North Carolina Dance Festival: Mainstage

In this year’s NC Dance Festival, movement meets conversation — not in words, but in the language of the body. Six dances by NC choreographers invite us into exchanges with poetry and technology, narratives and ancestry, the raw truths of lived experience, and the quiet power of imagination. Here, dancers trace invisible lines of connection, unearth histories, and build alternate worlds. They face grief and resilience, identity and memory, with full-bodied artistry. In every step, turn, and stillness, these works remind us that dance can be a dialogue — one that crosses mediums, speaks across generations, and leaves space for us to answer back.

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