The American Dance Festival (ADF) is excited to announce the artists for its 2024 Made in NC program. Dom-Sebastian...
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ADF dedicates its 90th anniversary season to Gerri Houlihan
The American Dance Festival (ADF) is dedicating their 90th anniversary season to Gerri Houlihan, educator, choreographer, and performer. ADF will celebrate Houlihan’s 40th anniversary of teaching at the festival’s annual season in Durham. She has also taught as part of over 15 ADF cultural linkages worldwide. In 2005, ADF awarded her the Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She served as Co-Dean from 2011 to 2013 and then as Dean of the ADF School in 2014 and 2015 and has been Director of ADF’s professional educator workshop for more than ten years. Houlihan made Durham, NC, her home in 2015 and began offering her widely popular adult Joy of Movement modern dance classes at the ADF Samuel H. Scripps Studios soon after. Since 2018, she has overseen ADF’s International Choreographers Residency Program.
American Dance Festival Announces Its 2023 Performances
ADF celebrates its 90th anniversary season as home of an art form, modern dance, with 32 performances by some of the...
ADF announces the recipients of 2023 prestigious awards
Durham, NC – February 6, 2023 – The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2023 Samuel H. Scripps/American...
ADF Names Nile H. Russell New Director of Education
Oct. 5, 2022 (DURHAM, NC) — The American Dance Festival (ADF) has named Nile H. Russell to the new role of Director of...
Dr. Kariamu Welsh to be Honored with the 2022 American Dance Festival Distinguished Teaching Award
Photograph by MK Asante Durham, NC, April 20, 2022— The American Dance Festival (ADF) will posthumously award the...
2022 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award to be Presented to Shen Wei
Durham, NC, April 12, 2022— The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2022 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance...
American Dance Festival Announces its 2022 Performances
Artists Featured in Graphic: Aparna Ramaswamy of Ragamala Dance Company, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Luke Hickey. Photos by...
ADF Names Sarah Tondu New Managing Director
The American Dance Festival (ADF) has promoted Sarah Tondu to the new role of Managing Director. Sarah has held...
ADF Receives Renewed Funding for its Community Programs
The American Dance Festival (ADF) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded funding to continue its Parkinson's...
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