Professional quality dance with a community feel

We're building a stronger community through dance.

We're building a stronger community through dance.

Our Mission

Our mission is to cultivate the field of modern dance in North Carolina, and have spent the past 30 years nurturing a vibrant, engaged, and inclusive community of artists, audiences, and students by providing opportunities for training, performance, collaboration, and employment. 

Our 501(c)3 non-profit organization encompasses the NC Dance Festival, a statewide tour of NC choreography; The School, our community dance studio in the Cultural Center; our Outreach Programming, providing free and low-cost classes and performances in community settings; and The Van Dyke Dance Group, which performs and manages the repertoire of Dance Project founder, Jan Van Dyke (1941-2015).

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Prize drawing

There’s still time to enter our Dance Marathon 2023 Prize Drawing! Buy prize tickets for a chance to win one of 4 awesome bundles each valued at over $1000. Winners will be selected April 5. Winners must be able to collect prizes from Greensboro.

Dance Classes

Summer camps and classes are now running! Teens and adults can drop in any time during the summer. Check the schedule for upcoming camps!

SCHOLARSHIPS

Dance Project offers scholarship and work-study assistance to youth and adult students. Summer 2025 scholarships have been allocated; check back for Fall 2025!

A young dancer jumps with arms raised in front of a grey wall.

INTERNSHIPS

Applications open soon for Fall 2025 internships!

An adult dancer tap dancing in front of a grey wall.

NCDF

Announcing our Fall 2025 season artists! Catch these artists in performance in Greensboro.

Vanessa Owen of Stewart/Owen Dance in a dramatic backbend on a dark stage.

What's going on?

What's going on?

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Becoming a Monthly Donor is one of the easiest ways you can have an impact on our dance community and there is no gift amount too small! Join us today!

Become a monthly donor

Becoming a Monthly Donor is one of the easiest ways you can have an impact on our dance community and there is no gift amount too small. Join us today!

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