Archive: Performances and Events

Northrop Co-commission
Featuring choreography by Caleb Teicher, Evita Arce, Latasha Barnes, Nathan Bugh, and Macy Sullivan
With live music performed by Eyal Vilner Big Band

Saturday, October 2
7:30pm

Celebrate the roots of Swing and Lindy Hop in America—join Swing Out for an all-out dance party on the Northrop stage and plaza!

Acclaimed choreographer and rising star Caleb Teicher and friends Eyal Vilner (composer), Evita Arce, Nathan Bugh, LaTasha Barnes, and Macy Sullivan are creating Swing Out to bring the best of swing dance to the stage. This immersive dance party is a culmination of Swing Out’s 2020-21 residency that included a month-long Artistic Exchange, a Solo-Jazz Dance class, a Meet the Artists panel, and a Spotlight Series discussion: Identities and Creative Processes, celebrating the passion and power of the African-American born dance form—the Lindy Hop. Experience the ensemble’s dance and music on stage and then join in a second-act “dance jam” on the Northrop Plaza!

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

Premieres Friday, October 8 at 7:30pm CT
Available on-demand through October 15, 2021

Select your own price to view this event ($0-$50). Please note: ticket revenue from this film screening will be shared with the artists.

This dance film of Ananya Dance Theatre’s work, Dastak, the Farsi word for “knockings,” traces the knockings of global injustices on our hearts in four short sections: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air.

Each section is a meditation on stories of borders, boundaries, loss, belonging, home and liberation, and echoes the subtitle created by writer Sharon Brigforth – I Wish You Me – indicating the cross-generational love that has carried communities through difficult migrations.

Filmmaker Darren Johnson captures these elemental journeys against the varied landscape of MniSota Makoce, ranging from post-Uprising scorched ruins in Minneapolis to tall prairie grasslands of Battle Creek Park, as the dancers pay tribute to the layered history of this land.

Choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea and performed by the artists of Ananya Dance Theatre, this dance film also features the work of a powerful team of collaborators, notably writer and dramaturg Sharon Bridgforth and sound artists Spirit McIntyre and Dameun Strange.

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

Join us in celebrating a remarkable 30 years of James Sewell Ballet! Powerful performers showcase favorite gems from the past along with new hits, highlighting the company’s distinct voice and vision. This program will also feature a new dazzling work from Da’Rius Malone. Live musicians will accompany select works.

Covid-19:
Effective September 1, 2021, all visitors to the Cowles who are attending a performance/event in our theater spaces are required to show either proof of a full course of COVID-19 vaccinations administered at least 14 days prior to the show or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the performance/event. Masks are required throughout the Cowles.

For more information about our health and safety guidelines, and for information about getting to The Cowles Center, click here.

Season tickets are now available for Collide Theatrical’s eighth season, as are individual show tickets! This season’s shows focus on the power of human connection, which is more important than ever after a year of loss, loneliness, and social isolation. Choose between tickets to all five shows, just the two mainstage shows, or just the three cabaret performances. For more about our season, click here.

Mainstage:
Frankenstein – October 7-24, 2021: purchase tickets
Class of ’85 – April 7-May 1, 2022: purchase tickets

Cabaret Series:
Holiday Celebration – December 3-12, 2021: purchase tickets
Our Stories – January 21-30, 2022: purchase tickets
Romance: A Candlelight Cabaret – February 11-20, 2022: purchase tickets

The Benefits
Great Seats – Advance access to tickets (before the general public) allows us to place you in the BEST SEATS in the house.
Flexibility – Choose the shows you want to see when you want to see them. Free and easy ticket exchanges.*
Save Money – Save 15% off individual ticket prices.
Bring Your Friends – Your guests receive 10% off of tickets to their first Collide performance.
Special Invitations – Season subscribers receive exclusive access to performance receptions and behind-the-scenes events.

*48-hour notice required
Our subscribers receive guaranteed tickets for our limited-seating shows!

Come experience diversity of culture like never before as you witness dance ensembles from various cultures perform their “Dances of Nature”! Two professional dance artists will fly in from Los Angeles as special guests performers for the evening. Come see who they are! Also, enjoy tasty exotic snacks, desserts, and appetizers from across the globe!

UDD presents one of the most unique, diverse showcases in the Midwest. Mark your calendars and let’s get ready to heat up the city – it’s on for the SEVENTEENTH time. You don’t want to miss this!

Universal Dance Destiny showcases brings the community together by providing a platform for new and seasoned performers to present their work to a diverse audience. Its family-friendly environment is defined within its high spaced and high energy performance experience designed to ignite excitement that will leave viewers talking about it to friends and families after the event. The showcase highlights dance performances of various cultures in the UNIVERSE.

UNIVERSAL DANCE DESTINY – the ongoing movement.

Celebrating Diversity in the Community.
Universal Dance Destiny 17th Showcase!

Friday, September 10
Doors open at 6:15pm
Showtime: 7:00
Admission: $16 adults, $10 kids.

The Cornerstone Church is ADA accessible, with on-site parking lot and near public transportation.
Exotic refreshments on sale, donations welcomed! Meet and Greet Performers Reception after the show.
The showcase will be available on zoom/Some clips will be on Facebook Live/Social distancing seating available upon request
Change your profile and/or cover pic (landscape version) to the flyer and get in for $2 off admission!
Let’s make it happen once again folks! We have our social distance guidelines in place.

Make your donation toward our non profit dance organization and ministry: https://universaldancedestiny.com/donate/
ALL presenters are compensated for their artistic dance work!

Graphic Design by one of the best worldwide: Bbe G

Premiere: Friday, September 10 at 7:30pm CT
Available on-demand through September 17, 2021.

Select your own price to view this event ($0-$50). Please note: ticket revenue from this film screening will be shared with the artists.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is committed to keeping its dancers creating and finding innovative ways to share exceptional contemporary dance with the community, and their recent acclaimed series of films did just that. These three short film explorations were produced after the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 and presented free to the public as part of Hubbard Street’s Season 43: A Virtual Homecoming.

A Tale of Two by Princess Grace Award-winning choreographer Rena Butler is filled with tension and tenderness, reflecting the vulnerability of youth in a violent world. In Half of Us, former Hubbard Street Dancer and Princess Grace Award-winner Robyn Mineko Williams creates a mesmerizing ebb and flow of melody and movement, as two dancers and two musicians merge their artistry upon a lonely landscape. Ended When, a cinematic solo, features an excerpt of Mineko Williams’ popular work, Cloudline. 

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

Solo, w/ you
Produced pieces in Milwaukee were a spark in what is now a nine-year journey of solo making. With long pauses in between due to lack of finances and general life, I ask myself “Why wait any longer?” I have dreamt, and now I create.

Solo, w/ You is a summary of being my own choreographer and dancer, but longing to be with you (audience, family, friend, partner, mentor, peer, new face). I have created these dance pieces by remembering those that came before and those yet to come. Much like life, I hold a space for a small amount of time (45 minutes) until we are in the next chapter – solo, but together.

September 17 and 18, 2021
7:00PM CST
Ticket details:
www.jose.dance/soloreservations
Please note, this will be a masked event and limited to t30 seats.

Solo, contigo
Producciones hechas en Milwaukee fueron una chispa en lo que ahora es un viaje de nueve años de creación en solos de baile. Con largas pausas en el medio debido a la falta de finanzas y la vida en general, me pregunto “¿Por qué esperar más?” He soñado y ahora creo.

Solo, w/ You es un resumen de ser mi propio coreógrafo y bailarín, pero anhelando estar contigo (audiencia, familia, amigo, compañero, mentor, compañero, nuevo rostro). He creado estas piezas de danza recordando las que vinieron antes y las que están por venir. Al igual que en la vida, mantengo un espacio por una pequeña cantidad de tiempo (45 minutos) hasta que estamos en el próximo capítulo – solos, pero juntos

Come celebrate Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota’s new season and welcome its new professional company members and apprentices! Learn about the exciting performances coming up this season; meet and mingle with the Artistic Directors, board, staff, and dancers; enjoy refreshments; and watch a preview performance by the company!

There will be many opportunities for you to support TCB throughout the night, including a silent auction, handmade items for sale, and performance tickets available for purchase.

Saturday, September 25
7:00-9:00pm

FREE and open to the public!
Families, friends, supporters, and the curious are all welcome!

Dancers Leslie O’Neill, Megan Mayer, Sarah Baumert, and Erika Hansen perform their site-specific, roving, durational movement scores across a three-acre site along West River Parkway as part of composer/director JG Everest’s immersive FALL Sound Garden sound and performance installation event.

The roving movement scores will begin by 1:00pm and will come and go throughout the space until 4:00pm.

The third of four seasonal “pop-up” Sound Garden events along West River Parkway in 2021, the FALL Sound Garden features layers of site-specific dance, music, poetry, and visual art among some of the oldest trees in Minneapolis.

Sound Gardens are designed as durational, self-guided experiences intended for audience to connect more meaningfully to a particular place and the natural world. The spatial sound score and live dance and musical elements are meant to accompany the sounds and physical elements that are already there – the birds, the trees, the wind, the leaves. Audiences are encouraged to both circulate and linger at their own pace, following their own impulses for what to pay attention to.

Saturday, October 2
12:00-4:00pm
Free admission, but reservations required

Limited capacity.

Northrop co-commission, featuring choreography by Caleb Teicher, Evita Arce, Latasha Barnes, Nathan Bugh, and Macy Sullivan.
With live music performed by Eyal Vilner Big Band!

Celebrate the roots of swing and Lindy Hop in America—join Swing Out for an all-out dance party on the Northrop stage and plaza! Acclaimed choreographer and rising star Caleb Teicher and friends Eyal Vilner (composer), Evita Arce, Nathan Bugh, LaTasha Barnes, and Macy Sullivan are creating Swing Out to bring the best of swing dance to the stage.

This immersive dance party is a culmination of Swing Out’s 2020-21 residency that included a month-long Artistic Exchange, a Solo-Jazz Dance class, a Meet the Artists panel, and a Spotlight Series discussion: Identities and Creative Processes, celebrating the passion and power of the African-American born dance form—the Lindy Hop. Experience the ensemble’s dance and music on stage and then join in a second-act “dance jam” on the Northrop Plaza!

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