movement Exchange (place and time to experiment with movement ideas) in the Sunrise C Room: Thursday 8:30 am and 1 pm, Friday 10 am and 2:30 pm, and Saturday 8:30 am and 2:30 pm.

Scorpius Dance Theatre will be holding an Intensive “Aerial Silks” Class on Wednesday, 12-3 pm, at their own facility and a bus transport is included in the fee.

Susannah Keita (Grand Canyon U) and Janaea McAlee (Estrella Mtn CC) will lead an Intensive on Wednesday, 2-4 pm, entitled Duncan and Dunham: Embodied Philosophies and Practices, in room Highland 3.

Janaea McAlee will be part of a panel discussing Finding Equal Footing: Community College Dance Programs on Friday, 10 am, Sunset B.

Rebecca Rabideau will be presenting a paper on Developing a Creative community: A Service Learning Project in Creative Aging through Choreographic Process on Friday, 11:30 am, Courtroom M.

To learn more about the conference, visit NDEO 2015 Conference. Link to Point Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort.

For any conference questions, please call 301-585-2880 or email gro.oednnull@ecnerefnoc.