Mike Manson is a teaching artist, dancer, and choreographer, specializing in the street dance forms of popping and Detroit Jit. In 2015, Mike was a featured dancer on the television program So You Think You Can Dance, which showcased his expertise of Jit. Mike was the primary choreographer of the Detroit Pistons dance crew D-Town and his teaching credits include master classes at Arizona State University, the Columbia College Chicago Dance Center, and Broadway Dance Center. Mike has taught workshops and performed internationally in Paris, France, La Paz, Bolivia, and hosted a class for Dorrane Dance production company in Ottawa, Canada. Currently, Mike is on tour with the acclaimed street dance company, Rennie Harris Puremovement. His first production show was called Caravan starring American jazz educator, Terence Blanchard. In August of 2019, Mike was invited to be a teaching artist for Rennie Harris Illadpelh Legends Festival for Detroit Jit. Mike is currently working for a nonprofit organization called Living Arts. Living Arts provides art education for youth and their families in the Detroit community. He has partnered with Boys and Girls Club to create after school dance programs for the kids. Mike Manson was recently awarded as 2020 Kresge Fellow grant winner for Visual Arts.