Archive: Performances and Events

Join Concerto Dance for our Fall Fundraiser Event: an evening of Dancing, Drinks and Dessert!

The evening includes performances by the company featuring a sneak peek at some of our new work, followed by a social hour of drinks, dessert bar and dancing –  including a 30-minute swing dance lesson taught by Corey and Betsy Mills.

Sunday, November 13
6:30-8:30pm
Tickets: $50 per person or two for $90.

All tickets sales go to support our upcoming performance season and our dance artists! There will be an additional opportunity to make a tax deductible donation during our Give to the Max campaign following the event on Thursday, November 17.

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Join The Cowles Center on Friday, October 7 from 7:00-11:00pm for our annual dessert and dance party fundraiser to celebrate our wonderful education programs!

With Ricci Milan as the night’s emcee, enjoy the party by indulging in decadent drinks and desserts, showing off your beautiful smile at the photo booth, connecting with fellow dance lovers, funding our Arts in Education programs, and living it up at the late-night dance party led by Rhythm Street Movement.

7:00pm: Social hour with hosted bar and desserts from The Copper Hen
8:00pm: Program and performances featuring our fund-a-need for Arts Education programs
9:00pm: Dance party on stage, prizes, and fun led by Rhythm Street Movement

Learn more and get tickets here!

Join choreographer Chloe Nagle and filmmaker Kym McDaniel for a series of programs including performances, screenings, work-in-progress showings and a dance filmmaking workshop at the Red Eye Theater. Performances and screenings premiere October 7, 8, and 14 at 7:00pm, with a Dance Filmmaking Community Workshop on October 8 at 4:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm, tickets for purchase at the door. Cash, Venmo, and PayPal are accepted. Tickets are $7-70 pay as you are. For more information and to RSVP for the workshop, please visit: https://www.kymmcdaniel.com/red-eye-curated-rental-kym-mcdaniel-chloe-nagle 

October 7 at 7:00pm: Entrance and Exit Strategies 
Chloe Nagle and Kym McDaniel introduce themselves to the Minneapolis dance community in an evening of experimental film and improvisation scores. After developing debilitating chronic pain from a dance injury, McDaniel created the films entitled Exit Strategies. Over the course of five short films, she questions the intersection between trauma, chronic illness, and healing. Nagle’s improvisation score engages audience participation to explore individual and collective choice-making.

October 8 from 4:00-6:00pm: Dance Filmmaking Workshop
In this free workshop open to all ages and experience, participants collaborate in pairs to create a one-minute choreographic one-take video, highlighting the choreography of a body in motion. Final one-take projects will be screened at the beginning of The Language of Gesture! Participants also receive free entrance to the evening’s program. Register for workshop here.

October 8 at 7:00pm: The Language of Gesture 
The Language of Gesture is a hybrid film/dance touring program premiering in Minneapolis for the first time. Curated by Kym McDaniel, the films within the program explore artists who use movement and gesture as a means of communication. Featured film and movement artists include Chanelle Lajoie, Terrance Houle, Martine Syms, Ariana Gerstein, A.M. Baggs, and Chloe Nagle.

October 14 at 7:00pm: Work-In-Progress Showing
Kym McDaniel and Chloe Nagle premiere an immersive, multimedia collaborative work investigating boundary setting and the body’s relationship with trauma. By creating dance and video improvisation structures with elements of unpredictability, the artists seek to translate how pain shapes interaction with ourselves, other people, and the environment.

Amidst the fall colors and falling leaves, dancers Sarah Baumert, Suzette Gilreath, Erika Hansen, Megan Mayer, and Leslie O’Neill perform in a new, site-specific Sound Garden installation at Texa-Tonka Park in St. Louis Park, along the majestic North Cedar Lake Trail, next to Victoria Lake. This premiere performance directed by composer JG Everest will also feature site-specific poetry by Chavonn Shen, Lisa Yankton and many more, along with site-specific photography and natural sculptures created in a community workshop by sculptor Jim Proctor.

The Fall Sound Garden event is a free, family-friendly, self-guided event that features a sound installation of 60+ small, wireless speakers, distributed throughout the park, with live accompaniment by roving musicians and dancers, and live poetry and site-specific visual art. Each small speaker is playing a different part of the whole piece of music, creating a unique, immersive experience that is described as “a concert you can move through.” Event is free, but registration is required due to limited capacity and possible program changes.

Join us Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 4:00-7:00pm at the Ballet Co.Laboratory studios for our first performance of the 2022/23 season, Dirty Dancing – a benefit performance for Ballet Co.Laboratory.

You’ll have the time of your life at Ballet Co.Laboratory’s fifth annual benefit performance and celebration. Take in a Dirty Dancing-inspired performance that will make you want to sway your body and move those hips. Proceeds will directly benefit the company dancers, students, and outreach efforts of Ballet Co.Laboratory.

Enjoy a performance by dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory, themed sips and bites, as well as mix and mingle with the company of Ballet Co.Laboratory.

Saturday, October 8, 2022
4:00-7:00pm
At the Ballet Co.Laboratory Studio Theatre

Learn more or purchase your tickets here: https://bit.ly/BCL5thanniversaryseason

Sidekick Theatre opens its season with the Twin Cities debut of Dancing Lessons, a celebrated play by Mark St. Germain at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center in Bloomington from October 12-November 6.

A wonderful combination of comedy and drama, Dancing Lessons tells the story of a geoscience professor and a professional dancer who live separate, solitary lives in the same New York City apartment building. Impaired with an injury that threatens her career and identity, Senga is surprised when her socially awkward neighbor, Ever, knocks on her door in desperate need of dancing lessons. He is determined, and offers to pay an exorbitant fee. These two mismatched souls engage in a series of funny and poignant dance lessons that quickly lead both out of their comfort zones.

“Dancing Lessons is the perfect play for this moment in time,” says director Tim Stolz, “and a delightful antidote to the feeling of isolation many have experienced during COVID. It’s about two people who have been living remote lives to learning how to connect with each other in ways that are surprising. Charming, touching, funny and life-affirming, you’ll find yourselves laughing and moved – often in the same moment in this tender-hearted sweet comedy.”

October 12-November 6
$27-38
Box Office

2017 McKnight Dancer Fellow Sachiko “La Chayí” invites audiences to join her Southern Spanish tablao-style Flamenco in which music, voice and movement harmonize and create vibrant and nuanced colors of emotions.

The show features internationally recognized artists, singer Juan Pedro Jiménez from Cádiz, Spain and guitarist Juanito Pascual.

COLORES FLAMENCOS will take place from October 12-16 at three venues: New York Mills Regional Cultural Center (New York Mills, MN), Zeitgeist Teatro Zuccone (Duluth, MN), and Icehouse MPLS (Minneapolis, MN).

Artists:

Sachiko “La Chayí,” Flamenco dancer and Director
Juan Pedro Jiménez, Flamenco singer (Cádiz, Spain and New York City)
Juanito Pascual, Flamenco guitarist
Colette Illarde, Flamenco dancer (Minneapolis only)
Deborah Elias, Flamenco dancer (Minneapolis only)
Ross “El Vecino” Fellrath, Flamenco guitarist
Eva Makiko, Flamenco dancer and singer

Launching CAAM Chinese Dance Theater’s 30th anniversary season, Artistic Director Jinyu Zhou brings together her original choreography, CAAM CDT dancers, and live music by Gao Hong – internationally award-winning Pipa virtuoso with the Carleton Chinese Instrumental Ensemble – in a world premiere performance.

Also included are dance performances by Aloe Liu, CAAM CDT’s newest professional and 2022 Walker Art Center Choreographer’s Evening artist, in a live collaboration with Gao Hong.

Special guest dance performances by Katha Dance and St. Paul Ballet round out this special celebratory program. These performances should not be missed!

Saturday, October 15
7:30pm
$5-25

Celebrate 35 years of Young Dance, play, and build community at the Fall Fling on Saturday, October 15 from 3:00–6:00pm.

This outdoor celebration is fun for the whole family! Enjoy performances and interactive demonstrations by Young Dance, CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Ripple Effect Community Fitness, Smiling Drum, St. Paul Ballet, and Youth Performance Company. Visit the family-friendly makers’ market including Tough Cookies Art, addis/Decolonize Clay, The Munchies, StartseedUrban, Mrs. E’s Teacher Treats, and more! Play games, blow bubbles, make art, eat cake, dance, and more! 

We will provide audio description and an ASL interpreter. Parking is wheelchair accessible and seating will be available. Individuals with and without disabilities regularly engage with the organizations at the Fairview Business Center. We value access and continue working to improve our programming and space to meet people’s needs better. Please let us know if any other accommodations are needed to participate in this event. 

Activities will be outdoors, but in the event of rain, the event will continue inside at each partner’s location. The schedule and more information can be found on the Facebook Event page: https://fb.me/e/2AaJ7G8xX

The event is free! 

The Seven Deadly Sins
October 21-November 6

Wall Street investment trader Laura Oxford has spent most of her life in pursuit of power and wealth. Reaching a tipping point, she stumbles through a series of doors illuminating her path through “the seven deadly sins.”

Enjoy our immersive dance theater performance told through a variety of dance styles and popular music.

Audience members will be seated in a cocktail table-style setting surrounded by haunted house elements. Enjoy your favorite guilty beverage while nibbling on sinful treats provided.