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Baja
Los Angeles Pierce College (Los Angeles, CA)
Dates: February 3-6, 2027
Coordinator: Brian Moe
Email: bmoebajaacda2027@gmail.com
Theme: Community Care is Self-Care: Highlights the idea that when we foster inclusive and connected dance communities, we nurture the well-being and success of every individual within them.

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Central
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
(Carbondale, IL)
Dates: March 7-10, 2027
Coordinator: Darryl Clark
Email: 2027acdacentral@gmail.com
Theme:  Confluence: SIU Carbondale is not far from where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet. This geographic point served this country well when everything was transported by waterways.

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East-Central
Eastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, MI)
Dates: March 3-6, 2027
Coordinator: Sherry Wilkinson
Email: 2027eastcentralacda@gmail.com
Theme: Elevate. Engage. Explore.

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High-Desert
Arizona State University
(Tempe, AZ)
Dates: March 9-12, 2027
Coordinators: Cari Koch & Nicole Bradley Browning
Email: ACDAHighDesert2027@asu.edu
Theme: Resonance – Exploring movement that echoes history, memory, and shared experience.

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Mid-Atlantic
University of North Carolina Greensboro
(Greensboro, NC)
Dates: March 11-14, 2027
Coordinator: Janet Lilly, Marielis Garcia & Clarice Young
Email: uncg.acda2027@gmail.com
Theme: Embodied Futures: Exploring how creativity, movement, and imagination shape what comes next.

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New England
Colby College
(Waterville, ME)
Dates: March 18-21, 2027
Coordinators: Matthew Cumbie & Annie Kloppenberg
Email: acdanewengland2027@gmail.com
Theme: Connect. Create. Collaborate.

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Northeast
Slippery Rock University
(Butler County, PA)
Dates: March 4-7, 2027
Coordinators: Jennifer Keller & Lindsay Viatori
Email: 2027northeastacda@gmail.com
Theme: Dancing Resistance: What does dancing resistance mean in your artistic practice?

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Northwest
Gonzaga University
(Spokane, WA)
Dates: March 10-13, 2027
Coordinator: Cynthia Gutierrez
Email: acda2027nw@gmail.com
Theme: Embodying Community

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South-Central
Stephen F. Austin State University
(Nacogdoches, TX)
Dates: March 11-14, 2027
Coordinators: Heather Samuelson, Haley Hoss Jameson, & Keith Haynes
Email: SCbackintimeACDA27@gmail.com
Theme: Back in Time: This theme is built around Old Hollywood, where glamour meets the purple carpet and every dance movement is an experience.

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Southeast
Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)
Dates:  Feb 27- March 2, 2027
Coordinators: Marsha Barsky & David J. Tatu
Email: ksu.acda2027@gmail.com
Theme: Rooted Futures Grounded in Collective Action: This conference invites artists, educators, and students to gather physically, intellectually, and creatively to honor the past and shape the future of dance.

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ACDA Gratefully Acknowledges Support From Our Lifetime Members: 

Elizabeth Lowe Ahearn, Tiffanee Arnold, Ruth Barnes, Lorelei E. Bayne, Paul Besaw, DeAngelo Blanchard, B.J. Bray, Lori Bryhni, Alyson Cartagena, Keith “Skip” Costa, Mary-Jean Cowell, Karen Dearborn, Diane DeFries, Susan Douglas Roberts, Abby Fiat, Barry Fischer, Lynda Fitzgerald, Philip Flickinger, Lisa A. Fusillo, Amy Ginsburg, Lonny Joseph Gordon, Vincas Greene, Matthew Harr, Marcus Hayes, Erica Helm, Gerri P. Houlihan, Jonathon Hunter, Luke Kahlich, Annie Kloppenberg, Debra Wright Knapp, Joanne Lawrence, Paula Levine, Janet Lilly, Li Chiao-Ping, Luis Martinez, Rhythm McCarthy, Nicole Y. McClam, Carrie Brueck Morris, Brandy M. Niccolai-Belfi, Susan Ourada, Suzanne Ostersmith, Damon Rago, Elizabeth (Libby) Rhodes, Melanie Kay Rosa, Lana Kay Rosenberg, Ann Sanders, Russell Sandifer, Mark Santillano, Solveig Santillano, Brent Schneider, Sandi Scheuber, William Seigh, Liz Staruch, Andrew Vaca, Sabrina Vasquez, Holly Williams, Alcine Wiltz, Candace Winters-March, Aaron Wood, Darci Brown Wutz, Marcy Jo Yonkey-Clayton 

In Memoriam: Judy Allen, Jean Baxter, Jeanne Beaman, Mary Cochran, Dorothy Silver, Jan Simonds

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