April 3-6, 2025
January 12, 2025, 11:59p.m. CST
January 31, 2025
April 5, 2025
Austin Community College
April 6, 2025
East Side Performing Arts
11 - 18 years old.
5 minutes maximum.
Only bare feet or socks are allowed on the dance floor.
No helium balloons, confetti, glitter, nudity or profanity. We cannot accommodate projection design or live music.
Companies will be asked to send music prior to the festival. On the day of the concert, all directors and dancers will gather onstage and meet with our production staff for details on entering, exiting, and bows. Our production team will provide a professional lighting design that will be used by all companies. Companies will be given only a few minutes to space dances.
Read the following Application FAQS, then fill out the Google Form (linked at the end of the FAQs) and pay your $40 application fee via PayPal or Venmo to KDH Dance Company. The application fee is non-refundable, and application fee waivers are not currently available.
The festival directors strive to represent a wide range of modern dances from local, regional, and national youth dance companies. We look for submissions that are fully-realized pieces of choreography, that are well-rehearsed, and that are executed in a highly-proficient manner. The dances must also meet the guidelines above, including but not limited to, age range and length of dance.
Yes, you may submit two pieces. Each submission requires a separate application and application fee.
Austin Dance Festival’s Youth Edition presents modern, post-modern, and contemporary dances.
Only solos submitted by pre-professional company directors will be reviewed by our panel of curators.
Please submit a performance or rehearsal video of your dance.
All applicants will receive an email notification regarding submissions. Check your spam folders! If you are selected, you will be asked to promptly accept our invitation and send a photo for ADF marketing materials. If you do not meet our acceptance deadline, we will assume you are not interested in participating and will give your spot to another artist. Artists who are not selected this year are strongly encouraged to apply again next year.
Not being selected is not a commentary on the value of your work. It is unfortunate that space and time prevent us from accepting every submission. When making programming decisions, we consider a variety of factors including the tone of the dance, the length of the dance, the number of dancers, and even where the company is based. We also work within a very precise and limited amount of time and space, so it’s like working a puzzle as we try to “fit” dances together for a concert. We do not provide feedback to applicants who are not selected. If you are not selected this year, please consider applying again and give us another opportunity to show your work.
No problem. Please contact our administrative team at austindancefestival512@gmail.com
Pay your $40 application fee to KDH Dance Company (the producer of Austin Dance Festival) via PayPal or Venmo. Please include the company or studio name and title of the piece in the payment description.
Venmo @kdhdance
*** Please include the name of your dance so we can match your payment to your application. ***