Friends of Dance

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The Friends of Dance at Emory is a support organization committed to enhancing the individual and collective pursuit of excellence in dance. Working with the Dance Program, members of the Friends foster community support for Emory's Dance Program through fundraising, education and special events. Through financial support and other contributions of time, energy and talent, this dedicated group aims to enrich the artistic support and educational gifts that dance education bestows upon the Emory community.

Membership

If you are a dance lover, help us enhance the artistic life of our community by becoming an Emory Friend of Dance. Your support of this student-centered program stimulates our growth and development. The membership year runs from September 1 through August 31. Members may join at the following levels:

Master: $1000
Artist's Circle: $500
Director: $250
Performer: $100
Postmodernist: $50
Pioneer: $35
Emory Faculty, Staff or Alumni: $30
Emory Student: $10

Download the brochure for the Emory Circle of Friends of Creativity and Arts by clicking here. This brochure gives information on the Friends of Dance as well as other Friends of the Arts groups at Emory.

To join the Friends of Dance by mail, please download the Circle of Friends
brochure. Fill out the membership form in the brochure, and send it in with your check or credit card information.

CLICK HERE to join the Friends of Dance online using your credit card. Follow these directions for the online form:
1) Fill out the payment information
2) Select "Arts at Emory" from the "choose a direction" drop down menu
3) Select the group (Friends of Dance) from the "Select Fund" drop down menu
4) Select the membership level from the drop down menu or enter another amount in the "other" field.
4) Click "Next" to complete your contribution

To join the Friends of Dance by phone, please call 404-727-6400.

Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Member benefits include:

For more information please call 404-727-7266, or email dance@emory.edu


Activities Supported by the Emory Friends of Dance

The Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship
for Summer Dance Study

The Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship Program was established in 1996 to make summer dance study more accessible to Emory students. It enables a student to study either in the United States or abroad with notable practicing artists, dance programs, and dance companies of his or her choice. Recent recipients have studied at the Colorado Dance Festival, the Tisch Residency Festival at NYU, the American Dance Festival, and White Mountain Summer Dance Festival, among others. For more information about the scholarship, please click here.

Friends of Dance Lecture Series

The Friends of Dance Lecture Series has encompassed a wide selection of topics, ranging from dance on camera to Baroque dance and discourses on Asian dance forms. For more information about the lecture series, please click here.

Guest Artist Residencies

The Emory Friends of Dance play a vital role in all guest artist residencies by involvement in special performances and meet-the-artist receptions.