... easily the most inventive modern dance company currently working in North Carolina. -Classical Voice North Carolina

Based in Berlin, New York City and now North Carolina, Karola Lüttringhaus' alban elved dance company has achieved critical acclaim internationally for the energy, dramatic variety and visceral vitality of its choreography.

As part of a new residency affiliation with the Office of Cultural Arts, the company will produce three-four major performances per year in UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium, in addition to providing master class opportunities for UNCW dance students and other dancers and ensembles in the community and region.

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alban elved dance company

Led by artistic director Karola Lüttringhaus, alban elved dance company/Karola Lüttringhaus is an interdisciplinary contemporary dance company originally from Berlin, Germany.

Ms. Lüttringhaus creates athletic and theatrical contemporary dance works, which seek to shape meaning from the rich array of emotional experience. Her work is fiercely physical, tracing the changeable electricity of thought and sensation that underlies human interaction and interpersonal relationships. The interdisciplinary nature of their works , which frequently incorporate live music, visual art, digital media, aerial work, and technologies, expands the boundaries of dance performance, creating startling and evocative psychological landscapes. (Read more)

photos of Karola Luttringhaus' alban elved by Jeff Cravotta & Jo Grabowski