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Larry Keigwin, Mark Morris Set for American Dance Festival

Larry Keigwin
(© Matthew Murphy)
Larry Keigwin
(© Matthew Murphy)

The American Dance Festival will take place Thursday, June 14-Saturday, July 28 at various venues in Durham, North Carolina.


A total of 16 companies and choreographers will take the stage, including Keigwin + Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pilobolus, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group. Pilobolus, Shen Wei Dance Arts, and Stephen Petronio Company.


In addition, the 2012 Samuel H. Scripps/ADF Award for Lifetime Achievement will be presented to acclaimed choreographer William Forsythe, and The 2012 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching Award will be presented to Ana Marie Forsythe.


Tickets will go on sale on Monday, May 14 and can be purchased through www.americandancefestival.org.