Announcements
SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: CADD Research Presentations
Sunday, September 26, 2021Saturday October 2, 11:00am-2:00pm SLIPPAGE@Duke presents Dancing the African Diaspora: Justice Perspectives. In collaboration with SLIPPAGE@Duke, two thought leaders from The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) offer urgent and emergent information and analyses of African diaspora dance... read more about SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: CADD Research Presentations »
SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: Melanie Greene - "Sapphire Universe"
Tuesday, September 14, 2021SLIPPAGE is proud to announce an ARTIST TALK at the end of a fall residency! Friday, September 17 at 1pm, the SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series presents a residency presentation entitled “Sapphire Universe” from dance artist, writer, and organizer, Melanie Greene. She is... read more about SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: Melanie Greene - "Sapphire Universe" »
SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series Dance Party
Thursday, August 26, 2021The SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series kicks off with a dance party! Come to the SLIPPAGE lab in the RUBY and get your groove on! Once a month this Fall let’s dance to vintage sets by some of the world’s greatest DJs! All will be 8 -10 pm on the following dates: Friday, August... read more about SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series Dance Party »
SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: Kenneth Stewart - "It's Always A Ways Away"
Thursday, August 26, 2021Saturday, August 28 at 8pm, the SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series presents a captivating music performance, “It’s Always A Ways Away.” A set of romantic, contemporary and traditional music curated and performed live by Kenneth D. Stewart. Adam Rose will be joining Kenneth on electric guitar and Mik... read more about SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: Kenneth Stewart - "It's Always A Ways Away" »
SLIPPAGE presents 2021 Fall Series!
Wednesday, August 25, 2021SLIPPAGE is proud to announce a Fall 2021 series of in-person events at the SLIPPAGE Lab in the Rubenstein Arts Center at 2020 Campus Drive, Durham on the Duke campus. All events will follow masking protocols in effect for the city of Durham. These events celebrate a range of creativity with... read more about SLIPPAGE presents 2021 Fall Series! »
SLIPPAGE Contributes to Race and Climate Change Festival
Wednesday, June 9, 2021Thomas Defrantz, representing SLIPPAGE, participated as a contributing artist for the Spectrum Dance Theater’s Race and Climate Change Festival. He describes the festival: The Race and Climate Change Festival explores how BIPOC lives are impacted by choices that others make. What... read more about SLIPPAGE Contributes to Race and Climate Change Festival »
NEA Supports Project Led By Duke Dance professor
Wednesday, May 19, 2021The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD), a community that supports scholars and artists committed to dance of the African diaspora, has been awarded $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization announced on May 12. Thomas F. DeFrantz, professor... read more about NEA Supports Project Led By Duke Dance professor »
SLIPPAGE on cover of THEATER magazine
Saturday, January 16, 2021SLIPPAGE is delighted to relate that our performance texts for Soundz at the Back of My Head is featured on the cover of Theater, the journal published by Yale School of Drama and Duke University Press. Volume 50 No. 3 includes a text by SLIPPAGE affiliate Quran Karriem about his work on the... read more about SLIPPAGE on cover of THEATER magazine »
Quran Karriem BESSIE Award Nomination
Saturday, December 12, 2020We are proud to announce SLIPPAGE affiliate, Quran Karriem, is a nominee for the 2020 Bessies Awards! He is nominated for Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design for the SLIPPAGE production “Soundz at the Back of My Head.” Quran gave the following statement: It’s an incredible privilege to... read more about Quran Karriem BESSIE Award Nomination »
CADD Continues with Dr. John Perpener and more
Friday, October 23, 2020The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance joins the Dance Studies Association to co-host a 3-part program series focusing on Black dance. The series kicked off September 26 and the final session will take place November 7 11 AM EST, Marcea Daiter shows excerpts from her interviews with... read more about CADD Continues with Dr. John Perpener and more »