Visiting Artists & Arts Researchers

  • Afro-Feminist Performance Routes: A Dialogue in Movement
    "Afro-Feminist Performance Routes" initiative convenes a cohort of women dance artists of the African Diaspora who navigate interrelated processes of movement, migration, and memory in their work, through participatory work- shops, conversation and performance. 
  • Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe
    ...their dance set to robotically generated mechanical music explores the intersection of industry and art, artificial intelligence and the human body
  • Colin Conner, Masterclass
    His work marries the best elements of classical form with the freedom and expressiveness of modern dance… The overall feeling for the observer is one of exhilaration and awakening.
  • Riley Watts
    "Riley is not just a great teacher - he is one of the most skilled, talented and celebrated contemporary dancers around. If you are a serious dance student at Duke you just wouldn’t want to miss this guy!" Michael Kliën
  • Elisa Schreiber, T'05
    Dance Program Alum and Featured DEMAN Weekend 2017 Presenter
  • Amanda K. Miller
    Dance as a very simple but powerful tool for communication, awareness, and peace.
  • Steve Valk
    Cultural activist, contemporary dance dramaturge and director of the Institute of Social Choreography in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Luis F. Paredes
    Focusing on the role of dance and music for the identity construction of historically oppressed groups
  • Mestre Valmir
    Capoeira Master Classes
  • Mythili Prakash
    a dynamic young Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer
  • Malpaso Dance Company
    “You get the feeling that they could dance just about any genre with jaw-dropping style. Which makes their unique expression of Cuban culture in all its profound and complex glory all the more special.”—NOW Magazine Toronto
  • Gabrielle Lamb Residency
    Gabrielle Lamb is that too-rare creature: the female ballet choreographer. (Village Voice)
  • LaMont Hamilton
    This Da Good Part is a three channel film installation and the third element of the umbrella project Five on the Black Hand Side.
  • Christal Brown
    Brown combines her athleticism, creativity, love for people, and passion for teaching to create works that redefine the art of dance and the structure of the field
  • Marina Magalhaes
    As a choreographer, performer, and teacher, I strive to engage people in a way that moves them in every sense of the word