2025 Registration Information

  • Unlimited access to Masterclasses & Workshops taught by dance professionals.

  • Adjudication – dances critiqued by industry professionals (2 small group dances (solo, duet, trio, and/or quartet) included on Friday; 3 group dances (5 or more dancers) included on Saturday; Any additional small groups are $10 per dance/dancer)

  • 3 Meals - Dinner on Friday and Lunch & Dinner on Saturday

  • Complimentary Festival Shirt

  • 1 Gala Concert Ticket per dancer

Reserve your dance school spot with a $100 deposit and submitted registration form by February 15th, 2025.

Full Weekend Participation Includes:

Complete Your 2025 Registration NOW

in Just a Few Simple Steps!

Each dance school/studio or independent attendee/participant will need to complete the following:

1. Submit your completed registration form & $100 deposit by February 15th, 2025 to secure your school’s enrollment.

For dance schools registering within our Early Bird discount deadline, we ask that you complete our preliminary Early Bird registration form by November 15th, 2024 to give us enough information for planning at the forefront. After our Early Bird deadline has passed, please be on the lookout for a more comprehensive form that you will need you to complete. We will make sure to notify you when this form is released. Thank you.

Each dance school as an entity will be the main point of contact for all festival information. Participants 7 years old as of 1/1/25. Each participant will receive a complimentary Festival Apparel item with their registration. Please note that CDF will not reach out to individual participants unless participants are not registered under a dance school and CDF will not use any of the contact information provided by participants for record keeping, future connection, marketing or advertising.

Please reach out to us if you are an individual wishing to attend our 2025 Cathedral Dance Festival

without a dance school affiliation.

Please mail your $100 deposit to our main office to secure your registration. Checks can be made out to Cathedral Dance Festival & can be addressed to the following address:


Cathedral Dance Festival
18946 Lake Dr. E.
Chanhassen, MN 55317


2. Fill out an Adjudication Form* for each day of adjudication by February 15th, 2024.

* ADJUDICATION FORMS WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU VIA GOOGLE DRIVE AND STUDIOS WILL HAVE ACESS TO EDIT THEIR FORMS UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th, 2025. Please fill out adjudication forms containing information for each day of adjudication. You will see a Friday tab and a Saturday tab for each form in the lower left corner of the Google Sheet . If you have dances that are being adjudicated on both Friday & Saturday, please fill out both days. Each individual dancer may perform in up to 2 dance entries on Friday night (Solos, Duets, Trios &/or Quartets) and 3 dance entries on Saturday night (Group Numbers). A dancer may perform in up to 5 dances on Friday night for an additional fee of $10 per dance.

3. Submit your 2nd deposit of $10 per dancer** attending to secure their admission by March 15th, 2025.

** Participants must be age 7 as of 1/1/25

Please mail your 2nd deposit to our main office to secure your registration. Checks can be made out to Cathedral Dance Festival & can be addressed to the following address:


Cathedral Dance Festival
18946 Lake Dr. E.
Chanhassen, MN 55317


4. Submit your Music*** for EACH day of adjudication by March 15th, 2025.

*** Music needs to be appropriate for all ages. Music should not contain any suggestive lyrics, themes, or negative language.

  • Personal Music Folder links will be sent to each school individually upon registration closing. Music must be submitted via the provided link by March 15th, 2025 at the latest. Please bring a backup of your music on a flash drive in case of last minute technological issues.

  • Please submit each song as shown below:

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5. Forward our online Participant Waiver to each dancer registered & have completed by the first day of participation in our the festival (May 2 or 3, 2025).

Each dancer must individually complete it and submit it.

5. Get excited to celebrate our 2025 Cathedral Dance Festival with us!

Find More Festival Information Below

  • Directors & Instructors

    Find more information for attending dance studio’s directors & instructors here.

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  • Festival Meals

    Festival Meals

    Find more information on provided festival meals & options.

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  • Adjudication

    Find more information on adjudication requirements & schedule.

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  • Music

    Find more information on Music Submission.

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  • Festival Day Passes & Gala Concert Tickets

    CDF is a family friendly affair! Find more information here on how the whole family can join in on the Cathedral Dance Festival fun!

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  • Participant Add On/Drop Out

    Find more information on adding or removing participants to & from our Cathedral Dance Festival after registration has already been submitted.

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Any other questions?

Please contact us!