National Dance Society
A community of dance educators and practitioners advancing the field under the banner of dance for all, joining a scholarly journal, an honor society, and leadership training around a broad and inclusive vision of the art
Peer societies
Five societies National Dance Society is read alongside.
NDEO
National Dance Education Organization
The national organization advancing dance as an essential part of education and the profession of dance…
12 companies named
DSA
Dance Studies Association
A scholarly community for dance researchers, artist scholars, and educators advancing dance studies and…
DU
Dance/USA
The national body of an ephemeral art, built to give American dance a memory, a voice, and a future
10 companies named
ADTA
American Dance Therapy Association
The professional home of dance and movement therapy, keeper of its standards, registry, and identity
2 companies named
NAEA
National Art Education Association
The national community of visual arts educators that sets the field's standards, publishes its scholarship…
29 companies named
Who backs NDS
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs National Dance Society's peers, but not National Dance Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of National Dance Society's five peer societies, and not found in National Dance Society's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A community of dance educators and practitioners advancing the field under the banner of dance for all, joining a scholarly journal, an honor society, and leadership training around a broad and inclusive vision of the art
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Village and The Republic.
Strengths
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