after adf 07
i just came across this wrapup article about the american dance festival; it’s by a dance critic from my area in north carolina whom i know. adf (based in durham, nc) isn’t necessarily all that important to or symbolic of the dance world (though the staff and founders would probably disagree!), but it’s still interesting to see what they came up with for this year’s slate of performances, and how the shows turned out.
this reviewer is pretty negative about the state of things–he points out the older age of most of the american companies that performed at adf and of the pieces they showed, and wonders if there are some newer u.s. companies that are being neglected. on the other hand, apparently all of the foreign companies that came to adf this year were very young, and their work was generally weak and erratic.