The Maggie Allesee Department of Dance was featured in the weekly WTVS program Get Up! Get Out! Wayne State partners every year with the world-renowned American Ballet Theatre (ABT) to host the ABT Summer Intensive for over 100 young ballet students from across North America . A month of intense training and master classes in the Dance Department culminates with a performance at the Detroit Opera House. Lecturer Stephen Stone is interviewed in the feature. His says the prestigious dance program is crucial to the development and socialization of the promising young dancers who participate.