1997 Carolyn Adams repertory showing • Photo by Bruce Feeley
We are excited to build a community of ADF students, interns, faculty, musicians, and staff to help us support a new generation of leaders in the dance field. We are also thrilled to find ways to nurture you and to connect you with other alumni—those you spent an ADF season with and those that came in different years and decades!
Sign up online to join the network and make your tax-deductible contribution.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sarah Bowdoin, Director of Grants and Development Operations, at sbowdoin@americandancefestival.org
Thank you for helping us continue to make ADF a magical, career-defining destination!
Notable Careers
ADF students have had the remarkable opportunity to perform with prestigious professional companies, choreographers, and productions, including:
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African American Dance Ensemble Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Company Wang Ramirez Doug Varone and Dancers John Jasperse José Limón Dance Company |
Kate Weare Company Kayla Farrish Lucinda Childs Mark Dendy Mark Morris Dance Group Monica Bill Barnes & Company Pascal Rioult Dance Theater Passion Fruit Dance |
Paul Taylor Dance Company Pilobolus Radical System Art Rosie Herrera Dance Theater Shen Wei Dance Arts Sleep No More Stephen Petronio Company Trisha Brown Dance Company |
Notable ADF Alumni
include the following performers, choreographers, teachers, and artists:
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Shawn Ahern |
David Gordon (d.2022) Charlotte Griffin Danny Williams Grossman Miguel Gutierrez Mark Haim Charis Haines Anna Halprin (d.2021) Gerri Houlihan Lin Hwai-min Talli Jackson Ellen Jacobs Margaret Jenkins Shayla-Vie Jenkins Eriko Jimbo Burr Johnson Sara Juli Kirstin Kapustik Larry Keigwin Parisa Khobdeh Sharon Kinney Heather Lang Nicholas Leichter Patricia Lent Paula Levine Janet Lilly Lar Lubovitch Sean Mahoney Mariah Maloney Aaron Mattocks Carla Maxwell Yang Meiqi Manelich Minniefee Meredith Monk Tess Montoya Zuzanna Mrozek Jennifer Muller |
Ryan Nugent Jennifer Paxton Steve Paxton Ursula Payne Michelle Pearson Jillian Peña Pamela Pietro Lonnie Poupard Sherone Price Joshua Reaver Jenna Reigel Gabrielle Revlock Christine Joy Ritter Thryn Saxon Sara Segar Ruby Shang William Siegenfeld Ryan Rouland Smith Alex Speedie Sasha Spielvogel Katie Stirman Pam Tanowitz Paul Taylor (d.2018) Jennifer Tipton Simon Thomas-Train Leah Verier-Dunn Doug Varone Holt Walborn Elizabeth Walton (d.2017) Dan Wagoner (d.2024) Shen Wei Gwen Welliver Abigail Yager Jesus David Zambrano |
This is an evolving list, and we recognize it is incomplete. If you would like to be included in this list please reach out to us and let us know what you have been up to! We would love to hear from you! Email diana@americandanceafestival.org with a summary of your work and accomplishments post-ADF. We would love to know if and how ADF helped your dance career!
Alumni Network Members
includes contributions as of March 12, 2025
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Jocelyn Alter |
Mark Haim, in memory of Martha Myers, |
Clio Pappas Deborah West Panagacos Garrett Parker Kimiko Pathak Ann Patton Sara Procopio Ariane Malia Reinhart, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter Kelsey Riner Jeanne Ruddy Keen Olivia Ruggieri Kelsy Rupp Nile H. Russell Loren Sass Sandra Scheuber Ray Eliot Schwartz Jennifer Scully-Thurston Emmalin Simons Michelle Slavik Candy Spahr Maria Sbityakov Rebecca Steinbach Jim Sutton Julia Thacker Sarah Tondu Nancy Trovillion, in honor of Lisa Booth Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber Myra Weise Madison Wesson Courtney White Kendra Windish Cynthia Wyse The Zachloe Family Yitong Zhang Halina Zychowicz |