Take Your Company to the Next Level! Join RDA MidStates
Benefits: Keep the intimacy and careful attention of a local small company while achieving the recognition, networking and awareness of a nationwide company. The best of both worlds - the advice and experience of the wisest and the best dancers, directors, teachers, and choreographers at your fingertips. Join us and be welcomed into a bigger, better family of dance! Member companies:
gain a wider perspective about their current level
realize their potential by networking with other companies
are adjudicated each spring by nationally recognized dance professionals, receiving a written critique of their company's strengths and challenges gain much needed feedback especially for those who reside in isolated communities where there is no informed dance press
gain access and exposure to the professional dance world
Dance is a youth-oriented profession. Dancers who wish to persue a professional performing career must receive the highest quality of training and in most cases, achieve professional stature by the age of 18! As a member of an RDA company, dancers:
receive the highest quality of training possible
gain a wider perspective about their current level
are given a step into the professional dance world through masterclasses, adjudication, auditions and access to over $100,000 scholarships annually
are stimulated to achieve more by seeing other dancers their same age
gain knowledge, drive and determination needed to achieve their dream
Membership Requirements:
Your company must be a non-profit corporation for at least one year prior to application for membership.
You need at least 8 dancers 12 years and older
During the year prior to application, the company must have given one full performance of over 90 minutes, for which the company was paid either a fee or by ticket sales.
Your artistic director or representative must have attended one complete festival in this region or any other region.
As a member of MSRBA you will pay annual dues, attend 2 membership meetings yearly and participate in the yearly festivals.