Tickets on Sale April 29!
Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office online at tickets.duke.edu, by email at tickets@duke.edu, by phone at (919) 684-4444, or in person at the Duke University Box Office located in the Bryan Center (125 Science Drive Durham, NC).
Gerri’s 80th Birthday Bash
Join us for a special evening as we celebrate the one and only Gerri Houlihan’s 80th birthday! Hosted by MC Robert Battle, the night will feature delightful performances from Peter DiMuro, Mark Haim, Jennifer Nugent, Kristin O’Neal, and Pamela Pietro, adding an extra layer of magic to this milestone celebration.
Wednesday, June 11 at 5:30 pm–8:30 pm*
REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 6!
*You will have the option to attend a performance showing at 5:30 pm or 8:00 pm, with a reception in between. Space is limited, and seating is on a first-reserved, first-served basis.
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown and Cunningham Onstage with special guest Paul Taylor Dance Company
Trisha Brown Dance Company will showcase the works of iconic 20th-century artists in an evening of dance featuring Rauschenberg’s visual designs, including Brown’s Set and Reset and Cunningham’s Travelogue, a comedic masterpiece rarely seen since 1979. 3 Epitaphs by Paul Taylor features a parade of faceless, gray-leotarded dancers set to early New Orleans jazz…
Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 pm
Friday, June 13 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Opening Party
The 2025 Season Opening Party will take place at Parizäde immediately following the opening night performance. Dance the night away with Trisha Brown Dance Company and Paul Taylor Dance Company! Each ticket includes a buffet and two drink tickets to be used on beer and/or wine.
Passion Fruit Dance Company
Passion Fruit Dance Company invites you to experience an immersive and interactive art exhibition version of Dimensions. This multi-disciplinary theater work blends street/club dance, body casting, motion capture, projections, animation, live music, live painting, and photography. Centered around perception shifts, Dimensions stimulates critical conversations…
Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Sunday, June 15 at 3:00 pm
Made in NC
The Made in NC program features the world premiere of four ADF-commissioned works by North Carolina artists. In 2022, Alejandro Cerrudo was appointed artistic director of Charlotte Ballet. Born in Madrid, Spain, his career includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago…
Pilobolus
Immerse yourself in the dynamic universe of Pilobolus, where the human experience unfolds through breathtaking grace, acrobatic power, and unparalleled artistry. Experience visionary collaborations, the return of one of the most physically astounding works in the company’s canon, plus Pilobolus’s interpretation of Martha Graham’s Lamentation…
Friday, June 20 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Saturday, June 21 at 12:00 pm *Children’s Matinee
Saturday, June 21 at 3:00 pm
Tommy Noonan, Jassem Hindi, & Frank Mugisha/Culture Mill
How To Be A Visitor interweaves three simultaneous live performances on three continents into a transnational tapestry of sound, poetry, and movement. As six dancers, poets, and musicians grapple with how their different bodies move across various strange and familiar landscapes, their respective audiences are invited to consider…
Saturday, June 21 at 1:00 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Sunday, June 22 at 1:00 pm
Anna Sperber
We are beacons. Our dance is tenderness. It is the joy and complications of youth and aging. It is holding on. It is tethering. Traversing patterns that unfold over time, reaching exhaustion, and then resisting that limit. How do we simultaneously experience change and stay continuously present? Beacons, choreographed by Anna Sperber…
Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Thursday, June 26 at 5:00 pm
Thursday, June 26 at 7:30 pm
Ballet Hispánico
CARMEN.maquia reimagines Bizet’s legendary opera through bold and contemporary movement exploring themes of identity, power, and rebellion. Directed by Eduardo Vilaro and choreographed by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, this production unveils Carmen as a complex, defiant figure—untamed and deeply human…
Friday, June 27 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Saturday, June 28 at 12:00 pm *Children’s Matinee
Sunday, June 29 at 3:00 pm
Latin Dance Party
No matter your experience, the dancers of Ballet Hispánico and the rhythms of Latin America will transport you to a hot night in Havana! Instructors will guide you through the basics of favorites like Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata for the first 30 minutes. Cash bar & food trucks available.
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre
An evening with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre is a powerful journey through light and darkness, where ancient legacies come alive through rhythm and movement. It’s a celebration of the human struggle for balance, healing, and consciousness—expressed through the universal language of dance. In this kinetic space, past, present, and future…
Tuesday, July 1 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Wednesday, July 2 at 7:30 pm
Luke Murphy’s Attic Projects
Luke Murphy’s Attic Projects brings four-time Irish Times Theatre Award winner Volcano to ADF this summer. In a liminal space, a living room in disrepair, a room without a door, two exasperated characters recreate the greatest hits of old lives: a night at a rave, a favorite game show, an 80s music video, passing the time or quietly clinging to distant memories of a life out of reach…
Thursday, July 3 at 5:00 pm
Friday, July 4 at 12:00 pm
Saturday, July 5 at 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 6 at 12:00 pm
Miguel Gutierrez
What can a dance do to confront the constant grief that we experience in our lives? Super Nothing presents four dancers whose explorations are analogs for how people support each other to survive. Interdependence takes multiple forms, as the performers move through representations of the past to create a blueprint for a new future…
Wednesday, July 9 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Friday, July 11 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Footprints
The Footprints program bridges ADF’s performance and education series, featuring three ADF-commissioned world premieres by renowned choreographers and performed by ADF students. This year’s choreographers are Ravid Abarbanel, Michelle N. Gibson, and Tú Hoàng…
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Deep River premiered May 13, 2022, as part of LINES Ballet’s 40th anniversary season. Over the first two years of the pandemic, Alonzo King and the artists of LINES worked in confined bubbles at their studios, in outside grassy areas of Golden Gate Park, on a farm in the isolated desert of Wickenburg Arizona, and in other locales to build work…
Wednesday, July 16 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Thursday, July 17 at 7:30 pm
Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company presents Scherzo, an energetic, athletic dance of four men and a drum tossed between them, a compelling exploration of rhythm and movement, and Two Ecstatic Themes, choreographed by Doris Humphrey. New commissions inspired by lost pieces include J o i n, choreographed by Aszure Barton, and The Quake That Held them All…
makegroup
Step into the evocative world of Group Therapy, an immersive dance-theater experience where movement and language intertwine in a quest for understanding ourselves and one another. Guided by a former dance teacher turned self-certified Experimental Experiential Dance Therapy Theatre Therapist, you’ll join a session like no other…
Tuesday, July 22 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, July 23 at 5:00 pm
Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm
Friday, July 25 at 5:00 pm
Saturday, July 26 at 7:30 pm
Bulareyaung Dance Company
Luna explores the truest form of man. Choreographed by Bulareyaung Pagarlava, dancers trek and search in the mountain mist under the moonlight, singing soul-guiding chants while demonstrating a pure body gait of labor. Pagarlava and the dancers went deep into the mountains in central Taiwan, to learn how to survive…
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
& Paul Taylor Dance Company
The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) and Paul Taylor Dance Company will (PTDC) close out the ADF season with a shared program that marks a significant milestone, as both companies are stepping outside of their traditional repertory. DCDC will perform Paul Taylor’s 1975 masterpiece Esplanade, a vibrant exploration of human movement…
Friday, July 25 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Saturday, July 26 at 12:00 pm *Children’s Matinee
Saturday, July 26 at 5:00 pm
Closing Night Party
The 2025 Season Closing Party will take place at Parizäde immediately following the performance on July 25. Dance the night away with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and Paul Taylor Dance Company! Each ticket includes a buffet and two drink tickets to be used on beer and/or wine.