Dancin’ in the streets…and other places

Dance performance in four sites along downtown route; concert June 7-9

May, 2012

Consider this a case of how dancers make a social statement.

As audiences walk along a four-block route in downtown Ann Arbor to watch dancers perform in historic buildings, alleys, sidewalks and in a garden, the hope is for observers to ask: What if there were a greenway to connect these spaces to the outlying neighborhoods? Read more

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