Archive: Performances and Events

TCB presents Dance with Me at Lakeville Area Arts Center

Join TCB’s professional ballet dancers at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for a fun-filled, interactive mini-show designed for families and children ages preschool through eight. The programs are less than an hour long—the perfect length for busy schedules and curious minds.

Dance With Me includes a short performance in costume by TCB’s professional company dancers and invites children to dance along with the performers. Highlighting age- and ability-appropriate body movement using different forms of dance, each mini-show features a different theme and optional audience participation. Last performance for this season!

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
10:30-11:30am

Tickets are $6. You can purchase tickets online, or by calling 952-985-4640.

These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through an operating support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Third Coast Percussion with Movement Art Is

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

Young Dance Board of Directors Present a Menu of Great Gatherings

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, 10:00–11:00 a.m.
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, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
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, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
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, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
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.

Riverside Park Sound Garden

Dancers Sarah Baumert, Suzette, Gilreath, Erika Hansen, Megan Mayer and Leslie O’Neill perform in a new Sound Garden at Riverside Park. Composer / Director JG Everest teams up with Artist Organizers and poets Chavonn Shen and Nimo Farah to present a new site-specific temporary sound + performance installation at Riverside Park.

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 “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. Funding is provided by The Creative Response Fund, a program of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in the City of Minneapolis and also in part by The Kresge Foundation, and by the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.

Alternative Motion Project Presents 10//X

AMP makes a thrilling and long-awaited return to live performances for 10//X to celebrate our milestone tenth season performance.

Featuring five distinct original works, the electrifying evening of contemporary dance investigates a range of concepts relating to rhythm and groove, landscapes and climate issues, joy, paradox, and transcendence. 10//X showcases AMP’s dynamism and intense physicality that will inspire and delight audiences as we move BIG into the next decade.

This is Alternative Motion Project’s first live, indoor, in-person theatrical event since canceling our ninth season performance in March 2020 due to COVID-19. 10//X will also be Kristin Howe’s last performance acting as Co-Artistic Director.

World Premieres
Kristin Howe, Joanna Lees, Erinn Liebhard, Brenna Mosser

Featured Collaborations
Dameun Strange – Sound
Cole Sarar – Spoken Word

Company
Stephanie Flanagan, Laura K Johnson, Zoë Koenig, Julia Moser-Hardy, Brenna Mosser, Erin Ross, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, Addie Smith, Bridget Tegen, Lauren Vanchina, and Guest Artist Crissy Tolson

Performances

  • Friday, March 18 – 7:30pm
  • Saturday, March 19 – 7:30pm
  • Sunday, March 20 – 2:00pm – Post-show Q&A, pay-as-able, ASL interpreted

Tickets
General Admission – $20 in advance, $24 at the door
Senior – $18 in advance, $22 at the door
Student/children under 12 – $18 in advance and at the door

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COVID-19 precautions will be required for audience members.

ARENA DANCES and ASI Present the Final Weekend of THERMAL

THERMAL is a dialogue – through movement, form and sound – centered on Earth’s changing environment. With the effects of climate change here, Thermal invites viewers to slow down and appreciate our natural surroundings while simultaneously delivering a sense of urgency to act along with anxiety for what might happen next.

Set in the historic Turnblad Mansion at The American Swedish Institute, Kim Heidkamp’s sculptural paper artwork sprawls from the ballroom stage across the floor, much like a creature from Norse mythology asleep in the landscape. Scores by composer Joshua Clausen and choreography by Mathew Janczewski of ARENA DANCES activate the work, drawing the viewer in.

This interdisciplinary installation is the culmination of a series of in-progress, outdoor showings by ARENA DANCES, with a month-long premiere February 25-March 19. The artwork, as well as video and content about the collaboration, will be on display in the Mansion throughout the course of the exhibition.

Remaining performance dates: March 18 and March 19

  • Friday and Saturday, 7:00pm
  • Matinee will take place on Saturday, March 19 at 1:00pm, during museum hours.

Live performances by Rachel Clark, Dustin Haug, and José A. Luis.

Cassandra’s Live Zoom Dance Party

This Saturday, March 19 at 6:00pm CT – Join our LIVE Zoom dance party to watch, relax, and dance when the music moves you! DJ Cassandra spins the tunes for a fun evening of great Arab dance tunes; always with a few surprises!

$5 reservations open until noon (CT) the day of the party to get your Zoom invite.

Martha Graham Dance Company

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.

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

Ballet Co.Laboratory presents The Four Seasons and Other String Pairings

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 1 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

April 2 – 3, 2022

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.

 

Black Label Movement Presents Canary, Crimson then Emerald

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