Mark Morris Dance Group returns to ADF in our closing weekend of performances. They are presenting Festival Dance (2011) as well as some of their classic works, many of them presented on the ADF stage for the first time: Canonic … read more
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Footprints | Beyond Limits
The opportunity to commission and present new work is a foundation of each ADF season. Footprints features an evening of performances choreographed by three groundbreaking choreographers, Jodi Melnick, Reggie Wilson and Helen Simoneau. Staged on a staggering sixty ADF students … read more
Paul Taylor Dance Company | An Anniversary
The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to ADF this year with some of its timeless pieces, including ADF commissions Aureole, celebrating its fiftieth anniversary; and Piazzolla Caldera, returning to the stage fifteen years after its creation. PTDC dancers … read more
Helen Tamiris teaching at the American Dance Festival, 1959
Each summer, the ADF’s Archives department documents the festival by videotaping performances, classes, showings, panel discussions, and other special events. There is a rich history of modern dance in the Archives’ moving images collection, where there is film going back … read more
Shen Wei Dance Arts
Shen Wei Dance Arts presents Undivided Divided in an exciting collaboration between the American Dance Festival and the North Carolina Museum of Art. In this multi-dimensional gallery show, audience members are encouraged to ambulate around and through the dancers as … read more