2016 Annual Report

CONTENTS 4................. Letter from the Director 6.....................Awards 8.....................Companies and Choreographers 10...................Season Performances 13....................Educational and Professional Programs 18....................Community Engagement 22...................International Reach 26..................Funders

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DEAR FRIENDS, Looking back on the past year, I am proud of how much we attempted and how well we accomplished what we set out to do. Each ADF season has its own distinct essence, highlights, and challenges, and this season was no different. We appreciate all who helped support the work we do and all who made ADF 2016 happen.

We kicked things off with our 2nd annual pre-season celebration held at Durham’s The Rickhouse.

Over 120 ADF fans joined us on that special evening. The season’s performances started early this year with appearances by LMnO3 in our studios and with Eiko in sites around the Triangle. The season ended with our first ever season in New York City at The Joyce Theater with performances by Tatiana Baganova’s Provincial Dances Theatre and Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre. In all, more than 26,000 patrons flocked to 67 performances by 26 companies and choreographers from around the world in 14 different venues.

While our summer education programs saw a bit of a dip in attendance this year, we continue to draw young talent from the world over. These programs hosted 368 students from 19 countries and 39 states. 62% of those students received financial assistance from ADF. The SHS Studios, now entering its 5th year, continues to grow.

Along with our regular class offerings for children and adults, we offered 3 children’s dance camps (Dance Around the World, Dance Theater Camp, and Shadow Camp). Our outreach program, ADF Project Dance, continues to expand. In 2015–16, ADF offered over 190 classes to more than 3,200 participants in the Triangle area.

Looking forward, we will be embarking on an electrifying two-year period. ADF 2017 will be our 40th year in Durham and the beginning of the 5th year of year-round classes at the Samuel H. Scripps Studios, and 2018 will be our 85th year as America’s preeminent modern dance festival! We have a lot of plans and can’t wait to share them will all of you, our treasured friends and supporters. Don’t miss a thing. Sign up for our newsletter, follow us on social media, and of course, come and see us in our studios, offices, or at the theaters! I raise my figurative glass to ADF and, of course, to you our cherished champions of dance!

Cheers,

Jodee Nimerichter ADF Executive Director

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AWARDS SAMUEL H. SCRIPPS/ AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL AWARD

Lar Lubovitch was the recipient of the 2016 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement. Originally from Chicago, Lubovitch began his dance training at The Juilliard School. In 1968 he created the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. For his company, he has choreographed over 100 dances, celebrated for their musicality, humanity, and rhapsodic style. Over the years, the company has toured almost every US state and toured internationally.

Lubovitch has been the recipient of numerous national endowment awards, including several masterpiece grants for the reconstruction of seminal works. The ceremony took place July 11 prior to the performance of his company at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

SEASON DEDICATION

The 2016 season was dedicated to long-time friend, supporter, and ADF Board member Judith Sagan. Judy studied dance as a child, began the Harper Theater Dance Festival in Chicago with her then husband Bruce Sagan, and in the 1970s, she chaired the dance advisory panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. It was during this time that she started attending ADF performances in Connecticut. Judy joined the ADF board in 1978 and continues on to this day.

When the festival purchased its first permanent studios in 2012, Judy and her family established the Judith Sagan Lobby. The ceremony was held June 16th prior to the season opening performance of Pilobolus at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

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LUISE ELCANESS SCRIPPS TRIBUTE

Luise Elcaness Scripps (1927-2015), patron, dancer, and teacher, was honored prior to the 2016 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching award ceremony. In 1962 Luise met the famed South-Indian classical dancer and teacher, Tanjore Balasaraswati, with whom she studied Bharatanatyam until Balasaraswati’s death in 1984. In 1963, Luise and her husband Samuel H. Scripps co-founded The American Society for Eastern Arts in Berkeley, CA, with the mission of bringing Asian performing arts to the American public. It soon became a school sponsoring performers and teachers from Asia who brought their cultural heritage to generations of American scholars and students. It continues today as the Center for World Music in San Diego, CA. In 1975, Luise established the Balasaraswati School of Music and Dance.

The school continues today in the US and India, directed

by Balasaraswati’s grandson, Aniruddha Knight. In 1991, with the help of Walter Beinecke, the daughters of Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke, and ADF, she established the Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the American Dance Festival, where Luise first studied dance and later served as a teacher.

BALASARASWATI/ JOY ANNE DEWEY BEINECKE ENDOWED CHAIR

The 2016 the Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching was presented to celebrated educator Anne Green Gilbert. Ms. Gilbert founded the Creative Dance Center and Kaleidoscope Dance Company in Seattle, WA, the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers, and developed BrainDance, a focusing warm-up exercise, used in many schools, studios, and homes around the world. The ceremony took place July 10 in Page Auditorium on the campus of Duke University. Preceding the ceremony, ADF paid tribute to the late Luise Elcaness Scripps, who, with the help of Walter Beinecke, the daughters of Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke, and ADF, established the teaching chair to honor her master teacher Tanjore Balasaraswati. Scripps studied bharatanatyam with the famed South-Indian classical dancer and teacher from 1962 to 1984. To honor the visionary Ms. Scripps, Aniruddha Knight, the sole remaining heir to the legacy of the practice of bharatanatyam codified at the Court of Thanjavur, performed a solo. Established in 1991, the Chair recognizes the dual role of teachers in passing on dance history and tradition and in guaranteeing the future creativity of the art form.

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COMPANIES & CHORE LMnO3 Eiko Pilobolus An Evening With Savion Glover & Jack DeJohnette (co-presented with Duke Performances)

Kate Weare Company Sara Juli

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“The organization has always stayed true to its mission of preserving historical works while also promoting and nurturing what is new.”

–Broadway World Review

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SEASON PERFORMAN ADF COMMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES • Marksman by Kate Weare Company • Carne Viva by Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre • Analogy/Lance: Pretty aka the Escape Artist

by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Cassandra’s Curse by RIOULT Dance NY (premiered in NYC)

• Remains by John Jasperse Projects • It’s Now. It’s Never by Dafi Dance Group • Footprints by Beth Gill • Bunker by Lee Sher and Saar Harari • Walk by Vanessa Voskuil

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ADF COMPANY/ CHOREOGRAPHER DEBUTS • Dafi Altabeb • Beth Gill • Trajal Harrell

(co-presented with Nasher Museum of Art)

• LMNo3 • Gabrielle Revlock

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“The festival’s formula for balancing the new with the old, the stark with the beautiful, and the challenging with the amusing, makes the well-worn phrase ‘something for everyone’ a truly apt description.”

–The (Raleigh) News and Observer

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Under the direction of Dean Leah Cox, the 2016 ADF School hosted students from around the world, giving them the opportunity to be immersed in contemporary dance training, explore dance as an art form, and to discover how innovation and tradition come together in new and unexpected ways.

Six Week School

The 6WS program offered 34 classes a day each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for students ages 16 and older. These classes were supplemented by WFSS classes (Wednesdays, Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays) that offered additional ways for 6WS students to expand, deepen, and rejuvenate their movement studies in conjunction with their daily scheduled classes. Students also had the opportunity to audition for ADF’s Footprints program, as well as repertory classes learning the work of Tatiana Baganova, Merce Cunningham, William Forsythe, Shen Wei, Netta Yerushalmy, and Abby Zbikowski, among others. Classes included modern, ballet, and African techniques, repertory, composition, improvisation, hip hop, dance notation, yoga, Pilates, text into performance, and more.

Scholarships

In 2016, 22 scholarship auditions took place in 19 cities and 15 states, giving students an open invitation to apply for financial tuition assistance awards. In total, 380 students attended scholarship auditions. Partial or full tuition scholarships were given to 62% of 2016 ADF students, thanks to generous support from many individuals and foundations. Special scholarships were offered in the names of 315 Fund, Adrienne Arsht, Suzanne Begnoche, Center for the Performing Arts, Enterprise Holding Foundation, Fox Family Foundation, Paul Gabrielson and Mary May Love, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Martha Hill, Gerald E. Myers, Martha Myers, Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund, Terry Sanford, Bessie Schönberg, Estelle Sommers, Lou Wall, Jonathan Wolken, Lyell and Paul Wright, and Jacqueline M. Zinn.

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Three Week School

Designed specifically for students ages 12–16, the 3WS enables students to form memorable friendships with their teachers and peers and to develop skills that will last them for years to come. This year the 3WS was an audition-based program, providing excellent training for intermediate and advanced dancers in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Students took classes in modern technique, ballet, repertory, hip hop, and African Monday through Friday, with additional classes scheduled on weekends and select evenings. In addition, students participated in community discussions, social activities, and attended performances by outstanding national and international dance companies.

Winter Intensives

Celebrating its 21st year, ADF’s annual Winter Intensive in New York City was attended by 58 students for 9 days of classes, performances, workshops, and panel discussions. In addition to taking classes with distinguished faculty, students had the opportunity to attend an open rehearsal with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and learn repertory works of choreographers John Jasperse and Pam Tanowitz. They also participated in a panel discussion moderated by Stuart Singer about living and working as a dancer in NYC and a workshop about Immersive Theater with Tom Pearson, coartistic director of Then She Fell.

ADF held its second annual five-day California Winter Intensive in San Francisco. Twenty students studied with Leah Cox, Jesse Zaritt, and Abby Zbikowski, taking technique, repertory, and creative process classes each day. In addition, Sima Belmar and Amara Tabor-Smith led students in a discussion about dancemaking, and students participated in a process lab workshop with Sara Shelton Mann.

Dance Professionals Workshop

This summer, working dancers and teachers from across the field attended one of two different workshop experiences: the DPW Sampler and the DPW Intensive. The programs provided the unique opportunity to study with ADF faculty in classes that were specifically designed to address the needs and interests of dance practitioners and educators as well as the freedom to explore the breadth of dance training available through the festival’s Six Week School. The DPW Intensive was led by Gerri Houlihan and included special workshops with the 2016 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching awardee, Anne Green Gilbert. The DPW Sampler offered two separate weeks with unique tracks: Describing Dance, led by Beth Gill, and Your Somatic Self, led by B.J. Sullivan. This season, 32 professionals immersed themselves in the programs through classes, performances, panel discussions, and more. Scholarships were funded by Pamela and Issac Green in honor of Donna Faye Burchfield and Dr. Charles R. “Chuck” Davis.

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Internships

ADF offered 28 internships in various areas of arts administration and performance production during the 2016 season. The internship program is designed to give participants hands-on experience in arts administration or performance production where they serve as an integral part of ADF. Interns had the opportunity to take dance classes, attend performances, and participate in weekly seminars on relevant issues in the arts including arts accessibility, arts education in the public schools, fundraising, programming and the challenges of running an independent dance company. Production interns worked on the crew at Duke University’s Reynolds Industries Theater, Baldwin Auditorium, and Schaefer Theater, Durham Performing Arts Center, Motorco Music Hall, and 21c Museum Hotel.

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KIDS!

Children’s Matinee Saturday Matinee Series

The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presented performances by three of the acclaimed professional dance companies from the season, Stephen Petronio Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Company Wang Ramirez. These one-hour shows are specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children. Additionally, each one was followed by a FREE Kids’ Party in the DPAC lobby, complete with live music, face-painting, fairy hair, snacks, and additional activities.

Kids Night Out

ADF’s Kids Night Out program gave 599 youth between the ages of six and seventeen the opportunity to watch season performances for free with the purchase of a regular-priced adult ticket.

MEMORY FOR MOVEMENT Dr. Ruth Day, Duke Professor and ADF’s Cognitive Scientist in Residence, continued ADF’s Audience Memory Program throughout the 2016 season. The program, based on both dance and cognitive science principles, used online quizzes, post-performance check-ups, and lab experiments to answer questions such as, “How do dancers learn and remember?” and “How do audiences perceive and remember?” This year, the M4M lab compared dancers’ abilities to learn and remember pieces that vary in their amount of structure, familiarity, and repetition of movement.

POST PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS (PPDS) Led by moderator Chris Vitiello, 12 discussions were held at Reynolds Industries Theater and DPAC. These PPDs offered audiences the unique opportunity to meet the artists, ask questions, and gain insight into the creative process.

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2016 ADF PERFORMANCE & COMMISSIONING CREDITS ADF’s presentation of A Body in Places by Eiko was made possible with support from 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, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

An Evening with Savion Glover & Jack Dejohnette was copresented by ADF and Duke Performances.

Marksman by Kate Weare was commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund. ADF’s presentation of Marksman by Kate Weare Company 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, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Carne Viva by Rosie Herrera was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance. Additional support provided by Hilton Durham near Duke University.

The presentation Never the Less by Dafi Dance Group was made possible with support from Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs in North America.

Analogy/Lance: Pretty aka The Escape Artist by Bill T. Jones was commissioned by ADF, Dancers’ Workshop, and the Executive Director’s Fund at The Joyce Theater Foundation.

ADF support provided by Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance and additional funding provided by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Remains by John Jasperse was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance. The presentation of Remains by John Jasperse Projects 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, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Koma was co-presented by ADF and the 21c Museum Hotel. Funding provided, in part, by Asian | Pacific Studies Institute Duke University.

Provincial Dances Theatre was presented by ADF in Durham and New York City with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the SHS Foundation. Additional support for the New York City performances provided by Jody and John Arnhold.

Cassandra’s Curse by Pascal Rioult was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance. The company’s performances were funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the N. C. Arts Council a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Trajal Harrell was co-presented by ADF and Nasher Museum of Art. Footprints by Beth Gill was commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund.

It’s Now. It’s Never by Dafi Altabeb was commissioned

by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs in North America. Additional support provided by The Israel Center of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill.

Bunker by Lee Sher and Saar Harari was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance and additional support by The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast Region and The Israel Center of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill.

Walk by Vanessa Voskull was commissioned by ADF with support from the McKnight Artist Fellowship Program at Northrop at the University of Minnesota and the SHS Foundation.

Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre was presented by ADF in New York City with support from Jody and John Arnhold

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COMMUNITY ENGAGE ADF strives to provide arts education for all by offering yearround community engagement opportunities. ADF encourages everyone–dancers and nondancers–to take part in modern dance.

ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios

More than 770 participants of all ages attended classes at the Samuel H. Scripps Studios during 2015–16.

Programs at ADF’s Studios are dedicated to providing a sound scientific and aesthetic base for all levels of training. ADF’s Studios serve as a center for creative activity in which students learn in a welcoming and non-competitive environment from faculty who are experts in their fields.

Besides our regular lineup of classes for youth and adults, we offered master classes with Gabrielle Revlock, Aleksandr Frolov, Nicholas Leichter, Suzanne Beahrs, Renay Aumiller, Leah Wilks, Gerri Houlihan, B.J. Sullivan, Eiko Otake, Pilobolus, Anne Green Gilbert, Jesse Zaritt, Netta Yerushalmy, Sara Procopio, Stuart Singer, Teena Marie Custer, Robbie Cook, Gerald Casel, Elizabeth Corbett, and Nia Love. We offered a new series of monthly contact improvisation jams, plus workshops in tango, anatomy, dance history, meditation, The Franklin Method®, and Bollywood dance. We also offered a number of free events for the community such as open showings, Moving Meditations for the International Day of Peace, and movement workshops with Pilobolus.

Through generous donations, ADF was able to offer 63 scholarships to Durham and Triangle youth to attend camps and weekly classes at the studios.

In March, ADF presented the second annual Dance Around the World spring break camp.

We had 7 participants, 4 of whom attended on scholarship. In this week-long camp, children broadened their horizons by participating in flamenco, capoeira, South African dance/drumming, and more. In June, ADF presented its first annual Dance Theater Camp. We had 13 participants, 5 of whom attended on scholarship. In this week-long 18

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camp, children had the unique opportunity to develop choreography, train their voices, and learn about what goes on behind-the-scenes during a dance performance.

In June, ADF continued the tradition of teaming up with Pilobolus for its fourth annual Shadow Camp. We had 25 participants, 13 of whom were on scholarship. In this captivating week-long camp, participants invented new worlds, designed props, and learned to tell stories through movement. This summer, the camp culminated with a performance of the campers’ creation during the Pilobolus Children’s Matinee at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

Community Yoga Events

ADF offered two free community yoga events in summer 2016. ADF and lululemon paired up again to offer Downtown Downdog, a yoga gathering to celebrate our vibrant community of movers, held at American Tobacco Complex’s Diamond View Park. ADF also offered an additional yoga event, Moving Meditations, taught by Helen Tapper, held at Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

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ADF Project Dance

Developed in 1998 in collaboration with the Durham Parks and Recreation Department, ADF Project Dance is a special program designed to expose the Triangle community to dance. Those involved participate in a wide range of activities, which gives them an opportunity to learn and experience dance.

Over the years, ADF Project Dance has worked with community partners such as the public school system, senior centers, Duke Hospital, and community centers, as well as the Durham Parks and Recreation Department. ADF Project Dance provides master classes with professional teaching artists and guest performers as well as opportunities to attend live dress rehearsals and performances.

In 2015–16, ADF offered over 190 classes to more than 3,200 participants in Triangle area.

ADF Project Dance is made possible with major support from the SHS Foundation and additional contributions from Central Park School for Children, Duke Energy Foundation, Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation, and individual donors.

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ADF Go

ADF held its first ADF Go season kickoff party at Durham’s The Rickhouse. The event, attended by 402 enthusiastic dance lovers, included dancing, fairy hair, and an appearance by members of Pilobolus. ADF Go is designed to make modern dance more accessible and affordable to young arts lovers. Audience members ages 18-30 had the opportunity to purchase $10 tickets to DPAC or Reynolds Industries Theater performances. A total of 1,477 tickets were sold in 2016.

ADF Tours

ADF Tours offered individuals, families, and community groups a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and experience the world-renowned ADF faculty and dancers hard at work. This summer, ADF staff and volunteers led 43 tours, giving 281 visitors the chance to learn the history of the festival as well as details about the season.

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INTERNATIONAL REA

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International Choreographer’s Residency (ICR) Program

Since 1984, the ICR program has enriched the festival’s culturally diverse atmosphere by bringing 487 choreographers from 91 countries on 6 continents to ADF. Participation in the ICR program creates lifelong friendships among choreographers and dancers from every corner of the world, all centered around a passion for dance. The 2016 ICR program featured 8 choreographers and dancers from Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. For six and a half weeks, the international choreographers took part in Six Week School classes, masterclasses, choreographic collaborations, discussions, and an informal showing for the ADF community and public.

ADF’s Movies By Movers

ADF’s International Screendance Festival, founded in 1997, and Movies by Movers, founded in 2010, have screened over 500 films combined. In 2016, the two festivals merged under the direction of Cara Hagan and launched ADF’s 21st year of celebrating screen dance. ADF’s Movies By Movers is a bi-annual festival dedicated to the celebration of the conversation between the body and the camera. Movies by Movers screens films at ADF in the summer and at Appalachian State University in the fall. This year the festival screened 36 films in 5 different locations around Durham, NC, and 38 films in 3 different locations around Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Of the 38 selected films, 12 were student works.

Archives

The American Dance Festival Archives continued the ongoing documentation of the festival by recording performances, showings, classes, discussions, and other special events. New collections were processed and added to the archives. The archives also provided video footage to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened this September.

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS Mrs. Laura Bush Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton Mrs. George Bush Mrs. Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) Mrs. Rosalynn Carter Mrs. Betty Ford (1918-2011) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Allen D. Roses, M.D., Chairman • Charles L. Reinhart, President, Director Emeritus Curt C. Myers, Treasurer • Nancy McKaig, Secretary Jennings Brody • Mimi Bull • Rebecca B. Elvin • Richard E. Feldman, Esq. • James Frazier, Ed.D. Jenny Blackwelder Grant • Dave Hurlbert • Jodee Nimerichter • Adam Reinhart, Ph.D. Arthur H. Rogers III • Ted Rotante • Judith Sagan • Russell Savre ADVISORY COMMITTEE Robby Barnett • Brenda Brodie • Martha Clarke • Chuck Davis • Laura Dean Garth Fagan • Eiko and Koma • Anna Halprin • Stuart Hodes • Roger W. Hooker, Jr. Betty Jones Bill T. Jones Alex Katz •Donald McKayle • Meredith Monk Carman Moore • Mark Morris • Ohad Naharin •Jeannette Schlottmann Roosevelt Nancy Sokal •Paul Taylor • Twyla Tharp

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2016 ADF FUND CONT CHAMPION ($100,000+) Duke University SHS Foundation

BENEFACTOR ($50,000+) 315 Fund National Endowment for the Arts North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts The Scripps Family IMPRESARIO’S CIRCLE ($25,000+) Allen D. Roses, MD and Ann Saunders, PhD Jody and John Arnhold City of Durham Trust for Mutual Understanding

PRESENTER’S CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) 21c Museum Hotel Durham* Anonymous Arnhold Foundation Asian Cultural Council Fox Family Foundation Giorgios Hospitality Group* Hilton Durham near Duke University* Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs in North America New England Foundation for the Arts PNC The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation The Shubert Foundation

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999) American Tobacco Campus* Keith and Brenda Brodie Mr. and Mrs. John W. Claghorn III and RBC Wealth Management Carolina Woman+ Richard and Ford Hibbits Mad Hatter Bake Shop & Café and Saladelia Café* Mark Day Company* Carlton Midyette Curt C. Myers Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Susan Rosenthal and Michael Hershfield Judith Sagan Russell Savre South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts SunTrust Foundation PRODUCER ($3,000 - $4,999) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Durham/Chapel Hill Magazine+ Enterprise Holdings Foundation Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson Nancy McKaig Florence and James Peacock Caroline and Arthur Rogers Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast Region The Harkness Foundation for Dance The Rickhouse* LEADER ($1,000 - $2,999) Anonymous Alliance Architecture Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy Alison S. Bowes Deborah Demott Durham Arts Council

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Durham Merchants Association Sharon M. Connelly Jim Cronin^ Bruce and Rebecca Elvin Empire Distributing LLC* Enzo’s Pizza Company* John and Carolyn Falletta Dr. James A. Frazier B. Gail Freeman and Susan Gidwitz Gateway Building Company Pamela and Isaac Green Laura and Bob Gutman Robert Hackney and Shawna Holiman The Hodge Family Dave Hurlbert Jimmy John’s* Joe Van Gogh* Drs. Samuel Katz and Catherine Wilfert Gene and Diane Linfors Joseph P. Logan Melton’s Service Center, Inc. Laura and Bob Gutman Eileen Greenbaum and Larry Mintz Gerri Houlihan^ Thomas S. Kenan, III The Palace International* Tom Mitchell and Jill Over Richard Newell and Bonnie Nevel Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis Eugene Oddone and Grace Couchman Parker and Otis David and Ingrid Pisetsky Francine and Benson Pilloff Charles L. Reinhart William Sadler Angela Sessoms^ Jim and Mary Siedow SunTrust Bank Helen and Richard Tapper The Israel Center of the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation The Silverback Foundation Barbara and Hans Tilmann Dianne and Daniel Vapnek WCHL* Wells Fargo West Queen Studio* Lyell and Paul Wright

INVESTOR ($500 - $999) 501 Realty, Connie Semans ABC Dance Academy African Diaspora Fellows Program Richard and Deirdre Arnold Asian | Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University Sarah and Christopher Bean^ Gay Bradley and Gerry Riveros Association of Performing Arts Presenters Atelier N Beskind-Robineau Family Fund Black Twig Cider House* Blackman & Sloop Certified Public Accountants Bridgepoint General Contracting Inc Mimi Bull Christopher and Angela Combs Margaret and Richard Crandall Catherine Crumpton Dolly’s Vintage Elkin Family Fund George and Ginger Elvin Eno Ventures Stephen Gheen and Cathy Moore The Hodge Family Bobby and Claudia Kadis

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Kate Kadoun, in memory of Stephanie Reinhart KONTEK Systems, Inc. The Mad Popper* Marie Austin Realty Mercedes of Durham Morgan Imports North Gate Associates LLLP Patricia Pertalion Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC Anne and Billy Pizer Ponysaurus Brewing* Mary Regan Liz and David Rogers Ted Rotante State Employees Combined Campaign The Palace International* Scott and Linda Wishart Nils and Myra Weise Lucy and Bill Stokes Debara Tucci and Kevan Van Landingham

PARTNER ($250 -$499) Anonymous Marianne Adams Bob and Shelley Beason Sash and Sara Berghausen Black Twig Cider House* Kimberly Blackwell Evelyn S. Bloch, Bill Neal, and Thea Bloch-Neal Nicola Bullock Dan and Kathy Burns, in honor of Dr. A. Roses and Mr. R. Savre Rosie Canizares Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus Diane and Chuck Catotti Chick-fil-A* Christal Cerrone Glass Studio* Linda Y. Cooper Leah Cox and Bob Bursey Janet Dale Rachel Davies Robin Dennis Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Durham Library Foundation Joseph Fedrowitz and Mitchell R. Vann FHI360 Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Restaurant* Silver Current Acupuncture Frederick Goldwater Lauren Goslin Paula and Dale Graff Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hardaker, Jr., in honor of Martha Myers Judith H. Hallman Richard and Ford Hibbits Hector and Susan Hidalgo Jackson Family Wines* Jane Kestenbaum and Stewart Johnson Urban Durham Realty Michael and Mary Justice Kevin and Myra Kane The King’s Daughters Inn* Dr. Kevin LaBar Landmark Vineyards* Shelli Lieberman Henry Majestic John McCann Edward and Connie McCraw Lisa J. McQuay Duke University’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs John and Noreen Orth Norman G. Owen and Roberta Yule Owen Richard Paschal Philip Pavlik

TRIBUTORS Peter Reynolds Robert Bittle and Buntie Russ Vincent and Ethel Simonetti Kimberly Singletary Olivia Singleton Ste Michelle Wine Estates* Karin Sullivan Willie Covington and Sharon Taylor Donald and Claire Stone Alan B. Teasley Anne Wall Thomas Larry and Lee Ann Tilley Tobacco Road Sports Café* Svetkey-van der Horst Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Wellspring Fund Chloe Williams Wilkie and Linda Wilson Douglas Young and Patricia Petersen

PATRON ($100 - $249) Anonymous Erin Alligood Kathryn Andolsek Ellen and Phil Baer Don Ball Glenna Batson Elaine Bayless^ Jane and Albert Bender Alison Lee Bory Chris and Mandy Brannon Kayla Briggs Bruegger’s Bagel* Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway Carol Cappelletti Valerie and Charles Carter Charles Carver Janice Christensen Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Joanne and Michael Cotter Judy Curtis Craven Allen Gallery, House of Frames* Janet Dale Christopher and Jennifer Dawson Ann and Bob DeMaine Robin Dennis Sarah Deutsch Courtney Ellis Cameron J. Erens Lauren Erickson Curt and Judy Eshelman Muki W. Fairchild and Charles Keith Alan and Marty Finkel Amy Ginsberg John and Lucy Grant Thurman Grove John Hanks and Rebecca Hutchins Richard Hill Brian E. Hogg Julie H. Hollenbeck Charlotte and Andrew Holton Jane Hoppin Joseph P. Horrigan Margaret Hurwitz Christa and Sheridan Johns Stewart Johnson Lori N. Jones^

Stefanie Kandzia and Ralf Michaels Kevin and Myra Kane John and Joy Kasson Arlon Kemple and Karen Long Stephen Kennedy Marlene Kibler Judy Kinberg Annette Kirshner Vance and Catherine Kramer Sid Klotz and Richard Elmore Gigi Krapels Henry Majestic Rikki Mangrum Melissa Sheridan Lomax Elaine and Lee Marcus Chandra McCloud^ Deborah McGill Julie Anne G. McGregor Colleen McLellan Kellie Melinda Allison Moore Jeanne and Brian Murray Richard and Janice Palmer Margaret and Justin Potnick Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor J. Ruddy and VF Keen Michael Rychener Dabney and Walker Sanders Steve Schewel and Lao Rubert Tanya Schreiber Susan and Barry Secular C. Miller Sigmon Dana L. Smith John R. Spencer Hugh Tilson Mary Thacher Robert W. Upchurch The Walling Family Katrin Thompson, in honor of Gerri Houlihan Gale Touger Mary Trabert John J. and Jeaninne M. Wagner Tim Walter Paige Ward Laura Weisberg and David Wong James Welling Lynn E. Whitaker David and Rita Whitney Allen and Claire Wilcox Michael and Lori Wile SUPPORTER (< $99) Lisa and David Allen Tim Alwran Alicia and Stephan Altmueller Rachel Ash^ Judith Bailie Letty Bassart Glenna Batson Julie and Bill Beard Richard and Carol Beck Carol Burgess Susan Bonifield Julia Borbely-Brown Dorothy Rose Borden Lisa Brachman

CONTRIBUTOR KEY ^ Matched by the SHS Foundation * In-Kind Community Partner + Media Support

Carrie Brueck Morris Michelle Burrows Margaret Campbell, in honor of Savannah Colleen Spratt Jody and Ronnie Cassell Dr. Janet G. Clarke-McLean Ann Cowperthwaite Celeste T. Crowe Amy and Drew Cummings Laura Drey Vince Davila Rachel Davis Harry Dawley and D. Dickerson Mia and Scott Doron Donald and Tracey Dryden Barry and Marissa Elk Emily Feldman-Kravitz and Rich Kravitz, in honor of Rebecca Elvin Joan W. Fabso Bernard Fischer Donald G. Fornoff, in honor of Jenny Fornoff Alfred and Denise Friedrich (matched by IBM) Laureen Froimson Gary and Pela Gereffi Amy Glass Ann and Alex Gordon Priscilla A. Guild Allison Haltom and David McClay^ Thomas A. Harris Ken Howell Kevin and Kista Hurley Duane and Lisa John Jeanie Jung Bruce Kendall^ Winkie Laforce Sarah Louisa Lanners Judi Lilley Roberta L. Lyman William Lynch Michele Lynn and Steve McConaughey Thomas Marriott Patricia E. Manning Deborah McGill Abigail Melnick and Joel Lipsitch Karen Mortimer Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt Lori Oakes Richard and Janice Palmer Mary Pardo Patricia Pertalion Franchot M. Scarver Sandra Scheuber Satsuki Scoville and David Farrell Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston Roy H. Miller and Katherine Soule Garrett Sparks Christine Stachowicz Dr. and Mrs. Dallas Stallings Dana Stone Ellen DeWitt Stone Daryl Farrington Walker Tovah M. Wax Sarah Wells Wendy Baker and Jonathan Wilfong Crystal N. Wilkins

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