The Duke Dance Program's former and current directors and faculty joined for a lunchtime chat to share the program's history at Duke, which spans almost five decades. Taking place over a delicious lunch, the roundtable included faculty, students and the Duke and Durham community, all sharing memories and stories about the evolution of the Dance Program from a student club, to its association with the African American Dance Ensemble and the American Dance Festival, to one of the gems of Duke's humanities and arts programs.
Attendees included:
| Gloria Bailey | John Hanks | Purnima Shah |
| Donald Blumenfeld-Jones | Dean Jeffrey | Michel Tharp |
| Kathryn Corbeau Blumenfeld-Jones | Tony Johnson | Ava LaVonne Vinesett |
| Betsy Boulden | Keval Kaur Khalsa | Julie Janus Walters |
| L.D. Burris | Michael Klien | Tyler Walters |
| Barbara Dickinson | Martha Klopfer | Ganchao Wei |
| Brooks Emanuel | Peter Klopfer | Sarah Wilbur |
| Natalie Gilbert | Jodee Nimerichter | Andrea E. Woods Valdés |
| Tristian Griffin | Christina Olsen | |
| Jingqiu Guan | Nile H. Russell |
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