Premiere of In|And|Of|Through Thesis Concert
Conceived, directed and choreographed by Valerie Durham
Shared MFA Thesis Concert
March 8-9, 2012 8pm
Dance Theater, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland
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Valerie Durham, Artistic Director of the Duncan Dancers, will present her MFA thesis concert at the University of Maryland in March 2012. Valerie's In|And|Of|Through turns to the choreography, technique and philosophy of Isadora Duncan and artworks in the collection of the Freer|Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian to consider the individual's relationship to art.

Movement onstage includes traditional Isadora Duncan repertory, abstracted and restaged, as well as Durham's original choreography, which attempts to marry the principles of the Duncan movement technique with alternative aesthetics as represented in the permanent art collections at the Freer|Sackler Galleries. The concert features original music by composer James Durham, a diverse community of dancers and live art by Adrian Galvin.

The concert will also show the work of fellow MFA Candidate Florian Rouiller, who will present Profondeur Inconnue, which imagines a world that has undergone major environmental change as a result of rising sea levels and global warming, and explores how the human body might respond to currents and other forces in an underwater environment.

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Isadora Dance Camps for Children
"Imagine Dance Camp" 2012
Offered through the Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department, Valerie Durham and The Duncan Dancers offered exciting Duncan Dance camps in the Maryland area this summer: Montgomery Village/Gaithersburg, June 21-25; Takoma Park, July 9-13; Olney, July 16-20; Bethesda, July 23-27. Click here for more information!

Dance for the New Conceptual Age
After reading Daniel Pink's revolutionary book, A Whole New Mind, I was completely struck at how uniquely Duncan Dance fosters each of the new characteristics of the developing Conceptual Age that we are beginning as a society.

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Video of Valerie Durham and The Duncan Dancers

A video of dance excerpts from performances by Valerie Durham and The Duncan Dancers and choreographies by Valerie Durham.

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Duncan Dance For All Dancers
Duncan Dance is fundamental for all dancers – those who study ballet or tap, jazz or ethnic. For Duncan Dance improves a dancer's sense of artistry, performance and musicality.

If you want to command the stage when you dance, bring freshness and majesty to any choreography, infuse personal expression in every movement, and electrify the music with your dance, find yourself a Duncan Dance Master and take a class or workshop today!

And along the way you may also discover how Duncan Dance is a riveting, passionate and glorious dance style in and of itself!