Category: Dance
NC Dance Festival: Mainstage Concert Features NC Choreographers
Above: Dancers perform work by Ashley Tate; photo by Peter Wochniak. This preview is provided by...
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Through 7/28: Bridging Deaf, Blind, and Sighted Worlds Through a Sensory, Tactile Dance Performance: enVISION: The Next Chapter at American Dance Festival
DURHAM, NC – I’d like to describe here what ShaLeigh Dance Works’ enVISION: The Next...
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Through 7/20: Terpsicorps’ Before the Scream Makes Art About Art and Scorches the Stage with Magical Movement
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance’s international cast blazed onto the stage...
Read MoreAmerican Dance Festival Students Stun In Footprints
DURHAM, NC – Every year, dozens of pre-professional dancers flock to Durham, NC for the American Dance Festival. For the summer months, they have the unique opportunity to study and train under some of the modern dance...
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MADE IN NC: Stacy Wolfson & Curtis Eller, Iyun Ashani Harrison, Dom-Sebastian Alexis, Gavin Stewart & Vanessa Owen
Striking modern and contemporary dance couldn’t be made in North Carolina without visionary teachers and mentors to nurture the choreographers who make them and train the dancers who enact their work. This home truth was underscored in a moving ceremony Sunday night in Reynolds Industries Theater, as American Dance Festival director Jodee Nimerichter dedicated the festival’s 2024 season to longtime Triangle-based dance teachers Annie Dwyer and Gene Medler, moments before the start of “Made in NC,” the festival’s second annual showcase of North Carolina choreographers.
Read MoreADF Offers Two World Premieres This Week in Durham!
July 11-12: Program: Bob ADF-Commissioned World Premiere | ADF Debut Running Time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $32 Milka Djordjevich Website Bob is a manic whirlwind of methodical, rapid-fire movements dictated,...
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Les Ballet Afrik Brings “Realness” To Durham
DURHAM, NC – Never underestimate the power that a sparkly gown and a disco ball hold. That’s...
Read MoreAmerican Dance Festival Continues with Kayla Farrish and Les Ballet Afrik
We are excited for ADF School Alum Kayla Farrish’s choreographic debut at ADF. Les Ballet Afrik is returning by popular demand and will join us for a dance party after their performance. Join us on Sunday as we...
Read MoreThrough 6/23: American Dance Festival’s Weekly Line Up
Here are your opportunities to enjoy some of the best dance on the planet right in your backyard! 6/18-19: 7 pm at Reynold Industries Theater: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Upside Down, Open Door, The Equality of Night and Day...
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Hung Dance Premieres Birdy at American Dance Festival
DURHAM, NC – It’s that time of year again when Durham residents emerge with the sun, droving...
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American Dance Festival Presents 2024 Season
Durham, NC — The American Dance Festival (ADF) is thrilled to announce its 2024 season with a full...
Read MoreCary Ballet Company Shows Off Professional Technique In Spring Works Performance
RALEIGH, NC – The Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, and The Queen of Hearts are some of the most recognizable characters from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 story, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The story of Alice...
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