Let the dance bus roll: the American Dance Festival opens tonight
In other places there must also be special indicators of summer, but in Durham, it is the annual opening of the American Dance Festival that marks the season. Through July, slender dancers of all ages...
View ArticleHOT NOW–ADF dances in its own space
Under blazing skies, the American Dance Festival celebrates opening its very own building in Durham. Designed by BLOK Architecture and funded by ADF angel The SHS Foundation, the Broad Street building...
View ArticleGaspard & Dancers Give Powerful Concert at Duke; repeats October 19
Gaspard Louis, the Haitian-born dancer and choreographer who settled in Durham in 2009, presented his first Gaspard & Dancers annual concert that year. It was successful in a mild sort of...
View ArticleADF: Tere O’Connor Dance, part 1
From Sister. Tere O’Connor Dance’s Cynthia Oliver and David Thomson in the venerable Ark on Duke’s East Campus, July 13, 2014. Photo: Grant Halverson, ©ADF. I had my introduction to the work of...
View ArticleFollowing Footprints at ADF
The American Dance Festival that many of us locals tend to think of as a glorious 6-week binge of dance performances is in actuality so much more. The Festival, for its participants, is a time and...
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