Articles

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring signature performance to the Detroit Opera House

Staff Pick

• By Jerilyn Jordan
• Tags: The Scene, Alvin Ailey, Revelations, Dance, American dance, What's Going On, Staff Pick, Detroit Opera House

Acclaimed 'Mystic India' to bring the magic of Bollywood to the historic Redford Theatre

• By Jerilyn Jordan
• Tags: The Scene, Bollywood, India, India detroit, Mystic India, Bollywood Detroit, dance, theatre, what's going on

Performance art on steroids — the mind-bending visual theater of Momix

• By Jerry Vile
• Tags: Stage, momix, dance, theater in Detroit

Dancers, dance lovers, and choreographers will converge for the Detroit Dance City Festival this weekend

• By Tess Garcia
• Tags: The Scene, dance, choreography, Detroit Dance City Festival

18 ways to entertain yourself in metro Detroit this week

• By Alysa Zavala-Offman
• Tags: Culture, The Scene, things to do, events, entertainment, live music, comedy, performance, dance, film

18 diverting reasons to leave the house this week

• By Alysa Zavala-Offman
• Tags: The Scene, live music, performance, dance, musical, folk fest, stand-up comedy

Video: Detroit Police Department busts out the moves

• By Luanne Lim
Do you have moves like the Detroit Police Department?
• Tags: The Scene, detroit, dance, running man, dpd

Movement 2016's Phase 2 lineup is here

• By Mike McGonigal
From RZA and Big Freedia to Modeslektor and Matthew Dear (not to mention Kraftwerk) — Movement is marking year 10 with a blockbuster lineup.
• Tags: City Slang, Movement, EDM, house, electronica, DJ, Detroit, dance, Paxahau, Kraftwerk

Show preview: Swiss dance sensation Nora En Pure at Grasshopper Underground Wednesday, March 2

• By Mike McGonigal
Go see what all the fuss is about, and what else are you doing on a Wednesday night, anyway?
• Tags: City Slang, EDM, dance, Ferndale

Fatou-Seydi Sarr traveled halfway around the world to find African dance in Detroit

• By Michael Jackman
• Tags: The Scene, dance, African dance, performance, Paris, Senegal, Niodior

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Complexions, 'America's first multicultural ballet company,' returns to Detroit

• By Lee DeVito
Complexions eschews ideas often associated with the dance form — petite ballerinas, classical music, a certain stuffy attitude about "high art" — in favor of embracing a diversity of body types and musical influences, from hip-hop to pop and traditional African dance.
• Tags: The Scene, Detroit, dance, Complexions, Wayne State University, New York, Video

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Eastern Market's Art Lab J kicks off dance performance season with two-day gala

• By Lee DeVito
They'll kick off their 2015 performance season with Berg Fleur Night, a two-day fundraising gala on May 1 and 2.
• Tags: The Scene, Artlab J, dance, Detroit, Joori Jung, Video

Missed her apartment performances? Dancer Biba Bell to appear at Cranbrook

• By Lee DeVito
Biba Bell will join New York musician Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe for a performance as part of Cranbrook's "Hall of Wonders."
• Tags: The Scene, Biba Bell, Cranbrook, dance, Adam Miller

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Elizabeth Streb: Born to Fly documentary featuring Jackie Carlson comes to Detroit

• By Valerie Vande Panne
• Tags: News Hits, dance, Elizabeth Streb, Jackie Carlson, Video

Reviewing Kreeps’ Spirit Clinic

• By Brett Callwood
• Tags: City Slang, Fellowships, Dance

Helping Detroit grow

• By Michael Jackman
• Tags: Columns, Cover Story, Rock/Pop, Electronic, Fashion, Music, Culture, Loose Lips, Blues, In One Ear, Hip-Hop/R&B, Pitch'd, Jazz, News, Government, Law, Arts, Film, Food & Drink, Performing arts, Visual arts, Politics, News Hits, Media, Business, Health & science, Zero Potential, Suckerpunch, Future of the Future, Letter from London, Hit Singles, Lifestyle, Photography, Photo Issue, Literature, Summer Fiction, Best Of, Guerrilla Nights, Country, Love & sex, Savage Love, Summer Guide, Theater, Dance, Internet, Cover Photo, Transportation, Labor, Environmental, Books, Science & technology, Architecture, Work, Poetry, Night and Day, Travel, Shopping, Sports, Couch Trip, Food Stuff, Section Lead, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code, Grilled

Kristine Diven and District 7

• Tags: Visual Art, Law, Section Lead, Food Stuff, Arts, Night and Day, Media, Metro Retro, Grilled, Rock/Pop, Film, Lifestyle, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code, Government, Stir It Up, Cover Story, Local Music, Letters to the Editor, News Hits, Education, Short Order, Idiot Boxing, Politics and Prejudices, Visual arts, Environmental, Literature, Politics, Jazz, Poetry, War, Dance, Performing arts

Night and Day

• By Megan O'Neil
• Tags: Culture, Rock/Pop, Media, Metro Retro, Short Order, Dance, Arts, Night and Day

Metro Retro

• By Metro Times Staff
• Tags: Columns, Law, Section Lead, Food Stuff, Arts, Night and Day, Media, Metro Retro, Grilled, Rock/Pop, Film, Lifestyle, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code, Government, Stir It Up, Cover Story, Local Music, Letters to the Editor, News Hits, Education, Short Order, Idiot Boxing, Politics and Prejudices, Visual arts, Environmental, Literature, Politics, Jazz, Poetry, War, Dance

French connection

• Tags: Stage, Law, Section Lead, Food Stuff, Arts, Night and Day, Media, Metro Retro, Grilled, Rock/Pop, Film, Lifestyle, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code, Government, Stir It Up, Cover Story, Local Music, Letters to the Editor, News Hits, Education, Short Order, Idiot Boxing, Politics and Prejudices, Visual arts, Environmental, Literature, Politics, Jazz, Poetry, War, Dance, Performing arts

Dancing back

• By Larry Gabriel
• Tags: Stage, Law, Section Lead, Food Stuff, Arts, Night and Day, Media, Metro Retro, Grilled, Rock/Pop, Film, Lifestyle, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code, Government, Stir It Up, Cover Story, Local Music, Letters to the Editor, News Hits, Education, Short Order, Idiot Boxing, Politics and Prejudices, Visual arts, Environmental, Literature, Politics, Jazz, Poetry, War, Dance

Food Stuff

• By Metro Times Food Staff
• Tags: Food & Drink, Cover Story, Rock/Pop, Electronic, Fashion, Music, Culture, Loose Lips, Blues, In One Ear, Hip-Hop/R&B, Pitch'd, Jazz, News, Government, Law, Arts, Film, Food & Drink, Performing arts, Visual arts, Politics, News Hits, Media, Business, Health & science, Zero Potential, Suckerpunch, Future of the Future, Letter from London, Hit Singles, Lifestyle, Photography, Photo Issue, Literature, Summer Fiction, Best Of, Guerrilla Nights, Country, Love & sex, Savage Love, Summer Guide, Theater, Dance, Internet, Cover Photo, Transportation, Labor, Environmental, Books, Science & technology, Architecture, Work, Poetry, Night and Day, Travel, Shopping, Sports, Couch Trip, Food Stuff, Section Lead, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code

Credit check

• Tags: Local News, Cover Story, Rock/Pop, Electronic, Fashion, Music, Culture, Loose Lips, Blues, In One Ear, Hip-Hop/R&B, Pitch'd, Jazz, News, Government, Law, Arts, Film, Food & Drink, Performing arts, Visual arts, Politics, News Hits, Media, Business, Health & science, Zero Potential, Suckerpunch, Future of the Future, Letter from London, Hit Singles, Lifestyle, Photography, Photo Issue, Literature, Summer Fiction, Best Of, Guerrilla Nights, Country, Love & sex, Savage Love, Summer Guide, Theater, Dance, Internet, Cover Photo, Transportation, Labor, Environmental, Books, Science & technology, Architecture, Work, Poetry, Night and Day, Travel, Shopping, Sports, Couch Trip, Food Stuff, Section Lead, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code

Cheat Code

• By Bryant Franks
• Tags: Games, Cover Story, Rock/Pop, Electronic, Fashion, Music, Culture, Loose Lips, Blues, In One Ear, Hip-Hop/R&B, Pitch'd, Jazz, News, Government, Law, Arts, Film, Food & Drink, Performing arts, Visual arts, Politics, News Hits, Media, Business, Health & science, Zero Potential, Suckerpunch, Future of the Future, Letter from London, Hit Singles, Lifestyle, Photography, Photo Issue, Literature, Summer Fiction, Best Of, Guerrilla Nights, Country, Love & sex, Savage Love, Summer Guide, Theater, Dance, Internet, Cover Photo, Transportation, Labor, Environmental, Books, Science & technology, Architecture, Work, Poetry, Night and Day, Travel, Shopping, Sports, Couch Trip, Food Stuff, Section Lead, Wonder Twins, Video Games, Cheat Code

Twins on twins

• Tags: Columns, Cover Story, Rock/Pop, Electronic, Fashion, Music, Culture, Loose Lips, Blues, In One Ear, Hip-Hop/R&B, Pitch'd, Jazz, News, Government, Law, Arts, Film, Food & Drink, Performing arts, Visual arts, Politics, News Hits, Media, Business, Health & science, Zero Potential, Suckerpunch, Future of the Future, Letter from London, Hit Singles, Lifestyle, Photography, Photo Issue, Literature, Summer Fiction, Best Of, Guerrilla Nights, Country, Love & sex, Savage Love, Summer Guide, Theater, Dance, Internet, Cover Photo, Transportation, Labor, Environmental, Books, Science & technology, Architecture, Work, Poetry, Night and Day, Travel, Shopping, Sports, Couch Trip, Food Stuff, Section Lead, Wonder Twins