AN UNFORGETTABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY DANCE IN ITALY!  Join us for masterclass/audition with an acclaimed dancer, teacher and director of FINI Dance Festival, Antonio Fini. When: March 10, 2024 Where: Destiny Dance Institute             417 Brooks St.             Wake Forest, NC 27587 Time: 2:00PM - 3:300PM masterclass/3:30PM - 4:00PM audition (Dancers auditioning for the summer program must attend the masterclass) Cost: $20 per student Advanced students ages 13 and up will have an opportunity to audition for the 4 week 2024 Sum ..read more

Join us for a FREE Masterclass/ADF Pre-Professional Dance Intensive Audition with American Dance Festival faculty member, Anna Barker! When: February 11, 2024 Cost: FREE Where: 417 Brooks Street             Wake Forest, NC 27587 Time: 3:00PM-4:00PM (Masterclass for ages 13 and up)           4:00PM-5:00PM (ADF Pre-Professional Intensive Audition for ages 13-17) TWO $500 SCHOLARSHIPS will be awarded towards ADF 2 week Summer Pre-Professional Intensive tuition. The scholarships are graciously ..read more

Gerri Houlihan studied at the Juilliard School with Antony Tudor and members of the Graham and Limon dance companies. She performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. From 1991-1999 she directed Houlihan and Dancers, based in Miami, Florida and was on the faculty of the New World School of the Arts. She has been on the faculty of the ADF from 1981-1983 and from 1987 to the present. As an international representative for ADF, she has participated in 17 international linkage programs in such countries as Korea, China, Mongolia, Brazil, and Chile. She ..read more

Diana Mighdoll Hoffmaster was born in West Palm Beach Florida and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in Dance Performance and her Masters of Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University in Arts Administration. She recently launched her own project based company D’Vorah Dance Arts, and was the co-founder of the The Dancers’ Space (TDS) in West Palm Beach Florida. She has served as the Grants Manager for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, and the Director of Grants and Development Operations for the American Dance Festival. Diana h ..read more

Mariya “Masha” Dashkina Maddux is a professional concert dance performer and a dance educator. A native of Kiev, Ukraine she was first introduced to dance through the classical Vaganova ballet technique. After moving to the United States she studied under the direction of Ruth Weisen at the Armour Dance Theater of Miami, FL and ultimately graduated summa cum laude with her BFA from New World School of the Arts under the directorship of Daniel Lewis. Ms. Dashkina Maddux joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 2007 and rose to the rank of principal dancer, performing major roles in classical ..read more

Photo by Zachary Frazee Zoe Walders is dancer and choreographer based in College Park, Maryland. Originally from Rochester, NY, she received her BA in Dance from SUNY Potsdam and is currently an MFA Dance candidate at the University of Maryland. Over the past few years, she has been a performing artist with Frazee Feet Dance, Create A Space NOW, Grassroots Dance, and PUSH Physical Theater. She was the recipient of the 2023 Dance Force New York State Choreographer’s Initiative grant and presented her research at the NYS Dance Force annual summit in Ithaca, NY. In 2022, Zoe co-present ..read more

AN UNFORGETTABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY DANCE IN ITALY!  Join us for masterclass/audition with an acclaimed dancer, teacher and director of FINI Dance Festival, Antonio Fini. When: April 23, 2023 Where: Destiny Dance Institute             417 Brooks St.             Wake Forest, NC 27587 Time: 2:00PM - 3:300PM class/3:30PM - 4:00PM audition (Dancers auditioning for the summer program must attend the masterclass) Cost: $15 per student Advanced students ages 13 and up will have an opportunity to audition for the 4 week 2022 Summer Da ..read more

Join us for a FREE masterclass/ADF Pre-Professional Dance Intensive Audition with sought after artist and Director of Education of the American Dance Festival, Nile Russell! When: February 12, 2023 Cost: FREE Where: 417 Brooks Street             Wake Forest, NC 27587 Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM (Masterclass for ages 13 and up)           3:00PM-4:00PM (ADF Pre-Professional Intensive Audition for ages 13-17) TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS will be awarded towards ADF 2 week Summer Pre-Professional Intensive ..read more

Photo of Billy J. Hawkains III Wake Forest Dance Festival’s Tour in Motion has been an audience favorite since the inception of the event in 2017. The guided walking tour through the beautiful E. Carroll Joyner Park has showcased various artists who traveled from near and far to be a part of the Festival. The concept was captured on film during the pandemic and a series of site specific dance films, Tour in Motion: Virtual Edition, were created to highlight four NC based performers and choreographers to celebrate the beauty of the venue that inspired the event. Join us for an intimate screeni ..read more

Rekindle Performed by: Jasmine Powell Choreography by: Jasmine Powell Music by: Grégoire Lourme Photo by: Steven Whitsitt Jasmine Powell is a dance artist and educator from Hillsborough, NC, who grew up in the Durham dance community. She holds a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from Hollins University in collaboration with the American Dance Festival and Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts in Germany. Currently, on the performing arts faculty at Cary Academy, she joyfully brings cultural history into the dance curriculum and has also shared her work as adjunct professor at El ..read more