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Save the date for the 8th Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival!
April 22-27, 2024
At The Southern Theater

The CANDY BOX Dance Festival is a week-long dynamic sampling of featured performances, masterclasses, and in-progress showings, hosted by ARENA DANCES and presented April 22-27, 2024 at The Southern Theater. The CANDY BOX Dance Festival features both emerging and established choreographers, Happy Hour work-in-progress performances, and master class offerings.

Happy Hour Artists
Monday, April 22 – Shannon Hartle Dolan | Kaitlyn Hawkins and Alicia Steeves
Tuesday, April 23 – Kayla Schiltgen
Wednesday, April 24 – Amez Dance
Thursday, April 25 – Duniya Drum and Dance
Friday, April 26 – Penelope Freeh

Featured Artists
Featuring works by Tristan Koepke and Benny Olk, Paula Mann/Time Track Productions, and jess pretty.
Thursday, April 25 – 7:30pm
Friday, April 26 – 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27 – 2:00pm

Tickets
Purchase before April 23: $20 online in advance; $18 student/senior
After April 23: $27 online and at the door; $20 student/senior discount
Pay-As-Able pricing option available at the door only on Saturday, April 27 – 7:30pm

We extend a special thank you to our Season Sponsors and event donors: MartinPatrick3, The Southern Theater and generous individual contributions. This festival is also made possible with the support of the McKnight Foundation.

TU Dance is one of four dance companies participating in the pilot program The O’Shaughnessy Dance Cohort. THREAT is an evening-length work choreographed by TU Dance Guest Artist Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

THREAT is a concert dance theater work that aims to provoke an interrogation of the roles we play as individuals and communities in hierarchies. The work posits that hierarchies have the power to control our behavior and infiltrate our thoughts, even when no authority is present to enforce the rules. Using a physical language and soundscape that fuses multicultural traditions and styles of the West and the African Diaspora, this social exploration invites audiences into a modern narrative that speaks to the universal experience of authority, obedience, and rebellion.

Friday, April 26 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27 at 7:30pm

Purchase tickets here!

Tickets
Adult: $40
Student/Senior: $30
St. Kate’s Student: $5
Subscription information can be found here.

Ruby Josephine Dance Theater (RJDT) is thrilled to unveil it’s debut full-length performance as a new company.

Friday, February 2 at 7:00pm – Reception to follow
Saturday, February 3 at 2:00pm
Sunday, February 4 at 7:00pm
The Southern Theater

Imagining what happens when the veils between our material world and the spirit world drop, we follow 8 explorers through this dramatic, intimate and soul-shifting adventure. Each section of the piece takes us through different layers of this revealed space; an exterior awakening in Veils, an interior meditation in Veins, and facing the great eternal unknown in Void.  The atmosphere of this journey is given immersive depth through a full original music score, composed by artist Cooper Lee Smith. Come along with our dancers as feelings resonate, revelations emerge, and questions remain beautifully unanswered.

Direction and choreography: Ruby Josephine Smith
Dancers: Brenna Mosser, Colin Myles Edwards, Jake Nehrbass, Laura Sukowatey, Karen Christ-Aalgaard, Kendall Kramer, Sara Karimi, Shannon Hartle-Dolan
Original Music: Cooper Lee Smith

Photo: Jake Armour / Armour Photography

Tickets: $25/general admission, $20/students.
Reserve your tickets now.

Join us for an evening celebrating the work of Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Performance Ensembles!

This performance will showcase excerpts from Les Sylphides, Peter Davison’s Bella Luna, original choreography by Genevieve Waterbury, new works by Trainees Liv Young and Charlotte Tracy (as part of BCL’s Choreographic Mentorship Program), and more.

Friday, February 2 at 6:30pm

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal. Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move. Conversation will be held over a communal meal – bring your own dish to share in our potluck! ARENA DANCES will supply beverages, plates, napkins, and utensils.

This February Floorwork will have no agenda! Please think of it as a social gathering to catch up and share what you are working on or interested in discussing with fellow community members. Social hang out!

Saturday, February 3
12:00-2:00pm

RSVP is appreciated. Attendees are asked to fill out a new RSVP form for each monthly Floorwork event.

Kaleena Miller: Dance/Music is an evening of new and reimagined dance works performed with a remarkable group of collaborators including JT Bates, Cody McKinney, Bryan Nichols, Patrick Voller, Aby Wolf, and more!

Wednesday, February 7
Doors at 6:00pm
Show at 8:00pm

Reserve your tickets here!

An evening of new and classic works by Leon Collins (as taught and shared by Dianne Walker and Lia Spirka), Lisa La Touche, Caleb Teicher, Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, and KMD2 company members. Featuring a sneak peek performance from the makers of the forthcoming show dubiety.

KMD2 is a pre-professional ensemble of emerging tap dance talent in the Twin Cities area. An extension of Kaleena Miller Dance, KMD2 focuses on training for the technical and physical demands of tap dance and gives the opportunity for the individual’s creative voice to develop.

Thursday, February 8 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 9 at 7:30pm

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Kaleena Miller and Laurie Van Wieren present an improvised, sound-focused work at the Southern Theater.

Saturday, February 10 at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 11 at 2:00pm

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A virtuosic dialogue between three distinct cultural voices.

In an enchanting performance brought to the stage, flamenco and hip hop unite to adapt the 12th-century Persian poem of the same name. This dark, moving, and humorous story will bring together hip hop artist Darrius Strong along with original music performed by international flamenco composer and guitarist Juanito Pascual.

Saturday, February 10
7:30pm
Tickets: $35, fees included.

Sunday, February 11
2:00pm
Tickets: Pay-as-you-are. Market value is $35, fees included.