The NC Dance Festival is an annual showcase of North Carolina dance artists that travels to five communities. Unique in the country and now a North Carolina institution, the event began in 1991 as a weekend of concerts in the UNC/Greensboro Dance Theater showcasing dance artists from across the state. The 2009-10 Festival will stop in Boone, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Charlotte. Eight different companies will tour, performing alongside artists local to the host communities, making the actual concerts a mix of local and statewide artists.
The Raleigh performances will take place at Jones Auditorium on the campus of Meredith College and include the following artists: 1/22- Joan Nicholas-Walker and Courtney Greer, Signature Dance, Natalie Marrone, Kinetic Works Dance
1/23- Cyrus Art Production, Even Exchange Dance Theater, Eleanor Smith, Kim Jones.
