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weaving Dreams

Saturday, February 7 at 7:00pm

weaving Dreams is an interdisciplinary performance that blends dance, spoken word, visual art, sound, and projection to explore how memory, identity, and ancestral connection surface through embodied and intuitive practices. ...

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The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance

Friday, February 20 at 12:00am

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD)* seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

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THE BLACK PALIMPSEST

Friday, February 20 at 3:30pm

THE BLACK PALIMPSEST is a choreographic and sonic offering that moves through Durham’s sacred landscapes, centering the Stagville Historic Site, once among the South’s largest plantations. Guided by Tristian-who searches ...

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The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance

Saturday, February 21 at 12:00am

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD) seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

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The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance

Sunday, February 22 at 12:00am

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD) seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

Past Events

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Dance MFA Information Session

December 1, 2025

Please join Director of Graduate Studies Sarah Wilbur, PhD, for this open office hour to find out more about our MFA program in Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis. Bring any questions about ...

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November Dances 2025

November 22, 2025

November Dances is the Duke University Dance Program’s annual main stage concert presenting choreographic works by faculty, students and invited guest artists. Free admission, all are welcome. This year’s choreographers ...

Duke Dance Program student dancers

November Dances 2025

November 21, 2025

November Dances is the Duke University Dance Program’s annual main stage concert presenting choreographic works by faculty, students and invited guest artists. Free admission, all are welcome. This year’s choreographers ...

Duke Dance Open House Day

October 29, 2025

Put on your dance outfit or costume and get ready to move! Join us for the inaugural Duke Dance Open House Day – a Halloween-themed celebration of dance and community. ...

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Duke Dance MFA Open Office Hour

October 1, 2025

Duke Dance MFA is now accepting applications for Fall 2026! Join Director of Graduate Studies Sarah Wilbur, PhD, for an online discussion about our unique two-year program in Embodied Interdisciplinary ...

Dance Program Undergraduate Open House

August 25, 2025

Open to all undergraduate students, the annual open house provides the opportunity to meet our faculty and students, explore the Rubenstein Arts Center (home to the Dance Program), have your ...

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There is a ladder: Dance MFA thesis event

February 15, 2025

Dance MFA candidate Chania Wilson presents THERE IS A LADDER, a curated installation in the Rubenstein Arts Center in conjunction with a performance in von der Heyden Theater. Wilson has ...

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And you ghosts rise blue: Dance MFA thesis event

February 12, 2025

Dance MFA candidate Indigo Cook presents AND YOU GHOSTS RISE BLUE, an evening-length interdisciplinary performance with a thematic/poetic orientation towards ghosts – a paranormal opera of sorts that involves elements ...

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Thresholding: Dance MFA thesis event

February 2, 2025

Dance MFA candidate em Liptow presents THRESHOLDING, the culmination of several months of creative process with fellow Threshold Singers (a practice of singing at bedside to the sick and dying.) ...

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DANCE MFA OPEN OFFICE HOUR

December 6, 2024

The Duke Dance MFA in Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis is now accepting applications for Fall 2025. Please join Director of Graduate Studies Sarah Wilbur for an online information session on applying ...

November Dances

November Dances 2024

November 23, 2024

The Dance Program’s annual fall concert presents guests with an evening of dance performance from faculty, student and guest choreographers. Faculty choreographers include: Iyun Ashani Harrison and Ava LaVonne Vinesett. ...

November dances 2024

November Dances 2024

November 22, 2024

The Dance Program’s annual fall concert presents guests with an evening of dance performance from faculty, student and guest choreographers. Faculty choreographers include: Iyun Ashani Harrison and Ava LaVonne Vinesett. ...

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Dance MFA Student Work-in-progress Showing

November 17, 2024

Five MFA/EIP students will share creative work-in-progress that is in development for their thesis projects. Presentations begin at 4pm. Please come early at 3:00p if you would like to observe ...

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Duke Dance MFA Open Office Hour

October 4, 2024

Duke Dance MFA is now accepting applications for Fall 2025! Please join Director of Graduate Studies Sarah Wilbur for this open office hour to talk about our two-year, full-time degree ...

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Ballet Audition for November Dances

August 28, 2024

Work with faculty choreographer and perform *for credit*! Come to first class meeting to audition, meet and greet. Original work will be presented at November Dances in von der Heyden ...

ChoreoLab

ChoreoLab

April 20, 2024

The Duke University Dance Program presented its spring dance concert, ChoreoLab 2024, featuring choreographic works from our faculty and students. Faculty choreographers: Kristin Duncan, modern; Jingqiu Guan, film; Iyun Ashani ...

ChoreoLab

ChoreoLab

April 19, 2024

The Duke University Dance Program presented its spring dance concert, ChoreoLab 2024, featuring choreographic works from our faculty and students. Faculty choreographers: Kristin Duncan, modern; Jingqiu Guan, film; Iyun Ashani ...