Spotlighted Performances

The following videos highlight some of the performances – past and present – from those studying and/or participating in the Duke Dance Program. 

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Featured selections: "Reaching Into Before Time", "Well Lit From the Outside", "Quimbara", "Arc of Time", "Effective Immediately", "Circadian Rhythm", "Phoenix", "Sunu Reclamation! We Came to Dance!".
Choreography by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Staged for Duke University by Andrea E. Woods Valdés 2021.
Continuous Replay: Come Together (1977 revised 1991).
Danced by: Megan Mauro as the clock. Alyah Baker, Courtney Crumpler, Lee Edwards, Ayan Felix-Doyle, Renata Garces, Willa Gilbert-Goldstein, Juliet Irving, Amari Jones, Avery Lythcott-Haims, Ife Michelle Presswood, Joey Rauch, Kamryn Stafford, Carter Yunyu Teng, Michael Wen.
Music Director: John Hanks. Percussionists: John Hanks, Julia Thompson,and Andrea E. Woods Valdés.
Additional music arranged by: John Oswald. Sound engineer: ChristopherScully-Thurston. Lighting designer: John Kolba. Video direced by: Aravindl Ragupathi. Edited by: Sarah Heinitz. Produced by: ZONING MEDIA. Duke University sponsors: Vice Provost for the Arts/Duke Arts, Dance Program, Rubenstein Arts Center
Original choreography from MFA in Dance candidates Alyah Baker, Lee Edwards, and Courtney Liu selected to be part of the Nasher Museum of Art's exhibition RESIST COVID / TAKE 6!, which emphasizes the disproportionate impact of the deadly virus on the lives of communities of color.
Bill Tong Wu. Duke Dance For The Camera/Dance 306s, Fall, 2021.
Mitchell Frazier. Duke Dance For The Camera/Dance 306s, Fall, 2021.