2023-2024 Season performances
Body Works Dance Concert
May 10, 2024
Dance Uprising proudly presents Body Works in the spring of 2024. Tickets available here.
More info about the show below the flyer:
Open Call for Visual Artists
Deadline extended! Send us your info by May 3!
Dance Uprising is wrapping up our 2023-2024 season with Body Works, a shared art gallery and dance concert. This celebration of bodies features fifteen new choreographic works, created by dancers within Dance Uprising, including Artistic Director Amy Cadwallader, Assistant Director Nicole Heikkilä-Popkin, and company members. Additionally, this year’s event features Body Works themed visual artwork by Michigan visual artists, including Sophie Neslund (@fattycakesmakes), Nicole Lockhart (@awake.dreaming), and Senomneart (@senomneart).
New to this year’s event is an increase in community partner participation! The Army of Survivors will be present to share information with dancers, teachers, studio owners, and audience members. Visual artists will be present to discuss their work (artwork is available for purchase). Enjoy a Silent Auction, browse Dance Uprising merchandise, and enjoy Body themed art with a friend!
The show is scheduled to take place at the Jam Handy on Friday, May 10th (Art gallery opens at 12pm, dance concert begins at 7:30pm). The show is approximately 2 hours long, in 3 acts.
Tickets are available for $25 to the general public and $10 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/body-works-dance-concert-tickets-844969856587?aff=oddtdtcreator
Dancing in Summer, The Festival
June 29, 2024
Dance Uprising is excited to take part in Terpsichore Dance Collective’s launch of Dancing in Summer, The Festival: a summer dance festival in Ypsilanti, MI! We will present two of our 2023-2024 pieces, ‘Duality’ and ‘Stretch Marks.’ More information available here.
Kentucky NaChMo Dance Festival
March 22-23, 2024
National Choreography Month (also known as NaChMo), is “your choreographic kick in the pants!” Following daily creative prompts, choreographers and dancers create unique, original dance pieces, which will be shared at this performance!
Dance Uprising will continue the joy of creating new and interesting works by traveling to Louisville, Kentucky, to participate in the Kentucky NaChMo Dance Festival, hosted by Ambo Dance Theatre!
More information coming soon!
Southeast Michigan NaChMo Concert
February 16, 2024
National Choreography Month (also known as NaChMo), is “your choreographic kick in the pants!” Following daily creative prompts, choreographers and dancers create unique, original dance pieces, which will be shared at this performance!
This performance takes place on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 7pm at the Ypsi Freighthouse.
Smitten All Ages Circus Show
February 10, 2024
Detroit Flyhouse presents their family friendly circus production, Smitten, at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill. Dance Uprising is guest performing in the show!
Tickets available here. The Village Theater is located at 50400 Cherry Hill Rd, Canton, MI 48187.
Artists’ Showing
December 17, 2023
Dance Uprising invites other dance companies to join us for an informal showing of current dance projects, works-in-progress, or other dance pieces. These can be completed dances or works-in-progress. Stay afterward to share your feedback with the choreographers and dancers.
Ann Arbor Dance Network Launch Event
October 12, 2023
Dance Uprising joins Ann Arbor Dance Network, along with several other dance organizations in Washtenaw County for this fun launch event at the Ypsi Freighthouse! Come for the fun, come for the dancing — this event is free and begins at 7pm.
All the water that will ever be is right now - a touring production
August 4, 2023 (Ann Arbor, MI), August 25, 2023 (Louisville, KY), September 15 (West Lafayette, IN)
Dance Uprising joins forces with The Precipitants, a Midwest dance collective comprised of Amy Cadwallader, Amberly Simpson, and Nina Deno. The three artistic directors met at Purdue University in 2012 and 2013, and now each run their own dance companies. Cadwallader is the AD of Dance Uprising in Ann Arbor, MI. Simpson is the AD of Ambo Dance Theatre in Louisville, KY. Deno is the AD of Deno Dance Company in Lafayette, IN.
“All the water that will ever be is right now” is a shared dance concert that features works from each of the three contributing companies as well as collaborative pieces that The Precipitants have created. This performance takes place on Friday, August 4, 2023, at 7:00pm, in the beautiful Milan High School Arts Theater.
The next stop of our 3-state tour is in Kentucky! Tickets for all performance dates are available at the link above. Make sure you have the Louisville location selected when you purchase tickets for the August 25 show!
THRIVE: an evening of modern dance at Marygrove Theatre
May 12, 2023
Join us for our first ever in-person, evening of performance! We have traveled to share single dance pieces in other showcases, and now we are thrilled to share an entire dance concert of original Dance Uprising works.
This Spring Showcase features dances created by company members for National Choreography Month (in January 2023), as well as dance pieces that were created collaboratively under direction of Amy Cadwallader.
Creating, performing, and sharing dance to lift each other up
Vision
Dance Uprising is a modern dance company located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, directed by dancer/choreographer Amy Cadwallader. We work collaboratively to create unique dance pieces that speak to our human experiences. Our primary purpose is to establish real, human connections — through company class, in our rehearsals, in performances, and through outreach programs.
With so much political turmoil happening right now, it is too tempting to shut down and burrow into a safe place, to ignore what is happening. I want to make a deliberate effort to engage with these difficult topics and create art to express my ideas and those of the dancers who work with me.
Goals
We can accomplish amazing things through dance. In particular, we want to use dance to process and express complex feelings and ideas about our experiences on this planet. The following goals outline four areas of connection that Dance Uprising aspires to uphold.
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First and foremost, to create a human connection with every dance encounter.
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To create dance works that speak to the human condition, to our current societal influences, to equality and change.
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To create access to dance experiences for children and adults in Southeast Michigan through movement and creativity workshops.
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To share a love of dance with other dancers and community members in our open company classes.
Lacia - Company Dancer
Since 2022
Photography by Nicole Lockhart, 2019
Founding members : Ashley, Elijah, Amy & Felicity, Chelsea, Jae, and Marissa
Headshots by Nicole Lockhart @awake.dreaming