2010 ADF School Catalog

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Duke University // Durham, NC

June 10 - July 25, 2010

Charles L. Reinhart, Director Jodee Nimerichter, Co-Director Faye Burchfield, 2008 American Dance Festival Donna / Performance ChronicleDean 1

table of contents Invitation from the Dean

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Six Week School

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Four Week School

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Dance Professionals Workshop

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HU/ADF Programs

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Intern Program

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ADF Faculty

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Financial Assistance

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Support Services and Academic Credit

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Application Instructions and Fees

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Application

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Evaluation Form

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Invitation from the Dean There is an old magic that is conjured each summer during the school of the ADF---one that only happens when the imaginary, the creative, and the passionate combine with dancing bodies. For more than seven decades, the school has been a place and space that activates a tradition and sets in motion yet again a new fantastic future for dance. Join us as we step, turn, swirl, and fall into this next summer.

Donna Faye Burchfield Dean, American Dance Festival

The American Dance Festival Founded in 1934 in Bennington, Vermont, with choreographers Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman, the Festival serves professional and pre-professional dancers from around the world at the School at the ADF. The site of 622 premieres, the Festival plays a critical role in increasing the repertories of companies through its commissions and reconstructions; what is seen at the ADF is ultimately seen by audiences throughout the world. Hailed

by The Wall Street Journal as “the most important gathering of modern dance professionals and students in America,� the School at the ADF provides world-class instruction to hundreds of dance enthusiasts.

Performing Companies An essential component of the student experience during the summer is the opportunity to see some of the best modern dance companies performing today. Full-time Six Week School, Four Week School, and Dance Professional Workshop students will receive a complimentary ticket to one performance by each visiting company in the ADF performance series.

At press time, the 2010 line-up has not been announced. Please check the ADF website, www.americandancefestival.org, in the spring for more information.

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Students and faculty come to the ADF to share in the modern dance tradition of collaboration and creative exploration.

The staff, faculty, and students are a diverse and eclectic group, ranging from students seeking an early artistic experience to those with an eye on the professional world. Full-time SWS students must attend for six weeks and will take three two-hour classes that meet on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

June 10 – July 25

some thoughts on Practice TECHNIQUE “How do dancers practice technique in 2010? This fundamental question is both asked and answered at the ADF. Vigorous dialogue regarding the study of dance technique is embedded in the very fabric of the program. The importance of technique class is apparent in many ways at the ADF: the careful and unique arrangement of the daily and weekly schedule, the vast array of techniques and practices from which the student can choose, and the diversity and professionalism of the faculty who teach the courses.” Brenda Daniels

improvisation “The purpose of improvisation classes at the ADF is to engage students in an exploration of their creativity. There are skills and techniques of improvisation, and the various classes will investigate several of them. These include releasing technique, contact improvisation, improvisation with speaking while moving, improvisation in site specific situations, Improvisation Technologies, etc. In some situations this improvisation work will be an end unto itself, and sometimes it will be used as a compositional tool to lead each student to find his or her unique choreographic voice. There will also be a weekly improvisation jam where students can practice their skills in a safe and supportive environment.” Ishmael Houston-Jones

composition “From fundamentals of choreography to new and exciting ways of mixing dance with other media, the composition courses focus on the imaginative act of making dances.” Donna Faye Burchfield

The minimum age for application to the SWS is 16. Six Week School students under the age of 18 will live in a supervised dorm.

Part-time SWS students may take one or two classes for the six weeks. Part-time students

repertory “Inhabiting a work as either an interpreter or a collaborator is one of the most fulfilling experiences of a dancer’s training. In repertory, you get to breathe a work of art to life again. In a new creation, your collaborative presence affects the work’s outcome. In both instances, you get to work closely with a group of peers, know a choreographic process, and share your work with the ADF community. Participation in repertory classes is determined by auditions held during opening weekend.” Mark Haim

are given registration numbers along with full-time students and register for classes after all the other students. Part-time students are not eligible for ADF financial aid or complimentary tickets to

past/forward Students chosen to participate in the Past/Forward program will perform on a shared program in Reynolds Industries Theater as a part of the ADF performance series. At press time, this year’s Past/Forward artists have not been announced. Please check the ADF website, www.americandancefestival.org, in the spring for more information.

ADF performances.

SELECTED wfss projects Forsythe Project

WFSS (Pronounced “woofs”) WFSS are SWS classes that meet on Wednesdays, Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays. WFSS give students an opportunity to draw connections by personalizing, creating, and expanding their experiences through participation in a variety of artistic endeavors — a festival within a festival. Jams, digital media classes, salons, somatic practices, and weekly showings express multiple ways students might choose to connect and present work in alternate contexts. WFSS courses are offered on a drop-in basis, as well as special projects and seminars that progress through a six-week series.

Paul Taylor Project Duke Gardens Project Text into Performance Project

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DATES

June 27 – July 24

directed by Jeffery Bullock

The Four Week School immerses students in an intergenerational and international community of dance, providing a fun yet intensive program of study designed to meet the needs of mature students ages 12 to 16. Students take three classes a day, four days a week, and participate in special workshops and classes offered by guest artists on Wednesdays and weekends. Classes include modern, ballet, hip-hop, African dance styles, composition, and repertory. The focus of this program is to expose students to a wide range of dance styles and techniques. Instructed by an outstanding faculty, students at all levels work to increase their technical and expressive capabilities in a positive and supportive environment. Students are encouraged to work together and are challenged to think in new ways across stylistic boundaries. Learning experiences go beyond the studio, as students have the unique opportunity to view performances by many of the most outstanding dancers and choreographers working today. Scheduled museum visits, music classes, and panel discussions involving both legendary and cutting-edge forces in modern dance provide a rich atmosphere for inquiry. Young dancers become aware of the breadth and depth of the contemporary dance world.

dance professionals workshop directed by URSULA PAYNE Dance Professionals Workshop participants are invited to choose one of the available weeks to attend the Festival. The weeks offered are June 20 – 26, June 27 – July 3, July 5 – 10, July 11 – 17, and July 18 – 24. Participants will design their course schedules from the Six Week School curriculum. They can take classes, observe faculty and students from around the globe, view performances, and meet informally with faculty and members of the ADF community. This uniquely designed program allows participants to personalize their ADF experience according to their professional needs and interests. It is important to note that SWS classes are accumulative in nature and faculty may choose to build upon the previous weeks’ classes. Participants should be aware that the ADF observes the Fourth of July holiday and the class schedule for that day may be altered. Participants must check in by noon on the Sunday of their selected week.

Special Weekend June 26 & 27 — Empowering “If,” A Conversation on the Next Twenty: A series of conversations led by Glenna Batson. Dancers sensing an eclipse to their current status quo or feeling a personal or professional narrowing of their sphere of influence will benefit from these discussions. During this weekend, members of the ADF community will come together to dialogue on this essential question: What promise can the next twenty years bring for continued longevity — for the physical body and the workplace?

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hu/adf programs HU/ADF MFA PROGRAM

Now in it’s sixth year, the 60-credit MFA offers students an opportunity to immerse themselves for six weeks in the legendary international community of the ADF, followed by an intimate learning atmosphere at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. Few graduate programs can provide students with a wide range of experiences, opportunities, and imaginative approaches to thinking about dance. Students have direct exposure to the art form in a multitude of ways, from studio to stage and from history jams to theory salons. The program offers a flexible, yet rigorous, course of study. Using the resources of both institutions, the program offers a Year Residency Track and Low Residency Track, and a new open track which combines courses in an individualized way. The students and faculty establish a unique community of committed artists/scholars that range in ages and experiences. Members of this remarkable group spend a good deal of time together and inspire one another.

Post Baccalaureate Certificate As students complete their undergraduate degrees and prepare for a professional career in dance or graduate study, the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC) offers a year of time, support, and networking. The program is ideal for students who want to immerse themselves in a focused work environment that has a direct professional relationship to choreography, performance, and portfolio development.

BA/BFA PROGRAM A combined BA/BFA is also available.

www.hollinsdance.com

adf intern program Each summer during its annual season, the ADF offers internships in all areas of arts administration and production. Administrative internships are intended to give hands-on experience to those interested in a career in arts management. Production interns work on the crew for the 40-plus performances of the ADF season.

All interns work as integral parts of the ADF staff in an invigorating arts environment and play an important role in carrying out the ADF’s mission to serve dance, dancers, choreographers and artists in related fields.

Application for administration and production internships will be available on the ADF website in mid-January.

Applications are due February 22, 2010. Questions? Please contact Jill Guyton at 919-684-6402 or via email at guyton@americandancefestival.org.

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To read full faculty bios and class descriptions, please visit the ADF website.

RUTH ANDRIEN Former Paul Taylor Dancer; teaches, choreographs, and restages Taylor’s works; Repertory Etudes Workshop Director for The American Dance Legacy Institute; has taught at Southern Methodist University, Harvard, MIT, The University of the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, New York State Summer School of the Arts; MFA from HU/ADF; directs the Paul Taylor Dance Project at the ADF; recipient of the ADF’s 2009 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching Award; ADF faculty since ’06.

GLENNA BATSON MA, PT, DSc (Masters, Dance Education and Physical Therapy; Doctorate, Physical Therapy, Neurology); 35 years in movement arts and science; apprenticed with Irene Dowd in 1977; internationally recognized teacher of Alexander Technique and dance science; directs Contemporary Body Practices for the HU/ADF MFA Program; ADF faculty since ’86.

DOUGLAS BECKER Teacher, choreographer, and former dancer with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt; guest faculty P.A.R.T.S. School Brussels, National Conservatories of Paris and Lyon; returning resident artist in the Hollins University dance department and serving as the Hollins University Curator for the program’s international extended study projects; HU/ADF faculty since ’06.

RODGER BELMAN Assistant Professor at Long Island University, Brooklyn; reconstructor of Laura Dean’s masterworks; member of Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, 1989–1995; performed with Twyla Tharp, Rachel Lampert, Mark Taylor, Joy Kellman; academic teaching and residencies at East Carolina University, University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin, George Mason University; MFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; ADF faculty since ’07.

DAVID BRICK Dance artist and teacher; co-director of Headlong Dance Theater; awards include a New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award for choreography; named a Pew Fellow in the Arts; numerous NEA awards; professor of dance at Bryn Mawr College since 1998; founder of the Headlong Performance Institute, a semester-long program for performing artists in Philadelphia; ADF faculty since ’08.

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JEFFERY BULLOCK

THOMAS DEFRANTZ

Performed with the North Carolina Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks; trained at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; MFA in choreography from the University of Iowa; taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Iowa; Hollins University Dance Program faculty since 2004; ADF faculty since ’98.

Professor at MIT; Art/Dir SLIPPAGE Performance|Culture| Technology; author of Dancing Many Drums (2002), Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment of African American Culture (2004); creative credits include Monk’s Mood: A Performance Meditation on the Life and Music of Thelonious Monk (NPN Tour 2005), Queer Theory! An Academic Travesty (NPN Commission 2006); CANE (2009); ADF faculty since ’05.

DONNA FAYE BURCHFIELD

VLADIMIR ESPINOSA

Dean of the ADF, artistic director of the HU/ADF MFA program, and a professor of dance at Hollins University. Now in her 28th year at the Festival, she uses her creative energies teaching, mentoring, and searching for new ways for dance to exist and thrive.

Musician, choreographer, teacher; accompanist and musician-in-residence at Hollins University; graduate of the ENA (School National of Arts) in Cuba; has performed, taught, and choreographed for companies including Caribeno and Orile in Cuba, and Companies National de Danza and Rojo Oscuro in Ecuador; currently the musical director for Las Manos del Sol; ADF faculty since ’05.

SHANI COLLINS BA in dance from Hollins University; MFA from HU/ADF; performed with EVIDENCE, a Dance Company, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, and others; New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award in 2006; her company, Eternal Works, is committed to the healing empowerment of women; ADF faculty since ’06.

MICHELLE GIBSON Choreographer, instructor, performing artist; BFA in dance from Tulane University; currently artist-in-residence at the Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center and the South Dallas Cultural Center; choreographer for Six Flags/WOW Entertainment; educator and instructor with the Dallas Independent School District; MFA candidate in the HU/ADF Program; new ADF faculty.

ELIZABETH CORBETT Soloist with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt for over a decade; former dancer with The Joffrey Ballet and Milwaukee Ballet; choreographic assistant to Forsythe, De Keersmaeker/Rosas, and Robert Wilson; teaches ballet, improvisation technologies, and Forsythe repertory internationally, including P.A.R.T.S./Rosas, Impulstanz Vienna, Cullberg Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Pretty Ugly Dance Company, Ballet Memphis, Panetta Movement Center, Dance Ireland; ADF faculty since ’06.

DOUGLAS CORBIN Pianist; faculty at Florida State University; has worked with Merce Cunningham, American Ballet Theatre, David Howard, Arena Dance in Zürich, Jurriens Stiftung in Amsterdam, Noriko Hara in Hiroshima, Peter Goss in Paris, Ballet Contemporáneo de Caracas, Szedgedi Kotars Ballet in Hungary; ADF faculty since ’06.

JEFFERSON DALBY Rock-and-roll piano player; bandleader of the Jazzphibians; performed with Fort Worth’s Hip Pocket Theatre, Jubilee Theatre, Sojourner Truth Players; former accompanist at Fort Worth Ballet, Boston Ballet, White Mountain Summer Dance Festival; currently accompanies classes at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; ADF faculty since ’87.

NATALIE GILBERT Director of the ADF musicians and licensed massage therapist; former music coordinator for The Ohio State University Department of Dance and faculty at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and New World School of the Arts; BA from Oberlin College; MA from OSU; ADF faculty since ’81.

MIGUEL GUTIERREZ Dance and music artist making work under the moniker Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People; works have been presented around the world; the 53rd State Press published When You Rise Up, a collection of performance writings; received two New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Awards; www.miguelgutierrez.org; ADF faculty since ’01.

MARK HAIM Artistic Director of Mark Haim and Dancers and Companhia de Danca de Lisboa; BFA from The Juilliard School; MFA from HU/ADF; commissions from Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet Frankfurt, The Joffrey Ballet, and others; full-evening solo The Goldberg Variations performed at the ADF, Danspace Project, the Kennedy Center, and in Russia and Korea; 1987 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship; 1988 and 1996 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships; ADF faculty since ’93.

Erika Hand BRENDA DANIELS Betsy Friday Distinguished Professor in Contemporary Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; UNCSA faculty since 1995; BFA from Purchase College; MFA from HU/ADF; ADF faculty since ’02.

Works as a dance artist in New York City; co-founder of The Labor Union with Isabel Lewis; former guest artist at Hollins University, where she holds a BA in both dance and women’s studies; teaching includes ADF Shanghai and Booker High School for the Visual and Performing Arts; ADF faculty since ’08.

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JOHN HANKS

RAFAEL LOPEZ-BARRANTES

Graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; musician for the Duke University Dance Program; percussion faculty for the Duke University Music Department; free-lance percussionist performing with jazz, classical, theater, and contemporary music groups throughout North Carolina; music director for Jason Samuels Smith’s performances at the ADF’s Festival of the Feet, 2004–2006; ADF faculty since ’84.

Associate Head of MFA Acting at the California Institute of the Arts; actor, director, and teacher with the Roy Hart Theatre in France, 1974–1991; voice chair at the National School of the Arts of Puppetry in France; taught at Duke University’s Department of Theatre Studies; appointed Honorary Consul of Spain in North Carolina, 2002–2007; ADF faculty since ’92.

GASPARD LOUIS ELLEN HEMPHILL Artistic Director, Managing Director, Co-Founder of Archipelago Theatre Company in Chapel Hill, NC; Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and on the faculty of Duke University’s Department of Theatre Studies since 1993; long time member of the Roy Hart Theatre of France, where she worked and performed for 13 years; ADF faculty since ’92.

Member of Pilobolus Dance Theater, 1996–2001; dancer with Shirley Mordine and Company, AllNations Dance Company; choreographed for the Kentucky University Dance Ensemble and collaborated with Freespace Dance; BFA from Montclair State University; currently teaching creative movement for the ADF community outreach program and Creole at Duke University.

YVONNE MEIER KEITH HENNESSY Award-winning performer, choreographer, teacher, and organizer; lives in San Francisco and tours internationally; interdisciplinary research engages improvisation, ritual, and public action as tools for investigating political realities; directs Circo Zero Performance (www.circozero.org); former member of the collaborative performance companies Contraband, CORE, Cahin-caha, cirque bâtard; new ADF faculty.

Gerri Houlihan Associate Professor at Florida State University; Artistic Director of Houlihan and Dancers, 1991–1999; former principal dancer with Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, and others; recipient of the ADF’s 2005 Basaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching; MFA from HU/ADF; ADF faculty ’81–’83, and since ’89.

ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES Dance and text-work has been performed across the US, as well as in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Latin America; work has a foundation in improvisation, contact improvisation, authentic movement, releasing techniques, and vocal work; ADF faculty ’90–’91, ’93, and since ’05.

CLAUDIA HOWARD QUEEN Multi-instrumentalist and composer for dance; has accompanied for nearly 200 dance instructors in New York, Chicago, and throughout the US; Assistant Professor of Music for Dance at the University of North Texas; Fulbright Specialist at Taipei National University of the Arts; ADF faculty since ’05.

Born in Zurich, Switzerland; has shown her work at The Kitchen, Danspace Project, P.S. 122, and P.S. 1, among others; funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Franklin Furnace; New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award for her piece The Shining; ADF faculty since ’07.

AMANDA MILLER Founder, artistic director, choreographer of Pretty Ugly Dance Company; toured internationally and won an array of awards and acclaim for unique collaborations; founding member, principal dancer, and resident choreographer of the Frankfurt Ballet under the direction of William Forsythe; ADF faculty since ’09.

TONY ORRICO Visual and performing artist based in Brooklyn; performed with the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Shen Wei Dance Arts; most recent medias include performance art, theater, choreography, improvisation, short films, paintings, live drawings; MFA from the University of Iowa; new ADF faculty.

JIMENA PAZ Independent artist and founder of XYZeta Projects; showing her own work since 2001; danced with the Stephen Petronio Company, Martha Clarke, Constanza Macras in Berlin, Iris Scaccheri in Buenos Aires, Antonio Ramos, and Jonah Bokaer, among others; Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and faculty member at Movement Research in New York; ADF faculty since ’08.

URSULA PAYNE LASHAWN JONES HIV prevention researcher by day, dancer by night; trained at Millenium Dance Complex in Los Angeles and Broadway Dance Center in New York; choreography has been presented at the University of North Carolina and throughout the state; attended several Monsters of Hip Hop conventions; Zumba instructor; ADF faculty since ’09.

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Professor at Slippery Rock University; MFA in dance from The Ohio State University; CMA from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York; has presented creative and written scholarship in professional venues and academic institutions throughout the US and internationally; reconstructed from Labanotation score works by Donald McKayle, Anna Sokolow, Doris Humphrey; ADF faculty since ’02.

JILLIAN PEÑA Dance and video artist; has presented at Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Links Hall, Chez Bushwick, Mix Brazil, the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, and Akademie der Künste in Berlin; performed works by Jennifer Allen, Ann Liv Young, Beth Gill, Eleanor Bauer; MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA from Hollins University; PhD candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London; ADF faculty since ’06.

PAMELA PIETRO Assistant Arts Professor at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts; BFA from Florida State University; MFA from the University of Washington; performed with Anthony Morgan Dance Company, Michael Foley Dance, RaceDance, bopi’s black sheep/dances, Houlihan and Dancers, Jennifer Nugent; presented choreography at Dance New Amsterdam, Dancespace Project, BAX, and Momentum Danza Company, among others; assistant to Irene Dowd since 2002; ADF faculty since ’97.

SHERONE PRICE Instructor at Agnes Scott College/Moving in the Spirit in Atlanta and Georgia Youth Ballet Company; dancer and choreographer with Otesha Performing Arts Ensemble from 1989–2000, Kombankofu Dance and Drum Ensemble from 1996–2001; principal with Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble from 1983–present; BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; MFA from HU/ADF; ADF faculty since ’95.

with the worlds of jazz, West African dance, and the visual arts; vocally embodies instruments ranging from turntables to didgeridoos; accompanies ballet, fire movement, capoeira; ADF faculty since ’07.

RICHARD SIEGAL Artistic director of The Bakery Paris/Berlin; Macdowell Fellow and an honorary member of The Bolshoi Ballet’s Benoit de la Danse; awarded a New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award for The Bakery’s As If Stranger; 2009 artistin-residence at ZKM, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bennington College; member of Ballet Frankfurt from 1997–2004; ADF faculty and curator of ADF’s Forsythe Festival since ’04.

HELEN SIMONEAU BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; MFA from HU/ ADF; choreographed for the Swiss International Coaching Project, The Yard, The University of Oklahoma, UNCSA, Hollins University; First Place for Choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theatre Festival; new ADF faculty.

MICHAEL WALL Worked with the José Limón Company, Mark Haim, Lisa Race, David Dorfman, David Grenke, Jennifer Nugent, and others; music can be found at www. asimplesound.com; accompanies for the Bates Dance Festival and works in The Ohio State University Department of Dance; ADF faculty ’99–’04, ’06, ’08.

ATIBA RORIE

KEN RAY WILEMON

Studied with Babatunde Olatunji, Fahali Igbo, Bradley Simmons, Mohamed Dacosta, Chief Bey, Osei Appiagyei; performed with the Andrew Cacho African Drummers and Dancers, Resounding Steel, Collage Dance Ensemble, African American Dance Ensemble; toured with Baba Olatunji’s drummers and dancers; BA in music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; ADF faculty since ’08.

Percussionist and painter based in Durham; has accompanied dance at Texas Christian University, University of Texas at Austin, Connecticut College, Hollins University, various ACDFAs, the White Mountain Summer Dance Festival; currently staff accompanist at Meredith College, Duke University; ADF faculty since ’88.

Khalid Saleem

Member of the Trisha Brown Company from 1995–2002; assisted international reconstructions of Ms. Brown’s choreography; guest teacher at Korean National University of the Arts, Le Centre Choréographique National de Rennes et de Bretagne, and others; currently visiting Associate Professor at The Ohio State University; ADF faculty since ’03.

Percussionist, musician; former musical director for the African American Dance Ensemble; studied in the Ivory Coast and with Rose Marie Guiraud, Babatunde Olatunji of Nigeria, Ladji Camara of Guinea (West Africa), Titos Sampa of Zaire, Les Ballet Africanes; faculty at the State University of New York–Brockport Dance Department; invited to present African percussion workshops in Salvador, Brazil in November 2008; ADF faculty since ’85.

PAULA SANCHEZ Former dancer with the Nederlands Dans Theater; has worked with choreographers including Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Saburo Teshegawara, Hans van Manen, Paul Lightfoot , Regina Van Berkel, Andrè Gingras; recently collaborated with Dogtroep, Richard Siegal; teaches Innate Improvisation workshops; ADF faculty since ’08.

SHODEKAH Professional beatboxer based in Baltimore; rhythmic travels include collaborating

ABBY YAGER

MING-LUNG YANG Visiting Associate Professor at The Ohio State University; former artistic director of Dance Forum Taipei; choreography presented throughout Asia and in Australia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, and the US; member of the Trisha Brown Company from 1994–1999; ADF faculty since ’00.

JESSE ZARITT Born in Worcester, MA; BA from Pomona College; MFA from HU/ADF; performed with the Hollins Dance Project, Shen Wei Dance Arts, the Inbal Pinto Dance Company; recipient of a Dorot Fellowship in Israel and a LABA artist residency at the Fourteenth Street Y; ADF faculty since ’08.

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SIX WEEK SCHOOL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE The ADF offers financial aid to a limited number of students in the form of scholarships, assistantships, and apprenticeships. All financial aid recipients assist with operational and administrative work at the Festival. Students dependent on financial assistance to attend the ADF School are urged to apply early and to call the School office for advice on how to cut costs. Financial assistance is available for Six Week School students only. The deadline for all financial aid applications is April 1. Notification of all awards will be made after April 15.

Tuition Scholarships (Requires audition) Tuition scholarships are offered to promising students who have a high level of technical ability and creative potential and who have experience in either performing or choreographing. The awards are based on both ability and financial need. Scholarship amounts range from $200 to full tuition. Tuition scholarship students are responsible for their room/board fees and living expenses during the six weeks. Auditions are currently scheduled for: Ogden, UT – March 19 Stevens Point, WI – March 19 Richmond, VA – March 21 Urbana, IL – March 22

New York, NY – Jan 3 Boston, MA – Feb 13 Erie, PA – Feb 21 Tempe, AZ – March 18

Athens, OH – TBA Murfreesboro, TN – TBA Los Angeles, CA – March 27 San Francisco, CA – March 28

Natchitoches, LA – April 10 New York, NY – April 11 Durham, NC – April 11

Audition dates subject to change. Please check the ADF website, www.americandancefestival.org, for up-to-date information. Please bring to each audition: 1.

Completed SWS application with $35 application fee 2. A minute and a half solo (choreographed or improvised) 3. Copy of your or your parents’ 2009 Tax Form 1040 (the first page only)*

STAFF ASSISTANT SCHOLARSHIP The ADF offers staff assistant scholarships to mature and responsible students who have skills to help with the operation of the Festival. Useful skills include: receptionist experience, general office and computer skills, babysitting experience, and audiovisual equipment operation and maintenance. Staff assistants will be required to work up to 20 hours per week and will receive a full tuition scholarship and may take three classes. Staff assistants are responsible for their room/board fees and living expenses during the six weeks. To apply for a staff assistant scholarship you must supply: 1. Completed SWS application with $35 application fee 2. Resume highlighting experience pertinent to the staff assistant scholarship 3. Letter of recommendation speaking directly towards your candidacy for the staff assistant scholarship 4. Copy of your or your parents’ 2009 Tax form 1040 (the first page only)*

dorm counselor SCHOLARSHIP Mature students with related experience may apply to be dorm counselors. Counselors supervise Four Week School students and under-18-year-old SWS students residing on campus. Counselors live with these students in the dorms and accompany them to meals and off-campus excursions. Counselors will receive a full tuition scholarship and may take three classes. Living costs and a percentage of meals will be covered by the ADF. To apply for a dorm counselor scholarship you must supply: 1.

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Completed SWS application with $35 application fee Resume highlighting experience pertinent to the dorm counselor scholarship Letter of recommendation speaking directly towards your candidacy for the dorm counselor scholarship Copy of your or your parents’ 2009 Tax form 1040 (the first page only)*

stagecraft apprentices Stagecraft apprenticeships are awarded to students with interest and experience in the technical aspects of dance production. Apprentices act as an integral part of the technical crew in the preparation and running of performances by the visiting companies. The work involved is strenuous and requires maturity and responsibility. Apprentices receive full tuition for two morning classes and the apprenticeship itself, which counts as a double class for those receiving academic credit. Apprentices are responsible for their room/board fees and living expenses during the six weeks. To apply for a stagecraft apprenticeship you must supply: 1.

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Completed SWS application with $35 application fee Resume highlighting experience pertinent to the stagecraft apprentice position Letter of recommendation speaking directly towards your candidacy for the stagecraft apprentice position Copy of your or your parents’ 2009 Tax form 1040 (the first page only)*

cooperative scholarship The ADF matches tuition grants from sponsoring dance studios and college dance departments for accepted applicants. These matches are up to $125 for studios and up to $250 for college/ university groups and departments. To apply for a cooperative scholarship you must supply: 1.

Completed SWS application with $35 application fee 2. Name and address of the representative at your school or studio who will process the ADF paperwork and matching scholarship (This can be filled out directly on the SWS application.) *If you do not have the 2009 1040 ready by the time you are auditioning or ready to send in your application — don’t fret! You can send it in to the ADF office later. Just make sure to send it

by April 1 or we may not be able to consider you for a scholarship. **The ADF also offers a Hospitality Assistant position, a unique position for a mature student with special skills. For more information, please contact the ADF office at 919-684-6402.

PLEASE NOTE that you may apply for more than one scholarship. However, you must submit a separate letter of recommendation and resume for each position that you are applying for.

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SUPPORT SERVICES & ACADEMIC CREDIT HOUSING, MEALS, HEALTH SERVICES HOUSING Please note that all dormitories are located on Duke’s East Campus.

Six Week School • Dorm Rooms: Participants 18 years and older have the option of living in a single or double. Dorms are secured buildings and the most convenient of all housing options.

A limited number of air-conditioned rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. Six Week School students under the age of 18 must live in the air-conditioned dorm under the supervision of counselors and adhere to regulations including curfew, visitation policy, etc.

• Off-Campus Housing (for SWS students 18 years and older): The ADF compiles a summer sublet/roommate listing and will post this on our website,

www.americandancefestival.org, on May 1, 2010. The ADF is not responsible for any arrangements promised by the lessor.

Four Week School for Young Dancers • Four Week School students will live in double rooms in an air-conditioned dormitory. Experienced counselors will live in the dormitory with the students. A curfew and lights-out policy will be enforced.

Dance Professionals Workshop • Dorm Rooms: Participants will have the option of living in a single or double room. A limited number of air-conditioned rooms are available.

• Hotel: Participants who would like assistance with alternative housing, such as local hotels, should see the ADF website for local hotel recommendations.

MEAL PLAN The ADF Meal Plan is offered by Duke University Dining Services for the benefit of ADF participants. Duke University Dining Services in the East Union’s Marketplace will provide this on-campus food service. Please note that there are no refunds for unused meals.

Six Week School • Participants desiring on-campus meals (especially those living in Duke University dorms) are encouraged to purchase the ADF SWS Meal Plan, which consists of five breakfasts, five lunches, and five dinners per week (33 total of each) Please note that this does not cover all the meals during the Festival. Students will be committed to the plan once they have signed up.

Four Week School for Young Dancers • All FWS participants living on campus are on the money-saving ADF Meal Plan. The cost is included in the FWS room/board fee.

Flex Account Participants in all programs also have the option to open a Flex account, either in addition to the ADF Meal Plan or alone. This is a declining balance account to which funds may be added at any time during the student’s time on campus. The Flex account can be used in the East Campus Union’s Marketplace and Cafe, East/Central Campus stores, vending machines, and laundry facilities — greatly reducing the need to carry cash. Prior to April 23, participants may add funds to the Flex account in $25 increments, with a $100 minimum.

These funds may be credited towards a student’s Flex account through the ADF offices. After June 10, Check-In Day, students may add funds to their Flex account through the DukeCard Office using cash, check, or debit card. The DukeCard Office does not accept credit cards. Any unused balance in the Flex account will be refunded by Duke University in September 2010.

HEALTH INSURANCE Participants in all programs must provide the ADF with proof of adequate health insurance coverage.This must be provided before arrival. For participants without health insurance, the ADF has made arrangements with a local insurance agency to provide reasonably priced insurance for the duration of the program. Please contact the ADF School Office if you are interested.

Duke University Health Service FEE • More information will be available on the ADF website, www.americandancefestival.org, at a later date.

ACADEMIC CREDIT Academic credit is available to qualified high school graduates or rising high school seniors. Duke University records undergraduate academic progress in terms of course credit.

For purposes of transfer, a full course load (3 SWS classes plus WFSS) is equivalent to eight semester hours or two credits. Credit for work completed is subject to the approval of your institution’s registrar or admissions officer. Graduate-level students and others with a BS or BA may request advanced-level credit, in which case their transcripts will bear a 200-level, graduate course number.

For more information on Student Support Services and FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, please visit the ADF website

www.americandancefestival.org

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Apply Early!

Students are assigned class registration numbers based on the date their application package arrives in the School office. Students will register in numerical order. Applying early and receiving a low registration number increases the chance of getting into desired classes. Many ADF programs fill to capacity and have a waiting list.

Instructions A complete application consists of: 1. Application form (see page 12) 2. Resume of your dance training, education, and professional experience 3. Application fee — All applicants must send a non-refundable application fee of $35 (This fee is not credited toward tuition.)

4. FWS and SWS Only — One evaluation form (see page 14) completed by a dance instructor

Payment Six Week School / Four Week School for Young Dancers 1. Upon acceptance to the ADF, you will receive a statement of charges.

2. Within 21 days of this acceptance, a non-refundable $300 tuition deposit is due.

3. Upon receipt of the $300 tuition deposit, students will be billed for all remaining charges. Those charges must be paid in full and postmarked no later than April 23, 2010.

4. Payment after April 23, 2010 requires special arrangements with ADF’s School and Finance offices.

Refund Policy (Please read carefully) Withdrawal All paid tuition (less $300 deposit), dorm room fees, and meal plan fees will be refunded in full only if written notice of withdrawal is received by the following dates: SWS May 7, 2010 FWS May 28, 2010 DPW May 14, 2010 After these dates and before the respective programs begins, tuition (less $300 deposit) will be refunded for medical reasons only. A signed note from a doctor is required.

Tuition will not be refunded for any reason after the respective program begins. Dorm room fees and Flex account fees will be refunded less a $25 administrative fee.

Deposits and Flex Accounts Damage and key deposits will be refunded by December 2010, after the ADF receives final billing from Duke University. Unused portions of Flex accounts will be refunded directly

by Duke University by September 2010.

How to contact us: 919-684-6402 or SCHOOL@americandancefestival.org

FEES Six Week School Fees Application Fee Tuition Full Time Tuition Part Time Student Health Fee SWS Meal Plan Flex

$35 $1,925 $690 / course TBA $900 $100 minimum $25 increments

SWS Room Options Single AC Double AC Single Non AC Double Non AC

$1,520 $1,200 $1,200 $920

Dorm Fees Damage Deposit Key Deposit

$35 $1,695 TBA $100 minimum $25 increments

Room and Board Lunch Meal Plan Damage Deposit Key Deposit

$1,515 (Double A/C room and meal plan combined) $210 (Commuter students only) $50 $70

DPW Room Options Single AC Double AC

$245 $190

$50 $70

four Week School Fees Application Fee Tuition Student Health Fee Flex

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$35 $850 $100 minimum $25 increments

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Dorm Fees Key Deposit Linen Rental

$70 $40

ADF 2010 American Dance Festival Application Form

o Ms. o Mr.

Please indicate the program you wish to attend:

o Six Week School:

Full-Time

Part-Time (2 classes)

Part-Time (1 class)

o Four Week School for Young Dancers o Dance Professionals Workshop Week:

First Name

Middle Name or Initial

Last Name (Family Name)

Permanent contact information

Current contact information

Address

Address where you can receive mail in the near future. If you are a college student, please list your address at school.

Address City, State, Zip Phone ( Race

)

City, State, Zip

o African American o Caucasian o Multiracial o Other

o Asian American o Latino/a o Native American

Valid until what date?

Phone (

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Email Please note that the ADF School Office will use email as the primary way of contacting students regarding acceptance and scholarships.

Citizenship The ADF and Duke University offer equal opportunity of admission to all applicants.

The questions on this application which concern age, sex, citizenship, and race are for the purpose of meeting federal government reporting requirements.

Date of birth School currently attending

Housing, Meals & Flex Account Options Six Week School Four Week School Dance Professionals Workshop o I do not want a room. o I do not want a room. o AC Single Dorm Room o Single Dorm Room AC No AC (Commuting from home.) o AC Double Dorm Room o Double Dorm Room AC No AC o AC Double Dorm Room plus Meal Plan o Linen Rental o Meal Plan o Flex Account ($100 or other) o Flex Account ($100 or other) o Flex Account ($100 or other) In $25 increments $ In $25 increments $

In $25 increments $ Student Health Service Fee o I would like the Student Health Service Fee. o I do not need the Student Health Service Fee.

Academic Credit For Six Week School applicants only. o Send me an application for academic credit. o I do not wish to apply for academic credit.

Have you previously attended ADF? o No o Yes If yes, please list program and year

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How did you hear about ADF?

Scholarships/Apprenticeships o Tuition Scholarship If you are applying for any or all of these five scholarships, please provide the estimated 2009 o Stagecraft Apprenticeship income of your family. (Or your own if you are not a dependent.) $ o Staff Assistant Scholarship o Dorm Counselor Give number of dependents in household. (Do not include your parents.) o Hospitality Assistant o Cooperative Scholarship

Please provide the name and address of sponsoring university, college or studio that should receive information and forms for your cooperative scholarship.

To the attention of Sponsoring Institution Address City, State, ZIP

Return application and $35 application fee to: ADF School Office, Box 90772, Durham, NC 27708-0772

ADF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADF STAFF

Roger W. Hooker, Jr.

Chair

Charles L. Reinhart

Director

Charles L. Reinhart

President

Jodee Nimerichter

Co-Director

Curt C. Myers

Secretary/Treasurer

Donna Faye Burchfield

Dean

F.V. Allison, Jr.

Martha Myers

Dean Emeritus

Mimi Bull

Cynthia Wyse

Director of Administration & Finance

Nathan Clark

Sarah Tondu

Director of Performances & Community Relations

Richard E. Feldman

Dean Jeffrey

Archivist

Meredith Frey

David B. Byrd

Director of Marketing & Communications

Pamela M. Green

Ryan Smith

Director of Development

Donald McKayle

Cayte Connell

Marketing & Communications Associate

Martha Myers

Nicolle Wasserman

Director of School Administration & Student Affairs

Allen D. Roses, M.D.

Monica Barco

Graphic & Web Designer

Ted Rotante

Tarsha Kelley

Finance Assistant

Barbara B. Rothschild

Jill Guyton

Office Manager/Executive Assistant

Judith Sagan

Kate Baker

Development Associate

Sebastian Scripps

Laura Frank

Executive Assistant

Cover Photo by Dwenda Mosley, 2009. Jeffery Bullock, Elizabeth Corbett, and Ursula Payne photos by Noah Hilsenrad, 2007. All other photos Š ADF / SARA D. DAVIS 2009.

ADF

Mail completed form to: ADF School Office Box 90772 Durham, NC 27708-0772 Phone: (919) 684-6402 Fax: (919) 684-5459

2010 American Dance Festival E va l u at i o n f o r m

FOR THE APPLICANT (Please fill out before giving to instructor.)

Program Applying For: o Six Week School o Four Week School for Young Dancers Applicant

Age

Address City

State

Zip

To the Instructor You are being asked to fill out this evaluation form, which is part of the application package for the American Dance Festival, on behalf of the applicant whose name appears above. Please fill in all appropriate information and return this form directly to the address at the top of the form.

Name of Instructor Title Institution or Studio Address City

State

Zip

Signature When did the applicant study with you?

How long has the applicant studied dance?

Does the applicant have any alignment, physical, or other problems of which we should be aware?

Please discuss the applicant’s strengths:

Do you think that the applicant is physically and emotionally prepared to attend a multi-week Intensive Program?

If you would like to make any further comments on the dance ability and potential of the applicant, please attach an additional sheet of paper. Thank you!

American Dance Festival Box 90772 • Durham, NC 27708-0772 Phone: (919) 684-6402 • Fax: (919) 684-5459 Email: school@americandancefestival.org www.americandancefestival.org