ADF Season Brochure 2013

2013

ADF

80th Anniversary June 13–July 27

This season is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation.

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Shen Wei Dance Arts★

The 605 Collective❖

7pm Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

2013 SEASON CALENDAR

Opening Night Fête Parizäde 8:45pm

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The 605 Collective❖

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Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

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Reynolds 8pm

Teaching Tribute

presented to Phyllis Lamhut White Lecture Hall 7pm

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ADF & NC Dance Festival Celebrate Statewide Dance❖

Faye Driscoll

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Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

Pilobolus★

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

Reynolds Industries Theater 7pm & 9pm

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Children’s Matinee 1pm

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Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

Mark Haim

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 7pm & 9pm

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LeeSaar The Company★❖

Musicians Concert

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Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

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Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company

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Children’s Matinee ppd 1pm

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Camille A. Brown & Dancers❖

Faculty Concert

Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

Reynolds Industries Theater 2pm & 8pm

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HU/ADF MFA Performances

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Paul Taylor Dance Company

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Children’s Matinee 1pm ISF

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm ppd

Motorco Music Hall 7pm & 9pm

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Footprints

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works by Rosie Herrera,★ Adele Myers,★❖ & Vanessa Voskuil★❖

ponydance✴❖

★ ADF Commissioned World Premiere ISF International Screendance Festival

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Trisha Brown Dance Company

ponydance✴❖

Motorco Music Hall 7pm & 9pm

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

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FRIDAY

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Reynolds Industries Theater 8pm

✴ US Premiere

❖ ADF Debut

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ADF & Lincoln Center Out of Doors co-commission a site specific work by Mark Dendy★

Lincoln Center in NYC 6pm

♦Reconstruction

Scripps/ADF Award 26 presented to Lin Hwai-min prior to performance

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Forces Of Dance

works by Martha Graham,♦ Lin Hwai-min, Bill T. Jones,♦ & Twyla Tharp★

Durham Perforing Arts Center 8pm

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All programs subject to change.

Contents 1

Letter from the Director 2013 Fête

2 Performances 18 Children’s Saturday Matinees 19

Festival Extras

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Ways To Save

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Ways To Give

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How To Order

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ADF@DPAC Order Form

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ADF@DUKE Order Form

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Shall We Dance?

Cover photo of Shen Wei Dance Arts by Bruce Feeley.

Back cover photo of Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion

by Carrie Schneider.

Dear Friends

I invite you to join us this summer as we celebrate our 80th anniversary season! Over the past eight decades the festival has played a critical role in the development of modern dance and has grown into an international destination for companies, choreographers, educators, students, and scholars. At the center of it all remains the thrilling 6 ½ week performance season by the most renowned and exciting emerging companies and choreographers across the globe. This summer, audiences will be treated to an unbelievable season that boasts 47 performances by 25 companies and choreographers, including the return of festival favorites Shen Wei Dance Arts, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Pilobolus, as well as the ADF debuts of LeeSaar The Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Canada’s The 605 Collective, Ireland’s ponydance, and many more. In all, this season features 11 ADF debuts, 9 ADF commissioned world premieres, 2 reconstructed classic works, and 1 US premiere!

In honor of this special year, we are collaborating with Lincoln Center Out of Doors to co-commission a new site specific work

by Mark Dendy that will feature 80 dancers. The work will premiere in New York City on July 24 and 25, and two lucky ADF patrons will win a trip to attend it! Make sure to stop by the ADF merchandise table in the DPAC and Reynolds Industries Theater lobbies to enter to win.

The season comes to a close with a special program titled Forces of Dance that celebrates the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement by presenting works by four award recipients. The program includes an ADF commissioned world premiere by Twyla Tharp, as well as reconstructed works by Bill T. Jones and one of ADF’s founders, Martha Graham, all performed by the immensely talented ADF students. The performance will also include the solo from 2013 Scripps/ADF awardee Lin Hwai-min’s Moon Water.

There is no better year to experience the true magic of the festival, and we hope you will join us for a range of great works this season. Don’t forget to take a look at pages 19 and 20 for the numerous other events taking place throughout the summer. I look forward to seeing you this season!

Deepest appreciation,

Jodee Nimerichter, ADF Director

Opening Night Fête June 13 at 8:45pm | Parizäde 80 years of dancing with YOU! Join us to celebrate our past and future together!

Special thanks to:

› Spend a magical evening with ADF! › Enjoy food, fun, and festivities! › Meet the dancers of Shen Wei Dance Arts!

Fête Tickets $80 To purchase tickets or sponsor the Fête call the ADF Development Office at 919-684-6402.

Space is limited. Proceeds will benefit the 2013 ADF season.

Performance tickets must be purchased separately from the DPAC Box Office at 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701, 919-680-2787, or online at americandancefestival.org.

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Letter from the Director/2013 Fête

Photo by: Whitney Browne

Dear Friends,

World Premiere

Shen Wei Dance Arts

ADF@DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center

Thursday, June 13 | 7:00pm & Friday, June 14 | 8:00pm This performance contains nudity.

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or over a decade Shen Wei has created timeless dance works that evoke a sense of drama and mystery and immerse audiences in the visually rich world emerging onstage. His stunning company will kick off the 80th anniversary with two beautifully stirring works including Near the Terrace (2000), the work which launched Shen Wei into the international spotlight.

The dance, inspired by surrealist Belgian painter Paul Delvaux, is a masterful and stunning progression of slow, simple movements and imagery set to the dynamic music of Arvo Pärt. He will also present the ADF commissioned world premiere of Collective Measures, a rigorous and striking exploration of isolation and structure that investigates the ideas of ethereality and permanence in a place where primal and rational converge.

Photo by: Bruce Feeley

The visual feasts that he creates...are quite apart from anything else that bills itself as dance, at least on this continent...

–The New York Sun

Collective Measures is commissioned by the ADF with support from the SHS Foundation. The presentation of Collective Measures is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Performances

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Canada

ADF@DUKE

ADF Debut

The 605 Collective Reynolds Industries Theater

Saturday, June 15-Monday, June 17 | 8:00pm

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Photo by: David Cooper

–The Seattlest

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Performances

he 605 Collective has rapidly emerged as one of Canada’s hottest companies in recent years by drawing inspiration from the colliding worlds of urban and contemporary dance. Their dynamic dance language speaks to both hip-hop and modern dance audiences, and this summer they will make their ADF debut with their 2009 work, Audible. In this highly kinetic dance performers jump, dive, collide, and tumble to transform movement into an entertaining contact sport.

Set to electronic soundscapes and experimental club beats, this electrifying work investigates the often abrasive ways our lives are forced to connect through the 21st century’s hyper-communication and the resulting loss of social skills and basic human interaction.

ADF Debuts

ADF & NC Dance Festival Celebrate Gamble, Cara Hagan, Lindsey Kelley, Statewide Dance John Natalie Marrone, and Mindy Upin

ADF@DUKE

Reynolds Industries Theater

Wednesday, June 19 | 7:00pm & 9:00pm

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John Gamble Dance Theater will present Changeant d’Habit de Sexe (2008), a seductive dance set to cabaret melodies that explores the mystery and allure of film noir and cross-dressing culture. Inspired by the personal stories of Italian Americans and their experiences with folk healing traditions, Natalie Marrone and The Dance Cure’s heart-pounding work REVOLT (2011) fuses traditional music and images with contemporary dance styles to tell the stories of these historical healers. Words Apart (2009), choreographed by Cara Hagan in collaboration with The Storyline Project of Winston Salem, is a dynamic and moving oral history project that is narrated by six women as they share their unique experiences with equality, grief, love, and life-long friendship. Set to the music of Queen, A Tribute and Reflection of the Relationship (2010) by Lindsey Kelley and Mindy Upin explores both the hardships and comedy of relationships through a beautiful balance of minute gestures and explosive movement.

Performances

Photo by: Kelly Murphy

DF and the NC Dance Festival (NCDF) are delighted to co-present four dance works featured in the NCDF’s annual state tour.

Selected by a panel of nationally recognized choreographers including Camille A. Brown, David Dorfman, and Faye Driscoll, the works were chosen from among the top performances on the tour in the past ten years. John Gamble Dance Theater, Natalie Marrone and The Dance Cure, Cara Hagan, and Lindsey Kelley and Mindy Upin will make their ADF main stage debuts as we celebrate the work being created here at home.

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World Premieres

ADF@DPAC

Pilobolus

Durham Performing Arts Center

Thursday, June 20-Saturday, June 22 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee at 1:00pm

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Photo of Pilobolus Founders, 1979

ear after year, the incredible wonder of Pilobolus brings to the ADF stage a brilliant ingenuity that defies all notions of what modern dance is and can be. Their provocative and witty collaborations have become one of the most anticipated events of the summer, and this year is no different, as they present two ADF commissioned world premieres that celebrate energy and illusion. The first collaboration with Trish Sie and Tijuana’s Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich and Fussible is a high-octane romp set to an original soundtrack and fuses infectious modern rhythms with traditional Northern Mexican border music. In this year’s second collaboration, Pilobolus teams with masters of trickery Penn & Teller to create a tantalizing piece of choreography that explores athleticism, strength, confinement, and escape.

Ocellus (1972), the second work to ever be created by the company, is a classic Pilobolus men’s quartet that explores the precision and grace with which bodies move when they are continually connected to one another. The company will also present their highly celebrated 2011 collaboration with Grammy-winning band OK Go, All is Not Lost, and the revival of the highly acclaimed Molly’s Not Dead (1978).

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Pilobolus embodies a large part of what the best in contemporary dance is all about: discovery.

–The Washington Post Perfomances

New work in collaboration with Penn and Teller and New Work in collaboration with Trish Sie and Tijuana’s Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich and Fussible are commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund.

Faye Driscoll

ADF@DUKE

Reynolds Industries Theater

Sunday, June 23-Tuesday, June 25 | 8:00pm

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Photo by: Steven Schreiber

elebrated as one of the most original artists of her generation, Faye Driscoll has become widely known for creating new forms of theatrical works that provoke feeling, stimulate the senses, and activate the mind. She’ll make her return to the ADF stage with You’re Me (2012), a startling evening-length duet with veteran ADF faculty member, Jesse Zarritt. The evocative work probes the inescapable nature of relationships and contemplates the ways in which we are made up and undone by one another. Driscoll and Zarritt fight a sweaty, disturbing, and deeply funny battle as they attempt to simultaneously control and destroy the frame through which they are seen. It is with great imagination, wit, and undeniable humor that Driscoll invites the audience to witness the “trying” that ensues as relationships and self-definition unfold.

Faye Driscoll’s You’re Me is an emotional roller-coaster ride of extraordinary, almost terrifying intensity, a tour de force of exposed nerve endings and risky physicality.

–San Francisco Chronicle The presentation of You’re Me is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Performances

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ADF Offstage

Mark Haim

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Tuesday, June 25 & Wednesday, June 26 | 7:00pm & 9:00pm This performance contains nudity.

A must see.

Photos by: Tim Summers

–Seattle Times

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he American Dance Festival and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University co-present This Land Is Your Land, a work in the minimalist tradition by Seattle choreographer and distinguished ADF faculty member Mark Haim for 14 performers. Set to a dynamic country music score, this poignant and comical work is based on a simple, continuously-mutating walking pattern and uses culturally identifiable props, from Starbucks cups to cell phones, to explore contemporary hot button issues such as consumerism, environmental abuse, and body image. There will be limited chair seating available, on a first come first served basis. Additional seating will be available on the floor, and audience members will also have the option of standing. Performance is 50 minutes with no intermission.

Performances

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion

ADF@DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center

Friday, June 28 & Saturday, June 29 | 8:00pm Mature audiences recommended due to language.

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Photo by: Carrie Schneider

s one of the most groundbreaking and sought-after artists of the last five years, Kyle Abraham continues to create a conversation of movement that is fresh, unique, and innovative. His 2012 performance at ADF received rave reviews and a sold out opening night performance, and this year he brings his stellar cast back to Durham for an unforgettable performance of his newest work, Pavement. Inspired by the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, his dance boldly pays homage to the Kris Kross, backward jean, hi-top fade era in hip hop. In a poignant chronology of a time and culture plagued by discrimination, Abraham investigates the state of black America and its rich and emotional history over the past century.

...lush movement, infectious music and magnetic dancers... –The New York Times

Performances

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ADF Debut

ADF@DUKE

World Premiere

LeeSaar The Company Reynolds Industries Theater

Sunday, June 30-Tuesday, July 2 | 8:00pm

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Photos by: Christopher Duggan

stablished in Israel in 2000 by partners Lee Sher and Saar Harari, LeeSaar The Company uses various disciplines of dance and theater to create vivid and dynamic contemporary dance works. They have developed a movement language inspired by their Gaga roots and created a gutsy dance troupe of extraordinary technicians and movement inventors. Their highly anticipated ADF debut features an ADF commissioned world premiere entitled Grass and Jackals, a powerful and climactic dance piece and light spectacle that investigates the connections between feelings and bodies in an unknown terrain. The work draws on the strength and power of womanhood while using state-of-the-art lighting to create an unpredictable performance that pushes the physical and emotional boundaries of not only the performers but the viewers as well.

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These people are powerful and delicate, grotesque and gorgeous, and you can’t take your eyes off them.

–Arts Journal

Performances

Grass and Jackals is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation. The presentation of Grass and Jackals is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company

ADF@DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center

Friday, July 5 & Saturday, July 6 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee at 1:00pm

–The New York Times

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ince 1994 Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company has redefined the conventional ideas of modern dance by throwing the use of gravity out the window. Drawing from various forms of dance techniques to create her acclaimed aerial work, Angiel keeps audiences on their toes through her highly flying yet sophisticated and daring dances. The company will present Air Condition (2005), a show that combines the electric energy and excitement of flying with the expertise of modern dance.

Angiel’s work uses elements of the tango, hip hop, and ballet, along with an achingly cool soundtrack, to back the dancers as they soar to new heights, creating a kaleidoscope of movement and animation.

Performances

Photo by: James Arias and Carlos Furman

A truly festive experience…she is the most creative aerial choreographer I have ever encountered.

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ADF Debut

ADF@DUKE

Camille A. Brown & Dancers Reynolds Industries Theater

Tuesday, July 9-Thursday, July 11 | 8:00pm

Photos by: Christopher Duggan and Matt Karas

Mature audiences recommended due to language.

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I Gutsy. Wild. Smart. Original.

–Dance Magazine

n just a few short years Camille A. Brown has taken the dance and musical theater world by storm. Through her own choreography, as well as dancing for renowned dance artists and choreographing for Broadway spectaculars, she has rapidly made a name for herself as a virtuosic dancer and provocative choreographer who blurs the space between theater and dance. Her dazzling company will bring the heat to ADF this summer with their newly premiered work MR. TOL E. RAncE. Celebrating the humor and perseverance of the black performer, this vivid and immensely eloquent work uses live original music, animation, theater, and savvy wit to examine pervasive black stereotypes, from the historic to the ones permeating pop culture.

Following the performance each night there will be a post performance discussion with Ms. Brown, the cast, and the following moderators: Mark Anthony Neal (July 9), Andrea E. Woods Valdés (July 10), and Richard J. Powell (July 11).

Performances

The presentation of MR. TOL E. RAncE is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Paul Taylor Dance Company

ADF@DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center

Friday, July 12 & Saturday, July 13 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee at 1:00pm

…the world’s greatest living choreographer.

–Washington Times

or nearly 60 years the unrivaled genius of Paul Taylor has delighted audiences and established him as one of the greatest cultural icons in dance history. The beauty and skillful mastery of his choreography is quickly recognized the world over, and his poignant, powerful, and breathtaking explorations into life’s most complex issues continue to move audiences of all ages. Audiences will be treated to a program comprised of some of Taylor’s most passionate works, including his 1981 masterpiece, Arden Court. Described as “One of the few great art works in [the 20th] century…”

by The New York Post, this extraordinary display of love and relationships touches the hearts of every audience that lays eyes on it. Eventide, a dance that has not been seen at the ADF since its world premiere in 1997, is a romantic, yet bittersweet, observation of a couple’s love as they look both at their past and toward their future. The company will also present Taylor’s newest work, Perpetual Dawn, which had its premiere in New York City just a few short weeks ago and was greeted with instant celebration.

Performances

Photo by: Tom Caravaglia

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Ireland

ADF Debut

ADF Offstage

US Premiere

ponydance Motorco Music Hall

Wednesday, July 17-Sunday, July 21 | 7:00pm & 9:00pm

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Photo by: Brian Farrell

ounded in Ireland in 1995, ponydance has quickly emerged as one of the country’s most imaginative and entertaining dance companies. These champions of dance theater have enjoyed worldwide success with their infectious energy and laugh-outloud choreography. They’ll make their ADF debut this summer with the US premiere of their hilarious show Where did it all go right?, a brutally honest and outrageously funny look into the numerous and quirky personalities often met in a pub setting. Audiences will most certainly laugh, cringe, and cheer during this charming and heart pumping dance piece that weaves them through a night on the town, all with masterful dancing.

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…joyous dancing and sharp wit…

–Irish Times

Performances

Trisha Brown Dance Company

ADF@DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center

Friday, July 19 & Saturday, July 20 | 8:00pm

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Photos by: Chaillot © Allison Dufty and BAM © Yi-Chun Wu

s one of the most prolific choreographers of the past century, Trisha Brown has received international accolades for her undeniable footprint on the post-modern dance era. Her company will present a very special program celebrating Ms. Brown’s past and present, including her final piece of choreography, I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours (2011). With an original composition by Alvin Curran, this breathy work finds the flawless balance between complete abandonment and rigorous structure. Celebrated as one of Brown’s most famous works, Set and Reset (1983) is a beautifully fluid and seductive dance that explores fleeting visibility through the unpredictably geometric style that has become the hallmark of her work. The company will also perform If you couldn’t see me (1994), a solo originally choreographed by and for Ms. Brown, where the audience is captured by the willowy and graceful movement of the dancer’s torso and limbs while never seeing her face.

...what is most striking is how intensely poetic her pieces become...

–The New York Times Performances

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ADF Debuts World Premieres

ADF@DUKE

Footprints

Rosie Herrera, Adele Myers, and Vanessa Voskuil

Reynolds Industries Theater

Photos by: John Koch, Adam Reign, and Ivan Singer

Monday, July 22-Wednesday, July 24 | 8:00pm

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elebrated as the show to see each summer to experience the most talented emerging choreographers and dancers, Footprints will again deliver an outstanding presentation of three ADF commissioned world premieres by groundbreaking artists. The works will be performed by the immensely gifted ADF students who deliver no shortage of impeccable technique and infectious energy.

After receiving rave reviews for her recent New York debut, Rosie Herrera returns to the ADF stage to share her magic with North Carolina audiences. Her flawless choreography gives life to her moving explorations of theater, opera, and dance. As a choreographer, director, filmmaker, and teacher, Vanessa Voskuil creates interdisciplinary performances that explore the layers and textures of the human experience. Her work, described as “a unique brand of wit and dramatic heft,” has earned her numerous awards including the 2009 McKnight Fellowship for Choreography. Since 2009, Adele Myers has been presenting her athletic and robust work in NYC and in over 50 venues throughout the New England region. She is the Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers and aims to investigate the humanist perspective while challenging her audiences to truly connect with the movers onstage.

Performances

New work by Rosie Herrera is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Additional support provided by Duke University’s Latino/a Studies of the Global South. New Work by Vanessa Voskuil is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and The Jerome Foundation. New work by Adele Myers is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation.

Raffle ADF is sending one lucky patron and a friend to New York City to attend the world premiere of Mark Dendy's newest site specific work at Lincoln Center Out of Doors! To win airfare and hotel accommodations visit the merchandise table in the DPAC or Reynolds Industries Theater lobbies to purchase your raffle tickets.

Buy 1 raffle ticket for $5 or buy 3 for $12!

The more you enter, the more chances you have to win!

World Premiere

Mark Dendy

ADF Offstage

Hearst Plaza Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York City

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o celebrate the 80th anniversary of the American Dance Festival, Bessie and OBIE award-winning choreographer Mark Dendy premieres a new site specific work at Lincoln Center in New York City this summer. ADF Wednesday, July 24 & Thursday, July 25 | 6:00pm and Lincoln Center Out of Doors are co-commissioners of the work that will engage 80 dancers from New York and across the country and occupy Performances are free and open to the public. different locations throughout Lincoln Center’s Hearst Plaza and its grove of trees, reflecting pool, and sloping lawn.

New Work by Mark Dendy is co-commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation.

Performances

Photo by: Mark Bussell

ADF & Lincoln Center Out of Doors co-commission a site specific work by

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Taiwan | US

ADF@DPAC

Reconstructions

World Premiere

Forces Of Dance Martha Graham, Lin Hwai-min, Bill T. Jones, and Twyla Tharp

Durham Performing Arts Center

Friday, July 26 & Saturday, July 27 | 8:00pm

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orces of Dance will feature work by highly acclaimed choreographers, Martha Graham, Lin Hwai-min, and Bill T. Jones, and a world premiere by Twyla Tharp. This performance celebrates recipients of the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement and showcases the incredible talent of ADF students.

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The performance will include 2013 Scripps/ADF Award recipient Lin Hwai-min’s solo from his 1998 masterpiece Moon Water, performed by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre dancer Chou Chang-ning. As a poetic meditation of the Taoist philosophy, the work explores the study of time and the balance found in yin and yang. The additional works on the program will be performed by the enormously gifted ADF students. In an unprecedented performance, Twyla Tharp will present an ADF commissioned world premiere created specifically for ADF students. Alexander Brady and Rika Okamoto will set what will be Tharp’s 130th dance work, featuring her iconic movement vocabulary and an original score created just for this occasion by David Kahne. Martha Graham, one of ADF’s four founders, has had a vast influence on the field that can be seen throughout history. In a special homage to Graham, Duane Cyrus will set the reconstruction of Ritual To the Sun from her legendary work Acts of Light (1981). Inspired by her revolutionary dance technique, the work celebrates the dancer as an exquisite instrument of expression. Bill T. Jones’ arresting ensemble work Love Re-Defined (1996) will also grace the stage. Drawing from Jones’ distinct and poetic style and set to a whimsical soundtrack by Daniel Johnston, the work is an energetic reflection on love and human relationships.

Performances

New Work by Twyla Tharp is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund. The presentation of Lin Hwai-min’s solo from Moon Water is supported by the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York and the Asian|Pacific Studies Institute of Duke University.

Children’s Children’s Saturday Matinees

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Photo by: James Arias & Carlos Furman

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Pilobolus June 22 Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company July 6 Paul Taylor Dance Company July 13

The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies that perform during the season. These one-hour performances begin at 1:00pm at the Durham Performing Arts Center and are specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children. Additionally, each one is followed by a free Kids Party in the DPAC lobbies, complete with live music, activities, face-painting, snacks, and more.

Photo by: Tom Caravaglia

Children’s Saturday Matinees

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estival Extras International Screendance Festival

Festival Extras

Faculty Concert

Free for subscribers!

Sunday, July 7 | 2:00pm and 8:00pm* Reynolds Industries Theater Each year, the ADF’s internationally renowned faculty members share their remarkable talent, skill, and creativity with over 400 students. The faculty will present a concert of their own exhilarating choreography, performed by the ADF students and faculty themselves. *Same program at both performances.

Musicians Concert Free for subscribers!

Wednesday, July 3 | 8:00pm Reynolds Industries Theater Each summer the virtuosic musicians of the ADF School take center stage for an evening featuring an immense range of musical styles that will get you moving. Come hear (and see!) the extraordinary talent that inspires the ADF faculty and students throughout the summer.

HU/ADF MFA Performances Free and open to the public!

Tuesday, July 15 & Wednesday, July 16 | 8:00pm* Reynolds Industries Theater The Hollins University/American Dance Festival MFA performances will feature thesis projects created by the students who are currently enrolled in the degree program. *Different program each night. May contain adult situations.

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Festival Extras

Free and open to the public!

Saturday, July 13 & Sunday, July 14 White Lecture Hall and Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Now in its 18th year, the International Screendance Festival features films that have been chosen by an international panel of judges and explores the place where cinematography and dance merge. Audiences have the opportunity to see numerous films over a two day period that have been specially chosen to represent the best of this film genre. Please visit the ADF website for additional information and the full screening schedule.

Durham Asana to Savasana A morning of yoga celebrating ADF, community, and friendship.

Free & open to the public!

Saturday, June 22 | 7:00am-10:00am Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University ADF and lululemon invite you to a special yoga event at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens this summer to celebrate the festival’s 80th anniversary, lululemon’s 1st birthday in Durham, and our vibrant community! Three yoga classes will span the course of the morning giving both first-time and seasoned yogis an opportunity to move their bodies and relax their minds in a gorgeous garden setting. Please visit the ADF website for a full schedule of classes.

Festival Tours Free & open to the public!

Throughout the summer, weekly festival tours offer individuals, families, and community groups a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of the ADF School and experience the world-renowned ADF faculty and dancers hard at work. Tours are led by the ADF staff, giving visitors the chance to learn the history of the festival as well as details about the 2013 season. Tours will occur June 24-July 19 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30am and 1:45pm. Tours usually last 1–2 hours. Please call 919-684-6402 to make your reservation today.

ADF Project Dance Throughout the year ADF Project Dance exposes local youth to dance and performance through free workshops, residencies, and classes for various ages. Led by ADF Director of Creative Movement Community Programs Gaspard Louis, this incredible program brings the joy and wonder of dance to community members that may not otherwise get to experience dance.

Join us for the following ADF Project dance classes throughout the Triangle!

Kidzu Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill, NC: Creative Movement | June 19, 10:15am-11:15am African Dance & Drumming | June 26, 10:15am-11:15am Dancing Stories! Stories Come Alive! | July 3, 10:15am-11:15am Hip-Hop | July 10, 10:15-11:15am

Awards 2013 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement Friday, July 26 | 8:00pm Durham Performing Arts Center The 2013 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement will be presented to acclaimed choreographer and Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Lin Hwai-min by Joseph V. Melillo prior to the Forces of Dance performance. The program will also include a performance of the solo from Lin Hwai-min Lin Hwai-min’s 1998 work Moon Water, performed

by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre dancer Chou Chang-ning. The award carries a $50,000 prize and is given annually to a choreographer who has made a significant contribution to the field of modern dance.

Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching Friday, June 14 | 7:00pm White Lecture Hall at Duke University The 2013 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching will be presented to celebrated educator and mentor Phyllis Lamhut for her incredible contribution to dance education. The Chair was established in 1991 and recognizes the dual role of teachers in passing on dance history and tradition and in guaranteeing the future creativity of the art form.

Phyllis Lamhut

Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC: African Dance & Drumming | June 22, 11:00am-12:00pm

Additional events will be added to the ADF website as they are scheduled.

80 Faces | Eighty Years. Eighty Stories In celebration of the 80th anniversary, the ADF blog will have a new face this year! Renamed 80 Faces, the blog will highlight special stories and memories from eighty people who have been a part of the Festival’s history.

Make sure to check the website beginning on May 9 to see the new face that debuts each day.

Photo by: Liu Chen-hsiang

Free for ticket holders!

Post Performance Discussions (PPDs) provide a unique opportunity for patrons to meet the festival artists, ask questions, and gain insight into the creators’ work and vision. PPDs take place after select evening performances throughout the summer. Please check the calendar on the inside cover or the ADF website for the PPD schedule.

Photo by: David Berlin

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Post Performance Discussions

Samuel H. Scripps Studios Serving as a center for creativity in Durham, the newly opened studios are dedicated to providing a sound scientific and aesthetic base for students of all ages and levels. Throughout the summer the studios will provide weekly Sunday master classes for local professionals taught by faculty of the distinguished ADF School.

Please visit the ADF website in May for more details on these classes.

ADF Project Dance is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Enterprise Holdings Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline.

Festival Extras

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ays To SAVE *ADF@DPAC and ADF@Duke orders cannot be combined to secure a Partial or Full Series Subscription. All orders are processed in the order in which they are received.

Subscribers may exchange their tickets up to 48 hours in advance for the same performing company and same price level. Subject to availability.

KIDS NIGHT OUT (KNO)

Ways To SAVE

Due to the exceptional ticket values of the following performances, discounts will not be available for the Children’s Saturday Matinees, ADF and the NC Dance Festival Celebrate Statewide Dance, Mark Haim at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and ponydance at Motorco Music Hall.

Partial Series Subscription SAVE 25% by ordering a Partial Series Subscription (available for ADF@Duke or ADF@DPAC). When you purchase tickets to 4 or more performances at one venue, you will receive 25% off the order.

Kids deserve a night out, too! All youth, ages 6-16, are invited to attend 2013 ADF performances for FREE with the purchase of a single ticket or subscription. Share the thrill of modern dance and excitement of the ADF with the next generation of dancegoers today!

A limited number of KNO tickets will be available for most performing companies.

As some programs may contain adult themes or nudity, the selection of KNO tickets is left to the discretion of parents and guardians. ADF will post any adult content information on the website immediately after it is received. Please note that programs are subject to change.

Senior Discount ADF patrons who are 65 years of age or older may reduce their regularpriced single ticket by $3.

Student Discount

Full Series Subscription SAVE 35% by ordering a Full Series Subscription (available for ADF@Duke or ADF@DPAC). When you purchase tickets to every performance at one venue, you will receive 35% off the order.

Whether you are a Partial or Full Series Subscriber,* you will be able to enjoy many benefits including one free ticket (per subscription) to the Faculty Concert and Musicians Concert, best seats in the house, easy ticket exchange, ticket insurance, and a tax deduction receipt for any unused tickets. Becoming a subscriber also gives you the opportunity to be among the first to purchase tickets before the general public the following year!

Partial and Full Series Subscriptions to ADF@DPAC are available through the order form on page 24, online, in person, or by phone.

Partial and Full Series Subscriptions to ADF@Duke are available through the order form on page 26, online, in person, or by phone.

Please note that there is no processing fee at DPAC or Duke for orders made in person.

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Ways To Save

All full-time students can receive half-priced tickets! Just present a valid student ID at the box office window one hour prior to the start of each ADF performance. Subject to availability. One ticket per valid ID.

Groups Save 25%!

There’s no better way to see the best in modern dance at an incredibly affordable rate than to bring a group of ten or more. Group tickets are ideal for clubs of any kind, networking groups, neighborhood associations, and much more! Groups of 10 or more save 25% off of regular-priced tickets.

University Employee Discount University employees receive 20% off regular ticket prices. Contact your university/college human resources department for the ADF University Employee discount code or visit our website to view participating universities.

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Your Gift Will Make Ways To GIVE All the Difference!

Do you enjoy ADF performances?

Does ADF add vibrancy to our community?

Would you like Durham to continue to be recognized as a modern dance destination?

If the answer to any of these is “yes,” we invite you to play a greater role in growing ADF in our community.

ADF is built upon and supported by the generosity of our donors.

Become a donor and help us to preserve, present, and promote modern dance.

ADF offers special donor benefits including exclusive events.

Your tax-deductible contribution will help: • • • •

Provide tuition scholarships to talented dancers in need of financial assistance at ADF’s summer programs and Samuel H. Scripps Studios.

Offer free dance workshops and performance tickets to children and low-income families.

Commission new works that will premiere here in Durham and then tour the world.

Preserve the history of modern dance through archival and reconstruction projects.

To make a tax-deductible contribution: Visit www.americandancefestival.org and click “Donate Now” or contact the Development Office, 919-684-6402.

Mail a check to American Dance Festival, Box 90772, Durham, NC 27708.

When purchasing tickets to ADF@Duke performances, add a one-time contribution under the “Ticket Order Totals” section of the order form.

A copy of the ADF’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from the ADF or from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, Attn: FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the NC State Solicitation Licensing Branch at (888) 830-4989. This license is not an endorsement by the State.

Ways To Give

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How To Order

RETURNING SUBSCRIBERS

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RETURN YOUR ORDER FORM BY MAY 10 TO GET THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE!

Tickets on sale May 13

For details on Series subscriptions and other discounts, check out Ways To Save on page 21.

Please advise the box office of any special needs. For general questions about the season, please call 919-684-6402.

How to Order ADF@DPAC Tickets

DPAC BOX OFFICE HOURS

Single Ticket Prices: $54 | $52 | $48

SEATING (Durham Performing Arts Center)

Single Ticket Prices: $46 | $44 | $40

In an effort to provide affordable ticket prices, we now offer $18 seats in limited view seating in the Orchestra.

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $41 | $39 | $36 Full Series SAVE 35%: $35 | $34 | $31

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $35 | $33 | $30 Full Series SAVE 35%: $30 | $29 | $26

Single Ticket Prices: $26 | $24 | $23 Partial Series SAVE 25%: $20 | $18 | $17 Full Series SAVE 35%: $17 | $16 | $15

IN PERSON or BY MAIL Durham Performing Arts Center The American Tobacco District 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701

BY PHONE 919-680-ARTS (2787)

Single Ticket Prices: $18

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $14 Full Series SAVE 35%: $12

ONLINE americandancefestival.org

How to Order ADF@Duke & Offstage Tickets SEATING (Reynolds Industries Theater) The 605 Collective LeeSaar The Company Footprints Single Ticket Price: $32

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $24 Full Series SAVE 35%: $21

Camille A. Brown & Dancers Faye Driscoll

*Single Ticket Price: $25

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $19 Full Series: SAVE 35%: $16

IN PERSON or BY MAIL (order form on page 26): Duke University Box Office Bryan Center, Duke University’s West Campus Box 90940, Durham, NC 27708

BY PHONE: 9190-684-4444

ONLINE: americandancefestival.org

*Does not include Add-on performances.

See page 26 for additional performance prices.

Seating for Motorco Music Hall & Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Univesity is general admission.

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How To Order

Tues-Fri 10am–5pm Sat 10am–2pm

The DPAC box office will open two hours prior to event time for all DPAC performances.

PARKING

PARKING at DPAC is easy in three decks within a few minutes walking distance of the theater. American Tobacco East Deck ($5), American Tobacco North Deck ($4), American Tobacco South Deck (free, except on game days).

Ticket purchases for ADF@DPAC performances must be made payable to Durham Performing Arts Center.

All tickets are non-refundable.

DUKE BOX OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 11am–6pm The Duke University Box Office will open one hour prior to event time for all Duke performances.

PARKING

PARKING is available in the Bryan Center parking garage, located on Science Drive on Duke’s West Campus. Duke Parking charges an event parking fee of $5.

Ticket purchases for ADF@Duke performances must be made payable to University Box Office. All tickets are nonrefundable.

ADF@ DPAC Durham Performing Arts Center

Partial Series (4-6 peformances): SAVE 25% when you choose 4-6 performances at DPAC Full Series (7 performances): SAVE 35% when you choose all 7 performances at DPAC Please complete steps 1-7 on the DPAC order form. Form continues on reverse side.

1 SELECT YOUR PERFORMANCES Performances at DPAC

Dates

(please circle)

Shen Wei Dance Arts

Th Fri 6/13 6/14 7pm

Pilobolus

Th Fri 6/20 6/21

Sat 6/22

Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion

Fri 6/28

Sat 6/29

Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company

Fri 7/5

Sat 7/6

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Fri 7/12

Sat 7/13

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Fri 7/19

Sat 7/20

Fri 7/26

Sat 7/27

Forces Of Dance

(Martha Graham, Lin Hwai-min, Bill T. Jones, Twyla Tharp)

(all performances begin at 8pm, unless otherwise noted)

Ticket Price

Seats

(circle)

(circle)

Orch

$52 | $44 | $24 | $18

Grand Tier

$52 | $44

Orch

$54 | $46 | $26 | $18

Grand Tier

$54 | $46

Orch

$48 | $40 | $23 | $18

Grand Tier

$48 | $40

Orch

$54 | $46 | $26 |$18

Grand Tier

$54 | $46

Orch

$52 | $44 | $24 | $18

Grand Tier

$52 | $44

Orch

$48 | $40 | $23 | $18

Grand Tier

$48 | $40

Orch

$48 | $40 | $23 | $18

Grand Tier

$48 | $40

Partial Series (SAVE 25%) (circle)

Full Series (SAVE 35%) (circle)

# of # KNO Tickets Tickets

Subtotal

$39 | $33 | $18 | $14 $34 | $29 | $16 | $12 $39 | $33

$________

$34 | $29

$41 | $35 | $20 | $14 $35 | $30 | $17 | $12 $41 | $35

$________

$35 | $30

$36 | $30 | $17 | $14 $31 | $26 | $15 | $12 $36 | $30

$________

$31 | $26

$41 | $35 | $20 | $14 $35 | $30 | $17 | $12 $41 | $35

$________

$35 | $30

$39 | $33 | $18 | $14 $34 | $29 | $16 | $12 $39 | $33

$________

$34 | $29

$36 | $30 | $17 | $14 $31 | $26 | $15 | $12 $36 | $30

$________

$31 | $26

$36 | $30 | $17 | $14 $31 | $26 | $15 | $12 $ 36 | $30

Ticket prices include City of Durham Facility Fee. KNO tickets are Kids Night Out tickets. For details, see page 21.

Ticket Subtotal Continued on reverse side

$________

$31 | $26

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$______

DPAC Order Form

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SEATING PREFERENCE The Box Office will make best efforts to seat you as requested.

❑ Left

3

❑ Center

❑ Right

❑ Aisle ❑ Best Available

ADF@DPAC Durham Performing Arts Center

CHILDREN’S SATURDAY MATINEES Performance

Date & Times

Price

Children’s Saturday Matinee Series

6/22, 7/6, and 7/13

$30

$__________

Pilobolus

Sat 6/22 at 1pm

$15

$__________

Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company

Sat 7/6 at 1pm

$15

$__________

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Sat 7/13 at 1pm

$15

$__________

Ticket prices include City of Durham Facility Fee.

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# of Tickets

Subtotal

Children’s Saturday Matinee Total $________

TICKET ORDER TOTALS Ticket Subtotal (Section 1, reverse side) $_____________________ Children’s Matinee Total (Section 3, see above) $_____________________ DPAC (total # of tickets________x $3) $_____________________ No processing fee for in-person orders.

TOTAL

5 PATRON INFORMATION

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Name

PAYMENT INFORMATION

City State Zip

❑ Check payable to DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ AMEX ❑ Discover

Day Phone (

Signature

Address

)

Evening (

)

Email (requested)

7 MAIL OR BRING TO: DPAC Ticket Center, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701

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$_____________________

DPAC Order Form

Name (as appears on card) Credit Card # Billing Zip Code

Exp Date

ADF@ DUKE Reynolds Industries Theater

Partial Series (4 peformances): SAVE 25% when you choose 4 performances at DUKE Full Series (5 performances): SAVE 35% when you choose all 5 performances at DUKE Please complete steps 1-7 on the DUKE order form. Form continues on reverse side.

1 SELECT YOUR PERFORMANCES Performances at DUKE

(all performances begin at 8pm, unless otherwise noted)

Ticket Price

Dates

(please circle)

(circle)

Partial Series (SAVE 25%)

Full Series (SAVE 35%)

(circle)

(circle)

# of Tickets

# KNO Tickets

Subtotal

The 605 Collective

Sat Sun Mon 6/15 6/16 6/17

$32

$24

$21

$________

Faye Driscoll

Sun Mon Tue 6/23 6/24 6/25

$25

$19

$16

$________

LeeSaar The Company

Sun Mon 6/30 7/1

Tue 7/2

$32

$24

$21

$________

Wed Thu 7/10 7/11

$25

$19

$16

$________

Mon Tue Wed 7/22 7/23 7/24

FREE $32

$24

$21

$________

Camille A. Brown & Dancers Footprints

(Rosie Herrera, Adele Myers, Vanessa Voskuil)

Tue 7/9

ADD-ONS (Add the below performances onto your Duke or DPAC Series Subscription!)

Performances at DUKE

Times

Dates

(circle)

(please circle)

Ticket Price (circle)

# of Tickets

# KNO Tickets

Subtotal

Wed 6/19

7pm | 9pm

$15

$________

*Mark Haim

Tues Wed 6/25 6/26

7pm | 9pm

$15

$________

*ponydance

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 8/21

7pm | 9pm

$15

$________

*ADF & NC Dance Festival at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

at Motorco Music Hall

* Performances at 7pm & 9pm and are general admission. No discounts are available for these performances.

KNO tickets are Kids Night Out tickets. For detail see page 21.

Ticket Subtotal Continued on reverse side

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$_______

DUKE Order Form

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SEATING PREFERENCE The Box Office will make best efforts to seat you as requested. ❑ Left

3

❑ Center

❑ Right

ADF@ DUKE Reynolds Industries Theater

❑ Aisle ❑ Best Available

ADF MUSICIANS & FACULTY CONCERTS Dates

Times

Musicians**

Wed 7/3

8pm

$22

$__________

Faculty**

Sun 7/7

2pm | 8pm

$22

$__________

*Additional tickets may be ordered at full price. ** Limited to one free ticket for every subscription purchased.

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# Of Free Tickets*

# Of Paid Tickets

Concert

Price

Subtotal

ADF Musicians & Faculty Concerts Total $________

TICKET ORDER TOTALS Ticket Subtotal (Section 1, reverse side) $_____________________ ADF Musicians & Faculty Concerts Total (Section 3, see above) $_____________________ Tax-Deductible Contribution* $_____________________ + $6.00 Duke University Box Office processing fee $_____________________

TOTAL

5 PATRON INFORMATION

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Name Address

$_____________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION

City State Zip

❑ Check payable to DUKE UNIVERSITY BOX OFFICE ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ AMEX ❑ Discover

Day Phone (

Signature

)

Evening (

)

Email (requested)

Name (as appears on card)

*If you are making a tax-deductible contribution, print name(s) exactly as it should appear in the ADF playbill:

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Credit Card # Billing Zip Code

Duke University Box Office, Bryan University Center, Box 90940, Durham, NC 27708

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DUKE Order Form

Exp Date

Shall We Dance?

Throughout its 80-year history—36 at Duke University in Durham—ADF has been a nationally recognized leader in our indigenous art form of modern dance. Generations of dancers and choreographers have come to ADF as students, taught as faculty, and created and performed work as professional artists. Each summer, ADF has been the beating heart of the dance world. Let’s keep that heart beating.

In June, we will launch the largest fundraising effort in ADF history: a $3 million campaign for facilities, endowment, and operating support called Shall We Dance, led by ADF stalwart volunteers Rebecca B. Elvin and Curt Myers.

Sparked by the opening of the new Samuel H. Scripps Studios—ADF’s first year-round building—the festival is expanding its reach into national and global dance com­munities and offering more performances and educational opportunities to its Triangle-area neighbors as well. This is the time to grow our dynamic audience and turn a 6 ½ week festival into a 52-week extravaganza.

Come dance with us!

Shall We Dance?

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Eighty Years | Eighty Stories Visit the ADF website daily starting May 9 for 80 Faces, our newest blog project that celebrates our rich history and exciting future!

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