2024 INTENSIVES

NewDANCEfest:

July 7-20, 2024
Ages 15-25
Maggie Allesee Studios for Dance & Arts Innovation in Bloomfield Hills, MI

A multidimensional festival bringing artists together from a variety of different stages of development within the profession, NewDANCEfest provides daily technique classes in a variety of styles, choreography seminars, discussion forums, critique sessions, mentorship opportunities, informal showings and performances. NDF offers a space and opportunities for all; dancers and emerging choreographers alike! 

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NewDANCEfest Youth Division:

July 7-19, 2024
Ages 11-14
Maggie Allesee Studios for Dance & Arts Innovation in Bloomfield Hills, MI

U.P.rootEDD:

August 4-10, 2024
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in Houghton, MI

In August 2024, Eisenhower Dance Detroit is U.P.rooting and partnering with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in breathtaking Houghton, Michigan for our second annual U.P.rootEDD intensive, to offer one week of intensive training and mind-body centering by the company’s artistic leadership and professional dancers. Held on the campus of Michigan Technological University, dancers from all over the country are invited to enjoy the beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while receiving some of the best instruction in the country. 

AUDITION FOR OUR 2024 SUMMER INTENSIVES!

The audition period for our 2024 summer intensives has now closed. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status by April 30, 2024.

*All auditioning dancers will be evaluated for scholarship. Limited scholarship funding available.

SUMMER INTENSIVES INFO PACKET

Click on the button below to download our 2024 intensives information packet.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR INTENSIVES

  • “I felt encouraged to push myself and my limits, but in a safe environment. I was both challenged by my peers, but also my instructors.”

    2023 NewDANCEfest Participant

  • “There was a good variety of classes and extra activities so it felt really balanced. I enjoyed the self-care aspects of the intensive and appreciated them because it was unique and not something you’d get from most intensives like this.”

    2023 U.P.rootEDD participant

  • "I really appreciated the variety in styles and classes and all the talks with faculty. The community/environment was also very supportive and uplifting."

    2022 NewDANCEfest participant

  • "I absolutely loved the lectures, classes, and positive energy overall. It was such a fun and enduring experience!"

    2022 EDD Intensive participant

  • “The community/environment was very supportive and uplifting. I appreciate the attention to each individual as well as the close relationships fostered.”

    2022 NewDANCEfest participant

  • “All good things to be said about your dance company. You have amazing communication and everything seems to be thought of.”

    Parent of 2021 NewDANCEfest participant

  • “I have grown so much as a dancer due to the technical and stylized training and advice received through the instructors. I am grateful to all of the EDD instructors for making me a much better dancer, and hope to attend the intensive again soon!”

    2021 EDD Intensive participant

  • "Some of the best training offered in the state of Michigan. Very knowledgeable and friendly staff, and the variety of classes offered expanded my repertoire as a performer. I got a great workout and learned a lot about my own technique.”

    2021 EDD Intensive participant

QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR INTENSIVES?

Email EDD Director of Operations, Lindsay Chirio-Humenay, for more information or questions regarding our summer intensives.