ACDFA= Awesome

So, I'm sorry that i haven't written a post in a long time... but i was at ACDFA, and it was awesome. For those of you who don't know, ACDFA is a college dance festival that took place in Penn State this year. We spent the entire last part of spring break performing and taking master classes with other college students!!

Each college that went to the festival was allowed to bring two dance pieces maximum. All of the dances were then judged by three professionals and feedback was given in a session to all of the participants and choreographers. Then the judges pick ten dances or so dances that they like the most to perform in the final gala performance. This is such an honor because out of all the schools almost fifty dances were taken, so if you get chosen to be in this final concert, it was certainly one of the best.

The pieces that Eastern brought to be judicated were called "No Pictures Please!!!" and "Full Woman." The first piece was a solo, performed by Evelyn, and it was really wonderful. She thought of the choreography by herself, and it was really strong and appropriate to the idea of her piece. She is such a strong dancer that the piece really represented Eastern well. The judges also really liked it and gave great feedback, but unfortunately, it was not chosen to be in the Gala. The other piece, "Full Woman," that I was in, also did very well. All of the judges loved it and gave great feedback for the choreographer. They loved it so much that they chose it to be one of the pieces in the Gala performance!! This was the first time that this has ever happened to Eastern University, so it was such an honor to be a part of the cast. Because we were chosen to perform, we were put in the same league as Point Park and other schools with pre-professional dance programs which is such a great honor. Eastern's dance program is still just getting started so this honor will make the dance program a lot more recognizable and appreciated as a dance school.

So having our school go to ACDFA was definitely a success. An epic win even!