Archive: Ongoing Classes

MotionArt’s mission is to share the art of dance and the joy of movement with people of all ages and abilities. We strive to enrich lives by fostering creativity, body awareness and self-expression in a fun, non-competitive, welcoming environment. We offer ongoing dance classes in-studio, on Zoom and outside (weather permitting).

Paying the regular rate helps keep our organization afloat; however, no one will be turned away for inability to pay. There is also an option to pay what you can.

Please go to motionartmn.org to sign up for classes, or contact Pam Gleason for info.

Ageless Dance
Monday, 4:00-5:15pm – Center for Performing Arts, Studio #105
Thursday, 4:30-5:45pm – Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom

Beginning Modern Dance
Tuesday, 5:00-6:15pm – Zoom only

Intermediate Modern Dance
Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00pm – Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom

Mixed Level Modern Dance
Tuesday, 7:00-8:15pm – Center for Performing Arts, Studio #105
Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm – Hybrid: Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom, and Zoom

MotionArt is happy to offer children’s classes again! Children’s teacher, Kim Lewis, is excited to share her expertise and love of dance with children of all ages in the following classes:

Creative Dance for ages 3-5
Wednesdays, 9:30–10:15am
Two three-week sessions:
June 14, 21, 28 and/or August 2, 9, 16
Cost: $35 per 3-week session – includes 3 classes

In these 3-week sessions, preschoolers explore dance concepts through playful, structured activities accompanied by acoustic instruments and a wide variety of music. Children expand their movement vocabulary, develop body awareness, and gain self-confidence in a fun, nurturing environment.

Creative Dance for ages 5-7
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am
Two three-week sessions:
June 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28 and/or August 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, and 23
Cost: $75 per 3-week session – includes 6 classes

This class facilitates an understanding of the dance elements of Space, Time and Energy through improvised and structured activities. Children explore multiple concepts within these elements while practicing movement skills and enjoying new challenges. Students at this age begin to create their own dances and share them with their peers. No previous experience necessary.

Creative Dance/Introduction to Modern Dance for ages 8-11
Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:45am–1:00pm
Two three-week sessions:
June 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28 and/or August 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, and 23
Cost: $85 per 3-week session – includes 6 classes

In this class, students expand their creative potential and kinesthetic awareness as they explore a variety of concepts within the dance elements of Space, Time and Energy.  They are introduced to basic technical skills and movement vocabulary of Modern Dance and also have opportunities to improvise and create their own dances. No previous experience necessary.

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.
Parking is always free!

Learn more or sign up for a class.

Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you back for another season of dance this spring! Registration is open for the Spring Session, running March 27-June 4, 2023 (no classes May 27-29).

Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted.

Monday
10:00am: Intermediate 2 Contemporary with Joanna Lees
5:30pm: Contemporary Floorwork with Anna Pinault
7:00pm: Beginning/Intermediate Jazz with Jennifer Glaws

Tuesday
10:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren
6:00pm: All Levels Hip-Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning 1 Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester

Wednesday
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK – Online-only May 17 and May 31
5:30pm: Musical Theatre Jazz with Xan Mattek
5:30pm: Intermediate 1 Contemporary with Ruby Josephine Smith
5:30pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson – Online
7:00pm: Open Levels Hip Hop with Averie Mitchell-Brown

Thursday
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – Hybrid (live accompaniment with Dean Magraw)
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug

Friday
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Ayumi Shafer and Xan Mattek
12:00pm: Intermediate 2 Ballet with Penny Freeh (live accompaniment with Susan Hsu)

Saturday
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson – Online
10:00am: Beginning Modern with Roxane Wallace
12:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Ben Johnson and Lisa Erickson (live accompaniment with Pay Lyles)

Sunday
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 3-4 with Eliana Durnbaugh (assisted by Erin Ditmarson)
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 5-6 with Sofia Arisian (assisted by Erin Ditmarson)
11:00am: Youth Hip Hop for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian
11:00am: Youth Modern for ages 11-14 with Eliana Durnbaugh
12:00pm: Youth Ballet for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment.

April Sellers teaches Moving Practice all of May!
Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am

Professional-level dancers of all styles are welcome.
Registration and payment beforehand encouraged: pre-register.

Suggested price $17 per class. Pay-as-able option on all classes – we would rather you join us than not be able to attend due to financial limitations.

This class will be a laboratory for performance with an antiracist lens and an insistence upon accessibility. We will play with seeing and being seen – a chance to check in with yourself and your own sense of embodiment and engage with your inner worlds. There will be some work on the floor, improvisation, vocalization, and experiments with objects. We will engage connections, disruptions, and migrations. Each class will shape itself according to the people in the room and the inherent needs and themes.

April Sellers is a choreographer with a desire to lift and celebrate ignored streams in society, creating performance of movement, song, text, and sequins. She founded April Sellers Dance Collective (ASDC) in 2002 – a dance performance and teaching organization that celebrates complex expressions of gender and identity.

Benny Olk teaches Cunningham at The Arena!
May 12 – June 9
Fridays, 9:30-11:00am

Professional-level dancers of all styles are welcome.
Registration and payment beforehand encouraged: pre-register.

Suggested price $17 per class. Pay-as-able option on all classes – we would rather you join us than not be able to attend due to financial limitations.

This class will offer an introduction to Cunningham technique, emphasizing rhythmic, directional, and physical clarity in order to organize movements with efficiency and at the same time making room for discovery. The class begins with exercises for the torso, then moves to legwork, then across the floor and finally to jumping. Each class will contain something everyone can do and something no one can do. “The only way to do it is to do it,” as Cunningham himself said.

Benny Olk (he/him) is a performing artist and teacher in Minneapolis with an interest in contemporizing and contextualizing American modern and post-modern dance. As a member of Lucinda Childs Dance Company, he performed reconstructions of pieces such as Dance and Available Light. He performed in reconstructions of Crises and Suite for Five among others by Merce Cunningham, and has premiered works by Maria Evans and Anthea Hamilton. Benny holds a BFA in Dance from NYU and an MA in New Performative Practices from Stockholm University of the Arts.

Palomitas Flamencas for ages 5-7 or instructor permission
This kids’ class will explore different flamenco ritmos (rhythms) in a musical, fiesta style, improv immersion. We will use principles of modern contemporary and classical ballet dance with a flamenco focus to build body awareness, coordination and most of all have fun and play! This class is all about building self confidence for a strong foundation of our youngest dancers. Class will be taught Spanish bilingual, and students will learn elements of Spanish culture and tradition through music and dance. Students will learn letras (short songs) to build their “ear” (attention to music) and musicality. Class attendance is recommended 2 times per week for consistency. No previous experience required. Parents and siblings are encouraged to participate in the class to encourage a “family style” approach as is the norm in Spanish culture.

Palomitas Flamencas edades 5-7 o permiso del instructor
Esta clase para niños explorará diferentes ritmos flamencos en una inmersión musical, estilo fiesta e improvisación. Utilizaremos los principios de la danza clásica y contemporánea moderna con un enfoque flamenco para desarrollar la conciencia corporal, la coordinación y, sobre todo, ¡divertirnos y jugar! Esta clase tiene que ver con la construcción de confianza en uno mismo para una base sólida de nuestros bailarines más jóvenes. La clase se impartirá en español bilingüe y los estudiantes aprenderán elementos de la cultura y la tradición española a través de la música y la danza. Los estudiantes aprenderán letras (canciones cortas) para desarrollar su “oído” (atención a la música) y musicalidad. Se recomienda la asistencia a clase 2 veces por semana para mantener la coherencia. No se requiere experiencia previa. Se alienta a los padres y hermanos a participar en la clase para fomentar un enfoque de “estilo familiar” como es la norma en la cultura española.

May 16-July 28
5:00-5:40pm
$10/class
Taught by Marie Antoinette
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Sachiko “La Chayí” teaches Advanced Beginners and Bata de Cola (flamenco skirt with a long tail) classes at Zorongo Flamenco Studio on Wednesdays. Enter through the back of the building off 37th Street.

The new, 7-week session starts on May 10.
Summer 1 Session: May 10-June 21

Bata de Cola and Montón – Technique and Choreography
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:15pm
Fee: $154 per session
Online videos will be available for those who miss a class.
Drop-in: $26 per class

Advanced Beginners – Technique and Bulerías
Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15pm
Fee: $126 per session
Online videos will be available for those who miss a class.
Drop-in: $22 per class