Free Dance Performance on September 19th and fun workshops with the American Dance Festival in Cary! Assembled by our talented and amazing Clatyon Dance Artist and Education, Dylan Parton.
Dance Performances and Workshops List from Dylan Parton – Art Educator and Artist – September 2025
More on the September Performance in Cary: FREE
Made in NC
ADF Commissioned World Premieres • Co-presented by Cary, NC
Program: Work by Alejandro Cerrudo, Norberto “Betto” Herrera, Gerri Houlihan, Tanu Sharma
Running time: 85 minutes, including one intermission
Tickets: FREE
The Made in NC program features the world premiere of four ADF-commissioned works by North Carolina artists. In 2022, Alejandro Cerrudo was appointed artistic director of Charlotte Ballet. Born in Madrid, Spain, his career includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Gerri Houlihan has been on the faculty of ADF since 1981 and currently teaches at ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios in Durham. She received ADF’s Balasaraswati Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching and served as Co-Dean and Dean of the ADF School from 2010 to 2015. Norberto “Betto” Herrera, an Ecuadorian immigrant, founded the Mambo Dinamico Dance Company in 2002 and now teaches Afro-Latin dance at Carmen’s Cuban Cafe in North Carolina. He has been recognized for his contributions to dance and culture, including receiving the 2020 Arts and Culture Diamante Award and working with prestigious institutions like the Nasher Museum of Art and North Carolina Symphony. Tanu Sharma, a dance artist and choreographer from India, has taught dance to all ages and participated in various cultural outreach programs and lecture demonstrations. She has been involved in fundraising events, including Dancing with the Carolina Stars at the Carolina Theatre of Durham and supporting the Two Cents of Hope student organization at NCSU.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!
The performance will take place outdoors at Downtown Cary Park at the Great Lawn Pavilion. Seating is on the Great Lawn. Please bring your chair or blanket if preferred.
Bathrooms are in The Nest area (closest to the lawn), up in Academy Pavilion, and in the Guest Services area at the Park Offices.
This performance will take place rain or shine, unless conditions get too dangerous for the performers. Stay tuned for more updates on the weather as we get closer to the event!
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