ACDA – American College Dance Association Teaching, Presenting Choreography, Award

2026 ACDA North-Central Conference Teacher Acknowledgement Letter – Mary Heller Iowa State University

ACDA/ACDFA Festival Presentations & Adjudications

  • March 2026 | North/Central ACDA

    • Location: University of Minnesota

    • Details: Oversaw the participation of 15 dancers, including two student and guest works.

    • Note: Faculty works were intentionally excluded from this event to prioritize feedback for student and guest choreographers.

    • Instructor of my S.S.S.A. Method – Kinesiology with skeleton into factors of how turn-out happens, and conditioning of it through grand plié – max. capacity 30 students from various universities.
  • March 2011 | ACDFA (Northwest Region)

    • Location: University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

    • Details: Picking Up The Fallen Pieces adjudicated (Advanced Contemporary Jazz)

    • Instructor of Advanced Jazz and Advanced Modern

  • March 2010 | ACDFA (Northwest Region)

    • Location: Weber State University, Ogden, UT

    • Details: Loved and Cared For (excerpt – Progression) adjudicated and

    • Awarded to be selected for the Gala Performance – (Advanced Contemporary Jazz)

    • Video: https://youtu.be/Kx46HIPLcvM [04:43]

  • March 2009 | ACDFA (Northwest Region)

    • Location: Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

    • Details: We Have This adjudicated (Advanced Contemporary Jazz).

      • Finding Core Strength, Loosing the Rest (Instructor).

    • Video: https://youtu.be/yMMHkyqozao

  • March 2007 | ACDFA (Northwest Region)

    • Location: University of Montana, Missoula, MT

    • Details: Instructor for Advanced Jazz and Conditioning for Dancers.