8th
for Site-specific & Experimental Art
AUGUST 8-10, 2025
SARUS Festival represents an opportunity to come together as a community to experience the visceral beauty and complexity of performing art and performance-making, to witness and explore creativity, to express ourselves, to nourish community-wide empathy and communication, to challenge ourselves to open our minds, to play and create more happiness, and to support critical, embodied thinking. Photo by Harry Schnitzler.
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CREATIVITY. EXPLORATION. RISK.
SARUS Festival presents exciting, non-commercial, professional, intellectually stimulating, performance events and outreach in the greater Wilmington, NC area. The festival brings national and international established and emerging artists to inspire and become inspired, to share and collaborate, teach, and perform.
SARUS Festival creates platforms for presentation and exchange for a broad range of artistic expressions, from dance and theatre, to visual art, installation, film, lecture demonstrations, talks, workshops, youth programs, social events, parties, and more. Typically we present about 40 performing groups that will involve a total of about 70 participating artists in 4-10 locations. The SARUS Festival is the heart-piece of our organization's work in New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick Counties.
Alban Elved Dance Company Mission Statement
Through the creation and presentation of innovative and intellectually stimulating interdisciplinary dance and performance experiences, Alban Elved Dance Company investigates the psychological, societal, and cultural implications of creativity as a catalyst for addressing some of humanity's most fundamental needs: meaningful physical, emotional, and intellectual connection, creative authenticity, and embodied freedom. |
ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/FOUNDER
Visit www.karolaluettringhaus.com to find out more about the Artistic & Executive Director and Founder of SARUS Festival MISSION
The SARUS Festival's mission is to present high caliber international and regional professional art experiences for diverse audiences, to offer inspirational art education, and art opportunities that build community. The festival wishes to increase professional opportunities for local artists and encourage collaboration among locals and guests, offering unusual performance venues and projects to emerging and established artists for exploration and performance. The SARUS Festival is interested in social-critical works and in bringing about positive social change, to help all people enjoy equality and freedom. The SARUS Festival encourages artists to look at the land, the city, the space that we inhabit and to channel original works from this observation. The SARUS Festival wants to bridge economic and cultural differences by offering a substantial portion of the programs on a sliding scale fee or for free. We have number of compliemtary tickets for those that can not afford regular ticket prices. NObody will be turned away for lack of funds. We also hope that some people, who are financially secure, feel called to donate to the festival to make it possible for us to offer these free tickets. The SARUS Festival creates meeting places for communication, exchange and discussion to reflect on the works presented and their meaning to our every day lives and our cultural and social identity. SARUS Festival wishes to foster conversations, connections and community. SARUS FESTIVAL is organized by Alban Elved Dance Company
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