Join us at the 2024 Alabama Dance Festival. As one of the largest gatherings of dancers and dance enthusiasts in the Southeast, the Alabama Dance Festival will immerse you in master classes with world-renowned teachers, audition opportunities, teacher training, networking, performances by regional dance groups, and a guest company.  Each year, the Alabama Dance Festival boasts a weekend full of performances.  Participants and public alike enjoy work presented in a range of styles and traditions by schools, studios, companies, and choreographers in our annual New Works Concert and Alabama Dance Festival Showcase.

Schedule:

Friday, January19,2024

New Works Concert, 8:00pm

Location: Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Enjoy an evening of exciting new works by regional choreographers selected through an adjudication process.
Tickets – limited quantity available at the door
(Festival Package includes a ticket to this show)

Saturday, January 20,2024

Alabama Screendance Festival, 5:00pm

Location: Alys Stephens Center

An exciting aspect to the Alabama Dance Festival, the 4th annual Alabama Screendance Festival presents a mixture of submissions of dance for film as well as Featured films selected through adjudication.
Tickets – available at the door
(Festival Package includes a ticket to this show)

Saturday, January 20,2024

Saturday20, January,2024

Raw Fruit, KM Dance Project, 8:00 pm

Location: Jemison Concert Hall, Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center

Single Ticket Sales Coming Soon
Raw Fruit  is a multidisciplinary work led by Kesha McKey, Artistic Director of KM Dance Project and Catherine Caldwell, Associate Director of KM Dance Project. It is a collection of stories that reveal the essence of ancestral values which have been woven into the cultural fabric of Black folks’ lives. This work examines legacy, identity, socialization, unity, and friction inside the Black family dynamic. KMDP delves deep to expose the impact of race, class, gender and sexuality on maternal relationships and track how the retention of cultural values, morals and taboos have shaped the current existence of Black people in the south. They reflect on the elements that have contributed to their unique traditions and multifaceted ways of life, unveiling family and community values that are seldom challenged or contradicted. Raw Fruit is steeped in New Orleans culture and layered with visceral movement created from the female lens of the African American experience in the south. From crawfish boils to second lines, living room altars to junior daughters, and bread pudding to pecan pralines, these experiences, rituals and ancestral contributions have created a web of lineage connecting present experiences with customs rooted in the past.
(Festival Package includes a ticket to this show)

Schedule:

Sunday21, January,2024

Alabama Dance Showcase, 2:30 pm

Location: Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre, Alabama School of Fine Arts
The Showcase rounds out the Festival weekend with performances by schools, studios, companies and colleges across the region.
Tickets – very limited number available at the door
(Festival Package includes a ticket to this show)

TICKETS:
Tickets for Festival performances are available through Festival registration packages for dancers and observers. Performance tickets are included in dancer registration packages, or you may select ‘Observer’ as your registration type if you are not participating in dance classes.

Tickets for the Alabama Screendance Festival will be available at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre Box Office 1/2 hour prior to the show.

A very limited number of remaining tickets for the New Works Concert and Alabama Dance Festival Showcase will be available at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre Box Office 1/2 hour prior to the show.

Single Ticket Sales for KM Dance Project’s Raw Fruit will be available for online purchase soon.

Date: January19 - January21,2024

Location: Various Location in Birmingham, AL

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