Visual and Performing Arts Conference
Dates - 3 days
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Opens
Friday, February 20, 2026
Location
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Venue
Rubenstein Arts Center
2020 Campus Drive, Suite 209
Hosted by
Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD)
The conference, themed “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins,” asks how dances of ancestors move through descendants and how legacies inform embodiment of creative gesture. It examines the “Phoenixing” of Africa in current dance practices, how to rise to the future, what remains and sustains today, and how ancestral connections transform dance conjuring. CADD is an egalitarian community of scholars and artists committed to exploring, promoting, and engaging African diaspora dance as a res
