Eleo Pomare, 70, dancer and rebel Aug 16, 2008
The piece was one of three by Pomare staged for other troupes by the American Dance Festival in its Black Tradition in American Modern Dance project to preserve the work of leading black choreographers. Las Desenamoradas was performed again in June by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company at the festival in Durham, N.C.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Festival Teaches Native American Culture Jul 28, 2008
The Annual Ganondagan Native American Dance Festival is educating people from all over about the Native American culture. The festival takes place at the Ganondagan State Historic Site where thousands of people visit every year to learn about Native Americans. (R News)
N.C. 'Triangle' hopping with excitement May 17, 2008
Duke is also the home of the American Dance Festival (June 5-July 19 this year), which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The ADF highlights performances by professional dance companies, ranging from the experimental to the established. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Past's riches, future's promise at American Dance Festival Apr 10, 2008
The American Dance Festival's 75th anniversary season promises to be one for the ages as it showcases 60 works that span the riches of the past and the promise of the future for modern dance. . (Herald Sun)
ADF has big plans for year 75 Mar 26, 2008
The American Dance Festival celebrates its 75th season and 30th year in Durham from June 5 to July 20 with a celebration of the history of modern dance as well as what national and international choreographers are up to. . (Herald Sun)
Argentine dance concert Mar 15, 2008
Based in Buenos Aires, the troupe has appeared at the International Arts Festival of Costa Rica, at the Urban Landscape Festival in Barcelona, at the First International Aerial Dance Festival in Boston, and at the American Dance Festival, where they first performed in 1998 and where Angiel as commissioned to create new work in 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2005. Since February 2001, when the company made it Kennedy Center debut, it has returned annually to the United States for engagements that have... (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
The African American Dance Ensemble Mar 7, 2008
That group established itself as one of the nation's foremost African American dance companies and in 1980 the group accepted an invitation to the American Dance Festival held in Durham. The company returned each year, and each year the participants in Davis' outreach program grew. (The Daily Reflector)
Legendary choreographer brings 'Chapel/Chapter to Conn College Jan 25, 2008
"I was first exposed to Bill s artistry in 1981, when I was getting my master s degree at Conn College. Bill was part of the emerging generation at the American Dance Festival and he did some solo and duet work. In my mind, I can still see all those dances. There was one solo, where he described himself in two ways, one way on one side of a line, and as another person on the other side of that line. It was about the split identity in all of us, how all our life we re trying to reorganize the... (Westerly Sun, RI)
More places for leisurely stays are opening in Durham Jan 10, 2008
Local events such as the American Dance Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Bull Durham Blues Festival and others help draw visitors. But to hear hotel companies tell it, certain business-related factors are still key to when it comes to deciding where to locate a new property. (Herald Sun)
* Unusual steps Nov 11, 2007
"They dance a lot of styles. So how did he end up spending six years with the Jones/Zane company? Lin was still in school in Utah when he first had the chance to see the troupe in action. "I went to ADF [American Dance Festival] in 1999 K. Bill's company was performing there. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Verb Ballets to Preserve the Dance Works of Heinz Poll, in Residence at University of Akron October 22 - 26, 2007 Oct 20, 2007
A principal dancer, teacher and choreographer in Europe for just under 20 years, Poll performed with the American Dance Festival in New York in 1965, and soon become one of the most sought-after teachers on the staff of the National Academy of Ballet. An invitation to teach in Akron led to his formation of the Chamber Ballet in 1968, which in 1976 became the Ohio Ballet. (Primezone Releases)
Dancing For Her Life May 6, 2007
"She was so way out front politically, without any intention, because she was so ahead of her time artistically," says American Dance Festival Director Charles Reinhart, who witnessed the "Parades and Changes" premiere, and who is bringing Halprin to the North Carolina festival in June to lead one of her huge community rituals. To Halprin, being sexually provocative was never the goal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* Together they made modern dance modern Apr 29, 2007
She rockets from the heady excitements of New York's burgeoning art scene in the 1950s to the fraught relationships between the modern "Biggies" (including Martha Graham, Jose Limon and Doris Humphrey) at the American Dance Festival to tour descriptions that suggest she would make a fine travel writer, though one prone to moments of outrageous romanticism. (In India, during the company's 1964 world tour, she even inquires about adopting a "curly-haired beggar child."). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Urban hike heat Apr 1, 2007
At Duke, Schelp pointed out a building known as The Ark, where Madonna once took lessons as a student at the American Dance Festival. In Trinity Park, the group stopped across from a playground, a site where a developer planned to build an apartment building in the 1970s. (Herald Sun)
Events around the Southeast Mar 21, 2007
June 7-21: American Dance Festival. Modern dance showcase in its 75th year draws national and international dancers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dance: China's pirouette into modern dance Mar 20, 2007
( Bruce R. Feeley/American Dance Festival ) ... Charles Reinhart, who directs the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, first led a delegation of choreographers to China in 1980. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Financial, not artistic, obstacles face China's contemporary dancers Mar 19, 2007
Charles Reinhart, who directs the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, first led a delegation of choreographers to China in 1980. His voice still drops to an awe- struck whisper when he describes how the director of the Guangdong Dance Academy, Yang Mei Qi, approached him in 1986 after watching a modern dance class at the festival, which she was attending as part of its International Choreographers Workshop. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Dancing in its studio since childhood, Abby Gilder buys Fancy Dancer Mar 12, 2007
She has danced with the Gainesville Ballet Company and has done summer-intensives with both the Joffrey Ballet School in New York and with the American Dance Festival at Duke University. For the past few years, she has been dancing with the Royal Caribbean cruise line and performing in an off-broadway production of Awesome 80 s Prom in Chicago, Ill. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Black Dance Rainbow Jan 28, 2007
The American Dance Festival had just ended a project preserving classic works by landmark black artists: Pearl Primus, Talley Beatty, Donald McKayle and many others. It had saved some wonderful art, but it had also raised a question rife with troubling assumptions: What is "black dance". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Shen Wei Dance Arts To Dazzle UConn Nov 10, 2006
Established at the American Dance Festival in 2000, Shen Wei Dance Arts is the creation of dancer, painter, filmmaker and choreographer Shen Wei ... Shen Wei has received numerous awards and commissions from prestigious organizations such as the Cagliari Festival, the American Dance Festival and the New York City Opera. (The Daily Campus, CT)
City might limit arts center cost to $44 million Sep 16, 2006
Theater supporters are still waiting to see whether the theater will land a key tenant, the American Dance Festival. Negotiators have hammered out a proposed deal with the festival that would allow it to use the theater for seven weeks every summer, said Alan DeLisle, assistant city manager for economic and workforce development. (Herald Sun)
City seeks help with arts center funding Aug 1, 2006
The arts center has been in the works for years now, and among other things, it's supposed to provide a new home for performances associated with the American Dance Festival. City officials have been scrambling since two different construction-management firms told them this spring that the theater would be more costly than they'd planned. (Herald Sun)
Dance Review: ADF's nonsensical nirvana requires an open mind Jul 19, 2006
DURHAM -- It's best to leave the rational side of the mind behind when seeing this year's International Choreographers Commissioning Program at the American Dance Festival ... WHAT: The American Dance Festival presents the International Choreographers Commissioning Program. (Herald Sun)
More of this story Jul 18, 2006
Andy Wong, resident choreographer for the company, met New York Dance Festival faculty at the American Dance Festival in 1989. Since the creation of the company, Wong has worked to get his dancers the opportunity to teach and participate in this festival. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Dance Review: Keigwin's 'audition' mimics human struggle Jul 12, 2006
The program performed by Keigwin + Company at the American Dance Festival Monday brought smiles, laughter and the sheer pleasure of watching dancers move ... WHAT: The American Dance Festival presents Keigwin + Company. (Herald Sun)
ADF review: 'Strange movements' evoke the spiritual Jul 5, 2006
In the case of his American Dance Festival-commissioned world premiere, "Re- (Part 1)," an actual journey to Tibet provided inspiration ... WHAT: The American Dance Festival presents Shen Wei Dance Arts. (Herald Sun)
Review: Elegance, earthiness intertwine in Dance Jun 28, 2006
DURHAM -- Tatiana Baganova and Provincial Dances Theatre served up lots of luscious movement in "Wings at Tea" in the American Dance Festival premiere Monday ... WHAT: The American Dance Festival presents Tatiana Baganova's "Wings at Tea" performed by Provincial Dances Theatre of Russia. (Herald Sun)
Pilobolus a hit with the crowd Jun 24, 2006
DURHAM -- Pilobolus proved a crowd-pleaser with two new dances and three old gems at the American Dance Festival on Thursday. The limber-limbed, imaginative troupe, known for its strange linkages, drew applause even before the curtain came up in Page Auditorium. (Herald Sun)
Arts center's estimated price rises Jun 21, 2006
Durham's 2,800-seat performing arts center won't include an extra "black box" theater next door for the American Dance Festival because festival officials decided they couldn't raise the $8. 5 million the add-on would have cost. (Herald Sun)
Murray Louis gets Scripps ADF Award Jun 19, 2006
DURHAM -- Murray Louis, 79, danced -- with his hands -- when he accepted the 2006 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award Sunday night. Established in 1981 by Samuel H. Scripps, the $35,000 annual award honors choreographers who have dedicated their lives and talent to the creation of modern dance. (Herald Sun)
Dance styles fuse to impress Jun 17, 2006
DURHAM -- To say they've got rhythm would go beyond understatement, based on performances Thursday at the American Dance Festival's Rhythm Suites: Kathak ance program ... Next, the two re-enacted how they met in 2004, when they shared an American Dance Festival program and became intrigued with each other's footwork. (Herald Sun)
'Powerful' debut kicks off ADF Jun 8, 2006
DURHAM -- When Paul Taylor's "Banquet of Vultures" makes its American Dance Festival debut tonight, audiences will see what ADF president Charles Reinhart believes is among the choreographer's most hard-hitting works ... Along the way, he's garnered numerous awards including a Kennedy Center honor, MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime contributions to modern dance. (Herald Sun)
American Dance Festival 2006 schedule Jun 8, 2006
Jun 7, 2006 : 9:04 pm ET. For tickets, call 684-4444 or visit www. (Herald Sun)
Dancers from around the world arrive for ADF Jun 2, 2006
DURHAM -- The American Dance Festival's 73rd season and 29th year in Durham offers some unusual opportunities -- in addition to seeing what choreographers here and abroad are up to ... American Dance Festival 2006 schedule. (Herald Sun)
Free to Dance May 12, 2006
By: Susan Van Dongen, TIMEOFF. Erick Montes of the Jones/Zane Dance Company dances in Blind Date. (Bordentwo Register News, NJ)
New arts center's cost up to $32.5M Feb 10, 2006
Council members, however, were more worried that the city hasn't yet gotten a signed contract from the American Dance Festival that commits festival organizers to using the theater. DeLisle said the festival has committed in principle, but the contract still needs to be worked out. (Herald Sun)
Works bear witness to transformations Jan 29, 2006
At least, that happened in a previous viewing of this dance at Durham's American Dance Festival in 2004. At UCSD, the sound kept cutting out, and, though the dancers didn't miss a beat, somehow the dance didn't convey that eloquent gestural transformation. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
