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Cunningham reconstructor Jean Freebury at ADF: The Independent Interview
In my first experiences with modern dance, thirty years ago, there was everyone else—and then there was Merce Cunningham. Though dance innovations abounded in the ‘80s, inevitably the other...
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Shen Wei artistic associate Sara Procopio at ADF: The Independent Interview
For most American Dance Festival students, it’s the stuff of dreams: After an enigmatic young choreographer spots you in an audition, you work for six weeks on what becomes the standout of the season....
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Departing ADF Dean Donna Faye Burchfield:The Independent Interview
Relating a conversation with Donna Faye Burchfield, Dean of the American Dance Festival, without audio and video footage—or Labanotation, for the dance transcriptionists in the audience—is, to some...
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How can you stay in the house... and how can you leave? Ralph Lemon at Duke
Ralph Lemon: How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?Duke PerformancesReynolds Industries Theater Nov. 6 “We had a lot more walk-outs last night than usual,” said lighting director...
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Shaolin Riverdance? The amazing Mr. Cherkaoui and Sutra at Carolina...
SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI/ SADLER'S WELLS LONDON: SUTRA Carolina Performing Arts@Memorial Hall, UNC CampusNov. 10-11 Belgian choreographer-performer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has one of the most graceful,...
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red, black and GREEN: a blues redefines environmentalism in hip hop culture
red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb)Marc Bamuthi JosephThe Process SeriesGerard Hall, UNC-CHJan. 22, 8 p.m. Multi-media artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph noticed that there wasn’t a lot of overlap between...
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Theater & Dance Week: Lives, live on stage
It’s the week regional theater takes a turn to the biographical—sometimes even performed by the original cast. At UNC-Chapel Hill, the SOLO TAKES ON festival returns for its second season of striking...
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From the archives: Merce Cunningham—an interview and review
Two stories from the archives, before this weekend's performances by the MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY on its farewell "Legacy Tour," for those seeking further background on his work: a revealing...
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A bittersweet homecoming for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANYPresented by Duke Performances@Durham Performing Arts CenterFeb. 4-5 The Durham Performing Arts Center was energized Friday night with the North Carolina homecoming of...
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A Tarot deck of dances? Doug Varone's Chapters from a Broken Novel, tonight...
A person who sits for a conventional tarot reading knows several things. If that Rider-Waite deck hasn’t changed in the century since it was crafted, the archetypes depicted in its major arcana have...
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ADF Announces 2011 Season — and the departure of co-director Charles Reinhart
The American Dance Festival announced the lineup for their 2011 season this afternoon. While longtime dance goers will hardly be shocked at the number of usual suspects listed among its 14 mainstage...
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Narcissus and Terpsichore (partially obscured): Nederlands Dans Theater review
Nederlands Dans TheaterMemorial HallThrough March 30 You can tell Memorial Hall Box Office tries to be forthright about the merchandise it sells. Across the face of my front row balcony ticket for the...
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This Week at the ADF: In-depth previews of ADF Gala 2011, Rosas Danst Rosas,...
ADF GALA 2011: AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE MARTHA CLARKE MARK DENDY HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGOSCOTTISH DANCE THEATREDPAC, June 9 at 7 p.m. You understand, this just doesn’t happen. After a...
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This Week at the ADF: Bill T. Jones and Tao Dance Theater
BILL T. JONES / ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANYD-MAN IN THE WATERS, SPENT DAYS OUT YONDER, CONTINUOUS REPLAYDPAC Thursday-Saturday, June 16-18 at 8 p.m. A busy year for Bill T. Jones? You decide.… [ Read...
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Exclusive video preview: Tao Dance Theater at ADF
Exclusive video footage of TAO DANCE THEATER at the 2011 American Dance Festival. The company performs June 20-22 at Reynolds Theater at Duke University.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Cirque du Soleil's Alegria soars
Cirque du Soleil’s AlegriaRBC Center, RaleighEvening and matinee shows through July 10 The fabled Cirque du Soleil, based in Montreal, but now a world-wide performing institution, has brought its...
View ArticleADF 2011 Season Wrap I (Extended Dance Remix): Dear Science
NOTE: As happens every year, we had a lot more to say about the AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL than we could ever fit into the print version of the INDEPENDENT. Thus these expanded essays, which delve more...
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ADF 2011 Season Wrap II (Extended Dance Remix): When the Music Takes Control....
NOTE: As happens every year, we had a lot more to say about the AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL than we could ever fit into the print version of the INDEPENDENT. Thus these expanded essays, which delve more...
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People-watching at the club, with Twyla and Frank: Come Fly Away at DPAC
COME FLY AWAY4 stars out of 5Durham Performing Arts CenterThrough Oct. 2dpacnc.org It’s understandable that modern dance aficionados might have paused when considering the touring version of COME FLY...
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Coming of age in the era of Marilyn, Eisenhower and the Beats in 1*9*5*6...
1*9*5*6 Degrees of SeparationOther Voices@ Manbites Dog TheaterThrough June 24 All art is to some degree autobiographical. Any creation tells us something about its creator.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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