2025 Season

We invite you to gather your friends and family to experience a spectacular season of dance!

June 12–July 26, 2025

Summer Camps

Our immersive week-long camps led by local and international professionals
are designed for young dancers to discover dance in a supportive and creative environment.

June 16–August 1, 2025

2025 Summer Dance Intensives

Train, connect, and grow with our global community of artists this summer!

Intensives available for ages 13–17, 18+, and Dance Professionals.

June 12–July 26, 2025

Planting Seeds:

ADF and Modern Dance in China

An oral history project tracing ADF’s involvement in nurturing the development of modern dance in China since the 1980s.

Since 1934, the American Dance Festival has been a recognized leader in modern dance presenting dance performances, and offering educational opportunities and community programs, while maintaining an international reach.

2024 Annual Report

This year, we danced through an exhilarating season with the incredible support of our board of directors and donors and the dedication of our extraordinary staff, faculty, and artists.

Learn more about our 2024 season!

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Performances

Bringing the Triangle the best of the modern dance world each year.

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Year-Round Classes

Offering youth and adult classes at
ADF’s Scripps Studios in Durham.

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Dance Intensives

Providing training in the summer for dance artists via the ADF School.

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Upcoming Performances

Classes at ADF’s Scripps Studios

ADF’s Scripps Studios offers dance classes for all ages and for all levels. Join us for a class taught by our expert faculty and learn something new!
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Community Programs

Through outreach programs like ADF Project Dance, the Parkinson’s Movement Initiative, and Experience Dance, ADF works to enhance appreciation of modern dance and show how it can benefit everyday life.

Become a Supporter

ADF is an international home for modern dance, a prestigious school, a world-renowned presenter, and a community anchor and none of it is possible without our generous supporters. 

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