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Featured Upcoming Events
Screening of “Paul Taylor Creative Domain”
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June 26, 2019 - 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Come see a FREE screening of Paul Taylor Creative Domain. Robert Aberlin, Executive Producer of the documentary and Paul Taylor Dance Company board member, will participate in a Q&A immediately after the film.
Paul Taylor Dance Company
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June 27, 2019 to June 28, 2019 - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
The 2019 Season is Dedicated to Paul Taylor. Two Different Programs of Classic Paul Taylor Dance! Thursday, June 27 | 8:00pm (program A–all ADF premieres) Friday June 28 | 8:00pm (program B) Saturday, June 29 | 7:00pm (program A–all ADF premieres) Children’s Matinee | Saturday, June 29 | 1:00pm The Paul Taylor Dance Company, established […]
Master Class with Rennie Harris Puremovement
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June 27, 2019 - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Price: FREE Rennie Harris and his company members are well versed in the vernacular of Hip Hop, popping, locking, stepping, breaking, house and other styles that have emerged from the African American and Latino communities of inner city America. These masterclasses include exercises to develop muscle strength, flexibility and stamina. The basic movement and techniques […]
Paul Taylor Dance Company
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June 29, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
The 2019 Season is Dedicated to Paul Taylor. Two Different Programs of Classic Paul Taylor Dance! Thursday, June 27 | 8:00pm (program A–all ADF premieres) Friday June 28 | 8:00pm (program B) Saturday, June 29 | 7:00pm (program A–all ADF premieres) Children’s Matinee | Saturday, June 29 | 1:00pm The Paul Taylor Dance Company, established […]
Paul Taylor Dance Company-Children’s Matinee
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June 29, 2019 - 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Children’s Saturday Matinees The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies that perform during the season. These one-hour performances are specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children, and each one is followed by a FREE Kids’ Party in the theater lobby, complete with live music, […]
Pilobolus Shadow Workshop for Adults
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June 30, 2019 - 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
This workshop invites you to experience Pilobolus’ collaborative creative process and shadow-making techniques. The class is playful, group-driven, physically challenging, and fun. Pilobolus fans and curious minds from all walks of life will learn to access untapped areas of creativity and improve effectiveness in a group. Go “behind the screen” and work with others to […]
ADF’s Movies by Movers Screenings
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June 30, 2019 - 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
All screenings are FREE! PARALLEL UNIVERSES-A Collection of Short Films Reimaging Our World and Introducing Us to New Ones Time Subjectives in Objective Time by Kati Kallio Reverie of the Puppets by Kathy Rose Bloom by Yelena Konetchy The Maestro by Juel D. Lane Groggy Grugg by Conor C. Long Seuls Ensemble (Alone Together) by […]
ADF’s Movies by Movers Screenings
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June 30, 2019 - 3:30 pm-4:50 pm
All screenings are FREE! SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-Short Films with A Mixed Bag of Every Flavor Behold by Michelle Bernier and Ana Baer The Storm by Chafic Saad and Evie Ladin But First… by Erin Brown Thomas Carriage by Ori Lenkinski and Rachel Erdos Mother of All Time by P. Sam Kessie and Lane M. […]
Delicious Movement: Distance is Malleable with Eiko Otake
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June 30, 2019 - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
Price: $10 **Please note that this class is in Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke 2020 Campus Drive Durham, NC 27708 Room RAC 224** *Local dancers are invited to join SDI students for this workshop at the Rubenstein Arts Center! Advance registration recommended as spaces are limited.* Delicious Movement Workshops are designed for all people […]
Shadow Camp with Pilobolus (age 9-12)
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July 1, 2019 to July 5, 2019 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
July 1-5, 2019 Camp runs from 9a-3p daily, with before and after care available for a small additional fee. Price: $350 per student* *Additional $50/household for early drop-off (8-8:30am) and late pick-up (3:30-4pm) for the duration of camp In this captivating week-long shadow-play camp, led by the beloved, internationally-renowned dance company Pilobolus, participants invent […]
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
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July 2, 2019 to July 3, 2019 - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
ADF Commission! Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is internationally esteemed as one of America’s foremost modern dance companies. Under the direction of Cleo Parker Robinson, the ensemble performs a dynamic body of works inspired by the African American experience and rooted in ethnic and modern dance traditions worldwide. The company will bring both old and […]
Video Talk: Distance is Malleable
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July 2, 2019 - 7:00 pm-8:00 pm
Tuesday, July 2, 7:00 p.m The Regulator Bookshop Video Talk: Distance is Malleable Eiko looks back on her history and presents the ideas that have resulted from and inform her art practice. FREE!
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
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July 3, 2019 - 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
ADF Commission! Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is internationally esteemed as one of America’s foremost modern dance companies. Under the direction of Cleo Parker Robinson, the ensemble performs a dynamic body of works inspired by the African American experience and rooted in ethnic and modern dance traditions worldwide. The company will bring both old and […]
Pilobolus
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July 4, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
ADF Returns to Page Auditorium with an All Classics Program! Everything old is new again! Pilobolus joins ADF in its homecoming to Page Auditorium, presenting four timeless pieces that highlight the surreal, playful, and athletic approach to dance and theater that Pilobolus is known for. Untitled is a Victorian-era, Alice-in-Wonderland-like fantasy that follows the lives […]
Pilobolus
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July 5, 2019 - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
ADF Returns to Page Auditorium with an All Classics Program! Everything old is new again! Pilobolus joins ADF in its homecoming to Page Auditorium, presenting four timeless pieces that highlight the surreal, playful, and athletic approach to dance and theater that Pilobolus is known for. Untitled is a Victorian-era, Alice-in-Wonderland-like fantasy that follows the lives […]
Pilobolus
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July 6, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
ADF Returns to Page Auditorium with an All Classics Program! Everything old is new again! Pilobolus joins ADF in its homecoming to Page Auditorium, presenting four timeless pieces that highlight the surreal, playful, and athletic approach to dance and theater that Pilobolus is known for. Untitled is a Victorian-era, Alice-in-Wonderland-like fantasy that follows the lives […]
Pilobolus-Children’s Matinee
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July 6, 2019 - 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Children’s Saturday Matinees The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies that perform during the season. These one-hour performances are specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children, and each one is followed by a FREE Kids’ Party in the theater lobby, complete with live music, […]
Moderated Talk: Eiko Otake & Beverly McIver
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July 6, 2019 - 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Meet Japanese choreographer Eiko Otake and Durham artist Beverly McIver, who will talk about their work together on “Eiko Otake The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable.
Faculty Concert
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July 7, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Each year, the remarkable and talented ADF faculty present a concert of their own choreography, performed by ADF students and faculty.
ADF’s Movies by Movers Screenings
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July 7, 2019 - 2:00 pm-3:25 pm
All screenings are FREE! A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD-Short Dance Films Inspired By and Featuring Dancers From Around the World Bhairava by Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer Walls of Limerick by Arturo Bandinelli Get Riel by Will Barnard and Moira Rowan In the House of my Mother by Joan ISLA (III) by Natalia Barua and […]
ADF Dance Camp (ages 13-17)
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July 8, 2019 to July 12, 2019 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
July 8-12, 2019 Price: $300/student* Camp runs 9a-3p daily *Additional $50/household for early drop-off (8-8:30am) and late pick-up (3:30-4pm) for the duration of camp Dancers ages 13-17 are invited to join ADF for a week-long summer dance camp exploring different techniques and types of dance. Get ready to discover new things about dance and to […]
Eiko Otake
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July 8, 2019 to July 10, 2019 - 8:00 pm-9:30 pm
ADF Commission! Co-presented by Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University The Duet Project: Distance Is Malleable A collaboration with Beverly McIver, Alexis Moh, DonChristian Jones, and Mark McCloughan Eiko’s performance will be an interdisciplinary, inter-generational work that interweaves various duets with an eclectic mix of collaborators including Durham’s celebrated painter Beverly McIver. The theme […]
Rennie Harris Puremovement
American Street Dance Theater
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July 10, 2019 to July 11, 2019 - 8:00 pm-9:30 pm
Presented in association with The Carolina Theatre Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater brings Rennie Harris Funkedified to downtown Durham. A multi-media work that celebrates funk music and street dance of the 1970s is set against the landscape of a video montage of African American communities of that era. Inspired by the political turmoil and atmosphere […]
Rennie Harris Puremovement
American Street Dance Theater
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July 10, 2019 - 2:00 pm-3:30 am
Presented in association with The Carolina Theatre Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater brings Rennie Harris Funkedified to downtown Durham. A multi-media work that celebrates funk music and street dance of the 1970s is set against the landscape of a video montage of African American communities of that era. Inspired by the political turmoil and atmosphere […]
Malpaso Dance Company
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July 12, 2019 - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
ADF Debut! Since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company has become one of the most sought-after Cuban dance companies with a growing international profile. Emphasizing a collaborative creative process, Malpaso works with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. The company tours with 11 dancers and is led by its […]
Malpaso Dance Company
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July 13, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
ADF Debut! Since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company has become one of the most sought-after Cuban dance companies with a growing international profile. Emphasizing a collaborative creative process, Malpaso works with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. The company tours with 11 dancers and is led by its […]
Malpaso Dance Company-Children’s Matinee
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July 13, 2019 - 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Children’s Saturday Matinees The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies that perform during the season. These one-hour performances are specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children, and each one is followed by a FREE Kids’ Party in the theater lobby, complete with live music, […]
Lumina Festival Presents Footprints
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July 13, 2019 - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
ADF’s Footprints program travels to Wilmington, NC’s Lumina Festival to present three modern dance classics by groundbreaking choreographers. Performed with impeccable technique and infectious energy by ADF dancers, Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow Suite, Merce Cunningham’s How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run, and Paul Taylor’s Esplanade, are odes to movement in all its profound and […]
ADF’s Movies by Movers Screenings
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July 14, 2019 - 2:00 pm-3:20 pm
All screenings are FREE! STUDENT FILMS-Short Dance Films by Students in Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Study En Acuerdo by Maya Billig Blind by Katariina Räty Cohort 707 by Lawrence Fung MINE by Sasha Chudacoff spectra by Stephanie Scheubeck Control by Júlia Garedo Encounter by Isabel Filkins PIÑATA by LROD y Artistas by Laura Rodriguez […]
ADF Dance Camp (ages 13-17)
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July 15, 2019 to July 19, 2019 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
July 15-19, 2019 Price: $300/student* Camp runs 9a-3p daily *Additional $50/household for early drop-off (8-8:30am) and late pick-up (3:30-4pm) for the duration of camp Dancers ages 13-17 are invited to join ADF for a week-long summer dance camp exploring different techniques and types of dance. Get ready to discover new things about dance and to […]
ADF Dance Camp (ages 9-12)
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July 15, 2019 to July 19, 2019 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
July 15-19, 2019 Price: $300/student* Camp runs from 9a-3p daily *Additional $50/household for early drop-off (8-8:30am) and late pick-up (3:30-4pm) for the duration of camp, or $50/week Children ages 9-12 are invited to join ADF for a week long summer dance camp held in a welcoming and non-competitive environment. Students will participate in a variety […]
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
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July 16, 2019 to July 18, 2019 - 8:00 pm-9:30 pm
The mission of A.I.M, under the artistic direction of choreographer Kyle Abraham, is to create an evocative interdisciplinary body of work. Born into hip-hop culture in the late 1970s and grounded in Abraham’s artistic upbringing in classical cello, piano, and the visual arts, the goal of the movement is to delve into identity in relation […]
Footprints
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July 19, 2019 - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
Featuring works by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Paul Taylor! Footprints delivers an outstanding presentation of three modern dance classics, performed with impeccable technique and infectious energy by ADF students. Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow Suite is made up of highlights from a much longer work by Martha Graham, Dark Meadow, which premiered in 1946. The […]
Footprints
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July 20, 2019 - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Featuring works by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Paul Taylor! Footprints delivers an outstanding presentation of three modern dance classics, performed with impeccable technique and infectious energy by ADF students. Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow Suite is made up of highlights from a much longer work by Martha Graham, Dark Meadow, which premiered in 1946. The […]
ADF Dance Camp (age 6-8)
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July 22, 2019 to July 26, 2019 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
July 22-26, 2019 Price: $300/student* Camp runs from 9a-3p daily *Additional $50/household for early drop-off (8-8:30am) and late pick-up (3:30-4pm) for the duration of camp, or $50/week Children ages 6-8 are invited to join ADF for a week long summer dance camp held in a welcoming and non-competitive environment. Students will participate in a variety […]