The Detroit Opera House Summer Dance Intensive returns to the Margo V. Cohen Center for Dance at the Detroit Opera House July 21 through August 8, 2008, and will offer a diverse experience for the serious dancer. This rigorous dance intensive provides the serious dance student with optimal technical and performance training in a positive, nurturing environment.

The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus is pleased to announce its first full-length opera performance: Seymour Barab’s The Maker of Illusions, on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. on the Detroit Opera House main stage. This is the first children’s opera to be performed completely by Michigan children on a grand scale.

Michigan Opera Theatre concludes its 2008 Spring Opera Season, sponsored by Cadillac, with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, a tragic tale of forbidden love, May 10–18, 2008 at the Detroit Opera House. A time-tested classic and one of the world’s most popular operas, La Traviata is a grand tragedy of forbidden love and deception exposed.

Michigan Opera Theatre opens its 2008 Spring Opera Season with the company's first-ever production of Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula, a haunting tale of love, betrayal and redemption, with five performances, March 29-April 6, 2008.

The Joffrey Ballet brings its hauntingly beautiful production of the ballet classic Giselle to the Detroit Opera House for a 4-performance engagement March 14-16, 2008. A masterpiece of traditional romantic ballet, Giselle is a famous ghost story about love and redemption from the world beyond.

Enjoy a day when you don't have to grow up! Welcome to Neverland, a place where kids' imaginations run wild, pirates abound, and fairies fly. The Grand Rapids Ballet Company returns to the Detroit Opera House for a limited, two-performance engagement March 1, 2008, bringing the enchanting ballet Peter Pan after "wildly" successful performances of Where the Wild Things Are in 2007.

Hailed as one of America's most electrifying dance companies and always a favorite of Detroit audiences, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Detroit Opera House stage for five incredible performances, Jan. 31 – Feb. 3, 2008. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2008 Detroit appearances are a "must-see" for dance enthusiasts and novices alike.

African Footprint, South Africa's longest-running show, brings its vibrant, high-energy act that has wowed audiences and critics around the world to the Detroit Opera House over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, January 19-20, 2008 as part of the first African Footprint U.S. tour.

Michigan Opera Theatre continues its 37th season of opera with Mozart’s raucously comedic The Marriage of Figaro at the Detroit Opera House for a limited six-performance engagement November 10-18, 2007.

With its unique blend of classical and contemporary dance, Miami City Ballet makes its highly-anticipated Detroit debut November 2-4, 2007 at the Detroit Opera House, part of the Chrysler Foundation Dance Series. Performing classic works by Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine, Miami City Ballet's mixed-repertory program will include George Balanchine's Agon and Raymonda Variations and Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room.

Michigan Opera Theatre is pleased to announce an exciting array of activities and events surrounding the world premiere of David DiChiera’s opera Cyrano to inform, entertain and indulge! Patrons and guests will look forward to the highly-anticipated opera premiere with classic films, delectable food and wine, lavish costumes, and exclusive previews with Cyrano composer, David DiChiera, creative team, and cast.

Help celebrate Mexican Independence Day with Ballet Folklórico de México and the Detroit Opera House! Exemplifying the fiery passion and ethereal grace of old Mexico, Ballet Folklórico visits the Detroit Opera House for a limited two-performance dance engagement September 15 at 8 p.m. and 16 at 2 p.m., 2007.