Heel Workshop is an open-level, choreography-based dance class. Heels are optional.

A Duke Health exclusive 60-minute matinee performance of Last Ward that intertwines an abbreviated presentation with a conversation about the artists' creative process and the role of the arts in healthcare. A New York Times Critics’ Pick, Last Ward is a work of dance theatre that follows one man’s journey towards death in a hospital room.

We will introduce Butoh materials and use these as the basis to fully develop our imagination. In the imaginative session, we use the body as a vessel to communicate and transmit information, allowing for autonomy and improvisation in each exercise.

Modern fusion for beg/intermediate movers - modern with africanist elements intertwined: polyrhythm, polycentrism, and overall african/jazz influence.

Calling all dancers of all forms, musicians, spoken word poets, vocalists to bring a short piece of original composition to share with artist Ayodele Casel as she builds Duke-specific elements of her piece Rooted to be performed in the von der heyden theater at the Rubenstein Arts Center, September 27 and 28.

Doris Duke Artist Ayodele Casel will present her interactive performance Rooted at Duke Arts on September 27 & 28, and will discuss the Triangle’s dance scene with Andrea Woods Valdes, Lormarev Jones, and Nicole Oxendine.

A New York Times Critics’ Pick, Last Ward is a work of dance theatre that follows one man’s journey towards death in a hospital room. This highly visual evening length performance is performed in Arabic with English supertitles.

Originally from Hong-Kong, Scotland-based choreographer Pik-Kei Wong explores gender, bodily-autonomy, and women’s desire in the US Premiere of Bird-Watching. Reservations will open this fall for this free event.

“Smaïl Kanouté’s dance production is a lament, a tribute and a protest. In its reference to individual lives, Never Twenty One has a heartbreaking specificity; as a political act, it ...

You have never experienced surround sound like you will with Yamato, the Japanese Taiko drumming group bringing their program “Hinotori” – The Wings of Phoenix to Duke. Since 1993, performing ...

American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America’s National Ballet Company,® returns to North Carolina for the first time in over 50 years with the romantic masterwork Giselle. This engrossing tale of unrequited ...

The circus is coming to town, but not just any circus! Machine de Cirque is a Québec City-based company that packs high doses of dizzying feats, powerful emotions, poetry, intelligence ...

Magical, mysterious, eccentric fun will be the order of the evening as you travel with Director Moses Pendleton and his dance troupe MOMIX down the rabbit hole. ALICE, inspired by Alice ...

Emanuel Gat’s work explores the intersections between choreography, music, audio and visuals to move audiences and tell stories. Presented in partnership with American Dance Festival, Duke Arts and NC State ...

LOCATION UPDATE: this event has been moved to the von der Heyden Studio Theater at the Rubenstein Arts Center. Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. ...

Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. Log in here to access employee and student discounts. ### Meaning “pathways” in Spanish, Andares provides an intimate close-up of some ...

Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. Log in here to access employee and student discounts. ### Dökk — a live, multimedia performance of light, sound and movement ...

Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. Log in here to access employee and student discounts. ### “The group has to be seen — and sometimes touched — ...

Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. Log in here to access employee and student discounts. ### Marshall McLuhan saw it all coming. Known as the originator of ...

Save 20% when you buy 4 or more events. Book now. Log in here to access employee and student discounts. ### Traces: Address to African Nations by Senegalese economist, writer and Duke ...

Join us for a multidisciplinary collaboration between visual artist John Felix Arnold, MacArthur fellow Michelle Dorrance and Byron Tittle of Dorrance Dance tap company. Commissioned by Duke Arts and co-presented ...

Acclaimed choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland joins Duke Professor Jasmine Cobb (Department of African and African American Studies) for a free public conversation ahead of the world premiere of Company SBB’s ...

As part of Hope Boykin‘s collaboration with ABT Studio Company during their weeklong residency at Duke, the choreographer will lead a free public movement class for dancers at all levels ...

Bijayini Satpathy, formerly of Southern India’s fabled Nrityagram Dance Ensemble — and one of the world’s leading dancers — joins Purnima Shah (Duke Dance Program) for a free public conversation ...

Bijayini Satpathy, formerly of Southern India’s fabled Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and one of the world’s leading dancers, offers a workshop on the fundamentals of Odissi dance technique and movements from her new ...

Regrettably, due to unforeseen circumstances, this performance must be postponed. We anticipate announcing a new date for Yesterday Tomorrow in the coming months. ### Humans are haunted by the question: ...

In February 2018, Duke Performances unveiled an audacious three-year collaboration with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies. Through its expansive programming, international engagements, and ...

In 2020, Duke Performances presented the Urban Bush Women’s (UBW) groundbreaking virtual Artist Journal — an experimental Zoom-based performance combining dance party, conversation, and audience participation. Celebrating its thirty-seventh active ...

Always working to explode the boundaries of dance theater and installation, Jerome Robbins Award-winning choreographer/director Stefanie Batten Bland stages cross-disciplinary movement works sensitive to shifting environments. This spring, Batten Bland, ...

“For four decades,” Odissi dance master Bijayini Satpathy writes, “the Odissi I have known and owned has been someone else’s song, someone else’s making, someone else’s idea, someone else’s feelings ...

As part of their two-week February 2020 residency at Duke, American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company will open a series of repertory rehearsals for public observers. These rehearsals are a chance to see ...

Sean Stewart, artistic coordinator and rehearsal director of the American Ballet Theatre Apprentice Program, will offer a master class in intermediate/advanced ballet technique. Triangle community and Duke dancers ages 16 and up ...

Christine Cox, co-founder and Artistic Director of Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company BalletX, will lead a free public master class and workshop for community dancers ages 18 and up. This class ...

As part of her three-year Duke-based collaboration with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Studio Company, choreographic artist Stefanie Batten Bland is working within a creative initiative centered around artistic process and ...

Christine Cox is Artistic Director & co-founder of Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company BalletX, whose charge is to innovate, experiment with, and reformulate classical ballet for the 21st century. At Duke, ...

Cheryl Yeager, instructor with American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, will offer a master class in intermediate/advanced ballet technique. All community dancers ages 16 and up who train at an advanced/pre-professional ...

Meredith Webster, Ballet Master for Alonzo King LINES Ballet, will offer a combined ballet class and movement workshop featuring LINES Ballet repertory. All community dancers ages 16 and up with a strong grounding ...

In the past 37 years, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has been a force in ballet’s transformation. Dr. Jill Nunes Jensen, a contemporary ballet scholar who has chronicled the company for years, will explore how King ...

Johanna Butow, instructor with American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, will offer a master class in intermediate/advanced ballet technique. All community dancers ages 16 and up who train at an advanced/pre-professional ...

Torry Bend, award-winning puppet artist and chair of Theater Studies at Duke, is joined by collaborator Howard L. Craft, Durham-based poet, playwright, and arts educator, for an in-depth discussion of ...

Born in Georgia to Civil Rights activists, choreographer Alonzo King planted his pathbreaking ballet company, LINES, in San Francisco in the early 1980s. At Duke, he joins professor Thomas F. ...

Duke Performances subscriptions and single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at ...

Duke Performances subscriptions and single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at ...

Duke Performances subscriptions and single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at ...

March 11, 2020: Important Notice Regarding American Ballet Theatre Dear Friends, Due to precautionary measures related to COVID-19, Duke University is postponing all events with an expected attendance of more ...

Tickets for the Trocks at the Carolina Theatre are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-560-3030, and in person at the Carolina Theatre Box Office at ...

Duke Performances subscriptions and single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at ...

Duke Performances subscriptions and single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at ...

Julie Bravata, instructor with American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, will offer a master class in intermediate/advanced ballet technique. All community dancers ages 16 and up who train at an advanced/pre-professional ...

Duke Theater Studies chair and puppet artist Torry Bend sits down with members of Manual Cinema, the Emmy-winning shadow puppetry collective in residence at Duke Performances;  Donovan Zimmerman (Co-founder and ...

Camille A. Brown — choreographer and founder of the Bessie Award-winning, New York City-based dance company Camille A. Brown & Dancers, known for inventive multidisciplinary dance works exploring race, culture, and identity — ...

In this special Friday-afternoon conversation at Duke’s Rubenstein Arts Center, award-winning choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Artistic Director Sascha Radetsky will discuss their professional trajectories, ...

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Camille A. Brown joins Nicole Oxendine (Empower Dance Studio) for a conversation on dance, community development, and Brown’s exploration of African-American identity through movement. Thursday, February ...

Tony Award-winning playwright and singer Stew sits down with Talya Klein (Duke Theater Studies) for a lunchtime conversation spanning his career, influences, and current project, ‘Notes of a Native Song’ ...

Company members from Camille A. Brown & Dancers — the Bessie Award-winning, New York City-based dance company known for inventive multidisciplinary dance works exploring race, culture, and identity — will offer a beginning-level ...

Company members from Camille A. Brown & Dancers — the Bessie Award-winning, New York City-based dance company known for inventive multidisciplinary dance works exploring race, culture, and identity — will offer an advanced ...

Juel D. Lane, company dancer with Camille A. Brown & Dancers — the Bessie Award-winning, New York City-based dance company known for inventive multidisciplinary dance works exploring race, culture, and identity — will ...

Camille A. Brown & Dancers company members will offer a free and open-to-the-public social dance workshop intended for self-identifying girls and women. Black Girl Spectrum is a Camille A. Brown & Dancers ...

Camille A. Brown & Dancers company members Maleek Washington, Timothy Edwards, and Juel D. Lane will offer a free and open-to-the-public social dance workshop intended for self-identifying boys and men. ...

Elizabeth Ferrell, instructor with American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, will offer a master class in advanced ballet technique. All community dancers ages 16 and up who train at an advanced/pre-professional ...

Petrusjka Broholm, Ballet Mistress for American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School instructor as well as former soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, will offer a master ...

Franco De Vita, former Artistic Director for American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, will offer a master class in advanced ballet technique. All community dancers ages 16 and up ...

Pavithra Reddy of Nrityagram Dance Ensemble (southern India), one of the world’s leading dance companies, is joined by Thaji Dias of Chitrasena Dance Company (Sri Lanka) for a Duke student ...

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Camille A. Brown sits down with Duke Performances Community Engagement Coordinator Michaela Dwyer for a conversation about Brown’s visionary trilogy on African American identity, which Duke ...

The acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of southern India is one of the world’s great dance companies. Living communally in a women’s village devoted to dance — the better to meld ...

The Camille A. Brown Trilogy Package, which provides best available reserved seats in Reynolds Industries Theater to Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ trilogy, including presentations of ink, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, and Mr. TOL ...

The Camille A. Brown Trilogy Package, which provides best available reserved seats in Reynolds Industries Theater to Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ trilogy, including presentations of ink, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, and Mr. TOL ...

In less than a decade, the bold and talented Chicago collective Manual Cinema has become a theatrical powerhouse with its mesmerizing shadow-puppet spectacles. Blending techniques from animation and film and ...

Nearly forty years passed before the Tony Award-winning playwright and singer Stew realized that James Baldwin had changed his life. As a Los Angeles teenager, Stew loved Baldwin’s Go Tell ...

Hailed as “one of the great flamenco dancers of this new century” by The New York Times, Farruquito has expanded the reach and reputation of the genre through dazzling performances ...

The Camille A. Brown Trilogy Package, which provides best available reserved seats in Reynolds Industries Theater to Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ trilogy, including presentations of ink, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, and Mr. TOL ...

In less than a decade, the bold and talented Chicago collective Manual Cinema has become a theatrical powerhouse with mesmerizing shadow-puppet spectacles. Blending techniques from animation and film and performing ...

In February 2018, Duke Performances unveiled an audacious three-year collaboration with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies. Through its expansive programming, international engagements, and ...

Nationally renowned educational policy experts Helen “Sunny” Ladd and Thomas Nechyba (both of Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics) discuss the school choice debate in North ...

When pianist Simone Dinnerstein and choreographer Pam Tanowitz began discussing an evening-length dance collaboration in 2015, they faced an obvious question: What would they perform? Bach was a clear choice for Dinnerstein, who became a sudden classical star in 2007 with her self-financed interpretation of the “Goldberg” Variations.

The Civilians, Duke Performances Artists-in-Residence and practitioners of investigative theater, approach their work as researchers of the national consciousness.

s technology making or breaking our world? That question is central to THE_OPER&, a bold new opera to be developed and premiered at Duke University that uses the high drama framework of opera and advanced technology to explore ideas of apocalypse, renewal, and survival in the modern age. During each performance, a computer system preloaded with video, sound, and poetic text fragments generates an original world, specific to the room and audience.

When New York actors Eric Tucker and Andrus Nichols chose the name “Bedlam” for their upstart theater company in 2012, they intended it, no doubt, to convey the energy and audacity of their mission.

On a bare stage, sixty-four tiny robots — small rectangular machines holding sharpened pencils that they tap against the floor — encircle two dancers, clad simply in black and gray.

In the new dance piece The Principles of Uncertainty, two award-winning artists plying complementary ideas in dance and fine arts connect to explore the strange wonder, humor, and sadness of life.

Don DeLillo’s 2001 novella, The Body Artist, is at once a ghost story and a love story.