National Dance Alliance

The National Dance Alliance (NDA), originally named the NCA Superstar, was established in 1999 as a “full service provider in the dance spirit industry”. The NDA is the sister company of the National Cheer Association (NCA), which was founded by Lawrence Herkimer in 1948. In 1976, the NCA created the NCA Superstar to make a distinction between the danceandd cheerleading aspects of the company. Eventually in 1999, the NCA Superstar changed its name to the National Dance Alliance.

The National Dance Alliance (NDA) is the sister company of the National Cheer Association(NCA) founded by Lawrence Herkimer in 1948. The NDA is an organization that provides high quality training and teaching to middle school, high school, and college dance teams around the country. NDA hosts many camps, clinics, competitions, and various performance events throughout the year for dancers to attend. Each year, the NCA/NDA hosts over 75,000 cheerleaders and dancers at their summer camps and over 1,500 teams from 45 states at their National Championships.

The National Dance Alliance's core goals are to inspire young dancers and to teach them about the importance of teamwork. The NDA emphasizes that the primary purpose of a dance team is to raise spirit for the school’s athletic teams as well as the overall community. The NDA instills strong leadership skills in all of its dancers and teaches dance teams how to be role models at the schools they attend.

Lawrence Herkimer, a famous innovator in the world of cheerleading, founded the NCA in 1948. The NCA was the first cheerleading company to hold camps and clinics that invited cheerleaders and dancers from around the country to learn new tricks and improve their technique under the supervision of trained and qualified instructors. The NCA had always incorporated dance into its programs, by allowing dance, pom-pom, or drill teams to learn alongside the cheerleaders. In 1976, the company made a distinction between cheerleading and dance by creating the NCA Superstar as the dance section of the company. The NCA Superstar eventually changed its name to the National Dance Alliance in 1999. The National Dance Alliance brand was established and is now a “full service provider in the dance spirit industry”.

The NCA and NDA are both a part of the Varsity Spirit Corporation, an organization that hosts competitions, offers camps and clinics to train dancers and cheerleaders, and sells cheer and dance apparel.

The National Dance Association extends invitations to high school and college dance teams from all over the country to attend its summer or fall camps. Many of these camps are held at university campuses, hotels, and convention centers. Teams that attend NDA’s camps get evaluated and receive personalized feedback from members of the NDA staff. These camps are intended to prepare teams for their upcoming season. NDA offers three different types of camps that dance teams can choose from including overnight camps, day camps, and home camps.

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