ISABELLA MARINA VARON
Isabella Marina Varon (she/her) is a professional dancer and dance educator based in Detroit, Michigan. She has been a company artist with Detroit Metropolitan Dance, formally Eisenhower Dance Detroit, since 2023, where she has worked closely with and performed works by a diverse range of choreographers, including Maxine Doyle, Tess Voelker, Yoshito Sakuraba, Christian Denice, Tamisha A. Guy, Rauf Yasit and James Gregg, Joshua Peugh, and Norbert De La Cruz III.
Most recently, Isabella performed lead roles at Detroit Met’s summer tour to Jacob’s Pillow. Isabella has performed principal roles in Rinaldo, directed by Louisa Proske at the Detroit Opera House, as well as works by Sharon Eyal at Springboard Danse and Scott Jennings at the b12 Festival in Berlin. In the fall of 2026, Isabella will be a featured artist in the Detroit Design District’s inaugural In Session series at the Boyer Campbell building.
Isabella earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in 2020, with a concentration in ballet. Her training includes prestigious summer programs with American Ballet Theatre and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Beyond performance, Isabella is passionate about dance education and mentorship. She regularly teaches ballet and contemporary techniques to pre-professional students across the Metro-Detroit area and provides college preparation guidance for aspiring dance majors. Her teaching experience spans colleges, intensives, and festivals nationwide, and her students have gone on to study dance at NYU Tisch, Marymount Manhattan College, SUNY Purchase, University of Michigan, and Oakland University. Isabella is currently on faculty at Viva Dance Company, Spotlight Dance Works, and the School of Detroit Metropolitan Dance. She was the Associate Artistic Director of Young Dancers Initiative from 2022 to 2025.
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