Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre Everyone, everywhere is a dancer and everything is dance. Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre is a non-profit professional dance company created in 1979.

As western North Carolina's first professional modern dance company, we believe that everything everywhere is dance and everyone is a dancer. We explore the through lines that exist between cultures, our society, and our world. Through art and inspiration, the company illuminates the the points of intersection that exist on both intellectual and emotional levels, and our diverse repertory reflects

both traditional and experimental forms of modern dance. ACDT performs up to 80 times a year in Asheville, its hometown, the southeastern United States, and abroad (France, Canada, Cuba, Mexico...). Our repertory consists of both full-length modern dance ballets geared toward more mature audiences such as Looking for Frida and The Last Dance of Mata Hari as well as shows geared towards children and general audiences such as The Legend of Chocolate and Fables. ACDT is the producer of several dance and performing arts festivals in Asheville (The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, the 48 Hour Dance Project, and The Men's Dance Festival to name a few) and through White Dog ProjectX International, ACDT's professional international touring program, they bring in artists from around the world to share their talents and enrich the Asheville community.

08/15/2025
Join us tomorrow for a pop up Ballet class!
03/05/2025

Join us tomorrow for a pop up Ballet class!

Please Welcome Simona Rock!
02/26/2025

Please Welcome Simona Rock!

Thank You All For Your Support
02/25/2025

Thank You All For Your Support

12/03/2024

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre (ACDT) and New Studio of Dance present their annual production The Nutcracker and the Mouse King on Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7. In addition to the 7:30 p.m. showing on both days, there will be a special school performance on Friday at 10 a.m. and a matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m.

All performances will be held in the Diana Wortham Theatre at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.

ACDT puts a special, unexpected spin on this classic holiday ballet, pulling less from Tchaikovsky’s famous arrangement and more from the 1816 tale written by the German author E.T.A. Hoffmann. “We are trying to be faithful to the spirit in which it was written,” says Susan Collard, director and founder of ACDT. “We select dancers/actors who we feel can develop the specific characters in the story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. They need to understand the story line and their relationship with the various characters they dance and interact with.”

Learn more at https://thelaurelofasheville.com/arts/acdt-presents-a-dark-and-surprising-version-of-the-classic-nutcracker-ballet/

10/01/2024

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and New Studio of Dance will be CLOSED until further notice due to the storm. Continue to stay safe everyone.

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20 Commerce Street
Asheville, NC
28801

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Monday 9am - 10pm

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+18282542621

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