The deadline for applying for the MAD Festival was December 15, 2024 at 9:00 PM EST
33 Years and Counting!
Created by Douglas Scott in 1993 to showcase the diversity and excellence of Atlanta's dance scene, the festival is one of the only professionally juried dance festival in the southeast. Full Radius Dance has presented more than 90 companies and independent choreographers on the MAD stage. We've welcomed more than 1200 dancers and have paid more than $60,000 in honoraria to MAD participants. The festival builds community for local artists and companies, with joint classes and community events, and cultivates new audiences through the festival format.
Artists/Companies who are presented in the MAD Festival must be based in the State of Georgia.
Applications are reviewed and adjudicated by a panel of established dance professionals who reside outside of the State of Georgia. The applications that rank within the top five or six overall are accepted into the festival.
New this year: Preference will be given to artists/companies who were not presented by the MAD Festival in 2023 and/or 2024.
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2024 at 9:00 PM
The Artists of the 2024 Festival were:
Full Radius Dance, Host Company
A. Raheim White
Caroline Alcott
Catching Mangoes Dance
Fuerta Dance Company
Monica Hogan Danceworks
Nadya Zeitlin
Novoa Dances
"MAD is clear evidence that there is more happening in the Atlanta dance scene than many people realize."
-Gillian Renault, ArtsATL (2013)