Eisenhower Dance Ensemble

Specialties

Michigan’s premier Contemporary Dance Company.

History

Established in 1991.

Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Michigan’s premier contemporary dance company, begins its twentieth professional season this year. Artistic director Laurie Eisenhower founded the company in the summer of 1991 in metropolitan Detroit. Since its inception, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble has been dedicated to the performance of a diverse range of contemporary dance works. Along with Ms. Eisenhower’s highly acclaimed choreography, EDE showcases the works of young talented artists along with choreographers with established reputations. With support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the company has also collaborated with Michigan Opera Theatre, the Warren Symphony, the Immigrant Suns, the Rackham Symphony Choir in Carmina Burana and the Motor City Lyric Opera and the Toledo Opera in Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Meet the Business Owner

Laurie E.

Business Owner

Laurie Eisenhower, EDE Artistic Director, received her BAE and MFA degrees in dance from Arizona State University where she received the Wanda Turk Choreography Award and the Faculty Excellence Award. In 1991, she formed the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, which, with the help of committed and talented dancers, has become the première dance company in the state of Michigan. Since the founding of EDE, the company has grown from a small ensemble of four dancers on a pay-​per-​performance basis to the current company with an extensive schedule of rehearsals, performances and touring.