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Looking for something interesting to do this summer? Given your dance experience, you might be interested in this research opportunity.   Memory for Movement Lab --How dancers learn & remember http://people.duke.edu/~ruthday/m4m.html --How audiences perceive & remember http://americandancefestival.org/projects/audience-memory-program/Where: At the American Dance Festival (an international dance institute), on Duke's East Campus  (http://www.americandancefestival.org)… read more about Dance Memory: Summer Research Opportunity »

Indian-American dancer Mythili Prakash residency in Bharatanatyam dance at Duke University  launches the Duke India Initiative. Mythili, a dynamic young Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, will visit Duke February 1-5 and March 1-5 to offer a residency at the Duke Dance Program. The residency includes workshops and choreographing a piece for Duke student dancers for presentation at the Duke Dance Department’s mainstage concert, ChoreoLab, at 7:30 p.m. on April 14-15, 2017 in… read more about Indian-American performer brings a classical form of Indian dance to teach Duke students »

Asst. Professor Andrea E. Woods Valdés will present her video installation, "new moon sister" at the Shimmer: The Art of Light festival. Works by various artists will be installed between Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Go to http://shimmerevent.com for more information. Friday, February 10, 2017 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm Location: Chapel Hill/Carrboro, 502 W Franklin St, between N. Graham and N. Robertson streets (Outdoors). Parking decks are free after 8pm.   read more about Andrea E. Woods Valdés presents work at the Shimmer: The Art of Light Festival »

The Dance Program and African & African American Studies (AAAS) will convene a series of events that underscore the reach of diasporic dance humanities in Spring 2017. January 31, visual artist and choreogrpahic collaborator Lamont Hamilton will visit the Duke campus in an artist residency, sharing work he recently showed at the Studio Museum of Harlem. More info. February 14, noted historian and theorist of Asian American dance Yutian Wong… read more about Diasporic Dance Humanities 2017 »

Durham, N.C. – SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology, in association with Duke Performances, announces the one-day symposium, ACCUMULATIONS: Exploring the Legacies of Trisha Brown. ACCUMULATIONS will offer rare insight into the creative process of an American dance innovator and bring together a dozen artists and researchers for discussion, performance, and film showings on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, 9:30am-4:00pm at the Nasher Museum at Duke University. The Trisha Brown Company will perform at Duke University… read more about Duke Symposium Explores the Legacy of Dance Innovator Trisha Brown »

"Choreography and Corporeality - Relay in Motion", editors: Thomas F. DeFrantz, Philipa Rothfield.  This book renews thinking about the moving body by drawing on dance practice and performance from across the world. Eighteen internationally recognised scholars show how dance can challenge our thoughts and feelings about our own and other cultures, our emotions and prejudices, and our sense of public and private space. In so doing, they offer a multi-layered response to ideas of affect and emotion… read more about Thomas F. DeFrantz Edits New Volume »

We thought you might be interested in how Duke New Student Programs is preparing our first year students to come to campus. Take a look at their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8E2vnZWXxznOSJR8LXFxCw Highlights of their 30 Days to Duke series include: Interview with Dean Ashby Identity Center Tour Faculty Outings Financial Wellness A Conversation with Duke Police Know your Duke Lingo Fly Dorm Room Good Study Habits Countdown for the Class of 2020 read more about Duke New Student Programs »

Michael Kliën, Ph.D. will join the Duke Dance Program faculty in Spring, 2017. Professor Kliën has worked individually and collaborated extensively all over Europe and the USA in an artistic capacity, as well as an academic educator. He has guest-taught at six MFA programs in European universities. "My teaching offers students the chance to experience and define dance and choreography against the backdrop of wider ecological, social and political structures. I approach… read more about Please welcome Michael Kliën to the Dance Program »

Duke Dance Program Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz will be one of several Duke professors featured in Moogfest, a three-day celebration of art and technology, which kicks off its first Durham appearance, centered on downtown performance venues, hotels and clubs, May 19-22. Professor DeFrantz's performance, titled  “Live Processing and Ghost Dancing”, will take place at 4PM on Thursday in the Durham Armory.  For more information, read the article in the News and Observer:http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/… read more about Thomas F. DeFrantz Featured Performer in Moogfest »

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces a new fellowship in honor of DanceAfrica founding elder Baba Chuck Davis. This unique opportunity is open to emerging choreographers, offering dance practitioners a chance to travel to Africa and study with one or more experts in African dance, as determined by the awardee’s project proposal. The fellowship offers up to $9,000 in funding for travel, accommodations, and research expenses. The selection committee is comprised of various members of DanceAfrica and BAM’s artistic… read more about Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship »

A conversation in movement with four female dance artists of the African diaspora April 10 – 13, 2016 Convened by: Thomas F. DeFrantz (Chair, AAAS), Dasha Chapman (Postdoc, AAAS), Mario LaMothe (Postdoc, Women’s Studies), Ava LaVonne Vinesett (Associate Professor, Dance) and Moarabi Kakabalo (Undergraduate, Engineering) April 10 – 13, 2016, Duke University will host a four-day conversation in movement with four female dance artists of the African diaspora. Sponsored by Duke’s Africa Initiative, as well as Dance,… read more about “Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes” »

It is my sincere pleasure to join you this evening.  Thank you so much to Purnima and to everyone in the Dance program for the gracious invitation.  I hope that you are anticipating with as much excitement as I am the performances that we will witness. I must tell you that I am thrilled by what this department, these faculty members, staff members, and students mean to the liberal arts education that we are able to deliver in Trinity.  I am inspired by all that my colleagues in this department have… read more about Guest of Honor, Dean Valerie Ashby’s remarks for November Dances 2015 »

An SDHS Special Topics Conference at the Center for Ballet and the Arts, New York University, and the Department of Dance, Barnard College, Columbia University May 20-21, 2016  Call for Papers Contemporary ballet is undoubtedly a recognizable genre for most dancers. It is identifiable and it appears to be flourishing. But, what is contemporary ballet? Does it need classification and definition so that we can historicize this moment in dance? The 2015 issue of Conversations… read more about Call for Papers! Contemporary Ballet: Exchanges, Connections and Directions »

The new Arts Center is expected to be a “game-changer for the arts at Duke” at the corner of Anderson Street and Campus Drive across from the Nasher Museum of Art.  Construction is set to begin next month. Link to Duke Chronicle article, by Amrith Ramkumar, Monday, October 5: http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2015/10/rubenstein-gives-25-million-for-new-50-million-71000-square-foot-arts-center   read more about Rubenstein gives $25 million for new $50 million, 71,000-square foot Arts Center »

The Duke University Program in Dance seeks an outstanding dance researcher and artist practitioner who will contribute significantly to the new MFA in Dance: Live Art and Embodied Practice, in teaching, research, and the advising of MFA thesis projects. We welcome an individual who will both expand and extend the areas of expertise of the current faculty in terms of research, international engagement, and teaching across degree programs (MFA and BA). We value a colleague whose research is informed by an active artistic… read more about Duke Dance Program Seeks New Faculty Hire »

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine has published an article by Prof. Ava LaVonne Vinesett, Miurel Price, and Dr. Kenneth H. Wilson called "Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition." The research and clinical trial was made possible through the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation and the Duke Dance Program. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/acm.2014.0247 read more about "Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition" »

The link below is for the article Ava LaVonne Vinesett, Kenneth H. Wilson, and Miurel Price published through the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.  This was made possible through the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation and the Duke Dance Program. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/acm.2014.0247 read more about Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition »

CADD hosted our inaugural conference, Dancing the African Diaspora: Theories of Black Performance at Duke University, February 7-9, 2014. The next CADD conference will be held at Duke University, February 19-21, 2016.  Click here to go to the CADD website. ABOUT THE COLLEGIUM FOR AFRICAN DIASPORA DANCE (CADD) The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) is an egalitarian community of scholars and artists committed to exploring, promoting, and engaging African diaspora dance as a resource and method… read more about Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) Conference, February 19 - 21, 2016: Call for Proposals »

The Dance Program mourns the loss of this wonderful artist.  Please join family and friends of Jan Van Dyke for a memorial gathering on Saturday, August 22 at 3:00pm in the Dance Theater on the UNCG campus. The program will celebrate Jan’s life and career as an artist, scholar, teacher, and friend through selected speakers and video. A reception will follow the program. Please be aware that seating in the theater is extremely limited, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Some overflow seating will… read more about Dance teacher, choreographer Jan Van Dyke dies »

The feature film, "Alto," written and directed by Mikki del Monico, is the Women's Feature at the NC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, August 14-22. Duke Dance Program instructor Natalie Marrone's choreography, using traditional Italian dance, serves as the pivoting point in the film starring Annabella Sciorra, Diana DeGarmo, Billy Wirth, Lin Tucci, and Natalie Knepp.   Shot on location in New York City, Marrone choreographed the Italian Festival scene with dancers from North Carolina and New York.   For this film… read more about Dance Program's Natalie Marrone choreographs dance for film coming to Durham in August »