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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
American Dance Legacy Institute (ADLI) is dedicated to enabling all individuals to celebrate, share, and participate in America's rich dance heritage. Founded by pioneering dancers Carolyn Adams and Julie Adams Strandberg, ADLI develops rigorous, interactive methodologies and materials, including the groundbreaking Repertory EtudesTM. Housed at Brown University's John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, the Institute produces a range of events and programs that emphasize hands-on experiences and celebrate American dance as a cultural asset accessible to all. ADLI conducts its activities in partnership with a broad, geographically diverse network of organizations, artists, educators, and inter-generational practitioners.
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MATERIALS
Repertory EtudesTM Dance Instructional Collection
Documentaries
Educational Resources

PROGRAMS
Repertory EtudeTM Workshops
Professional Development
Workshops for all Populations
Residencies

EVENTS
Conferences and Festivals
Performances
Exhibits and Installations

FEATURED ARTISTS
Mary Anthony
Robert Battle
Danny Buraczeski
Eve Gentry
Danny Grossman
José Limón
Sophie Maslow
Donald McKayle
Daniel Nagrin
New Dance Group
David Parsons
Pearl Primus
Anna Sokolow

"Rainbow Etude," Donald McKayle












"Ecce Etude," Danny Grossman
Why American?
The culture of the United States of America is largely unrecognized for its richness and depth. The arts hold the country's inherent multi-culturalism and offer ongoing discovery and insight into the American experience for those inside and outside of the nation.


Why Dance?
Dance, the least known or understood of the arts, lacks what literature, visual art, theatre, and music use for study and to communicate with non-practitioners: a body of work available for discussion and interpretation. In order for the arts, as a whole, to fully reflect the culture, dance must be placed on par with its sister arts.


Why Legacy?
Dance preservation aims to protect the physical objects of dance, but the things that are preserved, while safe, are isolated from most people. Legacy hands down what is cherished from one generation to the next by combining preservation with access and education. Legacy reaches back in time and gathers the experiences of our elders and dance ancestors. Legacy reaches forward in time by engaging younger generations in the telling of the "family stories," and encouraging them to create new work-the legacy being created in our own time. Legacy honors the past while creating the future.
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