Archive: Performances and Events

Metamorphosis
Third Coast Percussion
Featuring choreography by Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz)
Performed by Cameron Murphy and Quentin Robinson

Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion and the groundbreaking choreography team Movement Art Is have joined forces to create an irresistible dance-music mashup that melds the captivating urgency of street dance with a fiery score of percussive invention and other-worldly electronic soundscapes.

Two disparate styles of street dance blend seamlessly with new music by Jlin and Tyondai Braxton, as well as Third Coast Percussion’s critically-acclaimed arrangements of Philip Glass’s Aguas da Amazonia.

This event will be captioned, with other accessibility services available upon request.

CANDY BOX, presented by Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA DANCES is an annual, eclectic gathering of performances, masterclasses, and work-in-progress showings. This year’s festival features a range in levels of experiences, aesthetics, and choreographic voices to offer a diverse array of treats!

Featured Artists Performances, Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7

Thursday, May 5 – 7:30pm – Dine-n-Dance special event on May 5, 6:30-7:30pm, at the Courtyard by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown. More information on Dine-n-Dance here!
Friday, May 6 – 7:30pm
Saturday, May 7 – 2:00pm – Pay-As-Able pricing option is available for the May 7, 2:00pm performance. At the door only.
Saturday, May 7 – 7:30pm– Pre-show discussion with the Featured Artists on May 7, 6:00-7:00pm, in The Southern Theater Lobby

Tickets:
Before May 1:  $21 general, $18 student/senior
After May 1: $25 online and at the door general; $18 student/senior discount with inquiry.

Happy Hour Artists, Monday-Friday 5:30-6:30pm

Monday, May 2 – Alys Ayumi Ogura
Tuesday, May 3 – Margaret Ogas
Wednesday, May 4 – Ayumi Shafer
Thursday, May 5 – Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Friday, May 6 – Emily Michaels King

Tickets:
$25 Five-show package or $12 per show.
Walk-ins welcome. Cash/check/card accepted at the door.
Additional $12 suggested donation – all donated funds go directly to the artist.
Purchase Happy Hour Artist tickets here.

Master Classes, Monday-Friday, 4:00–5:15pm

Monday, May 2 – Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Tuesday, May 3 – Leila Awadallah
Wednesday, May 4 – Ayumi Shafer
Thursday, May 5 – Chris Yon/Taryn Griggs
Friday, May 6 – Laura Selle Virtucio/Shapiro & Smith Dance

Tickets:
$25 five-class package or $10 per class.
Walk-ins welcome. Cash/check/card accepted at the door.
Purchase masterclass tickets here.

THE MIXTAPE Collective consists of established and up-and-coming Hip Hop choreographers, dancers, electronic and instrumental musicians, and videographers and editors. Our mission is to push the boundaries of our art forms in an annual performance created through collaboration and mentorship.

MIXTAPE’s work reveals generative strategies for sharing power and access to resources by weaving together choreography, videography, and musical compositions. MIXTAPE 5G: The Sound of Movement promises to be our most expansive production yet.

In-person and livestream tickets available.

Masks are required throughout the Cowles. For more information about our health and safety guidelines and getting to The Cowles Center, click here.

Join Twin Cities Ballet for the company premiere of Giselle, May 6–8 at Ames Center in Burnsville!

Dating back to 1841, Giselle is the haunting tale of a young peasant girl who is deceived by a disguised nobleman, and yet her love saves him from death despite his treachery. Join TCB for one of the most enduring ballet favorites! Tickets on sale soon!

The production also includes a Sensory-Relaxed show, which enables children and people with sensory sensitivities to experience the art of ballet with relaxed theater rules and modified sensory elements to allow for increased comfort.

Performances:

• Friday, May 6 at 10:15am (Sensory-Relaxed Show)
• Saturday, May 7 at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
• Sunday, May 8 at 2:00pm

About Twin Cities Ballet: Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota (TCB) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional ballet company located in the Twin Cities’ South Metro. Our mission is to connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

After postponing for two years due to the pandemic, Analog Dance Works presents its inaugural event, Tellus. Two premiere dance works bring the company’s commitment to the exploration of the intersection of dance and science to the pressing theme of climate change, moving from Minnesota backyards by means of whitetail deer to a broad look at the psychological effects of the global crisis. These choreographies are accompanied by an interactive exhibit from the University of Minnesota’s Outreach through Science and Art Group that reveals the science behind the art. The theater becomes a laboratory as Tellus embraces experimentation and play, investigating the rapid shifts shaping the world today.

May 13 – 7:30pm post-show reception
May 14 – 7:30pm
May 15 – 2:00pm post-show artist talk

Interactive Exhibit open 6–9 p.m. May 13 and14; 1–4 p.m. May 15.
Tickets | $5-$20, sliding scale (in advance and at the door)

Photo credit: Bill Cameron

Dancers Sarah Baumert, Suzette Gilreath, Erika Hansen, Megan Mayer and Leslie O’Neill perform in a new, site-specific Sound Garden installation at Riverside Park. This premier performance directed by composer JG Everest will also feature poetry by Chavonn Shen, Nimo Farah, Teresa Ortiz and many more.

The Riverside Park Sound Garden event is a free, family-friendly, self-guided event that features a sound installation of 50+ small, wireless speakers, distributed throughout a section of 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”.

This activity is part of the Peoples Center & Clinics’ “Because Your Health Matters” community wellness initiative in partnership with Wavelets Creative.

Our newest evening length experience built off of our repertory work ‘Canary’ and our two newest creations ‘Crimson’ & ‘Emerald’.

We’re crafting an energetic sense of past, present and future in orbit with our company’s personal experiences with lockdowns and navigating what it means to come back together physically.

• April 8, 7:30pm
• April 9, 7:30pm
• April 10, 2:00pm

Threads Dance Project is excited to present this year’s three emerging choreographers commissioned as part of its Tapestries Choreography Program. Each of the women – Nieya Amezquita, Ruby Josephine Smith, and Yuki Tokuda – have set entirely new works on the company. The unique and poignant perspectives offered by these pieces will be rounded out by Artistic/Executive Director, Karen L. Charles’, We Will Make It There. Originally choreographed in late 2020, this expanded version of We Will Make It There is a triumphantly hopeful ode to our collective resilience.

PERFORMANCES: Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30th, 7:30pm | Sunday May 1st,  2:00pm

TICKETS: $22-25 fees included; purchase online at https://bit.ly/Tap6Tickets

VENUE:
The TEK Box
The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, 2nd floor
528 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403