ON STAGE!  Dance Theatre for Youth

The Maggie Allesee Department of Dance and its WSU Dance CompanyONE are proud to present


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To schedule your school's tour, contact 313-577-4273.

In its 54th year of bringing high quality dance to schools and the community, ONSTAGE! takes to the road this season touring its all-new production of Dance Africa Detroit, featuring African dance and drumming and their influences on jazz dance, and hip-hop dance styles.

This year’s production brings the rhythms and energy of dance right to your school and also presents dance performance in an educationally sound format tied to National Standards for Dance Education!

Through elements of time, space, design, and cultural awareness, students explore dance as primary mode of understanding and expression. Dance, unlike any other art form, brings together all the arts—music, theatre, visual art, and movement—to form a complete artistic and cultural statement.
Dance Africa Detroit, through its performance, teachers’ curriculum guide, and interaction with students, emphasizes:
• Enhanced cultural understanding and awareness through dance and its expressive qualities.
• Improved understanding of dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.
• Heightened sensitivity in identifying movement elements and skills in dance performance.
• Enhanced understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures.
• Expanded knowledge of multicultural influences on contemporary art and society in various cultures & historical periods.

Mission Statement:
The Wayne State University Dance CompanyONE connects with schools and the community through outreach programs including lecture demonstrations, master classes, and youth concerts for both public and private sectors, promoting dance education locally, nationally, and on a global level. As such, WSU Dance CompanyOne aligns its goals with dance education certification and produces the touring program, ONSTAGE! Dance Theatre for Youth.

Dance at Wayne State University is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance, and is a proud institutional member of the National Dance Education Organization and the American College Dance Festival Association

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