ADF Season Brochure 2014

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Nasher Museum of Art 7pm & 9pm

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24 Ishmael Houston-Jones & Emily Wexler❖

Adele Myers and Dancers❖

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Pilobolus✪★★

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15 Tere O’Connor Dance✪❖

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The Ark 2pm & 8pm

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solos by Ronald K. Brown,✪★ Stephen Petronio,✪★ Doug Varone,✪★ and Shen Wei★ Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

✪ ADF World Premiere ✴ US Premiere ❖ ADF Debut ★ ADF Commission ISF International Screendance Festival at 2pm ppd Post Performance Discussion

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm Scripps/ADF Award presented to Angelin Preljocaj prior to performance

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Reynolds Industries Theater 7pm & 9:30pm poem and BLEED Secret Mary

Tere O’Connor Dance✪❖ Sister (Free)

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet✪

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Reynolds Industries Theater 2pm & 8pm

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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet✪

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14 Gregory Maqoma/Vuyani Dance Theatre❖

20 Ballet Hispanico❖★

The PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council 7pm & 9pm

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Opening Night Fête

Teaching Reynolds Industries Tribute Baldwin Auditorium Theater 8pm 3pm

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm

2014 SEASON CALENDAR

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17 Discussion with Tere O’Connor (Free) The Ark 8pm

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18 Paul Taylor Dance Company★

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Durham Performing Arts Center 8pm Children’s Matinee 1pm

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Footprints

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Welcome!

Dear Friends, I am delighted to invite you to join us this summer as we celebrate our 81st season, Shall We Dance, with 49 performances spanning a wide range of modern dance styles. From repertory programs by Ballet Hispanico and Cedar Lake, to festival favorites Pilobolus and Paul Taylor Dance Company, to ADF-commissioned solos by Ronald K. Brown, Stephen Petronio, Doug Varone, and Shen Wei, ADF gives you a season of handpicked works sure to move and inspire.

This season ADF presents 24 companies and choreographers, 12 ADF company debuts, 12 ADF commissions, 10 ADF world premieres, 2 US premieres, and 1 ADF exclusive program.

My best,

Jodee Nimerichter ADF Director

Photo by Whitney Browne

In addition to our outstanding performances, the festival abounds with action-packed activities for dance fans of all ages— from the Faculty and Musicians Concerts, to Children’s Matinees, to the 19th annual International Screendance Festival, to post-performance discussions with the companies, to ADF Tours. Phew! Shall We Dance? Yes, let’s go! I hope you will join us for another memorable season.

All photos by Grant Halverson © ADF 2014 unless otherwise noted.

Opening Night Fête

June 12, 2014 at 9pm | Parizäde | Fête Tickets $85

Spend a magical evening with ADF! ➤ Meet the dancers of Vertigo Dance Company ➤ Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres and wine ➤ Dance to great music

Special thanks to

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

Space is limited. Proceeds will benefit ADF’s Shall We Dance campaign.

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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US Premiere | Israel “...loaded with beauty, originality, and spiritualtiy...”

The Jerusalem Post

Vertigo Dance Company Durham Performing Arts Center Thursday, June 12 & Friday, June 13 | 8:00pm

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Celebrating twenty years of Vertigo Dance Company’s creations, Noa Wertheim’s festive production Vertigo 20 attempts to re-decipher the secret of time. Vertigo 20, a co-production of Fondazione Campania dei Festival - Teatro Festival Italia and Vertigo Dance Company, is the company’s largest-scale production to date. The piece is a kind of retrospective of Wertheim’s work that moves from real to surreal, from intimate to theatric, from impalpable to tangible. Unique movement language accentuated by wit and hinted sadness takes the spectator on an unexpected and inspiring journey through unknown worlds.

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The wildly popular Vertigo Dance Company returns to ADF to open the 2014 season!

ADF performances of Vertigo Dance Company are supported by The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast Region and Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York.

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ADF Debut | South Africa “Exit/Exist was thoroughly hypnotic.”

The Seattle Times

Gregory Maqoma/ Vuyani Dance Theatre Reynolds Industries Theater Saturday, June 14-Monday, June 16 | 8:00pm

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Taking inspiration from his ancestral past, South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma’s moving, evening-length solo Exit/Exist blends storytelling with a powerful dance vocabulary and dynamic live music in an examination of race, political power, and the melding of past and present. Maqoma reveals the history and fate of his ancestor, a 19th century Xhosa warrior, who fought to maintain cultural traditions in the face of colonial rule. Through his signature integration of traditional and contemporary dance, Maqoma invites audiences to reflect on who we are, where we come from, and how all of these facets, past and present, inform our personal and collective identities today.

The presentation of Gregory Maqoma/Vuyani Dance Theatre’s Exit/Exist was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ADF Debut | Israel “Niv and Oren inspired the work with their intimate relationship and emotions, and the result is fascinating.�

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Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Tuesday, June 17 | 7:00pm and 9:00pm This performance contains nudity.

ADF and the Nasher Museum of Art co-present Two Room Apartment by Israeli choreographers Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor. Sheinfeld and Laor have recreated the seminal 1987 work Two Room Apartment, which helped put Israeli dance on the map. This award-winning work, originally created and performed by the male and female couple Nir Ben Gal and Liat Dro, has been reworked as a dance for two men. The duet reflects on their relationship as partners in life and as creators. Both personal and political, the work examines boundaries in various contexts: physical borders, such as between territories or between two rooms, but also non-physical borders, such as the one between life and performance, and the boundaries that the individual sets for himself. There will be limited chair seating available, on a first-come first-served basis, for these performances. Additional seating will be available on the floor, and audience members will also have the option of standing. Performance is approximately 50 minutes.

Photos by Gadi Dagon and Vojtech Brtnicky

ADF performances of Two Room Apartment by Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor are supported by The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast Region.

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ADF Debuts “You don’t have to wait to visit New York City to see fresh and original work on stage.”

Triangle Arts & Entertainment

Photos by Jen Guy Metcalf, Scott Chmelar, Robin Gallant, Andrew Synowiez, Rosalie O’Connor, Banu Valladares

Here and Now: NC Dances

Featuring works by Renay Aumiller, Gaspard Louis, Diego Carrasco Schoch, Leah Wilks

Reynolds Industries Theater Wednesday, June 18 | 7:00pm and 9:00pm ADF and the NC Dance Festival (NCDF) are delighted to co-present four dance works by North Carolina choreographers. Selected by nationally recognized choreographers Mark Dendy, Adele Myers, and Zoe Scofield, the works of the four chosen artists celebrate dance being created here and now, at home in North Carolina.

Renay Aumiller Dances will present Acquiring Dawn, inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. This work portrays a post-apocalyptic environment, a world of dualities: hope and despair, truth and prophecy, and nature and industry. Gaspard & Dancers’ work Annatations,

by Gaspard Louis, evokes a dream state where the souls that perished in the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake reconnect before moving on to their final destination, a place where all life began. A Place Apart, a tender yet strong duet for two men choreographed by Diego Carrasco Schoch, uses text and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to depict intimacy, entanglement, support, and the need for space inherent within relationships. Leah Wilks’ company Vector presents Mess and asks the questions, “How does the body react when the world makes no sense? Does it shut down? Does it ignore or fight back? Does it try to control, to compartmentalize, to make meaning out of nothing? Can it ever learn to let go?”

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ADF Commission | ADF Debut “When Ballet Hispanico’s dancers take the stage, watch out. No one struts, kicks, spins, leaps, and gyrates the way they do. Their joy is infectious.”

Newsday

Ballet Hispanico

Ballet Hispanico’s fresh repertory melds Latin dance with classical and contemporary techniques to create a new theatrical and passionate style. Led by Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispanico makes its ADF debut with a spectacular program including Vilaro’s Danzón, a work that takes a traditional and quintessentially Cuban dance form and reinvents it with contemporary movement riffs. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Sombrerísimo is an athletic tour de force for six men, full of rhythmic agility and stylistic flair. Show.Girl., a new work commissioned by ADF and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, is the much-anticipated latest creation by ADF audience favorite, Rosie Herrera.

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Durham Performing Arts Center Friday, June 20 & Saturday, June 21 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee | 1:00pm

Show.Girl. by Rosie Herrera is commissioned by ADF and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. ADF support provided by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation and the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance.

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ADF Debut “Wexler and Houston-Jones, certainly a dynamic duo, have standout individual moments as well.”

The Dance Enthusiasts

Ishmael Houston-Jones & Emily Wexler The PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council Tuesday, June 24 & Wednesday, June 25 | 7:00pm and 9:00pm Mature audiences recommended due to language.

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Choreographer/performers Ishmael Houston-Jones and Emily Wexler will present the NC premiere of their first evening-length collaboration, 13 Love Songs: dot dot dot. Separated by a generation— he’s in his 60s, she in her 30s, and differing in gender and ethnicity—male, female; black, white, these two innovative dance artists have found common ground in their mutual belief that the pop love song is corrosive. Houston-Jones and Wexler have researched the lyrics of a trove of pop songs by a host of pop artists as divergent as Bryan Adams and Mary J. Blige, Ja Rule and Stephin Merritt, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone, and of course Madonna. They have narrowed their playlist to 13 (or maybe 14 or more). It won’t be pretty, it won’t be polite, but there will be knives.

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ADF World Premieres |ADF Commissions “If the dance world has a summer movie blockbuster equivalent, it must be Pilobolus.”

Associated Press

Pilobolus Photos by Sara D. Davis, Grant Halverson

Durham Performing Arts Center Thursday, June 26-Saturday, June 28 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee | 1:00pm This performance contains nudity.

Pilobolus is an ADF audience favorite for a reason. High-octane, accessible, and always unique, this is a company for dance lovers and newcomers alike. This season they will debut two ADFcommissioned works. The first explores the power of iconic bodies to tell a story about the birth of desire and its intertwined connection to shame and revenge. Set to vocal music inspired by the classical baroque period, it is both graceful and riveting to watch. The second work was created in collaboration with writer/director Shira Geffen and Israeli short story, graphic novel, and film writer Etgar Keret, described by Ira Glass of NPR’s This American Life as “one of the best known writers in Israel, the kind of writer people call the voice of a generation.” Filling out the rest of the program is Megawatt, a full-throttle, full-company piece that blends startling energy with an ironic take on the excess state of the world we live in, set to the music of Primus, Radiohead, and Squarepusher. Skyscrapers, Pilobolus’ collaboration with choreographer Trish Sie, is a work set against the gritty, saturated colors of LA’s eastside streets. Skyscrapers explores the melancholy, understated elegance of the tango in this quick-change duet.

New Works are commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund.

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ADF Debut “Ms. Myers can indeed shape an onstage world.”

The New York Times

Adele Myers and Dancers Reynolds Industries Theater Monday, June 30-Wednesday, July 2 | 8:00pm

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Inspired in part by Adele Myers’ attempt to get over her fear of falling by enrolling in trapeze school, Einstein’s Happiest Thought is a multi-disciplinary work that delves into the charged physical states of risk and anticipation. The title refers to a thought experiment that Einstein claimed led to the happiest thought of his life, about the different ways we experience the same amount of time and space in relation to gravity. Balances look precarious, and dancers examine concepts of falling: falling down, falling over, falling in love, falling into debt. The work features collaborations with composer Josh Quillen, lighting and visual designer Kathy Couch, filmmaker Emmy Pickett, and dramaturg Ain Gordon.

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The presentation of Adele Myers and Dancers’ Einstein’s Happiest Thought was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ADF World Premiere “To watch the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is to be transported to a different world, and at times a different dimension that is strangely unsettling amid moments of haunting beauty… “ The Post and Courier

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Durham Performing Arts Center Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6 | 8:00pm Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet has distinguished itself through both its exceptionally talented dancers and its emphasis on commissioning new works by the world’s most in-demand emerging choreographers. In Violet Kid, Hofesh Shechter examines man’s struggle for harmony within a complex and sometimes horrifying universe. In constant shifts between exhilarating charges and contradictory retreats, victims and aggressors, a glimpse into the essence of existence emerges. Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue

by Crystal Pite features dramatic cinematic lighting through which pairs of dancers sweep in and out, playing either the rescued or the rescuer in mesmerizing sequences. Rounding out the evening is a world premiere by Israeli choreographer, Emanuel Gat. Ida ? is a playful contemplation on the nature of human relations. Through continuous shifts and tampering with both visual and aural perceptions, the work explores and questions group behaviors and the navigation of individuals within them.

Although an assemblage of complex structures, Ida ? is nonetheless a work revolving around the evidence and immediacy of human presence.

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Photo by Simon Courchel

ADF Commission “Leaving the theater we are no longer quite what we were when we arrived.”

The New York Times

John Jasperse Company Reynolds Industries Theater Monday, July 7-Wednesday, July 9 | 8:00pm ADF will present the North Carolina premiere of Within between, an evening-length ADF-commissioned work by groundbreaking New York choreographer John Jasperse created in collaboration with the performers, including an original commissioned score by composer Jonathan Bepler and lighting design by Lenore Doxsee.

Everything looks like something. But apparently you can’t judge a book by its cover. Despite the interplay and disjunction between essence and appearance, all artistic work uses its perceptual surface (what it looks like, sounds like, feels like...) as a means of transmission. The aesthetics of a work of art speak to the value systems of its author(s), which are in turn formed through the construction of such eternally slippery terms as beauty. In Within between Jasperse seeks both to embrace and to resist the habits of his own history, to create a cross-pollination or catalytic mating of sensibilities, where the work emerges out of the space between what seems to be distinct terrains.

Within between is commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance.

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US Premiere “Empty moves is a powerful piece, pure and purged of everything other than choreographic phrasing.”

Le Figaro

Ballet Preljocaj Durham Performing Arts Center Friday, July 11 & Saturday, July 12 | 8:00pm

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The 2014 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement recipient, Angelin Preljocaj, brings his company, Ballet Preljocaj, to DPAC to perform Empty moves (parts I, II, and III). Empty moves is composed of actions and movements inspired by the words and phonemes read by John Cage at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, recorded live on December 2, 1977. The notion of the alienation effect, of the disintegration of the movement, and of a new manner of choreographic phrasing takes precedence over their meaning and essence.

Through these means this dance work connects with text by Henry David Thoreau, which was John Cage’s starting point.

This is the US premiere of part III and the US premiere of all three parts performed together on one program. Mr. Preljocaj will be presented with his award immediately prior to the performance on Friday, July 11.

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ADF World Premiere | ADF Debut “The inventiveness and richness of what O’Connor has constructed is astonishing.”

DanceBeat

Tere O’Connor Dance

4 nights, 4 works, and one conversation with Tere O’Connor

Photos by Paula Court

The Ark at Duke University, East Campus Program 1| Sunday, July 13| 2:00pm & 8:00pm (FREE!) Conversation | Thursday, July 17 | 8:00pm (FREE!) Reynolds Industries Theater Program 2 | Tuesday, July 15 | 7:00pm & 9:30pm Program 3 | Wednesday, July 16 | 7:00pm & 9:30pm ADF is delighted to present, for the first time, four of Tere O’Connor’s interconnected works over the course of three special evenings. BLEED is the culminating work of a two-year project during which he constructed three other pieces, Secret Mary, poem, and Sister, all from very different source material and each with an entirely different cast. He then collapsed these into this fourth work, simultaneously remembering and forgetting the previous dances. All eleven of the performers from the other works are here, yet the movement material is gone. Ghosts of the other dances resonate through the new work and shape its form, but they are subterranean and exert their pressure on this new construction from the caves of memory. There will be a special, free, open to the public, hour-long discussion with Tere O’Connor at the end of the company’s residency. Don’t miss an evening of this company’s ADF visit! Go ahead; make your way to every event!

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The presentation of Tere O’Connor’s Bleed was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ADF Commission “…the world’s greatest living choreographer.”

Washington Times

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Durham Performing Arts Center Friday, July 18 & Saturday, July 19 | 8:00pm Children’s Saturday Matinee | 1:00pm

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Paul Taylor is one of the greatest pioneers of America’s indigenous art of modern dance. At an age when most artists’ best works are behind them, Mr. Taylor continues to win public and critical acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance, and power of his creations.

In celebration of Paul Taylor Dance Company’s 60th anniversary, ADF has commissioned a new work, Marathon Cadenzas, set to The Raymond Scott Quintette’s classic recordings of The Penguin, Oil Gusher, Minuet in Jazz, Girl at the Typewriter, Twilight in Turkey, and Peter Tambourine.

The work depicts a dance marathon where couples hope to survive to the end to collect the prize.

Marathon Cadenzas premiered at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York in March 2014. In addition, the evening will feature well-loved masterworks from the Taylor repertoire.

Marathon Cadenzas is commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance.

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Photos by Daniel Roberts, Sarah Silver, Stephen Xue, Rose Eichenbau

ADF World Premieres | ADF Commissions | ADF Exclusive Program

On Their Bodies

Featuring solos choreographed and performed by Ronald K. Brown, Stephen Petronio, Doug Varone, and Shen Wei

Durham Performing Arts Center Tuesday, July 22 & Wednesday, July 23 | 8:00pm This one-of-a-kind event, to be performed only at ADF, brings together four of the most respected and accomplished choreographers working today, each performing solos, made for themselves, performed by themselves. Ronald K. Brown makes dances derived from his interpretation of the human condition, referring to numerous cultural sources. His stories and movement express traditional themes of community, ritual, and collective experience. In Brown’s words, he wants his work to represent “all the information that has gone into us—the stories, the history. It is really the human experience.” For nearly 30 years, Stephen Petronio has honed a unique language of movement that speaks to the intuitive and complex possibilities of the body within the shifting sphere of our current time. New music, visual art, and fashion collide in his dances, producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. Working in dance, theater, opera, film, television, and fashion, Doug Varone has commanded attention for his expansive vision, versatility, and technical prowess. Varone’s kinetically thrilling dances make essential connections and mine the complexity of the human spirit. From the smallest gesture to full-throttle bursts of movement, Varone’s work can take your breath away. Shen Wei is an intellectual artist and an aesthete. The son of Chinese opera professionals, he was trained from youth in the rigorous practice of Chinese opera, traditional Chinese ink painting, and calligraphy. He eventually found his way to modern dance and became a founding member of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company. His work melds both his background in traditional Chinese arts with new movement vocabularies, making his voice one of the most unique working in the field today.

Solos are commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance.

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ADF World Premieres | ADF Debuts | ADF Commissions

Footprints

Featuring works by Carl Flink, Leonie McDonagh, and Netta Yerushalmy

Reynolds Industries Theater Thursday, July 24-Saturday, July 26 | 8:00pm Celebrating the most talented emerging choreographers and dancers, Footprints delivers an outstanding presentation of three ADF-commissioned world premieres by groundbreaking artists, performed with impeccable technique and infectious energy by talented ADF students.

Minnesota-based choreographer Carl Flink creates work that is intensely athletic and daring with humanistic themes. Dance Magazine describes his work as “…rugged and direct with blunt physicality and provocative themes complexly layered.” Leonie McDonagh is the founder and artistic director of the Irish company, ponydance, with whom she has produced and created several works in progress, short dance films, and five full-length productions. ponydance made their ADF debut in 2013 with 10 sold-out performances at Motorco Music Hall. Instinctively interested in the combination of clowning, comedy, and dance, Leonie has developed work with humor that has found universal appeal. Netta Yerushalmy, based in New York City since 2000, makes work that juxtaposes beauty and power, inventive movement, and disjointed composition to distill the awkward and virtuosic into a distinct aesthetic quality. Eva Yaa Asentewaa from the Village Voice says,“Netta Yerushalmy’s dances, like fresh hot spices, are pungent, potent, head-clearing.”

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New Work by Netta Yerushalmy is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation. New Work by Carl Flink is commissioned by ADF with support from the McKnight Artist Fellowship Program at Northrop at the University of Minnesota and the SHS Foundation. New Work by Leonie McDonagh is commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation.

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Children’s Matinees Children’s Saturday Matinees | 1:00pm The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies from the season.

These one-hour shows 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, face-painting, snacks, and additional activities.

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Awards & Dedications Friday, July 11 | 8:00pm Durham Performing Arts Center The 2014 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement will be presented to acclaimed choreographer and director, Angelin Preljocaj by Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater prior to the Ballet Preljocaj performance at DPAC. The award carries a $50,000 prize and is given annually to a choreographer who has made significant contributions to the field of modern dance.

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Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching Sunday, June 15 | 3:00pm Baldwin Auditorium at Duke University The 2014 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching will be presented to celebrated educator Irene Dowd in a special ceremony. 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.

Festival Extras International Screendance Festival Free and open to the public!

Saturdays | June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19 | 2:00pm Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Now in its 19th year, the International Screendance Festival features films, chosen by an international panel of judges, that explore the place where cinematography and dance merge.

Audiences have the opportunity to see numerous films over consecutive Saturdays 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.

Musicians Concert Free for subscribers!

Sunday, June 29 | 8:00pm Baldwin Auditorium at Duke University 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.

Festival Tours Free and 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 ADF staff, giving visitors the chance to learn the history of the festival as well as details about the 2014 Season. Tours will occur June 23-July 18 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30am and 1:45pm. Tours usually last between 1-2 hours. Please call 919-684-6402 to make your reservation.

Post Performance Discussions 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 page 1 for the PPD schedule.

Faculty Concert Free for subscribers!

Sunday, July 13 | 2:00pm and 8:00pm Reynolds Industries Theater Each year, ADF’s internationally renowned faculty share their remarkable talent, skill, and creativity with over 400 students.

The faculty will present a concert of their own exhilarating choreography, performed by ADF students and faculty themselves.

Same program at both performances.

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Festival Extras ADF Project Dance ADF Project Dance exposes local youth to dance and performance through free workshops, residencies, and classes for various ages. Led by Gaspard Louis, ADF Director of Creative Movement Community Programs, this program brings the joy of dance to Durham communities that may not otherwise get to experience dance. Stay tuned to the ADF website for ADF Project Dance opportunities.

Kidzu Children’s Museum | Chapel Hill, NC

Wednesdays | June 25 & July 2, 9, 16, 10:30-11:30am

Marbles Kids Museum | Raleigh, NC

Creative Movement | May 31, 10:30am-11:30am African Dance & Drumming | June 6, 10:30am-11:30am Dancing Stories! Stories Come Alive | June 14, 10:30am-11:30am Hip-Hop | July 12, 10:30-11:30am

Samuel H. Scripps Studios Opened in 2012, the Samuel. H. Scripps Studios provide a much-needed space for ADF to continue its educational programming and outreach throughout the year. Serving as a center for dance in Durham, the 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 adult classes as well as Saturday classes for children and a one-week dance camp for ages 8-12. Please visit the ADF website for more details on these classes.

Movement in the Moonglow A moonlit celebration of the American Dance Festival and yoga.

Free and open to the public!

Sunday, June 22 l in the evening (specific time TBD) Duke University’s East Campus ADF and lululemon invite you to a special yoga event on Duke University’s East Campus this summer to celebrate our vibrant community of movers!

First-time and seasoned yogis alike are encouraged to come out for an evening of restorative movement under the peaceful glow of the summer’s moon. Please visit the ADF website for further details.

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Ways To SAVE Ways To SAVE

Due to the exceptional ticket values of the following performances, discounts will not be available for the Children’s Saturday Matinees, Here and Now: NC Dances, Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and Ishmael Houston-Jones & Emily Wexler at The PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council.

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.

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 ADF Faculty 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@Duke are available through the order form on page 28, online, in person, or by phone.

Partial and Full Series Subscriptions to ADF@DPAC 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. *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) | Free

Kids deserve a night out too! All youth, ages 6-16 are invited to attend

any 2014 ADF performance 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.

A limited number of KNO tickets will be available for each performing company.

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.

ADF Go for ages 18-30 | only $10

The ADF Go program is designed to make modern dance more accessible and affordable for young arts lovers in our community.

Audience members between the ages of 18-30 have the opportunity to purchase a $10 ticket to any ADF performance at DPAC or Reynolds Industries Theater. Patrons must visit the DPAC or Duke box office in person with a valid ID. Rally your friends and make this the summer of ADF. You have no excuse not to see everything! So, Go!

Senior Discount

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

Student Discount

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 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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Help us reach our campaign goal of $3 million by the end of 2014.

Please join the campaign and make a contribution today You can make an undesignated contribution or designate your contribution in one of three areas:

$1.25 million

ADF Fund Giving: support what the festival is today through • • • •

Scholarships Commissions of new work Outreach programs for youth Archival and reconstruction projects

$1.3 million

Capital Giving: support ADF’s new Samuel H. Scripps Studios that allow us to provide year-round programming for all ages and levels

There are many convenient ways to make a donation: VISIT

and click “DONATE”

CALL our Developement office at 919.684.8402 MAIL a check to ADF, Box 90772, Durham, NC 27708

Studio Naming Opportunities Available

$.45 million

Endowment/Planned Giving: support what the festival becomes through programs that ensure future scholarships and commissioning

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Contributions are tax-deductible within the law.

A copy of the ADF’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from American Dance Festival, 715 Broad Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705 or from the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 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.

ADF Support Major support for ADF’s 2014 Performance Season provided by:

TICKET HELP IS AVAILABLE!

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SHS Foundation

You cannot wait for ADF to begin. . . but with 2 box offices and so many performances, where do you begin?

JOIN ADF STAFF ON

Wednesday, April 23, 7:00-8:00pm OR Saturday, April 26, 11:00am-Noon

WHERE?

ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios 721 Broad Street, 2nd Floor Durham, NC 27705

WHY?

We can help answer performance questions and help you complete your order form.

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How To Order

➣RETURNING SUBSCRIBERS ➣ RETURN YOUR ORDER FORM BY MAY 9 TO GET THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE!

Tickets on sale May 12

For details on series subscriptions and other discounts, check out Ways To Save on page 22.

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 Single Ticket Prices: $58 | $55.75 | $51.50

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $44.25 | $42.75 | $39.50 Full Series SAVE 35%: $38.75 | $37.25 | $34.50

Single Ticket Prices: $49.25 | $47.25 | $43

SEATING (Durham Performing Arts Center) In an effort to provide affordable ticket prices, we now offer $19.25 seats in limited view seating in the Orchestra.

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $37.75 | $36.25 | $33 Full Series SAVE 35%: $33.25 | $31.75 | $29

IN PERSON or BY MAIL Durham Performing Arts Center Single Ticket Prices: $27.75 | $25.75 | $24.50 The American Tobacco District 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701 Partial Series SAVE 25%: $21.75 | $20 | 19.25 Full Series SAVE 35%: $19.25 | $17.75 | $17

Single Ticket Prices: $19.25

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $15.25 Full Series SAVE 35%: $13.50

BY PHONE 919-680-ARTS (2787) ONLINE americandancefestival.org

How to Order ADF@Duke & Offsite Tickets SEATING (Reynolds Industries Theater) Gregory Maqoma/Vunyani IN PERSON or BY MAIL (order form on page 26): Dance Theatre Footprints Duke University Box Office *Single Ticket Price: $34.50 Bryan Center, Duke University’s West Campus Partial Series SAVE 25%: $26 Box 90940, Durham, NC 27708 Full Series SAVE 35%: $22.50 Adele Myers and Dancers John Jasperse Company Tere O’Connor Dance

*Single Ticket Price: $27

Partial Series SAVE 25%: $20.25 Full Series: SAVE 35%: $17.50

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BY PHONE: 919-684-4444 ONLINE: americandancefestival.org

DPAC BOX OFFICE HOURS 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.

*Does not include add-on performances.

See page 26 for additional performance prices.

Seating for the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Univesity & The PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council is general admission.

ADF@DPAC Durham Performing Arts Center

Partial Series (4-6 performances): 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 next page.

1 SELECT YOUR PERFORMANCES (all performances begin at 8pm) Ticket prices include NC State House Bill 998 sales tax and City of Durham Facility Fee. KNO tickets are Kids Night Out tickets. For details, see page 22.

ADF @DPAC Vertigo Dance Company

Th 6/12

Ballet Hispanico

Th 6/26

Pilobolus

Fri 6/13

Fri 6/20

Sat 6/21

Fri 6/27

Sat 6/28

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Sat 7/5

Ballet Preljocaj

Fri 7/11

Sat 7/12

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Fri 7/18

Sat 7/19

On Their Bodies (solos)

Ticket Price (circle)

Partial Series (SAVE 25%) (circle)

Full Series (SAVE 35%) (circle)

Orch

$51.50 | $43 | $24.50 | $19.25

$39.50 | $33 | $19.25 | $15.25

$34.50 | $29 | $17 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$51.50 | $43

$39.50 | $33

$34.50 | $29

Orch

$51.50 | $43 | $24.50 | $19.25

$39.50 | $33 | $19.25 | $15.25

$34.50 | $29 | $17 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$51.50 | $43

$39.50 | $33

$34.50 | $29

Orch

$58 | $49.25 | $27.75 | $19.25

$44.25 | $37.75 | $21.75 | $15.25

$38.75 | $33.25 | $19.25 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$58 | $49.25

$44.25 | $37.75

$38.75 | $33.25

Orch

$55.75 | $47.25 | $25.75 |$19.25

$42.75 | $36.25 | $20 | $15.25

$37.25 | $31.75 | $17.75 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$55.75 | $47.25

$42.75 | $36.25

$37.25 | $31.75

Orch

$55.75 | $47.25 | $25.75 | $19.25

$42.75 | $36.25 | $20 | $15.25

$37.25 | $31.75 | $17.75 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$55.75 | $47.25

$42.75 | $36.25

$37.25 | $31.75

Orch

$55.75 | $47.25 | $25.75 | $19.25

$42.75 | $36.25 | $20 | $15.25

$37.25 | $31.75 | $17.75 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$55.75 | $47.25

$42.75 | $36.25

$37.25 | $31.75

Orch

$51.50 | $43 | $24.50 | $19.25

$39.50 | $33 | $19.25 | $15.25

$34.50 | $29 | $17 | $13.50

Grand Tier

$51.50 | $43

$ 39.50 | $33

$34.50 | $29

Dates (please circle)

Tue Wed 7/22 7/23

Sun 7/6

ADF is committed to providing equal access to performances for audience members of all abilities. Large print programs are available at all venues and can be reserved by calling 919-684-6402, or printed from our website at americandancefestival.org. Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) are available at each theater upon request. For additional information about accessibility at the theater visit dpacnc.com (for DPAC) or tickets.duke.edu (for Duke).

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Ticket Subtotal

# of Tix

# KNO Tix

Subtotal

$_____

$_____

$_____

$_____

$_____

$_____

$_____

$_______ 26

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SEATING PREFERENCE

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❑ Center

ADF@DPAC

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

❑ Right

Durham Performing Arts Center

❑ Aisle ❑ Best Available

CHILDREN’S SATURDAY MATINEES Performance

Date & Times

Price

Children’s Saturday Matinee Series

6/21, 6/28, and 7/19

$32.25

$__________

Ballet Hispanico

Sat 6/21 at 1pm

$16

$__________

Pilobolus

Sat 6/28 at 1pm

$16

$__________

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Sat 7/19 at 1pm

$16

$__________

Ticket prices include NC State House Bill 998 sales tax and City of Durham Facility Fee.

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# of Tickets

Children’s Saturday Matinee Total

Subtotal

$__________

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

TOTAL

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Name Address City

State

Day Phone (

Evening (

)

Zip )

Email (requested) Would you like to receive information from the American Dance Festival about new shows and special offers? ❑ Yes

7 MAIL OR BRING TO: 27

DPAC Ticket Center, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701

$_____________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION

❑ Check payable to DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ AMEX ❑ Discover Signature Name (as appears on card) Credit Card # Billing Zip Code

Exp Date

ADF@ DUKE Reynolds Industries Theater

Partial Series (4-5 performances): SAVE 25% when you choose 4-5 performances at DUKE Full Series (6 performances): SAVE 35% when you choose all 6 performances at DUKE Please complete steps 1-7 on the DUKE order form. Form continues on reverse side.

1 SELECT YOUR PERFORMANCES (all performances begin at 8pm, unless otherwise noted)

Ticket prices include NC State House Bill 998 sales tax. KNO tickets are Kids Night Out tickets. For details, see page 22.

ADF @DUKE

Dates (please circle)

Gregory Maqoma/ Vuyani Dance Theatre

Sat 6/14

Sun 6/15

Mon 6/16

Ticket Price (circle)

Partial Series (SAVE 25%) (circle)

Full Series (SAVE 35%) (circle)

$34.50

$26

$22.50

$________

# of Tickets

# KNO Tickets

Subtotal

Adele Myers and Dancers

Mon 6/30

Tue 7/1

Wed 7/2

$27

$20.25

$17.50

$________

John Jasperse Company

Mon 7/7

Tue 7/8

Wed 7/9

$27

$20.25

$17.50

$________

$27

$20.25

$17.50

$________

$27

$20.25

$17.50

$________

$34.50

$26

$22.50

$________

Tere O’Connor Dance

poem, Secret Mary

Tere O’Connor Dance BLEED

Tue 7/15

7pm | 9:30pm

Wed 7/16

7pm | 9:30pm

Thu 7/24

Footprints

ADD-ONS ADF is committed to providing equal access to performances for audience members of all abilities. Large print programs are available at all venues and can be reserved by calling 919-684-6402, or printed from our website at americandancefestival.org.

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) are available at each theater upon request. For additional information about accessibility at the theater visit dpacnc.com (for DPAC) or tickets.duke.edu (for Duke).

Fri 7/25

Sat 7/26

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

ADF@ DUKE *Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor

at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Dates (please circle)

Times (circle)

Ticket Price (circle)

Tue 6/17

7pm | 9pm

$16.25

$________

Wed 6/18

7pm | 9pm

$16.25

$________

Wed 6/25

7pm | 9pm

$16.25

$________

**Here and Now: NC Dances

at Reynolds Industries Theater

**Ishmael Houston-Jones & Emily Wexler at The PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council

Tue 6/24

# of Tickets

# KNO Tickets

*Chair seating at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University performances are available on a first-come, first-served basis. **General admission Discounts not available for Add-On Performances

Ticket Subtotal

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Subtotal

$_______ 28

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SEATING PREFERENCE

❑ Left

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

❑ Center

❑ Right

❑ Aisle ❑ Best Available

ADF MUSICIANS & FACULTY CONCERTS Concert @Duke

Dates

Times

Musicians**

Sun 6/29

8pm

$23.75

$__________

Sun 7/13

2pm | 8pm

$23.75

$__________

Baldwin Auditorium

Faculty**

Reynolds Industries Theater

# Of Free Tickets*

Price

# Of Paid Tickets

Subtotal

ADF Musicians & Faculty Concerts Total $________

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

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ADF@ DUKE Reynolds Industries Theater

TICKET ORDER TOTALS Ticket Subtotal (Section 1, reverse side) $____________________ ADF Musicians & Faculty Concerts Total (Section 3, see above) $____________________ Tax-Deductible Contribution* $____________________ + Duke University Box Office processing fee (1-3 tickets=$1.50/ticket | 4+ tickets=$5 flat fee) $____________________ ‹

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TOTAL

PATRON INFORMATION

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Name Address City

State

Day Phone (

Evening (

)

Zip )

Email (requested)

$____________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION

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

7 MAIL OR BRING TO: 29

Credit Card # Billing Zip Code

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

Exp Date

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