Perfect for the whole family, this program is an afternoon on the DIA's North Lawn. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Detroit Dance City Festival's Summer Stage program features performances from local, national, and international talent.

Saturday will also feature a College Fair from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for all aspiring dancers seeking to further their dance careers after high school.

Saturday performances include works by:

• Dakota Blue
• Diversiform Dance Project Youth Company
• Kaylin Bazick and Turning Pointe School of Dance
• Mrudani School of Performing Arts
• Colorado State University
• Western Dance Project
• Embodied Dance Collective
• Unspoken Dance
• Misfit Dance Collective
• Co/Lab Dance Company
• Julia Schaeffer
• Morgan Walker
• Aura Orengo
• ArtLab J Youth Creative Intensive

Sunday will feature family outdoor activities from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to get everyone moving with a K-POP dance class and kids ballet class!

Sunday performances include works by:

• Oehrlein Dancers
• Scott Stafford
• Kaleidoscope Movement
• Srijan Dance Company
• 2nd Street Swing
• Bridget Vander Hoff
• ArtLab J II

This program is free with museum admission and takes place on the DIA's North Lawn. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance.

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

Part of Detroit Dance City Festival ’s Master Class series, Dance for the Camera I is a new addition to the festival. The workshops, taught by Shirel Jones and Kelsey Paschich, are the perfect opportunity for dancers and filmmakers to learn skills within choreography, performance, camera work, and editing. For dancers 13 years or older with all levels of experience.

Workshops are $50 for two and $30 for one. Tickets can be purchased at detroitdancecityfestival.com

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

This curated showcase brings together an inclusive representation of local, national, and international artists and dancers to share their current projects with other professionals and general audiences. Set within the historic DFT Auditorium at the DIA, witness the creativity and passion of contemporary choreographers as they bring their visions to life on stage.

This year’s showcase features the works of:

• Allison Lincoln
• ConteXture Dance Detroit
• Smutek Dance
• gracegallagherdance
• Jack Murphy
• Mark Gonzalez
• RESILIENCE Dance Company
• Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers
• Suttle Dance
• Symbiosis Arts
• CPR Dance: Inhale Movement
• Detroit Dance Collective

This program is free with museum admission. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance. Ticket reservations are required from detroitdancecityfestival.com

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

A new addition to Detroit Dance City Festival for 2024, Dance on Screen provides a digital space for dance filmmakers to present their work. Presented in the Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall, dance on screen highlights local, national, and international dance films in diverse styles of dance.

Featured films include:

• Mila Komrakova and Balazs Baranyai
• Shirel Jones
• Mehdi & Nourddine Sli, Jasmin Sisti, and Léone Salinas Muñiz
• Audrey Baran
• Julia Yezbick and Erika "Red" Stowall
• Clark Barclay, Gwen Benitez & Rebekah JoAnn Guerra
• Katherine Helen Fisher and Danah Bella
• Andrea Cerniglia and Nadia Oussenko
• Kara Madden Brems
• Jon Chapdelaine

This program is free with museum admission. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance in the DIA’s Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall. Ticket reservations are required from detroitdancecityfestival.com

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

Join us for a showcase designed to highlight local, national, and international talent. Rivera Court Stage shares diverse styles of dance with Detroit Dance City Festival audiences in an inspiring museum setting.

Friday's showcase features works by:

• Rachel Stratton
• Claire Bechard
• Sophia & El Kronox
• Compañeros de Flamenco
• Dance Uprising
• HBY Ensemble
• Malaak Aburahmeh and Nina Contreras
• Haley Tarling and Dancers
• Thayer Jonutz
• Embodied Arts Collective
• Eleanor Raygorodsky
• Dua Colon

Saturday’s showcase features works by:

• Lauren Blair Smith Dance Company
• Oakland University Repertory Dance Company
• Movement Reservoir
• Bodies of Water
• The ChoreoJoey Project
• Suttle Dance
• Sean Hoskins & Tower Dancers
• Natalia de Miguel Annoni
• Currents Dance Theatre
• Savanna McFadden and Sophie Williams
• Angelina Diaz

This program is free with museum admission. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance in the DIA’s Rivera Court. Ticket reservations are encouraged from detroitdancecityfestival.com

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

Please join the DIA for a conversation between internationally recognized artist Tiff Massey and award-winning filmmaker and writer dream hampton. This talk will explore the themes behind Massey's celebrated exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 7 Mile + Livernois, on view through May 11, 2025.

This event is an official part of the program for the 2024 Detroit Month of Design. This citywide project gathers designers, consumers, residents, and the greater community to celebrate Detroit's role as a national and global design capital.

Join Detroit photographer Elonte Davis as he shares techniques and inspirations from his work.

All participants will also create a polaroid portrait mixed media collage using a variety of artmaking materials like decorative papers, magazines, paint markers, and more.

This program is made possible by the PNC Foundation.

In partnership with multiple sclerosis society ambassador, Vickie Whyte, this free class will include a guided tour of the museum plus a make-and-take art project in the DIA Artmaking studio.

No experience is necessary and all supplies will be provided for making a multi-media collage. Capacity limited to 25 people.

Members See It First!

The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World brings together 230 works from the Middle East, Egypt, Central and South Asia, and beyond to explore connections between art and cuisine from ancient times to the present day. Paintings of elaborate feasts, sumptuous vessels for food and drink, and historical cookbooks show how culinary cultures have thrived in the Islamic world for centuries. Highlighting the relationship of these works to preparing, serving, and enjoying food, the exhibition engages multiple senses and invites us to appreciate the pleasures of sharing a meal.

Members at the Contributor level and above can RSVP to this SneakPeek by emailing specialinvitesrsvp@dia.org.

Dates, Saffron, and Broth: Eating for Health in Medieval Islam

Cities such as Damascus, Cairo, and Baghdad were important centers for the practice of medicine and gastronomy between the tenth and the fourteenth centuries. Michelle Al-Ferzly, a research associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art who holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, examines the objects and manuscripts that were integral to the practice of eating for health in the medieval Islamic world, from collections of recipes and diet books to pharmacy jars.

The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World brings together 230 works from the Middle East, Egypt, Central and South Asia, and beyond to explore connections between art and cuisine from ancient times to the present day.

Image: Spain (Manises). Pharmacy Jar, 1440–80. Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt and luster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of K. T. Keller, 63.358.