Adult Drop-In Classes at BCL

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No matter if you are a veteran dancer or slipping on your first pair of ballet shoes, Ballet Co.Laboratory is an artistic home for everyone. With 11 different adult drop-in classes offered each week, including conditioning and Pilates, we know we have the right class for you! 

Join us in-person or virtually via Zoom. All dancers must sign-in on Mindbody. Class sign-in will close 10 minutes before class begins. Single class and 10-class cards are available, and parking is always free! 

Learn more or sign up for a class here: https://bit.ly/AdultTeenBCL 

Threads Dance Nexus Fall Community Offerings

This fall, Threads Dance Nexus is offering two Community Movement classes. If you are looking for a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere to learn dance basics, we invite you to:

Beginning/Intermediate Adult Ballet
Saturdays, 9:00-10:00am
taught by Karen L. Charles

Beginning/Intermediate Adult Modern
Saturdays, 1:00-2:00pm
taught by Karen L. Charles

During the week, Threads also offers Advanced/Professional Adult Modern and Ballet classes, also known as Company Class.

Adult/Professional Modern 
taught by Karen L. Charles / Karen Christ Aalgaard (and various guest artists)
Mondays, 9:00-10:30am

Adult/Professional Ballet
taught by Karen L. Charles / Karen Christ Aalgaard (and various guest artists)
Tuesdays, 9:00-10:30am

All classes are drop-in, $15. For more information, including class descriptions and registration links, visit our website.

MotionArt First Friday Improv Gathering

Friday, September 2, 2022
6:30–8:00pm
Center for Performing Arts, Studio 105w, next to 38th Street entrance.

This event is open to people of all ages and abilities. Enjoy being present in the moment, responding to other dancers, finding new ways of moving, and discovering form as it emerges during this fun evening of creative movement. We’ll begin with an informal warm-up, then improvise together based on movement ideas offered by participants.

Come to move, to dance, to observe, or some of each!

Suggested donation $5-15.
No one turned away for lack of funds.

Masks required. Please see CPFA’s full COVID protocols at cfpampls.com.

Jawaahir Dance Academy In-Studio and Online Classes

Join our dance-learning community of all ages, sizes, and levels of experience to participate in the creative expression and health and fitness benefits of Middle Eastern dance. The beauty of this dance form is that it makes you feel wonderful in your own body!

Dance with us in-studio or online. Go to jawaahir.org to choose from our fall classes, starting September 6.

Purchase 4 or more classes and receive a $2 discount per class. Come dance with us now!

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary Classes in Person and on Zoom

A light-skinned dancer in her 60s tosses her arms in a curve to the left while she rises on her toes

Erin’s advanced level contemporary hybrid class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement. The delightful Dean Magraw will accompany on guitar.

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.
See you in person or virtually soon!

Modern Dance Class with Thern Anderson at Tapestry

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Anyone can dance and find pleasure in movement! Thern Anderson’s modern dance class at Tapestry Folkdance Center will focus on body awareness, rhythm, movement patterns through space, and ensemble dancing. Improvisation will give dancers the opportunity to explore their own movement creativity and its relation to others. Floor work using somatic principles will build strength, ease and flexibility. All ages are welcome!

Mondays, 12:00-1:30pm
12-week session beginning September 19. Drop-ins welcome.
$15-20, sliding scale. Cash or check made out to Kathryn Anderson.

Drop-In Classes at Hothouse

Open dance and fitness classes seven days a week! Class offerings include ballet, krump, contemporary, heels, jazz, hip hop, and more.

Hothouse is a multi-purpose studio space in Minneapolis featuring drop-in classes for teens and adults. Whether you’re already involved in the local arts scene, an aspiring dance professional looking to bolster your training, or just a human who loves to move, Hothouse offers classes that celebrate the bliss of movement and embrace you for who you are.

Come as you are, leave as more.

Visit our website or find us on MINDBODY to view the full schedule and book your next class! Free lot and street parking.

Fall Classes at Keane

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Keane: New space and more classes!

New classes, including:

  • 5 levels of tap dance:
    Tappy Hour 1, 2, and 3
    Tap 4 – Teens and Adults
    Tap 5 – Teens and Adults with Repertory
  • Preschool classes
  • Storytelling
  • On Broadway
  • Broadway Baby
  • Dance Fit
  • Swing Dance

Ballet Royale: Register Today for Fall Creative Dance Classes

Ballet Royale is Minnesota’s premier ballet academy for students of all ages. Sign your little one up today for Ballet Royale’s Creative Dance program! Fall classes run from September 10 through December 22.

Our program is a professionally developed and comprehensive program drawing on decades of dance and music teaching experience, which offers an incomparable experience for children from walking age through six years old. These innovative classes encourage musicality, imagination and self expression through the art of dance and music. 

Classes are filling up quickly, so click here for more information or to register today. We would love for you to come dance with us!

Ballet Royale: Academy and Pre-Professional Classes Start September 10

You are invited to dance with Ballet Royale, Minnesota’s premier ballet academy!

We offer two different tracks for dancers ages 7 and up: our Academy Program and our Pre-Professional Program. Both the Pre-Professional and Academy programs will be taught by our exemplary faculty and continue to give your dancer the highest quality professional training available today, in a focused, safe, and healthy environment.

Our Academy Program is for students age seven and older. This program follows an elementary through advanced/intermediate ballet syllabus, and includes modern/contemporary, preparation for pointe, performance/musical theater jazz, an elite solos/variations class, and pointe classes for the higher levels. All levels include repertoire training, in which students learn choreography and dances. New students with prior dance training seeking to enter Youth Ballet 1 or higher are required to have a personal evaluation by the school faculty for placement.

Our Pre-Professional Program, now in its second year, provides a more rigorous and demanding training schedule, designed for students ages 7-21 striving towards a professional or post-secondary dance career. Admission to the Pre-Professional Program and our Professional Division are by audition and invitation only. Please visit our website for more information and audition information. 

We would love for you to come dance with us!