Archive: Performances and Events

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, 2pm

Urban Bush Women @ The Shawngrām Institute
Master Class & Creative Process
Wednesday, April 20
6:30-8:00

Free Admission + Ticket Discount to UBW’s Performance at O’Shaughnessy (4/23)

Join members of Urban Bush Women in a Master Class using UBW methodologies, a mix of contemporary dance movement practice, improvisation techniques, phrases from company repertory, and movement creation by participants. Each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make! We welcome Every Body to come and explore and discover their level of rigor and comfort.

This Master Class is part of UBW’s presence in the Twin Cities, culminating in a (one-night-only!) concert performance at The O’Shaughnessy. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Urban Bush Women
Legacy + Lineage + Liberation
Saturday, April 23
7:30 p.m.
Tickets & Info

$5 Discount for the Dance Community (Select a seat, then enter “DANCE” in the Promo Code field at Checkout. )

Students attending in-person classes must provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination and must wear face masks during class. No exceptions.

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

Third Coast Percussion joins forces with the groundbreaking choreography of Movement Art Is for an intimate, evening-length program that explores the duality of human nature. At once intensely personal and fiercely virtuosic, 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.

Student Matinee – April 29 at 10:30am

Please note that this in-person matinee will have reduced seating capacity to allow spacing between classes in the theater.

Public Performance – April 30 at 7:30pm

You can now purchase single tickets to ALL of Northrop’s 2021-22 Season events, along with flexible Choose Your Own season packages and group tickets.

As part of the spring fundraising campaign, the Young Dance Board of Directors will offer multiple events for donation. Select one – or many – of the gatherings from the menu to join in the fun!

Virtual Pilates Mat Class
April 30, 10:00–11:00am
Join an all levels mat Pilates class led by Abby Frank Taylor! We will go through a series of gentle movements and build some heat as we go. Modifications and support will be provided throughout using things you can find around your house. Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $10-20/person

Dance Celebration
May 15, 4:00–6:00pm
Following the final Young Dance Spring Performance, celebrate with an opportunity to dance together! Paul McCluskey will lead an Irish Ceili dance experience. Suggested donation $5-10/person

Virtual Cooking – Goat Cheese
May 21, 10:00-11:00am
Learn to make goat cheese from home with Soph Myers-Kelley! Impress friends and family with simple skills and in less than an hour. Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $20/person

Virtual Cooking – Sushi Making
May 28, 10:00-11:00am
Learn the basics of sushi making from home with Soph Myers-Kelley! Your new skills will save you money and you are guaranteed to laugh at how silly your first rolls look! Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $20/person

Register by emailing info@youngdance.org. Donations can be made online here, or by check to Young Dance, sent to 655 Fairview Ave North St. Paul, MN, 55104.

We are so excited to gather with you in 2022, and thank you for supporting Young Dance.

Join us as TU Dance returns with live performances at The O’Shaughnessy featuring the expanded, evening-length presentation of Sensible Existence, a TU Dance project originally choreographed by award winning choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis in 2017. Sensible Existence is a dance work inspired by Descartes’ writings on Self and the World. The work explores the questions surrounding its namesake. Existence is the fact or state of living or having objective reality. Sensible is an adjective describing something that is done in accordance with wisdom or prudence. The new Sensible Existence will draw from its original production elements and will feature new writing compositions uniquely crafted to this work.

Performances: May 13 and 14, 2022 | 7:30pm

FOR TICKETS: 651-690-6700 / oshag.stkate.edu

 

 

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.

Saturday, May 14 at 12:00pm

Admission is free. Reservations required.

Iridescent Blue by Mirage Performing Arts

We are thrilled to release our newest production, Iridescent Blue, featuring some of the most difficult solo piano works ever written, which are reimagined and transformed into continuous movements performed in complete sync with the music.

We will be depicting things that change – the color, shape, sound and even yourself, set in the music by Saint-Saëns, Liszt-Schubert, Somei Satoh, Ravel, and Gershwin.

Through our collaboration, we are continuing to develop our technique of bringing forth the original intentions of the composers as a direction in creating unique artistic expressions. Our hope is to create a performance where the audience can experience classical music and ballet with new light and deeper understanding.

Piano: Rie Tanaka, Pianist
Choreography, Dance: Yuki Tokuda – Ballet Dancer

Two performances at unique locations:

Thursday, March 31 at 7:30pm
Michelsen Hall, UW-Stevens Point
1800 Portage Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897
Free to the public!

Tuesday, April 5 at 10:30am
Hastings Arts Center
216 4th St E, Hastings, MN 55033
Free to the public!

The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a world leader in the evolving art form of modern dance since its founding in 1926. Today, the Company is embracing a new programming vision that showcases masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works by contemporary artists. During its 96-year history, the Company has received acclaim from audiences and critics in more than 50 countries.

The Northrop program includes the Martha Graham masterpiece, Chronicle; CAVE, a new work by Hofesh Shechter featuring Daniil Simkin, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre; and the Northrop’s Centennial Commission, Canticle for Innocent Comedians, an extraordinary new collaboration inspired by the themes and format of the lost Graham work from 1952. This regional debut by eight choreographers includes Lead Choreographer Sonya Tayeh with Alleyne Dance, Yin Yue, Jenn Freeman, Micaela Taylor, and Juliano Nunes, plus an original score by jazz pianist and composer, Jason Moran.

Join Ballet Co.Laboratory for the world premiere of Joseph Morrissey’s The Four Seasons inspired by Vivaldi’s music and the flow of Minnesota’s seasons. In addition to The Four Seasons, a noteworthy pairing of Kinsun Chan’s Shifts and Genevieve Waterbury’s Danse Macabre will complete this production which celebrates a dancer’s most notable collaborator, musicians.

The Four Seasons: choreographed by Joseph Morrissey

Beginning with the first blossoms of Spring, through the heat of Summer, into the twirls of Fall, and finally the swirling of Winter snow, The Four Seasons makes Vivaldi’s notes dance off of the page. Intricate footwork, unpredictable partnering, and elaborate movement patterns bring the feeling, color, and happenings of each season to life. Performed by the Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory to a live string quartet made up of the Twin Cities’ finest musicians, this work celebrates the splendor and cadence of each season.

Shifts: choreographed by Kinsun Chan 

Inspired by the shape, movement and sound of the cello, Kinsun Chan brings the music of Bach to life with 13 dancers and one cellist. Known for his intricate use of lighting and architecture, Kinsun explores different dimensions of this iconic music allowing the dancers and musician to move as one.

Danse Macabre: choreographed by Genevieve Waterbury

Danse Macabre is based on Saint-Saëns’ poem Dance Macabre which has become a metaphor for how chaos and order depend on each other. In this piece, dancers navigate the push and pull of daily responsibilities, discover others on similar paths, and embrace the power of unison. 

Choreography by: Kinsun Chan, Joseph Morrissey, and Genevieve Waterbury

Performed by: The Company Dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory, the Performance Ensemble of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory, & select musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra and Minnesota Opera

DATE / TIME

Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 2:00pm

LOCATION
The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts*
528 Hennepin Ave / Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tickets start at $28

https://bit.ly/FourSeasonsBCL

*The Cowles Center requires audience members ages 5+ to EITHER show proof of vaccination OR proof of a negative test taken within 72 hours of performance. In addition, all audience members must wear a mask covering their nose and mouth while inside the venue.