ACDFA

ACDFA stands for the American College Dance Festival Association. Each spring Beloit College sends a group of about 30 students to the regional festival. All students interested in attending may go. At the four-day festival students and faculty are able to take classes in all areas of dance and dance related subjects. Additionally, each school that attends may present up to two dances for adjudication by world renowned dance professionals. These adjudicators select the very best pieces to give encore performances in the gala concert at the end of the festival. Beloit College dances have been in the gala concert regularly since 2001.

In 2006 we will travel to Iowa City at the University of Iowa for the North Central Region festival.

 

ACDFA GALA SELECTIONS!

Held/Accountable selected for the gala at ACDFA in 2005

March 2005
Held/Accountable, choreographed by associate professor Chris Johnson and danced by Mika Banks ‘05, Noelle Chun ‘05, Erika Curry-Elrod ‘08, Trevor Johnson ‘08, Maggie Koller ‘06, Eva Labson ‘05, Benjamin Law ‘05, Lauren Lewis ‘06, Rachel Oliver ‘07, Brittany O’Malley ’07 Hannah Pitkin ‘07, Leah Raffanti ‘05, and Larissa Thomas ’06 was a selected for the gala concert at the North Central Region American College Dance Festival in the Fisher Theater at Iowa State University, Ames.


Get in the Ring selected for the gala and alternate for nationals at ACDFA in 2004

March 2004
Get in the Ring, choreographed by Allisa-Zee Hartmann ’04 and danced by Mika Banks ‘05, Kim Budd ‘05, Noelle Chun ’05, Cayte Connell ’04, Jason Davis ’04, Luella Davis ’06, Laura Fried ’05, Molly Irick ’04, Maggie Koller ’06, Gina Lasko ’04, Benjamin Law ’05, Rachel Oliver ’07, Jeremy Sato ’06, Jaime Scott ’04, Rob Sjoberg ’06, Daniel Smith ’04, Larissa Thomas ’06, Alexis Ware ’04, and Blake Weinberger ‘04 was selected for the gala concert at the Great Lakes Region American College Dance Festival in the Bonstelle Theatre at Wayne State University in Detroit. This dance was also selected as the alternate for the national festival.


Holding Patterns selected for the gala at ACDFA in 2003

March 2003
Holding Patterns, choreographed by associate professor Chris Johnson and danced by Allisa-Zee Hartmann ’04, Clare Hogan ’03, Maggie Koller ’06, Leah Raffanti ’05, and Larissa Thomas ‘06 was selected for the gala concert at the Great Lakes Region American College Dance Festival in the Memorial Union Theater at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. More information...


Cast of Sunken Flight Backstage before gala concert in 2001. From left: Heather Budd '01, Esteban Donoso, Jonathan Stevens '04


March 2001
Sunken Flight, choreographed by Heather Budd ’99 and danced by Ms. Budd, exchange student Esteban Donoso, and Jonathan Stevens ’04 was a selected for the gala concert at the Great Lakes Region American College Dance Festival in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana.