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American Dance Festival history
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In 1934 the Bennington Festival was established as a summer program at Bennington College where modern dance pioneers Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman came together to teach dance technique and perform new works.
In 1948, a program based on the Bennington model was established at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut and called the New York University – Connecticut College School of Dance / American Dance Festival.
In 1969, newly appointed director Charles Reinhart shortened the name to, simply, the American Dance Festival.
After 30 years at the Connecticut College campus, the festival moved, in 1978, to the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
In 2016, the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dances, commissioned Pascal Rioult's Cassandra's Curse with music by Richard Danielpour.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival | 1933 | $8.4M | 20 | - |
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | 1969 | $5.2M | 105 | - |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | 1977 | $10.0M | 55 | 1 |
| Ballet Hispánico | 1970 | $7.3M | 50 | - |
| Miami City Ballet | 1986 | $18.5M | 125 | - |
| Boston Ballet School | 1963 | $41.0M | 200 | 6 |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | 1958 | $39.4M | 343 | - |
| Dance Place | 1980 | $4.1M | 35 | 4 |
| The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 1958 | $326.5M | 3,000 | - |
| Peridance Center | 1983 | $34.0M | 300 | - |
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