Despite life-altering injury at age 20, Riley continues to reach for the stars When she takes the stage at South Oakland Shelter’s annual gala Saturday night, Alexandria T. Riley will dance – for a whole host of reasons. She’ll dance for the enjoyment of guests. She’ll dance for South Oakland Shelter’s efforts to fight [...]

Annual fundraising gala Nov. 17 to celebrate 10 years of changing lives A lot of dreams can come true in a decade. And they have, thanks to South Oakland Shelter’s annual Dancing with the Detroit Stars gala, which has raised more than $1 million since its debut in 2008. When the curtain rises on [...]

Contestant will swap chef’s coat for ballroom duds at dancing gala Eric Avila has been busy planning the menu for this year’s Dancing with the Detroit Stars gala which will include dishes like tempura green beans, white bean bruschetta, ceviche, Moroccan-spiced leg of lamb and grilled swordfish. Avila is the executive chef at the [...]

Busy mom and entrepreneur looks forward to her first big dance Kelli Robinson has never danced professionally or in front of a crowd, but her path to becoming a contestant for the Nov. 17 Dancing with the Detroit Stars gala event seems almost straightforward in retrospect. Robinson, who has lived alternately in the South [...]

Podcast co-host taps a sponsor as partner for Dancing with the Detroit Stars return Eric Fadie competed in last year’s Dancing with the Detroit Stars gala and finished as the event’s top fundraiser. For his return this year, he chose not to go the usual route of partnering with an instructor from the Arthur [...]

Veteran dancer says she’s ‘having a blast’ learning new style Angel Lavery is no stranger to the dance world, having been a member of the San Francisco 49ers cheerleading squad and now co-founder of Ballet Edge Detroit. But she’s still finding ballroom dancing to be a new challenge. “It’s actually very different, it’s like [...]