ADF Presents: Footprints: Ephrat Asherie, Vincent E. Thomas, & Keith Thompson
Date: Sat, Jul 11, 2026
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Venue: Reynolds Industries Theater at Duke, Durham
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Category: Music
Presented in collaboration with Turnbridge Equities • ADF Commissioned World PremiereProgram: New works by Ephrat Asherie, Vincent E. Thomas, & Keith ThompsonRunning time: 60–75 minutes, with potential intermissionTickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office.The Footprints program bridges ADF’s performance and education series, featuring four ADF-commissioned world premieres by renowned choreographers and performed by ADF students. This year’s choreographers are Ephrat Asherie, Stephan Koplowitz, Vincent E. Thomas, and Keith A. Thompson. Asherie is a New York City-based choreographer, performer, b-girl, and a “Bessie” award winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance. She creates dynamic, rhythm-driven work for the dancers of her company, Ephrat Asherie Dance. Koplowitz is a multidisciplinary artist whose 40-year career spans site-specific and concert dance-theater, interactive media installations, film, and photography. His large-scale site works transform public spaces and invite communities to experience places in new ways. Thomas is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher and the Artistic Director of VTDance. His work blends contemporary dance, improvisation, text, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with artists across mediums. Thompson is a choreographer, director, and multifaceted contemporary dance artist. He serves as Assistant Director of Dance and Associate Professor in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University.Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pmSunday, July 12 at 3 pmDon’t miss a FREE site-specific performance by Stephan Koplowitz as a part of this year’s Footprints program at Mutual Tower!Saturday, July 11 at 1 pmSaturday, July 11 at 3 pmSunday, July 12 at 11 amSunday, July 12 at 1 pmPhoto Credit: Mohamed Sadek, Whitney Browne, Lynn Lane, Lauren CastellanaAmerican Dance Festival, ADF
