Congratulations to the 17 students graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree this year! At Duke University, the MFA programs in Experimental & Documentary Arts and Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis bring together artists who push creative boundaries through interdisciplinary practice.

Films, multimedia installations, video art, written prose, printmaking, and sonic art by the members of the 14th class of Duke University’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts.

This year, the Dance Program is especially honored to celebrate the graduating Class of 2026—Tristian Griffin, Asili Johnson, and Johanna Kepler—whose highly original investigations have not only exemplified the program’s core values, but expanded them.

Explore snapshots of a few of the many student artists graduating this year May 9–11.

Congratulations to theMFA in Dance Class of 2025 Duke Dance terminal degree, MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis provides an exclusive opportunity for graduate student-artists to devise interdisciplinary academic and ...

This year, join us in celebrating Julia Piper who will graduate with Duke’s one-of-a-kind graduate degree in dance! The Duke M.F.A. in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis (MFAEIP) supports artists whose creative research connects movement-based knowledge to critical discourses within and beyond the arts.

Join us in celebrating the third cohort to earn Duke’s one-of-a-kind terminal graduate degree in dance practice! The Duke M.F.A. in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis (MFAEIP) supports artists whose creative research connects movement-based knowledge to critical discourses within and beyond the arts.

Join us in celebrating the second graduating cohort of Duke’s MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis (MFA/EIP). The MFA/EIP is a one-of-a-kind terminal degree program in dance focused on how artists work today and how dance contributes to crucial issues and conversations across arts and non-arts discourses.

We celebrate the inaugural cohort of Duke’s MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis, a program dedicated to embodied knowledge and practice-led movement discourses.