National Dance Council of America (NDCA) is effectively an association of dance associations/organizations; some of its members are non-profit associations, some are businesses, one is a University.
NDCA has 21 members, some, being full members, have more votes than some others.
Both Arthur Murray International and Fred Astaire Dance Studios are members, as is Brigham Young University.
USA Dance is a member; as is DVIDA (Dance Vision International Dancers Association)
Pierre Dulaine's American Ballroom Theater Company (famous for Mad Hot Ballroom, the movie and the movement, and Take the Lead) is a member; as is Wilson Barrera's Ballroom DanceSport Theater in Sarasota.
Several dance-teaching professional associations are members.
A few DanceSport-competition-event organizers are members; as well as other organizations representing, respectively, event organizers, competitors, and DanceSport broadly.
Not like a trade/industry association
NDCA, while broadly based, has a membership focus that isn't like that of an industry/trade association.
For example, individual dance studios and dance teachers are not direct members of NDCA.
Prior to talking with NDCA directly about this topic, it looks to me that, while they could create additional trade/industry association infrastructure and superstructure, I'm not sure that they would have much inclination to do so.
Hopefully they will be supportive of and possibly helpful with development of a strong trade/industry association in social recreational dance industry.
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