Multi-talented choreographer, dancer, theater director, and writer Bill T. Jones will once again inspire ADF audiences with his company’s athleticism, grace, and beauty. The program will feature the reconstruction, with support provided by the ADF, of his masterpeice D-Man in the Waters (1989), a living memory of Jones’ firsthand experience with death, and the resiliency of the human spirit. The company will also perform Spent Days Out Yonder, an excerpt from Jones’ work You Walk? (2000), which explores Latin cultural influence on America. The Durham Symphony will provide live musical accompaniment for both works.

The ADF reconstruction of D-Man in the Waters is supported by the SHS Foundation and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

ADF and Durham’s Casbah are excited to offer people of all ages the opportunity to rock their socks off every Tuesday and Saturday following the evening’s ADF performance at DPAC or Reynold Theater. The goal: to keep the party going and experience the night life of Durham! Practice your knew-found knowledge of Gaga to Lady Gaga or drop your bows to the hot jams of Black Eyed Peas. All are welcome at the Casbah located at 1007 West Main Street in Durham.

As the 300 plus students swarmed through the entryway of the Ark Dance Studio, the ADF Video Blog had a chance to chat with a few students as they were checking into the Six Week School. Everyone could feel the rush of excitement as each newcomer and returning student entered Duke’s East Campus. Hear what students are most looking forward to during these next eventful six weeks!

This video by ADF School Video Intern Dana Livermore was presented at the ADF School orientation. Here is your introduction to everything and everyone related to the ADF Six Week School. Watch the staff and interns bust a move to the hot 1980s jam “99 Luftballoons”!

Samuel H. Scripps, long time friend and contributer to the ADF, made the Samuel H. Scripps/ADF Award for Lifetime Achievement possible through his generous contributions. This annual award honors choreographers who have made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of modern dance. Prior to the Rosas performance on Saturday, June 11, Anne Theresa De Keersmaker will be presented with the 2011 Scripps Award for her numerous choreographic contributions and profoundly influential presence in modern dance.

To assist ADF patrons in creating a delightful evening on the town, we have teamed up with 6 delicious local eateries. Each participating restaurant will offer specials to those customers with a valid ADF performance ticket. More information about the restaurants’ designated weeks and discounted menu items can be found here.

Heralded as one of the most profoundly influential European choreographers working today, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her dance troupe, Rosas, will make their ADF debut this summer with their acclaimed 1983 classic Rosas danst Rosas. Performed to a score created simultaneously with the movement, five physically intense “chapters” will unravel the relationship between music and choreography and explore the complex interactions between uniformity and individuality.