25/26 COMPANY CALENDAR
NewDANCEfest 2025
A multidimensional festival bringing artists ages 15-25 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!
Acceptance into NewDANCEfest is by audition ONLY.
NewDANCEfest Youth Division 2025
Our NewDANCEfest Youth Division returns this summer for ages 10-14, fostering creativity and confidence in a supportive environment! Dancers will partake in classes in a variety of techniques, in addition to gaining experience in movement creation and composition. This youth intensive culminates in an informal showing for family and friends!
Acceptance into NewDANCEfest Youth Division is by audition ONLY.
U.P.rootEDD
In August 2025, Eisenhower Dance Detroit is U.P.rooting and partnering with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in breathtaking Houghton, Michigan for our third 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.
U.P.rootEDD Culminating Performance featuring Eisenhower Dance Detroit and U.P.rootEDD Participants
Celebrate the end of an exciting week in the U.P. with a culminating showcase featuring performances by U.P.rootEDD intensive participants and EDD’s professional dancers.
$18 - General Admission
$12 - Youth/Senior
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents ONCE
This program is a tribute to the works that shaped our identity. Through restaged repertoire and reflections from our formative years, ONCE honors the choreographers, dancers, and visionaries who laid the foundation for Eisenhower Dance Detroit, capturing the spirit that set our artistic journey in motion.
Tickets on sale soon!
Echoes & Expressions: A Gathering of Artists
Join us for an exciting and inclusive artist gathering on September 28th at our studios! We’re inviting artists from all backgrounds and mediums to apply to showcase their work in a casual, open-format event. Whether you’re a dancer, painter, singer, or work in any other artistic discipline, this is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow creatives and share your art in a vibrant, supportive environment.
More information coming soon about the application deadline, tickets, and more!
See & Be Seen: Collegiate Table Talk and Audition
See and Be Seen is a two-day, “one-stop shop” for high school students and their parents to explore college dance programs and learn about careers in dance. High school students can audition for and learn about college dance programs throughout Michigan and the United States in ONE place!
Registration for See and Be Seen is open NOW for High School Juniors and Seniors! Capacity is LIMITED!
Vision 30/35: Innovating Arts for a New Era - EDD's 35th Anniversary Gala
Join us for an elegant evening of celebration as we mark 35 years of professional contemporary dance in Metro Detroit, and 30 years of quality dance education at the School of Eisenhower Dance Detroit. Funds raised will ensure the continued growth of our mission to innovate, cultivate, and inspire through the art of dance.
Our 35th Anniversary Season showcases a bold new chapter in our artistic journey, centered on multidisciplinary collaboration. Choreographers, lighting and set designers, musicians, animators, costume and fashion designers, and other creatives are coming together for this landmark season to reimagine what is possible on stage - demonstrating that dance is not only a physical expression, but a collaborative art form that thrives through shared vision.
We look forward to celebrating this milestone anniversary with you.
Tickets on sale soon!
Advanced Winter Intensive
As part of Eisenhower Dance Detroit’s acclaimed EducatEDD series, the company's Winter Intensive offers dancers ages 10 & up a unique training opportunity.
Take class from EDD Artistic Staff, including Artistic Director Stephanie Pizzo and/or Assistant Artistic Director Andrew Cribbett, along with EDD company dancers.
Sessions include:
EDD's anatomically-based ballet and contemporary technique classes
Lunchtime lectures and discussions
Mentorship
Opportunities to learn EDD repertory and experience a variety of supplemental movement techniques.
Don't miss this concentrated dive into dance training and immerse yourself with one of the finest contemporary dance companies in the Midwest!
Email Director of Operations, Lindsay Chirio-Humenay, for more information or to inquire about tuition assistance.
Youth Winter Intensive
As part of Eisenhower Dance Detroit’s acclaimed EducatEDD series, the company's Winter Intensive offers dancers ages 10 & up a unique training opportunity.
Take class from EDD Artistic Staff, including Artistic Director Stephanie Pizzo and/or Assistant Artistic Director Andrew Cribbett, along with EDD company dancers.
Sessions include:
EDD's anatomically-based ballet and contemporary technique classes
Lunchtime lectures and discussions
Mentorship
Opportunities to learn EDD repertory and experience a variety of supplemental movement techniques.
Don't miss this concentrated dive into dance training and immerse yourself with one of the finest contemporary dance companies in the Midwest!
Email Director of Operations, Lindsay Chirio-Humenay, for more information or to inquire about tuition assistance.
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents HERE
EDD as it stands today is bold, immediate, and deeply resonant. HERE features world premieres by Artistic Director, Stephanie Pizzo, and Guest Artist, Yoshito Sakuraba, and recent works that reflect the complexity, urgency, and pulse of the present. This is EDD in 2026 — fearless, dynamic, and unapologetically of the now.
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents HERE
EDD as it stands today is bold, immediate, and deeply resonant. HERE features world premieres by Artistic Director, Stephanie Pizzo, and Guest Artist, Yoshito Sakuraba, and recent works that reflect the complexity, urgency, and pulse of the present. This is EDD in 2026 — fearless, dynamic, and unapologetically of the now.
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents BEYOND
BEYOND dares to imagine what lies ahead. Showcasing bold new commissions from emerging and boundary-defying choreographers, this forward-looking performance charts a path toward the future of dance — untethered, expansive, and rich with possibility.
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents BEYOND
BEYOND dares to imagine what lies ahead. Showcasing bold new commissions from emerging and boundary-defying choreographers, this forward-looking performance charts a path toward the future of dance — untethered, expansive, and rich with possibility.