Archive: Performances and Events

Alternative Motion Project returns to the Southern Theater for a dynamic and captivating evening of newly commissioned works performed by AMP’s talented company of movers. Each distinct world premiere explores the multi-faceted concept of identity, reflecting the unique perspectives of each artist that threads the eclectic evening together. Don’t miss it!

New Works
Body Watani – Leila and Noelle Awadallah
Nieya Amezquita
Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Rachel Lieberman

Repertory Work
split – Joanna Lees, Artistic and Executive Director

Master classes taught by each choreographer will also be offered as part of ViewPoints ’22. More information coming soon.

When
Friday, October 28 – 7:30pm
Saturday, October 29 – 7:30pm
Sunday, October 30 – 2:00pm – Pay What You Can (door only)

Tickets
General Admission – $20 in advance or $25 at the door
Senior – $18 in advance or $22 at the door
Students/Children under 12 – $18 in advance and at the door
Online remote viewing options will also be available. More information coming soon.

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

Photo Credits: Bill Cameron

As we continue to innovate in the field of dance – the art form of touch and breath – James Sewell Ballet shares a program with breath and exchange at its center. Take it in and let it fill you up.

Special guest Xina combines her dance and music savvy to co-create a piece blending art-pop and spiritual sensibilities – no formula, just boundless creativity. Michael Walters returns with brand new choreography after astonishing and energizing audiences with his JSB New Works Project ’22 premiere. Arimee Gambill, in her fifth season as a company dancer, debuts a work that combines rapture with decay.

What happens at the intersection of total rhapsody and utter nihilism? Rounding out the program is a restaging of Sewell’s Grey (2018), with mesmerizing moves swirling to selections from Ukrainian world-music quartet DakhaBrakha.

Geared to first-time audiences of all ages, including infants, this 60-minute performance of excerpts from the company’s regular season repertoire promises to delight! There will be no intermission, and house lights will remain partially lit so that audience members may come and go as needed.

Saturday, October 29
11:00am

As we continue to innovate in the field of dance – the art form of touch and breath – JSB shares a program with breath and exchange at its center. Take it in and let it fill you up.

Special guest XINA combines her dance and music savvy to co-create a piece blending art-pop and spiritual sensibilities – no formula, just boundless creativity. Michael Walters returns with brand new choreography after astonishing and energizing audiences with his JSB New Works Project ’22 premiere. Arimee Gambill, in her fifth season as company dancer, debuts a work that combines rapture with decay. What happens at the intersection of total rhapsody and utter nihilism? Rounding out the program is a restaging of Sewell’s Grey (2018), with mesmerizing moves swirling to selections from Ukrainian world-music quartet DakhaBrakha.

Regular, full-length performances on October 29 at 7:30pm and October 30 at 2:00pm.

Wonderland
September 15–October 2, 2022

Welcome to Wonderland, a premier psychiatric hospital. Dr. Knight has the difficult task of treating a man who refers to himself as a “White Rabbit” who suffers from a severe anxiety disorder, a young woman named Alice with body dysmorphia, and a Queen figure suffering from narcissistic rage. But as the doctor digs deeply into the causes and roots of their disorders he begins to ask: what does “normal” really mean?

Collide brings its newly improved hit production onto the stage in a co-production with Artistry Theater.

For tickets, visit www.artistrymn.org/wonderland. Seating is general admission.

An evening of six world premieres.

Each year three exceptional Minnesota dance artists receive the coveted honor of a McKnight Dancer Fellowship. To celebrate their artistry, we commission a solo dance from a choreographer of their choice. The 2020 and 2021 dance fellows have selected an outstanding group of local, national, and international dance artists who will bring their choreographic imaginations into new works expressly tailored for each fellow. The result is an evening of world premieres ranging from innovative hip hop to rhythmic Chicago footwork to Brazilian contemporary choreographic explorations and more.

SOLO Dancers and Commissioned Choreographers:
Melissa Clark (2020 Dancer Fellow) and Alhassane Bangoura (Guinea/MN), John ‘Boodilla’ King (IL), René Thompson (Cuba/MN)
Alexandra Eady (2021 Dancer Fellow) and Maria Bauman (NY)
Non Edwards (2020 Dancer Fellow) and Anna Shogren (MN)
Hassan Ingraham (2021 Dancer Fellow) and Norbert De La Cruz III (NY)
Marciano Silva dos Santos (2020 Dancer Fellow) and Gil Mendes Coelho (Brazil)
David Stalter Jr. (2021 Dancer Fellow) and Sheopatra (CA)

Friday and Saturday, September 16-17
In-person and live streamed.
Live stream tickets are pay-as-able!

Be sure to check-out our additional SOLO events this weekend – free and no RSVP required!

Friday, September 16:

• Performance preview with SOLO choreographers in the Target Education Studio, 2nd floor
• Post-performance artist reception in the U.S. Bank Atrium and Lobby

Saturday, September 17:

• Meet the Artists Post-Show Discussion Series immediately following the performance

Continental Ballet Company is holding Beer & Ballet, a fundraiser for Continental Ballet, on September 17, 2022 at 7:00pm.

Founder/Director Riet Velthuisen has invited company members to choreograph new pieces for this event. New choreography will be presented by Matthew Keefe, Wesley Rocha, Alarica Hassett, and Hope Easter.

This is a great opportunity for choreographers and also a fun and creative evening of ballet! Beer and other refreshments will be on sale in the theater lobby as well as raffle tickets for some great prizes.

Moonrise – a dance and live music performance featuring female composers.

Choreographer Yuki Tokuda examines what it means to be a woman artist, and brings awareness to the rich history of women artists as well as active women artists of today. Joined by flamenco dancer Sachiko “La Chayí,” modern dancer Nieya Amezquita, pianist Rie Tanaka, and violinist Natsuki Kumagai, the program features women composers including Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Sofia Gubaidulina and Sayo Kosugi.

Choreographer – Yuki Tokuda in collaboration with the dancers
Piano – Rie Tanaka
Violin – Natsuki Kumagai
Dancers – Sachiko “La Chayí” – flamenco; Nieya Amezquita – modern dance; Yuki Tokuda – ballet

Saturday, September 17 at 4:00pm
Saturday, September 17 at 6:00pm

Westminster Presbyterian Church requires individuals wear masks when you are in the building.
This show is free to the public, but tickets are required.

Yuki Tokuda is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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

The event includes Q&A with the artists as well as a showcase of AMP’s newest works by our guest choreographers:
Nieya Amezquita
Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Rachel Lieberman
Body Watani – Leila and Noelle Awadallah
with Joanna Lees, AMP Director

Performers
Kendall Edstrom, Stephanie Flanagan, Laura K Johnson, Zoë Koenig, Joanna Lees, Julia Moser-Hardy, Brenna Mosser, Anna Pinault, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, Addie Smith, Joey Wurm

Sunday, September 18, 2:00-3:30pm
Free. For all ages.

RSVP/pre-registration through AMP’s website is encouraged but not required. Performers will be masked. Masks recommended for those attending. For questions or more information, visit AMP’s website or email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you!

See the full performance of ViewPoints 2022 at The Southern Theater, October 28-30.

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

Photo Credit: Bill Cameron

Toward Utopia is a contemporary dance performance exploring the conflict between my needs and the greater good.

Five performers interrogate the dynamics of individual struggles and attempt to connect across a chasm of miscommunication and animosity with raw emotion and physicality.

The work explores the desire to create a more perfect world, charting the emotional struggles of individualism versus the group dynamic, seeking a common purpose toward an equitable future. What will it take to create systemic change?

Choreography by Paula Mann
Projection by Steve Paul
Sound score by Tarek Abdelqader
Performed by Leila Awadallah, Carmen Lucia Lincoln, Erika Martin, Johnathan Surber and Roxanne Wallace

This vibrant, technicolor, evening-length, experience explores the energies swirling before (Canary) and during (Crimson) the height of COVID lockdowns – then offers a vision (Emerald) of glorious reconnection and physical embrace as essential bridges to imagining and manifesting a renewed and recharged community on the other side of the pandemic.