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DALAKOPA International Folk Music – an exclusive Midwest tour!

Since 1985, Dalakopa has been famous in Norway after the group won first prize at Titano Festivalen. In addition, the group won a contract with Heilo records. In 1986 that recording was nominated for a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy) and won. This honor was followed by a substantial winning streak at old-time dance contests through the 1980s and 1990s.

Dalakopa’s music has appeal for dancers accustomed to lively, old-time tunes as well as folks who enjoy listening to – and watching – energetic, soulful, performances and personalities.

There are 9 musicians in the group: 3 fiddles, 2 accordions, bass, guitar and wooden flute/recorder. Dalakopa musicians all love sharing music with others. Dalakopa is an international group of musicians from 4 countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the USA. Together they have forged a special sound, due to the countries from which band members come. Their traditional repertoire comes mostly from Røros and Østerdalen, Sweden, with originals from the group’s composers.

Online registration available. Doors open at 6:45pm.

Cost:
$15 General
$12 Members
$10 Ages 10-21

Open rehearsal for James Sewell Ballet’s upcoming show Breathe on Friday, September 30 from 1:00-2:00pm!

Come see excerpts from upcoming new works by choreographers Michael Walters, Arimee Gambill and XINA as well as James Sewell’s work, Grey.

Masks required for visitors.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Q&A and mingling with the dancers and choreographers to follow the sneak peek.

Seating is limited and RSVPs are required. Please send a note to deirdre@jsballet.org to reserve your spot!

Ananya Dance Theatre explores betrayal, dispossession, exile, and the desperate global resistance against great odds that fuels hope and survival in a new piece that premieres at The O’Shaughnessy, Friday-Saturday, September 30-October 1, at 7:30pm. ASL-interpreted on Friday, September 30.

Using the 1978-79 massacre of 10,000 refugees on the Marichjhapi Island in West Bengal, India, as its point of departure, Nün Gherāo: Surrounded by Salt tags and stimulates different sites of memory through meditations on dancing in salt water, where one’s tears meet the rising and warming oceans of our world.

Choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea and performed by the artists of Ananya Dance Theatre, Nün Gherāo (“noon ghey-raow”) becomes activated through shared breath and rhythms, practices of mourning, overlapping time cycles, ritualized movement, dances of liberation, and personal connection.

The choreographic language of Yorchhā employs movement principles of Odissi, Mayurbhanj Chhau, and Vinyasa Yoga to articulate a contemporary feminist consciousness and aesthetic.

This world premiere features the work of an exceptional team of collaborators, including sound artist Spirit McIntyre (performing live), stage director Marcus Young, lighting designer Kevin A. Jones, costume designer Annie Cady, scenery designer Chelsea Warren, properties designer Kezia Florence, writer Mimi Mondal, and filmmaker Darren Johnson.

Ananya Dance Theatre and The O’Shaughnessy are implementing Pay What You Can for these performances with a suggested ticket price of $30.

Learn more about Nün Gherāo.

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. 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 premier 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 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

Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

Visionary choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham and pioneering producer/electronic music composer Jlin have come together to create a reimagining of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor through abstracted themes of afterlife, reincarnation, mythology, and folklore.

In collaboration with costume designer Giles Deacon, and lighting and set designer Dan Scully, ten dancers from Abraham’s company—A.I.M by Kyle Abraham—take the stage to the music of Jlin, who has transformed Mozart’s score into an electronic opus that memorializes ritual and rebirth.

On October 15 CAAM CDT launches its 30th anniversary season with a brand new production at the O’Shaughnessy celebrating Mid-Autumn Moon Festival.

Invite the Moon to Dance – a live in-person event of CAAM Chinese Dance Theater – invites not only our Chinese dance community to ‘dance with the moon,’ but also many more amazing local artists! To share this auspicious performance, CAAM CDT has invited world-reknown pipa artist Gao Hong and her Chinese instrument orchestra, Katha Dance Theater and their professional company, as well as select dancers from St. Paul Ballet, featuring choreography of Helen Hatch.

With original choreography of Jinyu Zhou, CAAM CDT’s Artistic Director, set on CAAM CDT’s dancers, and featuring solo performances by Ao (Aloe) Liu, a choreographer/dancer for Walker Art Center’s 2022 Choreographers’ Evening. After performing professionally as a soloist for 8 years in Yang Liping Dance Company, (also known as the “Peacock Queen” in China, Ao Liu continued to perform and choreograph professionally in China until she joined CAAM Chinese Dance Theater in 2022.

Tickets are now on sale! $5-25 on the O’Shaughnessy’s website.

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, Smiling Drum, St. Paul Ballet, and Youth Performance Company. Visit the family-friendly makers’ market including addis, NordEast Cookie Co., 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. 

This event is free! 

The schedule of events will be posted in early October and more information can be found on the Facebook Event page.