Friday-Sunday, February 7-9 Need volunteer hours? The Dancing the African Diaspora: Theories of Black Performance conference needs student volunteers for a variety of roles throughout the 3-day conference. Students may attend the events of the conference for free (except the Urban Bush Women performance) and earn crew hours for volunteering. See the conference schedule and contact Prof. Thomas DeFrantz directly if you are available to volunteer. read more about Volunteers Needed for Dancing the African Diaspora »
The Urban Bush Women will have an open rehearsal (open to students and the broader public) on Tuesday, February 4 from 2PM-4PM at Reynolds Industries Theater. Feel free to spread the word. No RSVP required. Attendees should enter the theater through the Reynolds lobby. For information about their performances, go to the Duke Performances website. read more about Urban Bush Women, Open Rehearsal »
Amidst the highly choreographed pomp and ceremony of Duke University's Commencement this year, an honorary doctorate will be awarded to a true pioneer in choreography, Judith Jamison. For Duke's flourishing Dance Program, it will be an occasion to savor. Barbara Dickinson, the program's Director of Undergraduate Studies, will present Jamison at the May 12 ceremony in Wallace Wade Stadium. "Judith Jamison is my inspiration and my hero," said Andrea Woods Valdes, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Dance. "This is a very… read more about Dance Luminary Judith Jamison to be Honored at Commencement 2013 »
Central to Duke’s new MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis is the integration of intensive dance and movement research with study across disciplines. Applications are currently being accepted through February 10, 2020, for the Fall 2020 class. Learn more about the program and application process. The students are just as unique—and inspiring—as the areas of intersectional research they are undertaking. “As the director of the MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis, I am… read more about Meet the Inaugural Cohort of Duke’s MFA in Dance »