American Dance Festival Annual Report 2018

CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL’S 85TH SEASON THIS SEASON WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE SHS FOUNDATION.

AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL

ANNUAL REPORT

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CONTENTS 4

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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AWARDS & DEDICATIONS

COMPANIES & CHOREOGRAPHERS

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

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SEASON PERFORMANCES

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL REACH

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MOVIES BY MOVERS & ARCHIVES

BEHIND THE SCENES

25 MAJOR SUPPORT ADF FUND CONTRIBUTORS

All photos by Ben McKeown unless otherwise noted.

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends,

Photo by Grant Halverson

Thank you to everyone who participated in and helped support ADF’s 2018 season and 85th anniversary year! The 2018 season was chock-full of awe-inspiring dance with 53 performances by 26 companies/choreographers in seven different venues. The 2018 season also featured 14 ADF debuts, 10 world premieres, and 11 ADF commissions. Our educational programs attracted 381 dancers from 36 states and 25 countries, and over 50% of our students received tuition scholarships.

We continued to embrace local relationships, including partnerships with the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh to present Dana Ruttenberg Dance Group’s Naba 2.0 and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University for the presentation of A.I.M’s Dearest Home and Places Please!

Starring Nicole Wolcott & Larry Keigwin, as well as 5 free screenings as part of ADF’s Movies by Movers program.

Other free opportunities offered throughout the season included a panel discussion led by international experts celebrating 30 years of modern dance in China, the 5th year of our yoga event, Movement in the Moonglow, and community discussions with Scripps ADF award winner Ronald K. Brown and choreographers Tere O’Connor and Rosie Herrera.

The SHS Studios continue to grow. ADF offered 98 scholarships to Durham and Triangle youth to attend camps and weekly classes at the studios. Along with our regular class offerings for children and adults, we offered one spring break camp and five summer camps to children of all ages.

ADF’s Parkinson’s Movement Initiative was funded for a second year. Our outreach program, ADF Project Dance, continued to expand. In 2017–18, ADF offered over 207 classes to more than 3879 participants in the Triangle area.

Beyond the Durham area, DANCECleveland and ADF teamed up for the second year for ADF in CLE with four days of classes and performances in Cleveland, OH. In NYC, ADF presented two companies at New York Live Arts in October 2017 and two companies in May 2018 and partnered with Paul Taylor American Modern Dance for the second year of the ICONS program with works

by Paul Taylor, Isadora Duncan, and Trisha Brown.

Again, deepest gratitude to you for making the 2018 ADF season and the work that we do all year possible!

Best,

Jodee Nimerichter Executive Director

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AWARDS & DEDICATIONS

AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL/SAMUEL H. SCRIPPS AWARD The 2018 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement was presented to acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown in a ceremony at Reynolds Industries Theater on June 28th.

Celebrated dancer, choreographer, and teacher Dianne McIntyre presented the $50,000 award. Established in 1981 by Samuel H. Scripps, the annual award honors choreographers who have dedicated their lives and talent to the creation of modern dance.

Ronald K. Brown founded Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in 1985. He has worked with Mary Anthony Dance Theater, Jennifer Muller/The Works, and other choreographers and artists. Brown has set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jennifer Muller/ The Works, Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Philadanco, Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, Ballet Hispanico, TU Dance, and MalPaso.

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He won an AUDELCO award for his choreography in Regina Taylor’s award-winning play Crowns and received two Black Theater Alliance Awards and a Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Choreography in the Tony Award-winning Broadway and national touring production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, adapted by Suzan Lori Parks, arranged by Diedre Murray, and directed by Diane Paulus. Brown was named Def Dance Jam Workshop 2000 Mentor of the Year and has received the Doris Duke Artist Award, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” award, and the Alvin Ailey School Apex award. Brown is a member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.

BALASARASWATI/JOY ANNE DEWEY BEINECKE ENDOWED CHAIR The 2018 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching was awarded to celebrated dance educators and artists Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio in a ceremony on June 27.

Ana “Rokafella” Garcia is a New York City native who has represented women in hip-hop dance professionally over the past two decades. She has taught workshops at NYU, Queens College, MIT, UMASS, and Howard, as well as at neighborhood high schools and community centers.

Presently, she is an artist in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at The New School, and a DANCE NYC Annual Symposium planning committee member. She co-founded Full Circle Prod Inc, NYC’s only non-profit break dance theater company, with her husband, veteran b-boy Kwikstep, generating theater pieces, original poetry, and New York City based dance related events. She directed a documentary highlighting the b-girl lifestyle entitled All the Ladies Say with support from the Ford Foundation and performs music based on her experiences growing up in hip-hop’s Mecca. She is hired internationally to judge break dance competitions based on her mastery of the classic hip-hop dance style, and she teaches unique workshops aimed at evolving and preserving its technical aspects. She has worked within the New York City public school system exposing young students to the possibility of a career in dance. In May of 2017 she launched Shiroka, a t-shirt fashion line, with Shiro, a Japanese grafitti writer. She has been featured in pivotal rap music videos, tours, films, and commercials and has choreographed for diverse festivals and concerts such as Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Momma’s Hip-Hop Kitchen, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Rokafella is a multifaceted hip-hop artist who references street and Latino culture as her foundation.

Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, aka DJ KS 360, started dancing between the ages of 6 and 7 influenced by Soul Train and block parties in New York City. He has taught

highly sought-after workshops in breaking techniques at the Broadway Dance Center, Red Bull Beat Riders, and Red Bull BC One. For over 20 years, Kwikstep has taught workshops in New York public schools and libraries and colleges across the country in an effort to make students aware of hip-hop lifestyle and fundamental movement as well as the history and meaning behind hip-hop culture.

Kwikstep has performed in PBS’s Peabody Award-winning Everybody Dance Now, the Great Performances 20th anniversary special, and Kurt Weill’s September Songs, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. In 1991 he won a “Bessie” award for choreography and founded the internationally known Full Circle in 1992. In 1996 Kwikstep and his wife Rokafella established Full Circle as a non-profit hip-hop collective known as Full Circle Productions Inc, and its members are known as Full Circle Souljahs. Today he is an international icon in breaking and is best known for his smooth style, versatility, and signature head spins. He was also an original founding member and principal dancer in companies such as Rhythm Technicians and GhettOriginal which were the creators of Jam on the Groove, nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 1996.

In 2002 he, along with his wife, wrote, choreographed, and directed a hip-hop theater piece called Soular Powerd, which ran to sold out audiences for 3 weeks at the New Victory Theater. Kwikstep and his wife wrote, choreographed, and directed a new hip-hop theater piece commissioned by the Kennedy Center called Outside The BachX. Most recently, in the fall of 2017, Kwikstep was Associate Director and Choreographer for a hip-hop theater piece, Syncing Ink, directed by Niegel Smith which ran at the Flea Theater.

Photo by Sara D. Davis

SEASON DEDICATION ADF dedicated its 85th season to all the talented and dedicated ADF alumni including students, interns, faculty, staff, production crew, and board members. Their devotion to this uniquely American art form is what makes ADF a haven for modern dance. ADF is what it is because of them, and for this we are so grateful!

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DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY

SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS

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PILOBOLUS

PLACES PLEASE! STARRING NICOLE WOLCOTT & LARRY KEIGWIN

COMING HOME: ADF ALUMNI RETURN

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE MUSICIANS CONCERT

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• ANNE PLAMONDON

L-E-V SHARON EYAL AND GAI BEHAR

ROSIE HERRERA DANCE THEATRE

• MURIELLE ELIZÉON

TERE O’CONNOR DANCE • FACULTY CONCERT

DANA RUTTENBERG DANCE GROUP

WONDROUS WOMEN: SOLOS CREATED BY THE ARTISTS FOR THEMSELVES

KYLE ABRAHAM’S “A.I.M” • FOOTPRINTS

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SEASON 53 PERFORMANCES

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26 COMPANIES/ CHOREOGRAPHERS WORLD PREMIERES • Dayton Contemporary Dance Company • Pilbolus

• Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre • Michelle Dorrance • Rhapsody James

• Aparna Ramaswamy • Yabin Wang

• Dafi Altabeb • Jillian Peña

• Abby Zbikowski

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PERFOR

ADF DEBUTS • Anne Plamondon

• Dana Ruttenberg

• Murielle Elizéon

• Chafin Seymour

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• Michelle Dorrance • Yabin Wang

• Rhapsody James • Jillian Peña

• Raja Feather Kelly • Burr Johnson

• Alex Springer & Xan Burley • Julio Medina

• Abby Zbikowski

7 VENUES 4 COUNTRIES ADF COMMISSIONS • Abby Zbikowski (2)

• Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre

• Rhapsody James

• Aparna Ramaswamy

• Pilobolus

• Tere O’Connor

• Michelle Dorrance

• Yabin Wang

• Dafi Altabeb • Jillian Peña

RMANCES •

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KIDS

CHILDREN’S SATURDAY MATINEE SERIES

The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presented performances by three of the celebrated professional dance companies from the season, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Pilobolus, and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. These one-hour shows were specially curated to ignite and inspire the imaginations of children. Additionally, each one was followed by a FREE Kids’ Party, complete with live music, face-painting, fairy hair, snacks, and additional kid-friendly activities.

KIDS NIGHT OUT

ADF’s Kids Night Out program gave 285 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.

Kids Night Out was funded in part by the Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation.

This program was also was supported by the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.

MEMORY FOR MOVEMENT

Dr. Ruth Day, Duke Professor and ADF’s Cognitive Scientist in Residence, continued ADF’s Dancers & Audience Memory Program throughout the 2018 season. The program, based on both dance and cognitive science principles, used postperformance check-ups, structured class observations, lab experiments, and other methods to answer questions such as, “How do dancers learn and remember?” and “How do audiences perceive and remember?”

POST PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS (PPDS)

16 discussions, moderated by Tina Vasquez, were held at Reynolds Industries Theater, DPAC, The Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham Fruit, and the Carolina Theater. These PPDs offered audiences the unique opportunity to meet the artists, ask questions, and gain insight into the creative process.

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Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Performances were supported, in part, by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

Indestructible by Abby Zbikowski was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

Pilobolus Warp & Weft was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

Larry Keigwin & Nicole Wolcott Places Please! was co-presented by ADF and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

L-E-V Sharon Eyal | Gai Behar This performance was made possible with support from the Consulate General of Israel in New York, the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast, and The Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill.

Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre ADF performances were funded, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.

Make Believe by Rosie Herrera was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

The presentation of Make Believe 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.

Dana Ruttenberg Dance Group Naba 2.0 was co-presented by ADF and the North Carolina Museum of Art. The presentation of Naba 2.0 by Danna Ruttenberg Dance Group was made possible with support from the Consulate General of Israel in New York and the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast.

Tere O’Connor Dance Long Run was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

The presentation of Long Run 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.

Wondrous Women New Works by Michelle Dorrance, Rhapsody James, Aparna Ramaswamy, and Yabin Wang were commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

Funding for Yabin Wang provided, in part, by Asian | Pacific Studies Institute Duke University.

Kyle Abraham’s “A.I.M” Dearest Home was presented by ADF in association with the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

The presentation of Dearest Home 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.

Footprints Program supported, in part, by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

New Works by Dafi Altabeb, Jillian Peña, and Abby Zbikowski were commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation.

Dafi Altabeb’s residency supported, in part, by the Consulate General of Israel in New York and the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast.

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EDUCATIONAL &

PROFESSIONALPROGRAM

Under the direction of Dean Leah Cox, the 2018 ADF School hosted students from around the w contemporary dance training, explore dance as an art form, and to discover how innovation and

SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE

The Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) program offered 32 classes a day each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for students ages 18 and older. These classes were supplemented by WFSS classes (Wednesdays, Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays) that offered additional ways for SDI 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 Ronald K. Brown, Shen Wei, Christian Von Howard, and Sherone Price. Classes included modern, ballet, African techniques, repertory, composition, improvisation, hip hop, yoga, video and art, and more. The Intensive changed from years past by introducing a focus on how two influential roots of modern dance–the African Diaspora and Western European traditions–inform and exist in our practice. This critical lens allowed dancers to situate their dancing culturally and historically through course offerings, masterclasses, and discussions.

Special scholarships were offered in the names of 315 Fund, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Rodger Belman, Dr. Charles R. “Baba Chuck” Davis, Fox Family Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Martha Hill, Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson, Gerald E. Myers, Martha Myers, Stephanie and Charles L. Reinhart, Allen D. Roses, Terry Sanford, Bessie Schönberg, Estelle Sommers, Lou Wall, Jonathan Wolken, Lyell and Paul Wright, and Jaqueline M. Zinn.

DANCE PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS

This summer, working dancers and teachers from across the field attended three unique experiences: Workshop with Ronald K. Brown, Workshop with Tere O’Connor, and the Workshop for Educators with Gerri Houlihan. The programs provided dancers with the opportunity to study with acclaimed artists and 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 Summer Dance Intensive. The DPW for Educators was led by Gerri Houlihan and included special workshops with the 2018 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching awardees, Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio. The workshops with Ronald K. Brown and Tere O’Connor offered two separate weeks to take dedicated classes with these artists and experience the Summer Dance Intensive offerings. This season, 46 professionals immersed themselves in the programs through classes, performances, panel discussions, and more.

Dance Professional Workshop scholarships were funded by Pamela and Isaac Green in honor of Donna Faye Burchfield and Dr. Charles R. “Chuck” Davis, The Jones Dance Education Scholarship, and The Dance Educators and Leaders Scholarship funded by Rachelle Feldman.

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world, giving them the opportunity to be immersed in d tradition come together in new and unexpected ways.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL DANCE INTENSIVE

The Pre-Professional Dance Intensive (PDI) provided rigorous dance training for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 13-17.

The program is designed to create thoughtful dance artists who exhibit personal integrity and community-mindedness. The PDI is an audition-based program. Students took classes in modern technique, repertory, ballet, hip hop, and Afro-fusion Monday through Friday, with additional classes scheduled on weekends and select evenings. In repertory class, students collaborated with their teacher and fellow dancers to create a new piece to perform for the ADF community. In addition, students participated in community discussions, social activities, and attended performances by outstanding national and international dance companies.

Pre-Professional Dance Intensive scholarships were offered in the names of Anonymous, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Susan Begnoche, and Sue Crawford.

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WINTER INTENSIVE Celebrating its 23rd year, ADF’s annual Winter Intensive in New York City was attended by 44 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 performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dorrance Dance. The Intensive changed from years past by introducing a focus on how two influential roots of modern dance–the African Diaspora and Western European traditions–inform and exist in our practice. Other changes included co-taught faculty classes, informal lunch conversations on special topics and with people from organizations around the city, and daily orientation sessions. Also new this year, ADF offered a limited number of scholarships to young dance professionals to attend the Winter Intensive. This scholarship was developed in response to the desire young professionals express for ongoing education coupled with the financial limitations they face.

ADF BEYOND NORTH CAROLINA

ADF collaborated for a second year with Paul Taylor American Modern Dance to present the ICONS program on Sunday, March 18 at Lincoln Center in New York City. The performance featured the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Taylor’s Esplanade, Sara Mearns dancing works by Isadora Duncan, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company in Set and Reset. ADF returned to Cleveland in July for the second annual ADF in CLE, a four-day workshop taught by ADF faculty members Pam Tanowitz, Otto Vasquez, and Christian Von Howard with classes in modern, hip hop, and the creative process. ADF in CLE also included two remarkable dance performances by Pam Tanowitz Dance and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the launch of a new speaker series, Body of Work: Dialogues on Dance with Pam Tanowitz Dance.

ADF presented companies at New York Live Arts in October 2017 (Yossi Berg & Oded Graf and Claire Porter & Sara Juli) and May 2018 (Anne Plamondon and dendy/donovan projects).

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INTERNSHIPS ADF offered 27 internships in various areas of arts administration and performance production during the 2018 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, The Carolina Theater, Baldwin Auditorium, the Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham Performing Arts Center, NC Museum of Art, and Durham Fruit.

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COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT

ADF strives to provide arts education for all by offering year-round community engagement opportunities. ADF encourages everyone–dancers and non-dancers–to take part in modern dance.

ADF’S SAMUEL H. SCRIPPS STUDIOS

More than 985 participants of all ages attended classes at ADF’S Samuel H. Scripps Studios during 2017-2018. 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 a mix of master classes, workshops, and open discussions with Lucky Plush (co-presented with NC State Live), Tina Vasquez, Glen Rumsey, Patricia Lent, Andrea Woods Valdes, Leah Cox, Tracey Durbin, Ronald K. Brown, Sara Procopio, Justin Tornow, Pilobolus, Kwikstep and Rokafella, John Heginbotham, and A.I.M. For the first time this year, we opened select Summer Dance Intensive classes to the community within our WFSS program, including contact improvisation jams, a weekly ballet class, and yoga classes. We also offered a number of free events for the community such as open showings and a Cunningham Chance Operations workshop.

The success of last year’s Parkinson’s Movement Initiative program, offered in collaboration with Poe Wellness Solutions and NC Dance for Parkinson’s led to the grant being re-funded by the Parkinson’s Foundation for another year. Through funds raised by Moving Day® North Carolina, a walk for Parkinson’s, all classes offered through the Parkinson’s Movement Initiative are free for people living with PD and their caregivers. In addition to weekly classes, last year we offered special workshops in Argentine Tango, music therapy, tai chi, yin yoga, and physical therapy. This year the program will offer three free weekly movement classes in dance and Pilates created for people living with Parkinson’s, as well as launching a new Community Connections program segment to form a lasting network and forming meaningful connections in the community. The program also offers periodic volunteer training sessions for those in the community who wish to be involved in the program on a volunteer basis to assist with the classes.

Through generous donations, ADF was able to offer 98 scholarships to Durham and Triangle youth to attend camps and weekly classes at the studios. In June, ADF continued the tradition of teaming up with Pilobolus for its sixth annual Shadow Camp and for the first time expanded to offer a teen camp as well. The two camps had a total of 35 participants, 8 of whom were on scholarship. In each of these captivating week-long camps, participants invented new worlds, designed props, and learned to tell stories through movement. This summer, each camp culminated with a special performance as part of a Pilobolus show at DPAC. Scholarships to ADF’s Youth Classes were offered in the names of Anonymous, Susan Rosenthal and Michael Hershfield, and Jim Cronin.

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ADF PROJECT DANCE

Developed in 1998, ADF Project Dance, led by Gaspard Louis, 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 2017-2018, ADF offered over 207 classes to more than 3879 participants in Triangle area.

ADF Project Dance was made possible with major support from the SHS Foundation.

Additional support provided by Central Park School for Children, Duke Energy Foundation, Ivy Community Service Foundation of Cary, Inc., and individual donors.

COMMUNITY DANCERS This summer 54 local dancers of all ages auditioned for the opportunity to perform a section of On Earth Together with Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in Reynolds Industries Theater. 27 dancers were chosen to dance along with this spectacular company for 3 memorable performances.

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ADF GO

ADF Go is designed to make modern dance more accessible and affordable to young arts lovers. Audience members ages 1830 had the opportunity to purchase $12 tickets to most DPAC or Reynolds Industries Theater performances. Over 1,400 tickets were sold in 2018.

ADF GO was made possible with support from PNC.

ADF SCHOOL TOURS Led by Director of ADF School Tours Joseph Fedrowitz, 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 22 tours at the Rubenstein Arts Center, giving 293 visitors the chance to learn the history of the festival as well as details about the season.

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Since 1984, the ICR program, directed by Gerri Houlihan and Micheal Klien, has enriched the festiva to ADF. Participation in the ICR program creates lifelong friendships among choreographers and dan featured 10 choreographers and dancers from Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Italy, Cambodia, Thailand, part in Summer Dance Intensive classes, master classes, choreographic collabora

SuSupport for ADF’s International Choreographers Residency Program was funded in-part by the Asian Cultu SPAIN arts & culture, Taiwan Academy of TECRO/Ministry

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al’s culturally diverse atmosphere by bringing 496 choreographers from 93 countries on 6 continents ncers from every corner of the world, all centered around a passion for dance. The 2018 ICR program , Russia, Vietnam, Spain, and Taiwan. For five and a half weeks, the international choreographers took ations, discussions, and an informal showing for the ADF community and public.

ural Council, Arnhold Foundation, Florence and James Peacock, The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation, of Culture in Taiwan, and Trust for Mutual Understanding.

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ADF’S MOVIES BY MOVERS Under the direction of Cara Hagan, 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 Appalachian State University in the fall. This year the festival screened 43 films in 2 different locations around Durham, NC, and 43 films in 3 different locations around Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Of the 43 selected films, 13 were student works.

Photo by Patrick Blevins

ARCHIVES

The American Dance Festival Archives continued its ongoing documentation of the summer festival by recording performances, showings, classes, and other special events. Additionally, the recently acquired personal papers of Dr. Charles “Chuck” Davis were processed by archives staff and are now availble for research by students, scholars, and the general public. Throughout the previous year, the archives welcomed a number of visitors doing research in the various ADF archival collections.

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Photo by Dora Sanders

BEHIND THE SCENES HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS

Mrs. Laura Bush • Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton Mrs. George Bush (1925-2018) • Mrs. Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) Mrs. Rosalynn Carter • Mrs. Betty Ford (1918-2011)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Curt C. Myers, Chairman • Jodee Nimerichter, President • Russell Savre, Treasurer Nancy Carver McKaig, Secretary • Charles L. Reinhart, Director Emeritus Bernard E. Bell • Susan M. Carson • Nancy P. Carstens • Natalie W. Dunn Rebecca B. Elvin • Richard E. Feldman, Esq. • James Frazier, Ed.D. Thomas R. Galloway • Susan T. Hall, Ph.D. • Carlton Midyette Adam Reinhart, Ph.D. • Arthur H. Rogers III • Judith Sagan

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Robby Barnett • Brenda Brodie • Ronald K. Brown • Martha Clarke • Laura Dean • Mark Dendy Eiko and Koma • Garth Fagan • Wiliam Forsythe • Anna Halprin • Stuart Hodes Gerri Houlihan • Dave Hurlbert • Betty Jones • Bill T. Jones • Alex Katz Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker • Lar Lubovitch • Akaji Maro • Meredith Monk Carman Moore • Mark Morris • Martha Myers, Dean Emeritus • Ohad Naharin Stephen Petronio • Jeannette Schlottmann Roosevelt • Ted Rotante Yoko Shinfune • Paul Taylor (1930-2018) • Twyla Tharp • Michael Tracy Doug Varone • Shen Wei • Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Jodee Nimerichter..................................................................................Executive Director Leah Cox........................................................................................................................ Dean Cynthia Wyse........................................................... Director of Finance & Administration Sarah Tondu.....................................................Director of Communications & Marketing Dean Jeffrey................................................................ Director of Archives & Preservation Gaspard Louis................................. Director of Creative Movement Outreach Program Mollie O’Reilly................................................ Marketing & Audience Services Associate Chris Cherry..............................................................................................Graphic Designer Kelsey Favret.................................................................................. Development Associate Caitlyn Swett........................................ Grants & Development Operations Coordinator Kimberly Hall................................................................................. Administrative Assistant Shannon Drake....................................................... Co-Director of School Administration Heidi Rodeffer........................................................ Co-Director of School Administration Julia Pleasants..................Manager of Studio Programs and Community Engagement Kathy Bedell...............................................................................................Finance Assistant Megan Yankee.......................................................................... Performances Coordinator

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MAJOR SUPPORT FOR ADF’S 2018 SEASON PROVIDED BY:

ARNHOLD FOUNDATION

THE ESTHER AND OTTO SELIGMANN FOUNDATION, INC.

FOX FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC.

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2018 ADF FUND VISIONARY ($100,000+) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Duke University SHS Foundation

INNOVATOR ($50,000+) 315 Fund City of Durham National Endowment for the Arts North Carolina Arts Council Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

PRODUCER ($25,000+) Asian Cultural Council The Shubert Foundation

SUSTAINER ($10,000+) Arnhold Foundation CAMBRiA Hotel* Fox Family Foundation Thomas R. Galloway Giorgios Hospitality & Lifestyle Group and Parizäde* Li Hong and Yabin Wang Curt C. Myers Nasher Museum of Art New England Foundation for the Arts Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York Parkinson’s Foundation PNC Adam Reinhart Charles Reinhart The Catering Company of Chapel Hill* The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation, Inc. The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Susan Rosenthal and Michael Hershfield

PIONEER ($5,000+) 21c Museum Hotel Durham* Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Bernard Bell and Stacy Cole Brenda Brodie Susan and Thomas Carson Tom and Nancy Carstens Carolina Woman Magazine+ Durham/Chapel Hill Magazine+ Mr. and Mrs. John W. Claghorn III and RBC Bruce and Rebecca Elvin Susan T. Hall Richard and Ford Hibbits Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson Nancy Carver McKaig Carlton Midyette Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta Caroline and Arthur Rogers Judith Sagan Russell Savre South Arts SunTrust Foundation Taiwan Academy of TECRO/Ministry of Culture in Taiwan The Jones Dance Education Scholarship The Harkness Foundation for Dance Trust for Mutual Understanding

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CREATOR ($2,500+) American Tobacco Campus Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Inc. Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy Josh Bond and Quentin Pell The Duke Energy Foundation Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation Dr. James A. Frazier C. Thomas Kunz North Carolina Museum of Art Eugene Oddone and Grace Couchman Florence and James Peacock Sam’s Quik Shop and Sam’s Bottle Shop* SciMed Solutions, Inc. Smitten Boutique Spain-USA Foundation Cultural Center The Israel Center of the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation Thomas S. Kenan III

INVESTOR ($1,000+) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Anonymous Anonymous Arts of Miami-Dade County Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Melinda Beck and David Thomas Connie and Elliot Bossen, Silverback Foundation Alison S. Bowes BuildSense Bull City Advisors Bunn DJ Company Amy Chavasse and Dan Kindlon, in memory of Rodger Belman Christopher Rand Construction Classic Graphics* Sharon M. Connelly, in honor of Charles and Stephanie Reinhart and Gerry and Martha Myers Craven Allen Gallery, House of Frames* Durham Arts Council Enterprise Holdings Foundation John and Carolyn Falletta B. Gail Freeman and Susan Gidwitz Gateway Building Company Misty and John Gay Laura and Bob Gutman Ivy Community Service Foundation of Cary, Inc. Jewelsmith Inc. Drs. Samuel Katz and Catherine Wilfert Gene and Diane Linfors EiIeen Greenbaum and Lawrence Mintz Tom Mitchell and Jill Over Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis, in honor of Mary Lou Nimerichter, Girish Bhargava, and Rodger Belman Partners in Performance Picnic* Francine and Benson Pilloff PMG Arts Management, LLC Québec Government Office in New York RED Collective: Connie Semans, Jerry Conrad, Chloë Seymore Saladelia Cafe and The Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop* Jim Sanders, in memory of Dora C. Sanders Anne Sena, in memory of Sue Crawford Angela Sessoms, in honor of the Christopher Cherry Family James N. Siedow, in memory of Mary Siedow Mindy and Guy Solie, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter Helen and Richard Tapper

Dianne and Daniel Vapnek Wells Fargo Andy and Ginny Widmark WUNC+ Lyell and Paul Wright

LEADER ($500+) ACME Plumbing Company Alliance Architecture Atelier N Fine Jewelry Don Ball Robin Barefoot Sarah and Christopher Bean Blackman & Sloop Certified Public Accountants Dan and Kathy Burns, in memory of Allen D. Roses and in honor of Russ Savre Rosie Canizares Carolina Women’s Wellness Center Robin L. Dennis Mia and Scott Doron Duda|Paine Architects Duke Asian | Pacific Studies Institute Elkin Family Fund Courtney Ellis emma delon Eno Ventures Jim and Jane Finch Beth Friedland, in memory of Shirley Friedland Campbell and Susana Harvey Susan Herst, Broker/Partner, Urban Durham Realty Angela Hodge and Adnan Nasir Hodge Kittrell Sotheby’s International Realty, Jack Arnold Scott and Julie Hollenbeck Kate Kadoun, in memory of Stephanie Reinhart Kennon Craver, PLLC KONTEK Systems, Inc. Larry’s Coffee* Leland Little Auctions Allen and Lucy Martindale Leon Meyers, in honor of the Saunders-Roses family Morgan Imports NanaTaco Richard Newell and Bonnie Nevel Northgate Associates LLLP North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign One Forty Salon and Blow Dry Bar Richard and Janice Palmer Pappas Capital, LLC. Patricia Pertalion Patricia S. Peterson Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC David and Ingrid Pisetsky Anne and Billy Pizer Mary Regan Ride Cycle Studio Gerry Riveros and Gay Bradley C. Robles Rebekah Shoaf Bill and Lucy Stokes Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham Ward Design Group Myra and Nils Weise Cynthia Wyse Heather and David Yeowell

COLLABORATOR ($250+) Elizabeth M. Amend Lisa Berot Julia Borbely-Brown

CONTRIBUTORS

Mimi Bull, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter Nicola Bullock Janice Christensen Leah Cox and Bob Bursey Linda Y. Cooper Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Paula and Dale Graff Gayla Halbrecht Judy and Shannon Hallman Charlotte and Andrew Holton Joe Van Gogh* Michael and Mary Justice Jane Kestenbaum Dr. Annette and Norman Kirshner Geri LaPlaca Hank Majestic Edward and Connie McCraw Lisa J. McQuay John Victor Orth Richard Paschal Philip Pavlik Melodie Griffin Pugh Josephine Rand, in honor of Gerri Houlihan Sandy and Art Rogers Karen Soskin and Stephen Haskin Sharon Taylor and Willie Covington Alice and Clarke Thacher The Mad Popper* The Walling Family Anne Wall Thomas Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Wishart Douglas Young and Patricia Petersen

ENTHUSIAST ($100+) Carolyn Aaronson Mary Eileen Anderson Kathryn Andolsek Deborah Barab Glenna Batson Elaine Bayless Laura Benedict and John Morris Catherine Bergel Hope Blecher, in honor of Loren Sass Dorothy Rose Borden, in memory of Julia D. Wray Kayla Briggs Carol and Webb Burgess Caroline Calouche Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway Carol Cappelletti and Dan Weinlandt Diane and Chuck Catotti Cocoa Cinnamon* Laura Colby, Elsie Management Betsy Collie - Rapid Results Fitness Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Joanne and Michael Cotter Janet Dale Christopher and Jennifer Dawson Ann and Robert DeMaine Sarah Deutsch Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership Salena and Douglas Elish Dawn E. Enochs Tom and Jenny Fagley Fair Game Beverage Company* Muki W. Fairchild and Charles Keith Sarah Francis Alison and Scott Gatherum Carmelo Graffagnino Jenny and John Grant

Marie Grauerholz Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe, and Restaurant* Bobbie Hardaker, in memory of Dr. William T. Hardaker, Jr. Treat Harvey and Regina de Lacy, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter Dorothy L. Heninger Brian E. Hogg Jane Hoppin Joseph P. Horrigan Julie Horton and Bill Beard Gerri Houlihan, in memory of Rodger Belman Samuel Jambrović Lori N. Jones Stephen and Shelley Keir Marlene Kibler Nathanael and Brianne Kibler, in honor of Cynthia Wyse Judy Kinberg, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter Gigi Krapels Shelli Lieberman William Lynch Elaine and Lee Marcus Mark McCarty, in memory of Rodger Belman Albert McMahill Kellie Melinda Linda Miller, in memory of Rodger Belman Jeanne and Brian Murray Patricia Mydlow and Gary Pakes Norman G. Owen and Roberta Yule Owen Julie Paul Doren Madey Pinnell Margaret and Justin Potnick Sandra Reid, in memory of Rodger Belman Lao Rubert and The Honorable Stephen Schewel Jeanne Ruddy Kristin Skelley Dana L. Smith Ellen Stone Dean and Ann Taylor Alan Teasley Katrin A. Thompson, in honor of Gerri Houlihan Amy and Pete Tyler Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber Peggy Wallin-Hart, in memory of Rodger Belman Martin Wechsler and David Fanger Patricia L. Weeks, in memory of Rodger Belman Laura Weisberg and David Wong, in honor of Lillian and Sam Weisberg Lynn E. Whitaker David and Rita Whitney Allen and Claire Wilcox Ted Worcester and Cynthia Nimerichter, in memory of Rodger Belman Sandra Zellinger

FRIEND ($1-$99) Claire Alrich Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Artworks/the Studio Cameron Ayres Glenna Batson Jay and Belva Lori Snyder Bennear Maura Berry Evelyn S. Bloch BLOK Architecture, PLLC.

Craig Bouchard and Tonia Burton-Bouchard, in memory of Rodger Belman Chris and Mandy Brannon Caroline Calouche Jody and Ronnie Cassell Ellen and Arturo Ciompi Shaela Davis Daniel Ellison Whiteney Evanse Tamara Faison Jenny and Monty Favret Kelsey L. Favret Russell Favret Sylvia Favret, in honor of Kelsey Favret Emily Feldman-Kravitz and Rich Kravitz, in honor of Rebecca Elvin Friend of ADF Milo Fryling and Pamela Alberda Joyce and David Gordon, in memory of Mary Lou Nimerichter Jami Grossfield Priscilla A. Guild Deborah and Keith Hall Tom and Polly Harris Scott and Richard Hill Carolyn Hoehner Diana Hoffmaster Carolyn Hoehner Margaret Hurwitz Robert Jankowski Elizabeth Johnson, in honor of Nancy McKaig Sara Juli and Chris Ajemian Jane Kelly Kassandra Kolbeck Sarah Louisa Lanners Janet Lilly Judi Lilley Killian Manning James Marsh Jeanine McClain Kathi Mello Darby O’Connor Denny and Helen O’Neal Nathaniel Parrott Sarah Peterson Abigail Reid Jeanna M. Reschly Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor Loren Sass Ruth Satinsky Sieber Tanya L. Schreiber Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston Susan Mote Smith Dallas and Donna Stallings, in memory of Mary Lou Nimerichter Michael Stolbach Deborah Swain, in memory of Betty Kovak Caitlyn Swett Robert Swett The Rigbys Marsha A. Thomas Gale Touger Dorothy Uhl Daryl Farrington Walker, in honor of Lola Davis Jones Nicolle Wasserman Mary Water Erin Whyte CONTRIBUTOR KEY

* In-Kind Community Partner + Media Sponsor

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Photo by Francisco Graciano

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