Aerial Dance Festival

Early Bird Registration Open Now

ADF 2020 – July 26-August 7, 2020

July 26: Opening Reception
July 27: Intimate Encounters
July 27-31: Week A Classes
July 31-August 2: Showcase Performances
August 3-7: Week B Classes

ADF 2020 Faculty

Jenn Bruyer

Terry Crane

Cosmo Dudley

Danielle Hendricks

Jill Katzenberger

Valerie Morris

T Lawrence-Simon

Nancy Smith

ADF 2020 Class & Workshops Schedule

Early Bird Registration OPEN NOW!

Registration is only open for Early Bird Packages until March 25th. After that date a la carte purchasing is enabled. Classes will fill, so take advantage of these savings and get your spot first!

EARLY BIRD PACKAGES
All packages include:

$20 registration fee
one ADF 2019 T-shirt
one ticket to the ADF Showcase Performance (July 31-Aug 2: Fri/Sat 8pm; Sat/Sun 2pm).
Week A packages also include one ticket to Intimate Encounters (Mon, July 27, 8:00 pm).

Bronze Package*:

One Immersion + One 90-minute class. Week A: $492.34 | Week B: $482.98

Silver Package*:

One Immersion + Two 90-minute classes. Week A: $632.06 | Week B: $622.71

Gold Package*:

One Immersion + Three 90-minute classes. Week A: $771.48 | Week B: $762.14

*Please Note: Purchasing a Week B package that includes Hoop Teacher Training, will incur an additional charge of $46.75 to accommodate the extra price for that Immersion.

Registration and Refund Information

Come celebrate the 22nd annual gathering of aerialists from around the globe to beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Skill building, idea sharing, inspiring, mind blowing gathering.

The faculty / artists have tremendous depth of knowledge in their craft.
Join the movement. Find your tribe.

The Aerial Dance Festival (ADF) is an opportunity for people from all walks of life to experience the joy of dancing in the air, for beginners through advanced aerial dancers. This 2-week immersion provides classes, lectures/demonstrations, informal discussions, networking, and performances.

“At ADF passionate people from around the world come to share and learn at the highest levels of our craft. As a teacher I’ve never had a better experience and as a student I treasured every class. Put it on your calendar, you’ll never take it off.” – Teo Spencer

New: Terry Sendgraff Scholarship

Deadline: March 15, 2020. Notification March 20, 2020.

Donations in honor of Terry Sendgraff, the mother of aerial dance. Her legacy lives on in Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance and we trace our lineage to her work.

The Scholarship in Terry’s name will fund scholarships for the international Aerial Dance Festival, held annually in Boulder, Colorado each July / August. Terry was instrumental in the development of the Aerial Dance Festival, having attended the first one in 1999 and continuing to teach and create performance pieces for several more ADFs.

Make a donation to the Terry Sendgraff scholarship.

Application

Glenn P. Davis Scholarship

Deadline: March 15, 2020. Notification March 20, 2020.

This scholarship will be awarded to one student for the Aerial Dance Festival 2020. It will cover up to $1,100 in class tuition during the two weeks, July 27 to August 7, 2020.

“We are proud to support the Festival and are so grateful for this opportunity to honor Glenn’s memory. We know that he is ‘forever soaring’ and would be thrilled by the success and excellence of the festival as we are.” – The Davis Family

Application

Locations

Week A and Week B classes, Workshops, Opening Reception, Intimate Encounters, and Closing Party: Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Studios: 3022 E. Sterling Circle, #150, Boulder, CO 80301 – “FFP ADS 1” or “FFP ADS 2”

Week A only classes and Performance Showcase: Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theatre: 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, CO 80302 – “Dairy Arts Center – Gordon”

Week B only classes: University of Colorado, Boulder campus, Theatre & Dance Building – “CU 150” (ground level) and “CU 350” (3rd floor)

Housing Information

Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance does not provide student housing. For additional information about other accommodations, call the Boulder Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-444-0447 or 303-442-1044.

Transportation Information

Students should not schedule back-to-back classes between CU and the Aerial Dance Studio, unless the student has a car/ride. Boulder is bike-friendly and has a public bus system.