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NDEO's 2026 Virtual Summit

Creativity in These Times: Dance & Disability

Saturday, March 21, 2026 ~ All Day

Registration Now Open

The goal of this summit is to elevate the field of dance and disability, bring joy to all participants, and create pathways to dance performance and education careers for students and teachers with disabilities.

We seek to address topics and conversation centered around the following ideas.

How do we revolutionize our pedagogies, curriculum, and lesson plans such that we are more inclusive of disabled teachers, students, audiences, and everybody’s access needs?
How do we challenge our field’s current ableist aesthetics?
What can we learn from disability advocacy, culture, and disability justice within the scope of dance education?
How might we broaden access for disabled and diverse audiences?
How can we both honor our pathways so far and move us toward a more just world in our current policy environment?

What is a Virtual Summit?

A 1-Day mini-conference packed with live sessions for dance teachers!

Our Virtual Summit for Dance Educators will feature 10+ live virtual sessions for dance teachers on the topic of Dance and Disability delivered across 5 different session blocks, including movement sessions, panel discussions, and paper presentations on various topics and for different environments.

In addition to our annual in-person NDEO Conference, our Virtual Summits are an accessible professional development alternative for those who are not able to attend the in-person NDEO Conferences.

What Is Included?

10+ live virtual sessions for dance teachers delivered across 5 different session blocks, including movement sessions, panel discussions, and paper presentations on various topics concerning Dance and Disability.
0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) earned after attending the full day of sessions.
Access to all recorded sessions for 1 month after the event

Accessibility

If you require any accommodations please note this on your registration.

All sessions will feature either AI generated Closed Captioning or captioning provided by a CART (communication access real-time translation) specialist.
A session in each time slot will feature ASL interpretation.
All accessibility measures will be noted on the final schedule.

Registration Fees

Early Bird Pricing through February 28, 2026

Members - $95
Non-Members - $160

Regular Pricing after March 1, 2026

Members - $110
Non-Members - $175

Virtual Summit Timeline

January 5, 2026 - Session Proposals Due
January 21, 2026 - Presenter Acceptances Sent Out
February 16, 2026 - Schedule to be released
March 21, 2026 - Virtual Summit

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