Carolyn Adams, Ruth Andrien and Sharon Kinney will be honored with the Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching Award at Duke University’s Griffith Theatre tonight at 8 pm. “Within the shared language of Paul Taylor’s early choreography, these three remarkable women set their careers in motion,” says ADF Dean Donna Faye Burchfield. The video begins with an excerpt from the world premiere of Paul Taylor’s Profiles at ADF in 1979, featuring Ruth Andrien.

Giulia Carotenuto, Erica Pedersen and Lonnie Poupard, Jr. perform their dance of the day on Duke University East Campus.

In the clip above, Ohad Naharin speaks at yesterday’s ADF panel discussion, Where Ballet Meets Modern: The Choreographer’s View. Tonight at the Durham Performing Arts Center, Ohad will be presented with the 2009 Scripps/ADF Award in recognition of his accomplishments as a choreographer and performer.

Shawn Ahearn and Thomas Sommo perform their dance of the day on the Duke University East Campus.

Katy Schoetzow talks to Emanuel Gat about the creative process behind Winter Variations.

An excerpt from William Forsythe’s Slingerland Pas de Deux, to be performed by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at the Durham Performing Arts Center next week. For more information on this ADF performance, visit the American Dance Festival website.

On Saturday, June 27 at 1 pm in Baldwin Auditorium, ADF will celebrate the life and work of the late Dr. Gerald E. Myers. Gerry was ADF’s Philosopher-In-Residence and a leading authority on philosopher William James. He began working with the ADF in the early ’70s, directing numerous panel discussions on various dance-related topics. He led a number of humanities projects, including The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance, and moderated a series of interviews and discussions called Looking at Dance.

The last time Gerry attended ADF was in 2003, so many of you may not have ever seen him or heard him speak. The video presented above is an excerpt from his introduction to a 1994 Looking at Dance interview with Joe Nash, entitled “Preserving American Modern Dance and African American Heritage.”