Archive: Performances and Events

a\c|c/e|p\t|i/n|s\i|s/t is an exhibition of “disposable writings and drawings from the gut” by Pramila Vasudevan + Rachel Jendrzejewski opens this Saturday, May 21 at HAIR+NAILS Gallery in South Minneapolis.

This exhibition drops a frame onto their practices and their ongoing dialogue, fluidly examining public and private intersections of illness, mortality, constitution, buoyancy, exhaustion, ease, and showing up.

Please join us Saturday, May 21 from 7:00-10:00 pm for an opening reception.

Open gallery hours continue Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-5:00 through June 12 and by appointment via hairandnailsart@gmail.com

Named after the Samantha Rei’s fashion line, id.ego. is an evening of dance that is dedicated to how the arts can help heal mental health.

This  includes “Angels Sang to Me” where composer AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa reveals her experiences with mental illness through music and spoken word illustrating her journey through bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Samantha Rei’s “id.ego.” fashion collection inspires new works that explore healing through arts. The designer created what she calls her “Therapy Collection which reflects feelings she experienced during a time of feeling low.

Join us for an evening of self discovery through dance, spoken word, visual art, and music. Featuring live music with musicians from Minnesota Orchestra, MacPhail, and the Isles Ensemble, and visual art from artists Paul Herwig and Liv Majors.

May 26 – 28, 2022 at 7:30 pm

Barbara Barker Center for Dance  (U of M)
500 21st Ave S Minneapolis 55455

Tickets at www.borealisdance.org

May 26-June 18, 2022 | 2213 Snelling Ave Minneapolis, MN 55404

A cornerstone of the Twin Cities performance landscape, the long-running New Works 4 Weeks Festival returns to live formats for the first edition in Red Eye’s new performance space in the Seward neighborhood. This process-driven, cohort-based incubator of new works culminates in a showcase of the freshest experiments from Minnesota’s most risk-taking performing artists. 

• May 26-28, 7 pm: Works-in-Progress, with Christian Bardin | Maddie Granlund | Atlese Robinson | J H Shuǐ Xiān | Anat Spiegel
• June 2-4, 7 pm: Lelis K. Brito | Ricardo Beaird
• June 9-11, 7 pm: A.P. Looze | José A. Luis
• June 16-18, 7 pm: Kate Sutton-Johnson | Ritika Ganguly

More information and tickets at www.redeyetheater.org. 

Join us for this celebratory event supporting Northrop Centennial Commissions for the creation of new dance works, elevating artists, and bringing extraordinary presentations to our stage. Featuring an exquisite performance by Limón Dance Company and GALLIM, your evening will also include delicious food and drinks, live music by the Bluewater Kings Band, dancing, and special guests. Plan to attend with friends—you can help ensure that artists’ creative works are seen by audiences and youth in our community for years to come.

Limón Dance Company will perform José Limón’s Chaconne, a solo from 1942 set to music by Bach. The Chaconne as a dance form originated in Mexico during the Spanish occupation. Bach employed the strict musical form of the Chaconne but enriched it with powerful emotional implications. Limón has tried to capture in his dance both the formal austerity and the profound feeling of the music.

$75 All-inclusive Ticket

$125 VIP Ticket
All-inclusive plus backstage Meet and Greet Artist Reception with Limón Dance Company soloist, along with Artistic Director, Dante Puleio.

Katha Dance Theatre is pleased to announce the upcoming revival of one of its classic repertory works, Black Candle. The new production is set to premiere at the Southern Theater June 3 – 5, 2022.

Based on the award-winning poetry of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and featuring all-new choreography by Rita Mustaphi, Black Candle combines the elegant medium of Kathak dance with text and music to evoke female joy, love, pain and resilience. Telling stories of triumph and bravery, it pays tribute to the strength and tenacity shown by the women of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan in the face of adversity such as sexism, misogyny and repressive cultural norms.

Tickets on sale now at southerntheater.org.

Performances:
Friday, June 3 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 4 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 5 at 2 pm (ASL-interpreted; post-show discussion)

Learn more about the production at https://kathadance.org/black-candle-announcement/

Join us for our premiere of Girls in the Band, an original jazz dance production illuminating the history and untold stories of female musicians and composers who paved the way for women in jazz from the 1930’s to today.  Told through dance, narration and film, Girls in the Band celebrates the “Ladies Who Swing the Band!”

Bloomington Center for the Arts
June 16, 1:30* & 7:30pm
June 17, 7:30pm
June 18, 2:30* & 7:30pm
*6/16 1:30 Senior Homes Matinee, 6/18 2:30 “Pick your price” options available

Ticket also includes free admission to the film screening of the full documentary film, The Girls in the Band directed by Judy Chaikin, June 18th at 4:30. (Run time 90 min.) And an all ages jazz dance masterclass June 18th from 10-11am.

Tickets: $30 Adults, $22 Seniors/Students (Includes Fees)

Box Office: blm.mn/bcatix or 952-563-8575

Visit: www.concertodance/girls-in-the-band for more info.

The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, Minnesota’s hub for dance, announces an in-person season of evening-length productions from the 2020 and 2021 McKnight Dancer Fellows, Rhythm Street Movement, Ashwini Ramaswamy, Rathaus Productions and Andy Mor, Black Label Movement, Hatch Dance, and THE MIXTAPE Collective; as well as the inaugural Fall Forward Festival showcasing dance by Duniya Drum and Dance Ensemble, Twin Cities Ballet, Rhythmically Speaking, Threads Dance Project, Atlantis13, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre, Crash Dance Productions, HIJACK, and Aparna Ramaswamy.

New season packages and single tickets are on sale now. To learn more, visit thecowlescenter.org/season or call the Box Office at (612) 206-3600.

solid objects is a multiyear collaborative project between Seattle-based choreographer Heather Kravas and visual artist Victoria Haven that unites the forces of dance and drawing.

For this Walker premiere, they offer complementary presentations created for the stage and public spaces: solid objects/VOIDS and solid objects/SANDWICH. The onstage performance solid objects/VOIDS proposes necessary expressions of radical intimacy and devotion with architecture, light, bodies, and objects, and takes place May 13 and 14 at 8 pm. Featuring Kravas and company members Aretha Aoki, Cecilia Eliceche, Joey Kipp, Jennifer Kjos, opal, and Symone Sanz in collaboration with three of Minnesota’s most distinctive dancer/choreographers: José A. Luis, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān, and Chris Schlichting. Get tickets: wlkr.art/Solid-Objects

On May 12 (5:00–9:00 pm) and 14 (1:00–5:00 pm), you can also experience the free durational performance of solid objects/SANDWICH in the Cargill Lounge.