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Welcome to the Colorado Dance Alliance

Welcome to the website of the Colorado Dance Alliance.  We hope you will make this “your home for dance in Colorado” and seek out the latest and most up-to-date information on classes and workshops, jobs and auditions, grants and dance performances. CDA members are dancers, dance teachers/educators, dance companies, dance studios & school owners, dance students, dance enthusiasts & fans, artwriters & journalists, and performing arts centers to name just a few...we hope you join us too! Colorado Dance Alliance strives to serve your dance needs, and this site is about YOU!  Tell us what you are doing and send us details about your classes, performances, workshops and dance experiences.  Check out our facebook page for up to date information about CDA events.  Be a part of dance in Colorado!

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Axis Dance Company Class

Sponsored by Colorado Dance Alliance with Newman Center Presents

A master class given by AXIS Dance Company will be held Wednesday, April 25th, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Hannah Kahn’s studio, 75 South Cherokee Street in Denver. This class is open to all levels and will emphasize how to physically integrate dancers of differing abilities with its new and innovative movement vocabulary. This class is specifically targeted to teachers of dance in schools and studios.  Class size is limited.  For registration information, click here.

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CDA Dance Awards & Scholarships Event!

 Highlights:                   Dance awards presentation, plus performances by scholarship finalists in front of adjudication panel and audience.

 

Date & Time:               Sunday, May 6, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

 

Place:                             The Pinnacle Charter School Theater

                                         1001 W. 84th Avenue

                                         Federal Heights, CO 80260

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CDA's March/April Newsletter Has Been Posted 

CDA's March/April Newsletter is now posted on this site: Mar/Apr News.   It's full of great interviews, articles, and useful information for anyone interested in dance.  CDA is always in need of good dance photos for our newsletter and website.  Please send us your favorite photos and we may choose to feature them in our Newsletter or on our site!  You can submit images from professional shoots and performances, as well as shots of classes and rehearsals. All are welcome!  Please include all relevant credits with your photos.   Submitting articles for our Newsletter is also a great opportunity to contribute to the conversation about dance in Colorado!  The deadline for article and photo submissions for the May Newsletter is April 23.  Anything sent by this date will be considered for publication.  Publication is dependent upon many factors, including the diversity of organizations, artists, and geographic locations represented, the number of submissions received, pertinency to our readers, and in the case of photos specifically, relevance with regards to written content.  We sincerely appreciate your submissions!  Please send photos and articles to cdasubmissions@codance.org.

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Links to Great Art and Dance Resources

Featured Link for April 

NDEO's Online Professional Development Institute: www.ndeo.org/opdi

The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is preparing the next generation of learners by offering a broad range of online dance education courses that focus on teaching standards, methods, pedagogy, research, assessments and much more through its new Online Professional Development Institute (OPDI). Find out more information on CDA's Dance Education page or by following the above link to NDEO's site.

 

Other Great Resources

Americans for the Arts:   www.americansforthearts.org

Answers 4 Dancers:   www.answers4dancers.com

Boulder Arts Commission's DanceBridge:    http://www.artsresource.org/index.cfm?objectid=2FC67484-E0CA-99EC-27B7E90B10A71A12

Career Transitions for Dancers:  www.careertransition.org

Carson-Brierly Dance Library:   http://library.du.edu/site/about/specialCollections/collections/carsonBrierly.php

Colorado Creative Industries:   www.coloarts.state.co.us

Community Arts Network:  www.communityarts.net

Dance Advantage:   www.danceadvantage.net

Dance Magazine:   www.dancemagazine.com

Dance Spirit Magazine:   www.dancespirit.com

Dance Teacher Magazine:   www.dance-teacher.com

Dance USA:  www.danceusa.org

Fractured Atlas:   www.fracturedatlas.org

Keep Arts in Schools:   www.keepartsinschools.org

National Dance Education Organization:   www.ndeo.org

Pointe Magazine:   www.pointemagazine.com

Think 360 Arts:   www.think360arts.org

CDA Quick Links