Aerial Dance Festival 2024
July 28 – August 9, 2024
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Two weeks of 3-Hour Immersions, 90-Minute Classes, Workshops, Performances, Networking with aerialists from across the country, and more. Join us in beautiful Boulder, CO, for one week or two!
July 28: Welcome Reception & Party
July 29-August 2: Week A Immersions & Classes
August 2-4: Showcase Performance
August 5-9: Week B Immersions & Classes
Locations
Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Studios
3022 E. Sterling Circle, #150
Boulder, CO 80301
“FFP 1” or “FFP 2”
Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theatre
2590 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO 80302
“Dairy Gordon Gamm”
Not sure where your class is meeting?
Check here for each class location, or use our Schedule Grid.
Housing Information
Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance does not provide student housing. For additional information about other accommodations, visit the Boulder Convention & Visitors Bureau. You may also visit the ADF 2024 Students, Performers, & Participants Facebook Group to network with other festival participants also looking for housing options.
Transportation Information
Students should not schedule back-to-back classes between the Dairy and the Aerial Dance Studio, unless the student has a car / ride / bike. It is not walking distance. Boulder is bike-friendly and has a public bus system but isn’t quick to and from the Dairy to FFP on the bus.
ADF 2024 3-Hour Immersions
Immersions meet Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm, Week A or Week B. Each Immersion gives you 15 hours of topic-focused class time with a renowned instructor. You’ll leave with new skills, expanded perspective, and flying friends from across the country!
Three Immersions to choose from each week:
Week A (July 29-August 2)
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Bungee Dance & Build with Danielle Hendricks
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Dance Trapeze with Summer Lacy
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Fabric Sequencing 101: A Guide to Aerial Act Creation with Veronica Blair
Week B (August 5-9)
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Lyra Spanset & Top-Bar Theory with Sofia Rodriguez
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Tethered Dancing: Rope & Harness with Valerie Morris
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Silks Theory with Anastasia Timina
Check out the full schedule including 90-Minute Classes here.
ADF 2024 Faculty Artists
Click on a Faculty Artist’s photo to learn more about what they are teaching at the Festival this year!
This year’s faculty has been carefully chosen to take you on an amazing journey. Don’t miss a truly unforgettable experience of airborne dance.
“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
Opening Reception & Party: Sunday, July 28, 6 PM
Open to all registered students. Celebrate the start of the Festival with Faculty Artists and other attendees! Get your ADF 2024 t-shirt, see old friends and make new connections. Held at Frequent Flyers’ Studios.
Connect with us
Stay updated on festival news and announcements and connect with others attending the festival! Facebook | Instagram | ADF 2024 Students, Performers, & Participants Facebook Group
Aerial Dance Festival 2024 Scholarships
The ADF 2024 Scholarship Application window has passed. Thank you to all who applied!
Terry Sendgraff Scholarship
Frequent Flyers® Productions is offering one scholarship for the Aerial Dance Festival 2024 of up to $1,100 toward classes at the Festival for a BIPOC identifying artist (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color). The Terry Sendgraff Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a BIPOC dancer already exploring choreography in the air. Housing, travel, and food are the responsibility of the student. This scholarship is made possible through the generosity of Terry Sendgraff and individual donors.
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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. 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.
Glenn P. Davis Scholarship
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Frequent Flyers® Productions is offering one scholarship for the Aerial Dance Festival 2024 of up to $1,100 toward classes at the Festival. The Glenn P. Davis Scholarship will be awarded to a dancer already exploring choreography in the air. Housing, travel, and food are the responsibility of the student. This scholarship is made possible through the generosity of the Davis family.
“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
ADF Refund Policy
Switching classes after registering is not permitted, except by requesting a refund (if the date allows) and re-purchasing the new class at full price. Please read prerequisites and class descriptions carefully.
- 100% of the payment minus a $20 processing fee, is refundable through May 27, 2024.
- From May 28 through July 7, 50% of the payment, minus a $20 processing fee, is refundable.
- After July 7th there will be NO REFUNDS.
NOTE: There are no make-up classes, wings, or account credits for cancellations
If you pay by check or money order, your refund will be made after the Festival finishes.
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