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Diversion Dance Troupe is one of may multicultural organizations on Eastern Michigan University’s campus. Diversion is an organization that focuses on entertainment and the art of story telling by dance. What sets Diversion aside from EMU’s 280+ organizations is the dedication and hard work that the members set forth to keep their organization alive.

Background
Diversion is a dance oriented student organization that is open to all cultural backgrounds, religions, and gender. Diversion has grown tremendously over the years, and continues to be one of the participated student organizations on EMU's campus. Diversion Dance Troupe main focus is our passion for all types of dance such as Hip Hop, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, African, etc. Diversion also participates in many community services across the state of Michigan and on campus. Diversion's purpose as an organization is to provide awareness about dance, sisterhood, community service, and fundraisers while displaying leadership, teamwork, and integrity. DDT has swayed Eastern Michigan’s campus for almost eleven years, and has provided common ground for all types of dancers that attend EMU.

Becoming an organization
Diversion Dance Troupe was founded on September 22,1999, by an Eastern Michigan University junior, Monica Jones. With the help of some of her peers and Lynette Young one of the founders of the University of Michigan’s multicultural dance group, Indigo .Jones shrived to make Diversion an official organization on Eastern Michigan’s campus. Jones met with Young several times to discuss the logistics of this new dance group. They came up with the name Diversion Dance Troupe (DDT). In Webster's Dictionary the word Diversion is defined as, that which distracts the mind, relaxes, and entertains. They felt that this definition encompassed everything that they wanted a dance group to represent.

The organization
After creating a well deserving title for her dance group, Monica Jones compiled a list of all of the excellent dancers and leaders on EMU’s campus with similar ambitions as her own. Either they had been rejected by other dance groups on campus, they made the cut but felt isolated and out of place, or they had tried to start a dance group before but had failed. She sought out for these individuals and invited them to be the founding members of Diversion Dance Troupe. These individuals were: Kalita Brooks, Kianga McKinney, Taryn Reid, Jenell Williams, Staci Williams, and David Wilson. Along with Monica and Lynette this group choreographed dance numbers, promoted the group amongst Eastern’s community, and planned and organized the first audition. As of today, the active members:Danielle McLain(President),LaRee Smith(Vice-President), Ariel Moore(Secretary), Lydia Sims and many of the alumni continue the dream of Monica Jones.

Performance History
Annual Winter Concerts:
 * Alpha Apollo Show
 * Delta Sigma Theta Talent & Fashion Show
 * EMU Basketball Games
 * EMU Block Fair (2000)
 * Hip-Hop Explosion
 * MLK Day
 * "The Greatest Diversion Ever" (1999)
 * "A Woman's Work" (2000)
 * "Take you there" (2001)
 * "Survival Phenomenon"(2002)
 * "Change Gon' Come"(2003)
 * "Year of the Woman"(2004)
 * "This Too Shall Pass"(2005)
 * "Journey"(2006)
 * "Seven Deadly Sins"(2007)
 * "The Art of Story" (2008)
 * "Reflections of Her-Story"(2009)
 * "A Natural Disaster" (2010)