Triangle ArtWorks Dance Directory
Triangle ArtWorks strives to include all Triangle groups in this listing, but needs your help in keeping it complete and current. Please inform us of any changes/additions at our email.
These entries are for convenience only and the information regarding each organization was provided by the organization or taken from their websites. Triangle ArtWorks makes NO endorsement or recommendation regarding any of the organizations listed. Be sure to review their websites and other sources independently before you patronize them.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana - Flamenco/Spanish Dance Company producing dance concerts, arts-in education projects and community performances. Arts-ed includes lecture demonstrations and residencies and dance concerts can be produced in large or small venues. PO Box 151, Bahama, NC, 27503, 919-479-9940, Email, Website.
Footnotes Tap Ensemble: Footnotes Tap Ensemble, a non-profit professional tap company, was founded by Robin Vail and Mimi Benjamin in 2002. The Ensemble’s mission is to promote, educate and perform this truly unique American dance art through annual ensemble concerts, community concerts and tap workshops. Website; Robin Vail, co-artistic director; 5509 Bobcat Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516; 919/942-1954 or 919/260-6502; Email.
North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE): NCYTE is a professional tap dance company that embraces a wide variety of percussive dance styles. The ensemble offers performances from school shows and lecture/demonstrations to full two hour concerts. www.ncyte.org; Gene Medler, 300 Wesley Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27516; 919 967-9624; Website.
Triangle Country Dancers: Triangle Country Dancers (TCD) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the enjoyment, preservation, and study of contra dancing and other English and American traditional and historic dance, music, and song. TCD is a group affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS). PO Box 3784,Chapel Hill, NC 27515; Email, Website.
Triangle Youth Ballet: The Triangle Youth Ballet is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit ballet repertory company, as well as a school, training dancers from age 3 – adult. Website; 1708 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5851; (919) 932-2676; Email.
African American Dance Ensemble, Inc. – The Ensemble is comprised nine musicians and dancers under the leadership of Artistic Director, Chuck Davis. Its mission is to preserve and share the finest traditions of African and African American dance and music through research, education and entertainment. With the motto, “Peace, love, respect for everybody,” the Ensemble celebrates traditional African culture, aesthetics and values as resources to encourage interracial cooperation, cross-cultural understanding and societal analysis. We offer a variety of performances; Residencies, Lecture/Demonstrations, workshops, concerts &special concerts are available. Website; 120 Morris St, Durham, NC 27701; Email.
American Dance Festival – Heralded as “One of the nation’s most important institutions” (New York Times), the ADF’s sustained record of creative achievement is indivisible from the history of modern dance. Since 1934, the ADF has remained committed to serving the needs of dance, dancers, choreographers, and professionals in dance-related fields. Remaining true to the goals of its founding artists, the ADF’s programs are developed based on its mission: to encourage and support the creation and presentation of new modern dance work by both established and emerging choreographers; to preserve our modern dance heritage through continued presentation of classic works, as well as through archival efforts; to build wider national and international audiences for modern dance; to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its cultural and historical significance; to provide a sound scientific/aesthetic base for professional education and training of young dancers and a forum for integrating and disseminating information on dance education. Home Office: 715 Broad Street; Durham, NC 27705; 919.684.6402; Email, Website.
Blank Slate Dance Company: Blank Slate Dance is a newly formed group of dancers from around the Triangle who have come together to create and perform new pieces of contemporary work in and around North Carolina. The company has a unique process where every company member has the opportunity to play the role of either choreographer or performer giving Blank Slate the opportunity to create and present different aesthetics and styles. Website; Heather Pike (Artistic Director) and Heather Rose (Assistant Artistic Director); Barriskill Dance Theater, 3642 Shannon Rd., Durham, NC 27707; 919.607.3375; Email.
Choreo Collective: Choreo Collective brings local dancers and choreographers together in an open, supportive community to engage in the creative process and produce new work to share with the public. Sessions are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at Barriskill Dance Theatre School in Durham from 7:30 – 9:30 PM. First session is FREE; walk-ins welcomed. Website; Caroline Williford and Susan Saenger, Co-Directors; PO BOX 52264, Durham, NC 27717; 919-685-2554; Email.
Carolina Ballet: We are a professional ballet company ranked one of the top 10 in the country. Our mission is to provide world-class professional ballet to our local community, the state of North Carolina and beyond. We accomplish this by attaining excellent dancers, commissioning new works and performing the classics. Website; 3401-131 Atlantic Ave, Raleigh, NC 27604; 919-719-0800.
Even Exchange Dance Theater: Even Exchange Dance Theater (EEDT) is dedicated to the creation of modern dance through collaboration. EEDT holds regular performances, teaches in Wake and Johnston County schools, provides platforms for local dance artists to showcase work, and leads programs with people of all backgrounds (including: seniors, inmates, war veterans, mental health clients, and at risk-youth). Website; 114 St. Mary’s Street, NC Raleigh, NC 27605; (919) 828-2377; Email.
Code f.a.d. Company (where f.a.d. is an acronym for film—art—dance) – A multimedia dance company committed to combining film, visual art, and dance in live concert performances and in dance film projects. Artistic Director Autumn Mist Belk is a choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, and graphic designer and has previously shown her choreography and visual artwork in venues across the United States. The company performs in traditional concert settings and is also available for residences and performances in public and private schools. 700 Method Road, Raleigh, NC 27607; Email; 919.247.1883; Website.
Raleigh Dance Theater – Established in 1984, the Raleigh Dance Theater developed into the Carolina Ballet in 1997, but the artistic staff and dancers who were instrumental in Carolina Ballet’s success have reestablished Raleigh Dance Theatre. Now in its sixth year with Mary LeGere as Artistic Director, and Jennifer Clagett Sommers as Associate Director, RDT serves its original mission to provide performance training for young dancers while promoting and fostering the art of dance within the community. Membership is through audition and is open to dancers throughout the area. Raleigh Dance Theatre is an Honor Company of the prestigious Southeastern Regional Ballet Association. 3921 Beryl Rd P.O. Box 33804 Raleigh, NC 27636, Email, Website.
Off the Deep End Ensemble: Off the Deep End Ensemble transforms the stuff of everyday life into provocative authentic moments bursting across the stage. We explore the wonder of being human through original dance, music, story and song. We tell it like it is and how we wish it could be. You see a unique, unscripted performance created in the moment—a different kind of improv!, Website; Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro: Body Wisdom, Inc.; 919-571-5407; Email.
Triangle Swing Dance Society: The Triangle Swing Dance Society (TSDS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting swing dancing to live music in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. Our events are attended by people from all ages and backgrounds who are always friendly and ready to dance! Everyone is welcome to visit and join our organization. Website; P.O. Box 3499, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; 919-537-9694; Email.
Triangle Vintage Dance: Triangle Vintage Dance (TVD) is dedicated to providing Vintage Dance events as well as Waltz events for the Triangle area. Vintage Dance refers to dancing of the 1860s to the 1930s, including country dances and quadrilles, as well as couples dance such as Victorian Waltz, Polka, Schottische, and Mazurka, as well as Ragtime One-Step, Foxtrot, Tango, Blues and Charleston. Website; (919)932-6232; Email