daCi Days of Dance

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What is a daCi Day of Dance?

daCi Days of Dance are state or region specific dance festivals or workshops meant to promote dance for children and best practices in the teaching of dance to children across the United States. daCi USA encourages members to conduct a regional or statewide day of dance that includes creative experiences for children and/or teaching and professional development. To publicize and facilitate this workshop day, daCi USA will provide $300 in seed money to five sites per year.

The purpose of a daCi USA Day of Dance is twofold:

  • To increase visibility and membership in daCi USA
  • To model best practices in dance education for children

The presenters of a daCi USA Day of Dance may set and collect the fees for their event. We ask that membership dues be included in the fee for adult participants who are not currently daCi USA members. These new memberships will then be forwarded to daCi USA. Membership Forms are available here for these new members.

Host a Day of Dance in Your Area!

If you are interested in sponsoring and organizing a daCi USA Day of Dance please fill out the application below for the $300 seed money. Return it to Heather Francis via email at chair@daciusa.org.

Thank you for promoting quality dance for children across the United States!

Seed Money Application

Suggested Formats for daCi USA Day of Dance:

We encourage innovative formats that will best serve your community. We encourage partnerships between daCi USA members, organizations, and other related entities such as state offices of education, arts councils, dance education associations, etc.

  • Teaching workshops or professional development workshop
  • Dance Festivals for Children
  • Dance Classes for Children
  • Intergenerational day of dance
  • Curriculum based professional development workshops
  • Arts in education day of dance
  • Multi-discipline arts workshop
  • Dance from around the world
  • Dance for special populations
  • Demonstration classes - half day professional development
  • Any of the above in combination

Resources for Hosting a Day of Dance in Your Area

The following daCi members have organized Days of Dance and are willing to advise and/or answer any questions you might have. You may reach them as follows:

Sample Documents (click on the file to open up the sample)