The ADCC Annual Meeting was featured in the November-December 2018 issue of INSIDE DANCE, a bimonthly magazine from Inside Publications, each issue going out to more than 15,000+ readers nationwide.
The ADCC held its Annual Meeting & Industry Awards Gala in New Orleans on September 25-28, 2018, featuring the fourth annual Industry Excellence Awards. Meet the 2018 recipients!
The ADCC held the fourth Annual Meeting of the Membership at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans on September 25-28, 2018. Meet our new Board Officers and newly-elected and returning Board Members.
A Chief Production Officer needs to oversee all aspects of the production—the show, competition, staff, equipment, trucking, studios, dancers, venues, etc.
The ADCC will present its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of the late William E. Fowler, Jr., of Fort Lauderdale and Medford, MA, who sadly passed away last September. Fowler (known to many as “Uncle Bill”), was owner and artistic director of Fowler Dance Studios, as well as a pioneer in the dance community, a dancer, choreographer, internationally recognized adjudicator and author, and an advocate for dancers worldwide.
That’s Entertainment Performing Arts Competition is very much a family affair. Founders RoseMary and Joel Pontuck owned StarMaker Dance and Gymnastics studios in the New York metro area for 35 years, so it was no surprise when daughter RoseMary Pontuck, Jr. (aka Roe) joined the family business. Now all three head That’s Entertainment Performing Arts Competition.
Headliners is one of the longest-running competitions in the country, as well as in the ADCC. Mother/daughter team Irma Ziegler and Shari Tomasiello first entered the dance competition world in the early 1980s, when the Fred Astaire Organization chose to branch out from Ballroom events and start a performing arts competition.
A core component of the ADCC’s mission is to support excellence by providing college scholarships for outstanding young dancers. Applications for 2018 ADCC scholarships are due July 1, 2018.
The ADCC is delighted to celebrate the first 2018 Studio of Excellence Award, presented by Diva Dance Competition to Electric Youth Dance Company of Saint Albans, VT.
More than 125 ADCC Competition dancers traveled to New York this summer to take part in Dance Dreams Powered by Gerber Tours. The 2018 competition season marks the third year that The ADCC has partnered with Dance Dreams to give award-winning dancers an authentic New York experience.