WITH FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY WORLD-RENOWNED GUEST DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS, DANCE AND CELEBRATION IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE EVENT WITH DDCF AUDIENCES. A MAJOR HIGHLIGHT OF OUR FESTIVAL’S WEEKEND LONG CELEBRATION TAKING PLACE AT THE DETROIT FILM THEATRE, THIS IS A PERFORMANCE YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS.
READ ABOUT OUR 2023 Dance and Celebration Artists!
Xing Dance Theater Student Company
Allen Chunhui Xing is a dancer and choreographer based in DMV area. He holds a BFA in Dance from Shanxi Academy of Arts, a M.Ed. from Salisbury University, and a MFA in Dance from University of Maryland. He currently is the Artistic Director of Xing Dance Theater and XDT Education. He is a former member of Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble (China) and performed in the production Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall which internationally toured from 2007-2011. A Man’s Requiem as soloist by Korea Busan Metropolitan Dance Company 2018, 2022. As an educator, Xing has taught master classes and workshops in the States, Asia, and Europe, including Shanxi Academy of Arts (2010-2014), the University of Maryland (2015-2018), Boris Eifman Dance Academy (2022), Kennedy Center (2021), Detroit Dance City Festival (2021), Taiyuan New Choreography Festival (2019), City Dance Festival-China (2019), MadDash Dance Festival (2017), American College Dance Association (2017), NextLook Festival (2016). He has been the director of XDT Education and has developed curriculums for all levels of students and professional dancers since 2018. ( need to edit) His work has been invited and selected to perform nationally and internationally including at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Battery Dance Festival, Dance Gallery Festival NYC, NextNow Festival, Peabody Spring Dance Showcase, Washington DC Global Perspectives Festival, Maryland Dance Festival, Beijing Dance Festival, On the Move at the Kennedy Center, Baltimore Dance Invitational, Richmond Dance Festival, Peabody Dance! Festival, Detroit Dance City Festival, SpectorDance’s Choreographers Showcase, Japan SAI International Dance Festival, Seoul Choreography International Festival, Asian Contemporary Ballet Festival, Mexico International Contemporary Dance Festival, Finland International Gala, Dance Place 2020 season production, the Clarice second season production, Men in Dance Festival, Washington DC Choreography Dance Festival, and St Petersburg Global Valve Festival Alexandrinsky Theater premiere . Xing is the Both 2020 Baltimore and Maryland State Independent Artist First Place Award awardee, 2021/2022 Baker Artist Award recipient, 2021 Baltimore Artist Relief Grant First Place Award, 2021 Singapore International Dance Festival Choreography Gold Award. www.allenxing.com
ArtLab J I
At the core, ArtLab J explores humanity’s fundamental nature through honest observations and natural reactions, leading to artistic movement and performance. Through dance and culture, ArtLab J seeks the diversity of individuals, focuses on personal and community growth, and strives to discover the positives of our society’s behavior and emotions.
ArtLab J I is a professional dance company made up of advanced, technical dancers who perform across Metro-Detroit. Artists in the company will take class and rehearse new and historic work to maintain technique and explore new creative outlets. Under the ArtLab J family, this company of dancers includes the highest caliber of talent and experience in contemporary, ballet, and other dance styles.
SeongJeong Kim (South Korea)
- Member of the Meta Dance Project - 2021~2022 Daejeon Cultural Foundation Next Generation Artist Selection - Received the <Art Culture Award> from the Association of Korean Arts and Culture Organizations (Daejeon Metropolitan City Association) - 2022 The 31st National Dance Festival <Excellence Award> in the solo & duet category, ‘Sound Between’ - 2022 The 21st Daejeon New Dance International Festival <Best Choreography Award>, 'Sound Between' - 2022 The 28th Daejeon Dance Festival Solo & Duet Division <Best Award>, ‘Sound Between’ - 2018 17th NEW DANCE FESTIVAL <Choreographer of the Year Award>, ‘Ah’ - Invitation to the 20th Michoacan International Contemporary Dance Festival in Mexico, ‘Ah’
ArtLab J II
Under the artistic direction of ArtLab J founder Joori Jung, ArtLab II is a pre-professional company for advanced-level dancers who are looking for a more in-depth experience in a professional setting. Dancers will receive specialized technique classes and experience ArtLab J’s creative process with our very own ALJ I dancers. Both ArtLab J I and ArtLab J II strive to explore the fundamental nature of humanity through it’s changes in movement and emotion with a pure state of mind. Dancers explore and celebrate the diversity within our community, the growth and development of human nature, and the positive aspects of behavior and emotion throughout society.
Kelsey Lewinski (USA)
Kelsey is a performer, creator and teacher. Graduating from Wayne State University in 2018 with her BFA in Dance Honors, she went on to dance for Eisenhower Dance Detroit from 2018-2021. After retiring from touring and performing, Kelsey took on teaching and choreographing full time as well as teaching master classes throughout studios in Metro-Detroit. While with Eisenhower, Kelsey worked with artists such as Christian Denice, Nicolo Fonte and Michela Taylor. She has danced in the Dance Italia workshop in Lucca, Italy twice, both in 2016 and 2018. She also attended b12 Berlin in 2018, performing with Shannon Gillen and in 2021 attended One Body, One Career in The Netherlands, studying Countertechnique and Chunky Move Repertoire. Kelsey is also STOTT Pilates certified and teaches both equipment and matwork at Equilibrium Pilates Studio and Equinox. She enjoys cross-training dancers for safer performance, in addition to teaching pre-professional modern and ballet technique.
Grand Rapids Ballet
Seyong Kim is a Certified Movement Analyst, a Somatic Dance Educator, an ABT® Certified Teacher, and an Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University. He holds an MA in Dance Education from NYU and an MA in Dance from Sung-Kyun-Kwan University in South Korea. He earned Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. Seyong has taught for the University of Georgia, Rutgers University, Kent State University, Randolph College, Peridance, World Dance Alliance-America (WDAA), American College Dance Association (ACDA), Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, and Grand Rapids Ballet. Seyong has danced with the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, Albania National Ballet Theatre, Traverse City Dance Project, TAKE Dance, and Oakland Ballet Company. His choreographic works have been presented at Landestheater Coburg in Germany, Florence Dance on Screen Festival in Italy, International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City, Taiwan JueDai Taipei International Dance Festival, ProArteDanza in Canada, Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK, Battery Dance Festival, Palm Desert Choreography Festival, American Dance Guild Festival, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, CrossCurrent Asian American Dance Festival, and Movement Research at the Judson Church.
ArtLab J for Grown-Ups
Aimed toward adult individuals of varying levels of experience, ArtLab J for Grown-ups meet once a week with the idea of creating a healthy and artistic environment to develop one’s creativity. Individuals will explore ways to create and develop movement, motivating them to push their limits and to reach beyond through unique methods that meld traditional techniques and aesthetic. Working as a team, we will aid participants in building confidence, trust, and developing their sense of self.
DDCF Dance and Celebration Memories
DANCE AND CELEBRATION PERFORMERS ARCHIVE
DDCF 2023
SeongJeong Kim (South Korea)
Kelsey Lewinski (MI)
Grand Rapids Ballet (MI)
Xing Dance Theater Student Company (MA)
ArtLab J I (MI)
ArtLab J II (MI)
ArtLab J for Grown-Ups (MI)
DDCF 2019
CARMELO SEGURA COMPANHIA (SPAIN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3eOiDstzN4&list
ONE DANCE PROJECT GROUP (SOUTH KOREA)
ALEXANDER QUETELL (MI)
ARTLAB J (MI)
BYOUNG SUG KIM (IL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgHWCt2foHk&list
DDCF 2016
FERENC FEHER (HUNGARY)
KWANGMIN KIM (SOUTH KOREA)
ARTLAB J (MI)
WHITE WAVE DANCE YOUNG SOON KIM COMPANY (NY)
DDCF 2022
Kyunghwa Hong (South Korea)
Lee Jung In Creation (Austria/South Korea)
Smutek Dance (MI)
DDCF 2018
MODERN TABLE (SOUTH KOREA)
MARCAT DANCE (SPAIN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXbEZYgaoU&list
CONTEMPUS (MI)
DDCF 2015
CAMILLE A. BROWN AND DANCERS (NY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut28l95AR9c&list
EISENHOWER DANCE (MI)
R.SE DANCE COMPANY (SOUTH KOREA)
DDCF 2021
FENG DANCE COMPANY (TAIWAN)
JEONGHONG CHOI (SOUTH KOREA)
MURATA MASAKI (JAPAN)
DDCF 2017
AMY DIANE MORROW (TX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohh8tYL-AG8&list
CIA DANZA ZIOMARA HORMAETXE (BASQUE COUNTRY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWwnoKrMKA&list
ARTLAB J(MI)
DDCF 2014
CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE (NY)
DDCF 2013
SIDRA BELL DANCE (NY)