Festivals and Performances

Photo credit: Frank Sullivan | Dancer: Drew Bell, Fontana AB Miller High School

CA Dances: A Dance and Film Festival

MIXED LEVEL DANCE CLASSES & a DANCE FILM CATEGORY for SATURDAY’S SHOW

Join CDEA and the Irvine Valley College Dance Department, as we celebrate the wide variety of California dance! We are excited to announce CDEA’s seventh annual, all sector, all styles, all cultural traditions, dance festival co-hosted by Irvine Valley College Dance. The concert will be held Saturday evening, April 20, 2024, at the beautiful Rezanoor Stage on the campus of Irvine Valley College . This year, we are excited to offer mixed-level dance classes and a dance film screening. Mixed level dance classes will be open to festival participants and the public Friday and Saturday, April 19 & 20, in the Arts Complex Dance Studios at IVC.

StandUp4Arts is an arts education advocacy day in Sacramento - April 30, 2024

Conferences and Professional Development

Green plant growing out of brown soil. Surrounded by circular pictures of female dancers engaging in dance practice.

2024 STATEWIDE CONFERENCE

February 9-10, 2024

California State University, East Bay

California Dance Education Association recognizes the importance of providing a space for dance educators to come together, collaborate, mentor, practice, and dance as a collective. Our 2024 statewide conference, Fertile Ground serves as a platform for mentorship, allowing seasoned professionals to guide and inspire the next generation of dance educators. Our goal is to create a supportive environment where educators can share their knowledge, experiences, and resources to enhance their teaching practices. By fostering collaboration, we believe that dance educators can spark creativity, explore new ideas, and develop innovative teaching strategies. Fertile Ground is a space to consider how we can better represent and showcase underrepresented groups and dance forms in dance education.

Cohosted by CSU East Bay Dance in collaboration with the Black Choreographers’ Festival and the African and African American Performing Arts Coalition