All State Dance Ensemble 2027
Choreographer: Kay Anderson
Dates: January 28-30, 2027
Location: Canyon View High School - Cedar City, UT
Schedule: Thursday, January 28th 3:30-9:00pm
Friday, January 29th 8:00am-7:30pm
Saturday, January 30st 8:00am-6:00pm
*subject to small changes, more details to come in welcome packet*
Cost: $65 NHSDA member
$75 non NHSDA member
See deposit and cancellation info under "Notes to Coaches"
Audition Information:
This event is designed for exceptional Junior and Senior high school dance students. Freshman and Sophomore students who demonstrate a high level of maturity and work ethic may also attend.
Teachers/Coaches should hold auditions within their school to select dancers they feel will benefit from the experience of creating and performing a show in 3 days! We encourage teachers to bring in a second adult to help audition their dancers for ASDE. This gives students an opportunity to audition for new people and also gives teachers another perspective on their dancer's talents.
All dancers chosen to attend should come prepared to use the audition phrases as part of the choreography in January. Any questions can be sent to erwied@gmail.com.
Registration: Closes December 18, 2026
Kay Anderson
Kay Andersen received his Bachelor of Arts from Southern Utah State College (SUSC) and his Master of Arts from New York University (NYU) in dance and dance education with an emphasis in performance/choreography. His career as a dancer/teacher/choreographer has spanned five decades and six continents.
For thirteen years he was a soloist and teacher with the Nikolais Dance Theatre and Murray Louis Dance Company in New York City. With the company he preformed worldwide, participated in the creation of important roles, taught at the Dance Lab in New York City, and has presented workshops throughout the world.
He has toured internationally performing in venues such as the Paris Opera, Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music (NYC), The Joyce Theater (NYC), Spoleto Festival (Italy, USA), American Dance Festival (Korea, USA), Carlton Festival (Brazil ), Italica Festival (Spain), Athens Festival (Greece), Aix en Provence Festival (France), Kuopio Festival (Finland), Jacob’s Pillow (USA), and many more, as well as serving as a cultural ambassador to India representing the USIA Department. He worked as a performer/choreographer for Televisa in Mexico City where he appeared in weekly television specials as well as tours throughout the republic of Mexico.
He has worked as a guest performer with Imago Dance Theatre in Florence, Italy, San Juan De Letran in Mexico City, Mexico, and New York based companies such as: Shapiro and Smith Dance, Linda Nutter Dancers, Erroll Simpsom and Company, Zipolitos, among others. In Los Angeles he performed extensively with Burch Mann’s American Folk Ballet and was a member of the company for twenty-four years. For twenty-three years he taught at Southern Utah University as a full professor of dance and continues to teach and choreograph domestically and internationally.
Notes to Coaches:
You or a school approved parent/chaperone will need to be present the entire time we are working.
Cost:
ASDE 2026 will cost $65 per student if your school has an active NHSDA chapter. It will cost $75 per student if your school does not have an active NHSDA chapter. $20 per student registered is due by the ASDE registration deadline: December 18th, 2026 and is non refundable. Full payment is due by January 15th, 2027.
Cancellation
$20/per student registered for ASDE is nonrefundable. If you cancel on or before January 21st you will get a 50% refund of your total cost minus the non refundable portion. Cancellations after January 21st will not receive a refund.
Don’t have an NHSDA chapter? Start one! It will be required in future ASDE events. All participating dancers will receive 3 points towards their NHSDA. If you want more information about starting an NHSDA chapter at your school see this flow chart and/or email Emily German at nhsda@udeo.org with your questions.
