The Wake Forest Dance Festival is an annual public arts festival in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The festival is presented by ARTS Wake Forest and the Wege Foundation in partnership with the Wake Forest Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.[1][2]

The festival is a one-day event held in Autumn every year at E. Carroll Joyner Park in Wake Forest.[3] It is free to the public.[4][5] The festival features national and international professional dancers, local choreographers and dancers, and students of local dance schools.[6][7] The festival is directed by Masha Dashkina Maddux, a former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, and was founded in 2017.[8][9][10] The festival has featured performances by the UNCG School of Dance, Carolina Ballet, Gaspard & Dancers, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

The festival awards scholarships to dance students who are performing.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Wake Forest Dance Festival". Town of Wake Forest, NC. 15 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Wake Forest Dance Festival - ARTS Wake Forest".
  3. ↑ "CIRCA Magazine - An Unforgettable Summer In The Forest". circamagazine.com.
  4. ↑ "Calendar". www.carolinaparent.com.
  5. ↑ "Wake Forest Dance Festival".
  6. ↑ "Wake Forest Dance Festival". Wake Forest Dance Festival.
  7. ↑ "Call for Dance Work". www.ncarts.org.
  8. ↑ "Dance Etc. | Wake Forest Dance Festival".
  9. ↑ "Projects". Masha.Dance.
  10. ↑ cmsadmin (6 November 2018). "Two Dance Students Receive Wake Forest Dance Festival Scholarships". College of Arts + Architecture.
  11. ↑ "WF Dance Festival awards scholarships". The Wake Forest Gazette - Local News & Events in Wake Forest, NC. 17 April 2019.
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