Eisenhower Dance Detroit performing 2 shows at NMU

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A renowned touring dance company is performing at Northern Michigan University Thursday and Friday.

Eisenhower Dance Detroit is in its 33rd season.

Thursday and Friday, the company has performances at NMU’s Forest Roberts Theater. The show starts with an energetic piece called ‘See Me.’ The Artistic Director for Eisenhower Dance Detroit says the show also includes a unique duet making its debut.

“We’re going to start with a bang, we have an opening piece titled ‘See Me’ choreographed by Christian Denise and that is so powerful I think you’re really going to enjoy it, and then we also have a piece in the concert that is a duet from a longer work that was a film that was created during COVID so now, this is the first time that it’s going to be on stage,” Eisenhower Dance Detroit Artistic Director Stephanie Pizzo said.

Pizzo also says the show contains a wide variety of music.

“I think the music is really diverse, I think it’s really great, if you are a music lover we have techno music, some classical music, some contemporary music, so I feel like if you’re a fan of music it would be really wonderful to see,” Pizzo said.

One of the first-year company members says not only is the style of music diverse, but so are the types of dance.

“We have some exciting pieces, we have something a little more intimate such as our tangos, and we also have very, I would say, curious pieces where we are very internal, really trying to connect with our fellow dancers,” Eisenhower Dance Detroit Company Member Nirvan Singh said.

Both Thursday and Friday’s performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the general public are available for $20, $12 for youth and for NMU students at $5.

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