Archive: Other Dance News

Please consider supporting Alternative Motion Project this Give to the Max Day as we usher in a new era/decade of Moving BIG. We are hopping to reach our $10,000 goal and each donation will be matched (up to $5,000) making your donation in any size even more impactful.

Funds will directly support our efforts to empower and connect artists and audiences through contemporary dance.

Where does your generosity go? Your support helps people!
81% of our FY21 budget went directly to pay personnel.

Help AMP move into our next decade of dance as we support AMP’s artists and audiences alongside the broader MN dance community through creation, performance, and engagement opportunities.

We are expanding our performance and education programs this year. Any donation gets us closer to achieving our goal of equitable and competitive compensation for our personnel’s valuable work.

Your contributions will greatly impact and support a smooth and steady transition year as Joanna Lees shifts to AMP’s sole Artistic and Executive Director. AMP returned to The Southern Theater forViewPoints ’22 in October, which included audience engagement, community master classes and new work commissions by local dance artists Nieya Amezquita, Rachel Lieberman, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, and Body Watani/Noelle and Leila Awadallah.

Current and upcoming programing includes:

• Move to the MAX: Virtual Edition ’22 – November 2022
  • AMP supports and builds community within movement organizations with a unique performance event occurring all online and on-demand.
• AMP’s Second Annual Winter Workshop – December 2022
  • A three-day workshop for local professionals and students to connect through artistic development opportunities.
• AMP’s eleventh Spring Season Performance* – April 2023
  • The addition of a second weekend of performances featuring all new works by Company Member Zoë Koenig, Guest Choreographers Brianna Rae Johnson and Khary Jackson, and a new collaboration between Joanna Lees and Sound Artist Dameun Strange.
  • *This activity will occur pending grant funding, TBD December 2022.
• Amplified Summer Workshop – Summer 2023
  • This five-day workshop will invites participants to engage in various movement practices, improvisation, creative process, and repertory material.

Thank you for your consideration. Regardless, please don’t forget to support your local nonprofits now through Thursday, November 17.

With Gratitude and Appreciation,

Joanna Lees, and AMP’s Artists and Board

ARENA DANCES is participating in the thirteenth annual Give to the Max giving event taking place this year starting on Tuesday, November 1, and culminating on Thursday, November 17. Give to the Max is a statewide giving event that raises millions each year for more than 6,000 causes across Minnesota and beyond. Considered Minnesota’s holiday for generosity, donors have given more than $225 million since the inaugural Give to the Max Day in 2009.

Please consider making a generous gift to ARENA DANCES this November to support numerous impactful upcoming projects in the 2022/2023 season, including:

The continuation and expansion of ARENA’s DanceON educational outreach program, focused on incorporating dance into K-12 Minneapolis Public Schools, along with the development of workshops for professional performing artists to acquire skills of dance pedagogy to teach in these K-12 academic settings. This season, DanceON will hold residencies in the Lucy Laney Community School and Hall STEM Academy.

The seventh annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, which aims to offer masterclasses, panel discussions, performances featuring both emerging and established choreographers, and more taking place April 24-29, 2023 at The Southern Theater.

Sponsor a dancer towards the research for ARENA’s next work entitled Erased Steps, beginning with the $6,000 needed for movement generating rehearsals starting in January 2023 with the talented Dustin Haug, Leslie O’Neill, and Laura Selle Virtucio. Erased Steps will premiere in fall 2023 with a cast of 12-16 Twin Cities dancers at the Union Depot in St. Paul.

Our goal is to raise $12,000 this Give to the Max season to further ARENA’s impact in creative education, arts engagement, and curation of live performances to share with our wonderful dance community.

We thank you for your contribution and consideration.

Fridays, 4:00-5:00pm

36th St. and Bde Mka Ska Blvd

Bring your own music via ear buds/devices and join fellow dancers in the liberating practice of dancing in public.

Questions? Contact Nan at nandancez40@gmail.com.

ARENA DANCES is participating in the thirteenth annual Give to the Max giving event taking place this year starting on Tuesday, November 1, and culminating on Thursday, November 17. Give to the Max is a statewide giving event that raises millions each year for more than 6,000 causes across Minnesota and beyond. Considered Minnesota’s holiday for generosity, donors have given more than $225 million since the inaugural Give to the Max Day in 2009.

Please consider making a generous gift to ARENA DANCES this November to support numerous impactful upcoming projects in the 2022/2023 season, including:

The continuation and expansion of ARENA’s DanceON educational outreach program, focused on incorporating dance into K-12 Minneapolis Public Schools, along with the development of workshops for professional performing artists to acquire skills of dance pedagogy to teach in these K-12 academic settings. This season, DanceON will hold residencies in the Lucy Laney Community School and Hall STEM Academy.

The seventh annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, which aims to offer masterclasses, panel discussions, performances featuring both emerging and established choreographers, and more taking place April 24-29, 2023 at The Southern Theater.

Sponsor a dancer towards the research for ARENA’s next work entitled Erased Steps, beginning with the $6,000 needed for movement generating rehearsals starting in January 2023 with the talented Dustin Haug, Leslie O’Neill, and Laura Selle Virtucio. Erased Steps will premiere in Fall 2023 with a cast of 12-16 Twin Cities dancers at the Union Depot in St. Paul.

Our goal is to raise $12,000 this GTM Season to further ARENA’s impact in creative education, arts engagement, and curation of live performances to share with our wonderful dance community.

We thank you for your contribution and consideration.

Join us in congratulating TU Dance Executive Director Abdo Sayegh-Rodriguez as he has been named recently as Board Chair Elect of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, serving a broad cross-section of the dance field. Established in 1982, Dance/USA champions an inclusive and equitable dance field by leading, convening, advocating, and supporting individuals and organizations.

TU Dance has been a member of Dance/USA for many years.

Read more here.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato is excited to announce the addition of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance degree to our Graduate Program. We are now accepting applications for Fall 2021. This three-year program includes tracks in performance and choreography and offers teaching opportunities, as well as graduate assistantships. The program offers applicants an opportunity to choreograph and perform in annual dance concerts and theatrical productions in beautiful venues including the newly renovated 450 seat Ted Paul Theatre, the intimate Andreas black box theatre, and multiple dance studios.

Graduate Students in the MFA Dance Program will have the opportunity to attend the annual American College Dance Association conference in the spring. Guest artists are invited into the program annually for performances of residencies.

Students are supported by 13 faculty and staff members in the department with specialties including choreography, dance performance, history, lighting, costuming, musical theatre, directing, scenic design and public relations.

Those seeking more information or wishing to apply to the MFA in Dance Program please email Daniel Stark at daniel.stark@mnsu.edu.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato is now accepting applications for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance Graduate Program for Fall 2022. This three-year program includes tracks in performance and choreography and offers teaching opportunities, as well as graduate assistantships. The program offers applicants an opportunity to choreograph and perform in annual dance concerts and theatrical productions in beautiful venues including the newly renovated 450-seat Ted Paul Theatre, the intimate Andreas black box theatre, and multiple dance studios.

Graduate Students in the MFA Dance Program will have the opportunity to attend the annual American College Dance Association conference in the spring. Guest artists are invited into the program annually for performances of residencies. Students are supported by 13 faculty and staff members in the department with specialties including choreography, dance performance, history, lighting, costuming, musical theatre, directing, scenic design and public relations.

Priority deadline: April 1, 2022. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by this date.

For information or to apply, email Daniel Stark.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato is now accepting applications for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance Graduate Program for Fall 2022. This three-year program includes tracks in performance and choreography and offers teaching opportunities, as well as graduate assistantships. The program offers applicants an opportunity to choreograph and perform in annual dance concerts and theatrical productions in beautiful venues including the newly renovated 450-seat Ted Paul Theatre, the intimate Andreas black box theatre, and multiple dance studios.

Graduate Students in the MFA Dance Program will have the opportunity to attend the annual American College Dance Association conference in the spring. Guest artists are invited into the program annually for performances of residencies. Students are supported by 13 faculty and staff members in the department with specialties including choreography, dance performance, history, lighting, costuming, musical theatre, directing, scenic design and public relations.

Priority Deadline: April 1, 2022. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by this date.

For information or to apply email Daniel Stark.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato is now accepting applications for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance Graduate Program for Fall 2022. This three-year program includes tracks in performance and choreography and offers teaching opportunities, as well as graduate assistantships. The program offers applicants an opportunity to choreograph and perform in annual dance concerts and theatrical productions in beautiful venues including the newly renovated 450-seat Ted Paul Theatre, the intimate Andreas black box theatre, and multiple dance studios.

Graduate students in the MFA Dance Program will have the opportunity to attend the annual American College Dance Association conference in the spring. Guest artists are invited into the program annually for performances of residencies. Students are supported by 13 faculty and staff members in the department with specialties including choreography, dance performance, history, lighting, costuming, musical theatre, directing, scenic design and public relations.

Priority Deadline: April 1, 2022. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by this date. For information or to apply, email Daniel Stark.