Archive: Performances and Events

Critically-acclaimed Doña Perón is an explosive portrait of Eva “Evita” Perón, one of the most recognizable and controversial women in Argentinian history. The illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, Evita concealed this shameful past as she climbed the ranks from dancehall performer to Argentina’s First Lady. A voice for the people, or a deceitful actress? Latina choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores these diverging legacies while reclaiming the narrative of this iconic Latina figure in a “smashingly theatrical” (Chicago Sun-Times) evening-length work performed with exquisite live music.

February 25 at 7:30pm

Join Alternative Motion Project in the studio for an open works-in-process showing that gives an inside look of our upcoming eleventh season spring performance!

The event includes Q+A with the artists ,as well as a showcase of AMP’s newest works by our guest choreographers:
Khary Jackson
Brianna Rae Johnson
Zoë Koenig, AMP Company Member
Joanna Lees, AMP Director (with Sound Artist, Dameun Strange)

Performers: Kendall Edstrom, Laura K Johnson, Zoë Koenig, Joanna Lees, Brenna Mosser, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, Addie Smith

All ages event. Free!
Sunday, February 26,  2:00-3:30pm  
at the Cowles Center.

RSVP/pre-registration through AMP’s website is encouraged but not required. For questions or more information, visit AMP’s website or email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

See the full performance of ELEVEN at The Southern Theater, April 14-16.

We look forward to seeing you!

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Photo Credits: Bill Cameron

Back by popular demand, Twin Cities Ballet’s groundbreaking hit show returns to the historic Fitzgerald Theater, with live music by popular local band, Momentary Lapse of Floyd. Based on Pink Floyd’s iconic 1979 rock opera, TCB’s The Wall: A Rock Ballet is an ingenious fusion of genres that will captivate ballet patrons, music fans, and the artistically curious alike.

TCB’s ballet interprets the original Pink Floyd rock opera’s music, themes, story arc, and lyrics on a personal, rather than political, level. It explores the life and various relationships of the main character Pink and follows his transformative journey of loss, isolation, insanity, and redemption. Through its insightful original interpretation of the emotion and power of Pink Floyd’s story and music, TCB brings this classic rock masterpiece to life like never before!

March 3 at 7:30pm
March 4 at 7:30pm
March 5 at 2:00pm

Tickets from $37.50–$52.50, available at twincitiesballet.org/tickets.

These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through an operating support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Concerto Dance presents Looking Back/Moving Forward at the Southern Theater, March 10-12.

Looking Back/Moving Forward features a mixed repertoire of modern and jazz dance works from Artistic Director Jolene Konkel, including audience favorite Ode to Opus Jazz, along with two premieres choreographed by visiting guest artists – Steve Rooks (formerly of the Martha Graham Company, NYC) and Cynthia Gutierrez Garner (Artistic Director of Company Movimiento, Eugene, OR).

Join us as we perform work that reflects on the past and looks ahead with hopeful expectation… moving forward together in this evening of vibrant concert dance!

Featuring Concerto Dance Company Members: Rachel Bonkoungou, Lydia Kantor, Sara Karimi, Helena Magalhães, Shannon Mulcahy, Betsy G. Nelson, Sarah Pieper, and Maddy Woodman. Along with Guest Artists: Rush Benson, Malia Craft, Brenda Nepsund and Doug Hooker. Apprentices: Hunter Batterson and Kaitlyn Craven.

Friday, March 10 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 11 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 12 at 3:00pm

Tickets: $25, plus fees.
Note: A limited amount of “pay as you are” tickets are available at the door.
Learn more.

Calling mischief-makers of all ages! Ballet Co.Laboratory invites you to venture where the Where the Wild Things Are for Ballet Co.Laboratory’s interpretation of the colorful children’s tale by Maurice Sendak. Join upper-level students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory as they set out to find freedom in imagination and the resilience of the human spirit. 

Choreography by: Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies – part of the Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program 

Performed by: Upper-level students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory 

Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 2:00pm
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:00pm

Park Square Theatre, St. Paul.

Tickets
Adults: $30. Seniors: $28. Children/Students: $25.
Groups with 10+ tickets to the same performance: $25.

The Cowles Center’s MERGE program pairs artists from varying genres in unconventional collaborations, culminating in the premiere of an evening-length performance.

Andy Mor and CABARAVE break the rules in their new, dynamic experience you can’t get anywhere else!

Featuring

• Aerialists
• Fire performers
• Performance painting
• Live music
• Pole, and
• Dance – tap and hip hop to African and jazz

The ominous glass ceiling (suspended above the stage) is a reminder, not only of where we are, but what is yet to come. Throughout the night, the audience will participate in the spectacle, and watch as the glass ceiling moves in closer and closer. The only question is, When the glass ceiling is in reach, will you have the strength to break through?

Wednesday, March 15 performance includes Pay As You Are!

EMBRACE with the Ahn Trio

James Sewell Ballet reunites with the extraordinary Ahn Trio in a program featuring a reimagining of 2018’s Connections. Like the best embrace, there’s known comfort and new spark combined. The three sisters of the Ahn Trio – Lucia on piano, Angella on violin, and Maria on cello – were born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at the Juilliard School in New York City. These growing-up experiences in two cultures, along with their extensive international touring, infuse their celebration of 21st-century classical music with a particular flare and style.

Friday, March 17 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 18 at 2:00pm

This performance runs approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with one intermission. Tickets: $5-$35.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents its first dance musical with an original score—
SKOL!
plays at the Southern Theater March 23–April 9, 2023

When a mysterious illness befalls a Viking clan, a young woman is called to fulfill her destiny as a great warrior leader in a battle for the cure with the Christian army. Inspired by the Norse gods, her journey tests the boundaries of her faith, shakes the ground of the relationships with the men dearest in her life, and causes her to question the definition of female strength.

Inspired by recent evidence of the grave of a female Viking holding the accoutrements and injury marks of a prestigious warrior, a discovery that cast a new light on gender roles in Scandinavian history. Collide explores this fascinating story with an original pop rock/rap score composed by Twin Cities musician Mike Michel (The Orange Goodness), with lyrics by vocalists Rush Benson (Ordway) and Katie Gearty (Dakota Jazz Club).

Created by Collide Artistic Director, Regina Peluso, the production stars Renee Guittar and Jarod Boltjes. For tickets visit www.collidetheatrical.org/skol or call 651-395-7903.

“There is a keen theatrical intelligence at work here, with moving intimations of the solitude of human existence and moments of dream-like intensity.” —The Guardian (on Ponifasio’s Requiem)

Love to Death (Amor a la muerte) is a traditional yet radical work conceived and directed by internationally renowned Samoan artist Lemi Ponifasio, a champion of both the avant-garde and Indigenous people. This new work brings together Chilean artists Mapuche singer and composer Elisa Avaendano Curaqueo and contemporary flamenco dancer Natalia Garcia-Huidobro. The work was sparked by events detonated after the murder of Camilo Catrillanca, a Mapuche former student activist and farmer. Voices and bodies weave together in a ceremony revealing their own stories: two lives that reflect both Chile’s history and the search for its future. Touching on questions of identity, destiny, and nature, the work transcends conventional ideas of theater, dance, and activism.

Friday, March 31 at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 1 at 8:00pm
Sunday, April 2 at 8:00pm

Copresented with Northrop.

Tickets: $31.50; $25 Walker members.

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal. Every first Saturday! Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is:
Saturday, February 4
3:00-5:00pm
RSVP by Thursday, February 2.

This February Floorwork will focus on how we can create a root system of support that allows us to thrive and create art that is more inspired. Conversation will be held over a communal meal – bring your own dish to share in our potluck! ARENA DANCES will supply beverages, plates, napkins, and utensils.