An excerpt from Paul Taylor’s Esplanade. The company will perform at the Durham Performing Arts Center this week. For more information on this ADF performance, please visit the ADF website.
New work by Paul Taylor Dance Company is commissioned by the ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the ADF/Stephanie Reinhart Fund.
CyberDance spoke with Miami-based choreographer Rosie Herrera about her ADF-commissioned World Premiere, The Pity Party, and her concept of dance theater.
Please join the ADF in celebrating our North Carolina audiences at Community Day 2010. Whether you like to kick off your shoes and dance in the grass with the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, create your own “make and take” crafts with the Scrap Exchange, or polish your moves in an African Dance & Drum Workshop, Community Day offers fun for all ages. All events will take place at the Nasher Museum of Art on the Duke University Campus immediately following the Paul Taylor Dance Company Children’s Saturday Matinee.
ADF Community Day, Children’s Saturday Matinees and Kids Parties are made possible in part by generous funding from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.
According to Webster’s online dictionary, a commission is a formal written warrant granting power to perform various acts or duties. Every year the ADF offers selected world renowned choreographers the financial means to bring their visionary ideas to fruition. This summer ADF audiences have the privilege of attending 8 World Premieres both at Reynolds Industries Theater and the Durham Performing Arts Center. Be sure to catch Rosie Herrara’s World Premiere at Reynolds this week, July 12-14!
An excerpt from Rosie Herrera’s Various Stages of Drowning. The company will be perform at the Reynolds Industries Theater this week. For more information on this ADF performance, please visit the ADF website.
New work by Rosie Herrara is commissioned by the ADF with support from the SHS Foundation, with additional support provided by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
Every Saturday night at the ADF, students, musicians and faculty come together to improvise with both movement and sound. CyberDance spoke with faculty members Ishmael Houston-Jones and David Brick about what a jam is and what role it can play in a dancer’s life.
CyberDance joined a kid party at the Durham Performing Arts Center, where kids of all ages gathered outside for music, face painting, hoola hooping, snacks and more. These events are held after the Children’s Matinees and are a perfect way for families to enjoy Durham’s rich cultural experiences, both in and outside the theater. Remember to join us on for more family fun at ADF Community Day on Saturday, July 17 at the Nasher Museum of Art from 2:00-4:30 p.m.
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