About Atlantic Dance Theatre

ADT is a service organization promoting the art of dance in Craven and surrounding North Carolina counties.

Our mission is to bring the joy of dance to Eastern North Carolina through collaborative educational opportunities and public performances.

Founded in 1985 by Elizabeth Pope, we continue impacting the community by providing financial support to bring professional dancer such as Solo Sana – a West African Dancer and drummers, Onslow Veteran’s Pow Wow – Native American Dancers, Carolina Ballet – traditional ballet dancers, Flamengo Vivo – Spanish dancers and Highland Echoes – Celtic musicians and dancers.

 How Your Support of Dance Helps the Children We Serve:

  • Dance helps kinesthetic learners who may not be strong visual or auditory learners.
  • Dance both frees a child’s energy and helps them learn to manage their energy within the bounds of choreography.
  • Dance teaches how to work through frustration to find success in goals.
  • Dance builds a healthy body alignment that feels good.
  • And always, always DANCE spreads JOY!

Let us know that you would like us to come to your school or receive more information by using the “Contact Us” button below.

For elementary schools, state funding only provides for one music or one physical education or one arts teacher per 191 students.  Our mission is to fill that gap and bring dance arts to kids!  Click “Donate” to join cause and allow ADT to be an opportunity for you to give back to the lives of so many in our community. 

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