SERBA Information

 

Atlanta Dance Theatre is an “Honor Company” member of the

Southeastern Regional Ballet Association (SERBA).

 
SERBA is the oldest (and largest) region of Regional Dance America, covering the southeast US from Virginia to Florida to Mississippi with 26 member companies.
 
Each year, all member companies gather at the home city of one host member for “Festival”, three or four days of classes, performances, and fun. The interchange among dancers, directors, choreographers, and world-class teachers over the intensive festival period is one of the greatest benefits of Regional Dance America.  This year SERBA is participating in the National Regional Dance America Festival in Pittsburg, PA. 3,000 participants are expected to attend, most of them young dancers from all over the nation.
 
Dance works are selected to be performed by each company through an adjudication process held earlier in the year. The excitement of the festival builds over the three-four days, culminating in a Gala performance of the top pieces adjudicated each year.
 
RDA maintains the highest standard for dance excellence through a membership process that:
 
Requires perspective companies to be interviewed, auditioned and sponsored before being admitted to the organization as an “Intern Company”.
   
After one year, companies move to “Performing Company” status.
   
After a company has been selected to perform at the Gala Performance for three of five consecutive years it becomes the highest level of “Honor Company”.
   
To maintain “Honor Company” status, companies must continue to be selected to perform three of five years on an ongoing basis.  Those companies who do not meet this requirement are moved back to Performing Company status.
 
For the past four years, Atlanta Dance Theatre has been selected to perform at the Saturday Night Gala performance! This is quite an honor.
 
Link to Regional Dance America http://www.regional-dance-america.org