Photo by Cheryl by Mann Photo 3 there's no place like The official poster celeberating ADF’s inaugural season adf in Durham, NC, designed by Jennifer Bartlett. dearfriends contents Forty years ago when ADF moved from New London, Connecticut, to Durham, North Carolina, the festival stimulated a renaissance. North Carolina welcomed us with open arms and, according to Anna Kisselgoff in The New York Times, Opening Night Performance & Fête ................3 “Southern hospitality is not a myth…the outpouring of support was visible at every level.” ADF chose Duke University as Performances .............................................4-25 the site of its new home over nearly fifty other invitations from all around the country, in part because of North Carolina’s Festival Tours .................................................26 demonstrated enthusiasm for the performing arts. It has been an exhilarating forty years and we look forward to many more. Beyond The Stage .....................................27-28 ADF would like to thank Duke University for its incredible support over the past 40 years. Ways To Give ............................................28-29 Major Sponsors .............................................29 Best, Ways To Save .................................................30 ADF GO! ....................................................31-32 How To Order ................................................33 DPAC Order Form .....................................34-35 DUKE Order Form .....................................36-37 Season Calendar ............................................38 Jodee Nimerichter Executive Director season dedication Durham Performing Art Center Thursday, June 15 | 6:30pm The 2017 ADF Season will be dedicated to the late Allen D. Roses, MD prior to the Opening Night Performance at DPAC. The official poster celeberating ADF’s inaugural season Governor Hunt welcomes ADF to its new-found home in North Carolina. Allen D. Roses, MD photo by Jared Lazarus / Duke Photography. in Durham, NC, designed by Jennifer Bartlett. All photos by Grant Halverson © ADF 2017 unless otherwise noted. FÊTE CO-CHAIRS openingnight Jennings Brody Nancy P. Carstens HONORARY FÊTE performance & fête COMMITTEE Jack Arnold and Robin Harris David and Michelle Beischer Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell and Judith Bell Virginia Rand Bowman Brenda Brodie Diane and Charles Catotti Bruce and Rebecca Elvin Joseph Fedrowitz and Mitchell Vann Richard E. Feldman, Esq. Thomas R. Galloway Rory Gillis Pamela and Isaac Green Thomas S. Kenan, III Wayne Martin Nancy McKaig Jacqueline and Richard Morgan Mimi O’Brien Vicky Patton and Bob Chapman Charles L. Reinhart tickets include Caroline and Arthur Rogers PREMIERE ORCHESTRA SEATING Tallman Trask III Durham Performing Arts Center, 6:30pm Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace Thursday Featuring companies and choreographers in or from NC Holly Tucker and John Boy june 15, 2017 (see facing page for details). Senator Mike Woodard and Sarah Woodard DINNER AND DANCING AT THE FÊTE The Rickhouse, following the opening night performance. $140 Dinner by Parizäde, complimentary wine and beer, cash bar. JACK ARNOLD $60 Tax-Deductible. Music by Russell Favret Trio and DJ Bunn. All proceeds will benefit the ADF Fund. Sponsorship opportunities available. Transportation available from DPAC to The Rickhouse on the famous ADF bus. For more information contact Kelsey Favret at 919-684-6402 or [email protected]. Complimentary valet parking at The Rickhouse. purchase tickets at 3 ALL NC PROGRAM ★ DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Thursday, June 15 | 6:30pm ADF Commissioned World Premiere | ADF Debuts The African American Dance Ensemble returns to ADF with their exuberant brand of dance and music. JOYEMOVEMENT’s solo, Fit The Description, is a love letter to all who have been accused of being a suspect because of the color of their skin, their hairstyle, their spunk, their clothing style, the shape of their nose, the color of their teeth, how they laugh, who they worship, or where they eat lunch. Charlotte Ballet will perform Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16. With a musical score that ranges from Dean Martin to traditional Israeli songs, Minus 16 uses improvisation and Naharin’s acclaimed Gaga method in this exhilarating work. In celebration of ADF’s 40th year in Durham, the festival commissioned Dialogues by Artistic Director Robert Weiss and Resident Choreographer Zalman Raffael of the Carolina Ballet. Tap dancers Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey will also perform. The evening’s performance begins with the season dedication to the lateAllen D. Roses, MD, ADF’s former board chairman, and with a presentation by local children from ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios’ Pilobolus Shadow Camp. This performance is supported in part by SunTrust Foundation. Photos: JOYEMOVEMENT (background image) by Jeremy Hyler, AADE by Sara D. Davis, Davis, D. Sara AADE by Hyler, Jeremy by image) (background JOYEMOVEMENT Photos: Tench. Cara by photo page Opposite Keay. Nathan by Burke Elizabeth Charlotte Ballet by Jeremy Hyler, Carolina Ballet by 20/20photo-video.com, by 20/20photo-video.com, Ballet Carolina Hyler, by Jeremy Ballet Charlotte 4 “Typical art-viewing etiquette this is not…” —Vogue Museum Workout NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART Saturday, June 3-Monday, June 5 | 9:00am, 10:15am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:00pm Limited to 15 people! Co-presented by ADF and the North Carolina Museum of Art, Museum Workout is an experiential piece that blends a choreographed physical workout with a guided museum tour. Led by Monica Bill Barnes, her long-time dancing partner Anna Bass, and the company’s Creative Producing Director Robbie Saenz de Viteri, audiences perform choreographed movement as they travel to works of art selected by collaborator Maira Kalman. Photo by Mallory by Lynn Photo The first workout of each day and all workouts on Monday, June 5, will take place while the Museum is closed to the public. Happy Hour THE PSI THEATRE AT THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL Tuesday, June 6-Friday, June 9 | 6:30pm BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass play two utterly ubiquitous male characters. But as female performers, they can never become these characters. In their persistent failure to become these icons, we can see something more special—two individuals desperate to wrest new meaning from our most familiar ideas of ourselves. Hosted by Robbie Saenz de Viteri, Happy Hour is a hybrid, part office party, part dance show, and part karaoke event. The happy hour continues after each performance at Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub. Join Monica and Anna for a cool one! The presentation ofHappy Hour is made possible by PNC. “...like the best [happy hours], it offers abundant laughter.” —The New York Times monica bill barnes & company 5 Mallory by Lynn Photo hillel Gadi Dagon by Photo kogan THE CARY THEATER Tuesday, June 13 & Wednesday, June 14 | 7:30pm “It’s simple, touching. It makes one ADF Debut dream of a better world. Where REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER art, used as a bridge, would be the Friday, June 16 | 8:00pm source of this improvement.” Saturday, June 17 | 7:00pm —Rue du Théâtre We Love Arabs is the comical story of a Jewish choreographer and an Arab dancer who want to create a show that carries a message of coexistence and peace, a successful endeavor that demolishes the wall of prejudice, and an examination of everyday behavior that is executed with humor and subtlety. The presentation of We Love Arabs at The Cary Theater is co-presented by ADF and The Town of Cary. ADF support for these performances provided in part by The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast Region. 6 claire porter sara &juli “The piece maintains its comedic high throughout...Porter and Juli are a hilarious, dynamic pair.” —The Dance Enthusiast REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER Tuesday, June 20 & Wednesday, June 21 | 8:00pm ADF Commissioned World Premiere The duo, first paired by ADF in 2015, Claire Porter & Sara Juli present their latest ADF-commissioned collaboration,The Lectern. Living according to rules is the demand on all of us. We are surrounded by the rules of our laws, protocols, manners, and expectations. But what are these rules? What are the rules of the game we’re playing? And what happens when rules take over? Using movement, text, sound, song, and a catwalk runway, the acclaimed comedic performers upend our day-to-day, necessary- to-survive, rule-rituals in The Lectern and find the hilarious in the rule-bending of our daily lives. The Lectern by Claire Porter and Sara Juli is commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Additional support provided by Hilton Durham nearDuke University. Photo by Stephen Donovan Stephen by Photo 7 SHEAFER THEATER AT DUKE Sunday, June 18 | 5:00pm Monday, June 19 | 8:00pm ADF Debut John is a new solo by North Carolina native Tommy Noonan, based in part on The Illustrated Biography of John Travolta, as well as on figures such as TV audience warmup-artist Jay Flats, motivational speaker Tony Robbins, and other various televangelists, late-night infomercial personalities, talking heads, entertainers, and politicians. tommy noonan “…the images and emotions evoked…will remain seared in my memory and no doubt in the memories of others who saw it.” —The Herald Sun Photo by Tim Walter by Photo 8 bill young/ colleen thomas & co. “…an activated Jackson Pollock painting.” —The New York Times REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER Friday, June 23 | 8:00pm Saturday, June 24 | 7:00pm