Our company members will tour to Hart, Michigan, where they will be dancing as part of Hart’s Performing Arts Series.

Join us for a community master class with Tess Voelker on Thursday, March 21st from 7:45pm-9:15pm.

Dancers ages 14 & older are eligible to attend.

Join us for open company class with Tess Voelker on Monday, March 18th from 9:30am-11:00am. Click the button below to purchase class access.

Dancers ages 18 & older are eligible to attend.

Join us for a master class with Celia Benvenutti in recognition of Black History Month! Registration information coming soon.

About Celia Benvenutti:

Celia Benvenutti (b.1988) is an Afro-Puerto Rican dance artist, native Detroiter, Howard University alumna and certified Dunham technique instructor. She has been studying dance for 30 years under the tutelage of master teacher and certified Dunham technique instructor Penny Godboldo, former head of the department of dance at Marygrove College in Detroit, MI. Benvenutti’s background includes extensive training in the Dunham Technique, classical ballet, modern (Horton and Graham), jazz, traditional African, Afro-Cuban, Haitian and Puerto Rican Folklore. Celia was principal dancer in Taurus Broadhurst Dance: A Contemporary African Company located in Washington D.C. from 2012-2016. In 2020, she was awarded a local choreographic residency by Collective Sweat Detroit and the Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Award for dance and choreography through the Kresge Foundation. She is currently a member of Ozzie Rivera’s RicanStruction, a Detroit Puerto Rican folkloric dance troupe. She is also part time dance faculty at Wayne State University and a teaching artist for Living Arts, a non profit arts organization located in the heart of Southwest Detroit. Her artistic goals focus on facilitating and encouraging liberation of the mind, body , and spirit through dance.

Join us for a virtual conversation with New York City Ballet’s India Bradley in celebration of Black History Month. Ms. Bradley recently made history with her historic debut as Dewdrop in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, making her the first Black ballerina to dance this major role.

EVENT DETAILS:
Monday, February 26, 2024 | 7:00-7:30pm
Virtual attendance via Zoom
Donation-based admission (Suggested donation $5)

Tickets on sale now! Space is limited - don’t miss your chance to join us for this immersive event.

There will be two showings for this event; one at 7:00pm and one at 8:30pm.

Join us for a master class with Christopher Huggins!

About Christopher Huggins:

Christopher L. Huggins is a visionary, dance innovator. He is an Alvin Ailey disciple, and historian; developing multilayered, storytelling through dance. Christopher attended Purchase University, the Julliard School and was a merit scholar at the Ailey School. He’s a former soloist of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Aterballetto of Reggio Emilia, Italy. His work is rooted in research that memorialize our darkest history. This is found in his ballet THE LIST, a story about the systemic genocide of a Jewish family and those in concentration camps. His ballet NEW FRUIT, inspired by Nina Simone’s music, documents terror lynching.

Through his dance initiative, he provides access to emerging dancers and choreographers to study abroad with him. He works around the globe and held residencies at over 25 universities and colleges.

Christopher is a multi-award winner including: two Alvin Ailey Awards from Black Theater Alliance, a Walt Disney Diversity award, a Critics Choice award and silver medalist of the International Dance Competition in Seoul, Korea. He holds the distinction of being “repetiteur” of Mr. Ailey’s ballets. Learn more about Christopher’s artistry here. As he continues his dance legacy, Christopher wants his work to heal, entertain and inspire mankind.

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Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be a distinguished guest artist in Wayne State University’s December Dance Concert.

Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be a distinguished guest artist in Wayne State University’s December Dance Concert.

Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be a distinguished guest artist in Wayne State University’s December Dance Concert.

A retrospective, yet future-forward, evening of fundraising to equip our Studio Theatre…

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Join us for the 2023 edition of See & Be Seen on Sunday, October 8, 2023! This event is for high school juniors and seniors interested in pursuing dance at the collegiate level. Audition for and learn about college dance programs throughout Michigan in ONE LOCATION!

Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be headlining JMU’s New Dance Festival.

Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be headlining JMU’s New Dance Festival.

Eisenhower Dance Detroit will be performing at Grand Rapids Ballet’s Summer Dance Festival on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 5pm.

Join us at Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, August 13, 2023 for an electrifying contemporary dance performance by Eisenhower Dance Detroit’s professional dancers as we kick off our inaugural U.P.rootEDD summer intensive program.

A choreography class rooted in learning DanceSpire's Musicality and Choreography process. These tools and methods will help students become self-sufficient and confident in future Hip Hop classes.

Students will encounter a structured technique class that incorporates tools to enhance one’s technical approach. These tools, from the Countertechnique toolbox, are to develop the thinking body. In the class, the dancer will perform technical exercises and finish with a bombastic movement combination, applying the newly tested approach while also enjoying dancing.