25 Hour Dance-a-thon Celebrating 25 Years of Living Arts!

Register Now!

Our 25 Year Milestone comes during an uncertain time for non-profits, and we are asking you to amplify and support our work among your communities, then come dance it out and celebrate with us!

Registering will also provide you with the opportunity to sign up for movement classes on a first come, first serve basis during the Dance-a-thon! If a class reaches capacity, we'll admit on a first registered, first in the class basis.

Attend the full event, a portion, or just help us raise our rent for next year by entering our peer to peer fundraising competition!

Please join us for Living Arts' 25th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraising Event: Dance-a-thon! From Friday, April 25 at 7pm to Saturday, April 26 at 8pm, this non-stop 25 hour in person AND live-streamed event will include dancing, entertainment, movement classes, food, drinks, and more!

Dance-a-thon Live Schedule

Friday, April 25 

6:30 PM Doors Open & Cocktail Hour and Snack Bar

7:00 PM Dance KICKOFF with Ballet Folklorico Performance 

8:00 PM Cha-Cha Class with Tonia Deliz

9:00 PM Bachata Class with Living Arts Teaching Artist Erika Rivera 

10:00 PM Salsa Dance Class with Christina Guzman and Francisco Castro

11:00 PM  Sabor Latino: Salsa, Cha-Cha, Merengue & Bachata Fusion Open Dance Session DJed by Living Arts Alum and Teaching Artist Camilla Cantu

Open Dancing will continue all night long until sunrise yoga!

Saturday, April 26

12:00 AM Late Night Snack

2:00 AM Overnight Open Dance taking YOUR requests 

6:00 AM Yoga with Living Arts Teaching Artist and OSA Program Manager Miryam Johnson 

7:00 AM Pilates with Living Arts Teaching Artist and OSA Program Manager Miryam Johnson and Light Breakfast

8:00 AM Zumba with Living Arts Teaching Artist Roberto Nearon

9:00 AM Family Musical Workshop with Living Arts Teaching Artist Audra Kubat

10:00 AM Family Class Zumba-a-thon Mini with Laura Rueda

11:00 AM Zumbaton con Laura Rueda 

 12:00 PM Parent & Kid Open Dance and Lunch 

1:00 PM Latin Fusion / Jazz Class with Living Arts Alum Ingrid Hernández 

2:00 PM Jazz Class with Living Arts Alum Nina Contreras and the WSU Dance company 

3:00 PM Chart Toppers Open Dance Party

5:00 PM Hip/Hop Choreography with CapturedByDave 

6:00 PM Detroit Music Open Dance and Dinner 

8:00 PM Event Ends

Created with Raphaël 2.3.0100%80%60%40%20%0%

$126.00

achieved

0%

of your goal reached

0

days

0

hours

0

mins

0

secs

Fundraising Competition Leaderboard

There are currently no leaders.

View Full Leaderboard
  • 1 Anonymous $22.25
View Full Leaderboard

Clickthrough to See our Amazing Fundraisers!

View All

Recent Activity

With so many ways to participate, there's something for everyone!

Dance with Us!

Register for this event NOW for just $50! Sign up and dance—whether for 25 hours or just a few. When you purchase, you may register for 10+ dance/movement classes from Latin to Pilates to Jazz. Tickets include in and out privileges so stay for the whole event or just come for the classes/time slots you want!

Our Dance-a-thon event will be held at Living Arts' programming space located at 4851 Michigan Avenue in Detroit.

Join the Fundraising Competition

Help us thrive for the next 25 by joining our peer-to-peer fundraising competition to introduce Living Arts to your community! All who fundraise on our behalf are entered to win bespoke handmade swag by the Living Arts CEO, Laura Scales! Both the individual fundraising campaign that raises the most for Living Arts AND one other randomly selected peer to peer fundraiser will win this prize!

Bid in the Online Silent Auction

Our Digital Silent Auction portion of this event that will feature a number of prize packages including a trip for two to a country of your choosing (some exclusions) with four star accommodations generously provided by AmFund. Are you thinking Portugal, Greece, or Ireland? Perhaps somewhere else?? Bidding will be open for a limited time, so be ready to bid, win and travel for our good cause!

Watch the Virtual Event

Attend the Live-Streamed Event: While the livestream will be free on Twitch and Youtube, purchasing a Live-Stream ticket will get you direct linked access via email to the stream when the time comes AND gives you the exclusive (optional!) opportunity to hop on remotely and dance LIVE on stream!

We can’t do this without you.

Help us provide life changing arts education to the next generation. For 25 years, Living Arts has been a driving force for creativity and education in Detroit. We are so incredibly proud to release our 25th Anniversary Video and invite you to see how the arts have transformed lives in our community.