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The American Dance Festival has traditionally been a breeding ground for the modern dance form, as well as a place to rejuvenate and renew creativity. The 1992 Festival will be June 13-July 25 on the Duke University campus.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 22, May 1992,
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1594
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The 1994 American Dance Festival is concluding its sixtieth anniversary celebration in Durham, and American choreographers are taking center stage.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 22, June 1994,
p15-16, il
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1762
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Weaverville native Mark Dendy, choreographer for and dancer in his own company, Dendy Dance, will premiere several new works at this summer's American Dance Festival in Durham.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 27, July 1994,
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2354
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Every summer the American Dance Festival is six weeks of modern dance at Duke University. For co-directors Stephanie and Charles Reinhart, program planning is always years in advance and fund raising a challenge.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 22, May 1995,
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2379
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Ron Brown, choreographer for and dancer in his company, EVIDENCE, will present his work, Dirt Road, at the 1995 American Dance Festival. The work is named for a road beside his grandmother's house in Raeford.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 24, June 1995,
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2990
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The American Dance Festival is six weeks of modern dance at Duke University each summer. The 1996 festival features works of three outstanding choreographers and dancers: Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, and Meredith Monk.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 21, May 1996,
p35, il
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2999
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Performance artist Meredith Monk received the $25,000 Samuel H. Scripps Award at the 1996 American Dance Festival in Durham. The award is the largest money prize in the field of dance and recognizes lifelong contributions by an artist.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 25, June 1996,
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3441
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Community Crossover, a project of the American Dance Festival teaches dancers the techniques of how to bridge the gap between the art world and the real world. Dance class sites have included a psychiatric ward, a jail, and a children's camp.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 31, July 1997,
p19-20, il
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5088
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Called by some the world's greatest dance festival, the American Dance Festival performs for seven straight weeks in June and July at Duke University. Here the world's leading modern dance companies come to introduce new works and showcase older modern works. Some festival performances have grown too large for Page Auditorium at Duke, and a new and larger venue is being sought.
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The American Dance Festival, held every summer at Duke University, presented seven weeks and three days of modern dance during the 2005 festival. Twenty-two main-stage performances included nine world premieres and two first-time showings in the United States. Woods discusses the performances, dancers, and choreographers.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 29, July 2005,
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9061
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The American Dance Festival had been held at Connecticut College until 1978 when it was moved to Duke University's Page Auditorium. The festival includes six weeks of public performances, but also hosts workshops and a school. Dancers of college and post-college age will see if they can become a part of the professional dance environment. This year's festival will be held between June 17 and July 28.
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10498
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Woods discusses the best and the worst of the American Dance Festival of 2008.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 30, July 2008,
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23966
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The author reviews the 2015 American Dance Festival, providing highlights from the year's event.
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27198
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This year’s American Dance Festival in Durham features performances that focus on gender and politics. Among the shows, Sara Juli helps us look and laugh at big topics we don’t really discuss. Rosie Herrera’s Carne Viva examines power’s roots in our conceptions of faith and romance.
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27199
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William Forsythe is a choreographer and one of the most influential creators across all of dance. Influenced by mathematics and physics, Forsythe calls his choreographic components algorithms and modalities. One Flat Thing, reproduced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, is part of an evening of Forsythe’s work at this year’s American Dance Festival in Durham.
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