nathan trice / RITUALS
in-partnership with
DSO, Charles H. Wright Museum
presents:
Detroit Multi-Cultural Summer Dance Festival
June 12 – 20, 2026.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
The festival gathers Detroit and its surrounding metro area adults, youth, pre-professional and professional dancers a variety of traditional, contemporary, urban and social dance classes and workshops that include: Afro House, Salsa, African, Bollywood, Belly Dance, Jit, Tango, Hustle, Contemporary, Mexican Folklore, Battles, Freestyles and Cyphers, etc over 9 days in multiple midtown Detroit arts and performance spaces. This will be an opportunity to gather, experience and highlight the vast diverse dance styles and traditions that are born, live and thrive in and around metro Detroit.
ABOUT FEES & SCHOLARSHIPS:
Adult, Pre-professional and Professional Classes & Workshops fees are $5 to $10 per day.
The festival offers limited full scholarships for high school and college participants. Scholarship participants are required to take on daily co-organizing task to support the management of the festival.
ABOUT CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES & LOCATIONS:
Times & location of classes, workshops, rehearsals, cyphers, socials and culminating performances will be listed shortly.
ABOUT OUR PARTNERS: