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Eisenhower Dance Ensemble’s opens 22nd season with On the Move

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich – Eisenhower Dance Ensemble will open its 22nd subscription season in metro Detroit with On the Move on Saturday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. with a repeat performance on Sunday,

October 21 at 2:00 p.m. at Varner Recital Hall on the campus of Oakland University. Each performance will include a prelude at 7:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively, with EDE Center for Dance student companies. On the

Move will include performances by special guests Hardcore Detroit and Oakland University's Repertory Dance

Company.

EDE’s season opener will be an exhilarating program and will include a premiere work by choreographer

Lauren Edson. As a choreographer, Edson has won numerous awards and grants for her work. She was recently chosen as a finalist for McCallum Theater's 15th Annual Dance Under the Stars Competition and was the winner of the 2012 Great Works Dance Project Choreography Prize, a National Choreography

Competition affiliated with Western Michigan University.

On the Move will also include the revival of Harrison McEldowney’s hilarious "Dance Sport," and

Michael Foley’s “No Angels in my Kamikaze Heaven,” a powerful work that showcases the strength and grace of the EDE dancers.

Each year, EDE welcomes a local ensemble as guest performers for the On the Move performance. This year, EDE is pleased to welcome Hardcore Detroit, a hip-hop formed in 2001 by Haleem Rasul. In

2010, Rasul was named a Kresge Arts Fellow. He has instructed dance workshops internationally, as well as judged and participated in dance tournaments throughout the nation. Hardcore Detroit was voted “Best Dance

Company” in the 2010 Real Detroit reader’s poll. With more than 20 members, Hardcore Detroit presents various styles including: “b-boying,” often called “break-dancing,” the Detroit dance style “Jit,” and a fused version of the two called “break-jitter.” In addition to a performance by Hardcore Detroit, On the Move will include a performance from Oakland University’s Repertory Dance Company.

Tickets for On the Move are $18 general admission and $10 for students. Tickets are available at Oakland

University’s Varner Hall Box Office, open Tuesday – Saturday, 3-6 p.m. and one hour before performances.

Purchase general admission tickets by phone at (248) 370-3013 or at starticketsplus.com with no service fee. For more information about On the Move, please visit www.ede-dance.org or call the EDE office at 248-559-2095.

Praised by critics as one of the nation’s premier companies, Eisenhower Dance

Ensemble has spent the last 22 years giving life to the repertoire of internationally known choreographers, as well as the highly acclaimed work of Artistic Director Laurie Eisenhower. Established in metro Detroit by Eisenhower in 1991, EDE presents an annual subscription series and tours nationally. For more information about EDE, please visit www.ede-dance.org or call the EDE offices at 248-559-2095. Sentence about Schools?

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