NDEO cannot fulfill its mission alone. To more effectively advocate for the advancement of dance education as an art form at local, state, and national levels, NDEO works with approximately 150 federal and state agencies, arts and education associations, and businesses and corporations. Many of the organizations NDEO works with are listed below.

American Ballet Theatre

Associations Marketing Group, Inc.

Capezio

Citibank 
Clarence B Coleman and Joan F

    Coleman Charitable Foundation

Curtain Call 
Dance Educ Services of Long Island

Leo’s Dancewear
Martha E Bonbright Family Foundation

Member Service Group

Michigan State University (ListServe)

National Endowment for the Arts
US Department of Education

Whitmore Insurance Group

These agencies support the work of states in the development of standards, curriculum, assessments and surveys, data collection, systemic reform, and partnerships at national, state, and local levels.

Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

Kennedy Center Alliance for the Arts Education Network (KCAAEN)

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 
National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) 
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) 
US Department of Education (USED) 

These agencies facilitate NDEO’s work with each of the fifty US states through policy, programming, and funding. 
 
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Ed (SEADAE)

Alliance for Arts in Education Agencies (KCAAEN)

State Departments of Education 
State Arts Agencies (NASAA) 

Alliance for Curriculum Reform (ACR)

These associations work together under the Alliance for Curriculum Reform in order to develop joint resources in curriculum, assessments, and guidelines supporting systemic change in education K-16.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Association for Health Education
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

American Association School Librarians
American Council for Teaching of Foreign Languages

Association for Childhood Education International

Educational Theatre Association
National Association for Sport & Physical Education
National Communication Association

National Council of Teachers of Math 
National Dance Education Organization

National Middle School Association 
National Study of School Evaluation

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) includes 150 federal and state agencies, arts and education organizations, businesses and corporations, and philanthropic foundations working to support the delivery of quality arts education in America.
 
AEP Steering Committee

American Alliance for Theater Education
American Architectural Foundation
American Assoc of Colleges for Teacher Ed
American Association of Museums
American Assoc of School Administrators
Am Assoc of Supervision & Curric Reform
American Educational Research Assoc
American Symphony Orchestra League
Americans for the Arts
Big Thought, A Learning Partnership
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Educational Theatre Assoc
Geraldine Dodge Foundation
Heinz Endowment
J F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc
Kraft Foods
Lesley University
Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Educ
MENC: National Assoc for Music Educ 

Milt Goldberg Consulting

National Art Education Assoc
National Assem of State Arts Agencies
National Assoc of Elem Sch Teachers
National Assoc of Music Merchants
National Assoc of Second Sch Teachers

National Dance Education Organization
National Endowment for the Arts
National Guild of Community Sch o/t Arts
National Network for Folk Arts in Education 
National School Board Association

OPERA America
Perpich Center for Arts Education
School of Visual Arts and Dance
State Educ Ag Direct Arts Educ (SEADAE)
The College Board
US Dept of Education
VSA Arts
Wolf Trap Foundation
Young Audiences

State Affiliates of NDEO

NDEO works closely with these organizations in its State Affiliate network to provide long-term benefits to both the national and state organizations as they seek to unite and strengthen dance education in the United States at local, state, and national levels.

Arizona Dance Education Organization (AzDEO)
California Dance Educators Association (CDEA)
Capital Region Educators of Dance Organization (Maryland, Virginia, and DC)
Florida Dance Education Organization (FDEO)
Dance Kentucky, Inc 
Missouri Dance Education Organization (MDEO)
Michigan Dance Council (MDC)
Dance New Jersey
New York State Dance Education Association (NYSDEA)
Dance Alliance of Rhode Island 
South Carolina Dance Education Organization (SCDEO)
Tennessee Association of Dance (TAD)
Utah Dance Education Organization (UDEO)
Dance Educators Association of Washington (DEAW) 

National Dance Organizations

Dance/USA

International Association of Blacks in Dance

International Association of Creative Dance  
Intl Assoc of Dance Medicine & Science
Laban/Bartenieff Inst of Movement Studies
Language of Dance
National Association for Schools of Dance
National Dance Association
National Registry of Dance Educators
Society of Dance History Scholars
UNITY
World Dance Alliance