Archive: Performances and Events

Beer & Ballet is a fun evening featuring new choreography along with a few repertoire pieces.

This event is a fundraiser for Continental Ballet Company.

Beer will be served by Northstar Tavern and the company is selling raffle tickets for great prizes. Company members Hope Easter, Adrienne Berrington, Kerry Parker, Wesley Rocha and Founder/Director Riet Velthuisen all have new pieces to premiere at Beer & Ballet. This is a fun casual look at classical ballet and many different styles of choreography.

Join us for this exciting and creative evening of dance!

Submerge yourself in this deeply soulful, powerful new work that fuses Black and Jewish spiritual music with stunning dance. Set to a score by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran—with vocals by Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer—the piece celebrates the 40th anniversary of this artistically innovative ballet company. Master choreographer and visionary Alonzo King reveals Deep River is a reminder “that love is the ocean that we rose from, swim in, and will one day return to”—that love can set us free.

A Sensory Friendly Lounge equipped with sensory supports and staffed by trained volunteers will be available to all guests who are seeking a safe and soothing atmosphere during this and other select performances. Learn more on the Accessibility Services page.

Thursday, November 2 at 7:30pm

Off-Leash Area presents its second annual Off-Kilter Cabaret, an ongoing community program designed to highlight and support artists with disabilities in the creation of original performance work. The 2023 Off-Kilter Cabaret explores the theme “Inside, Outside, Inside-Out,” which asks artists to center a performance work around their hidden self and perception of their personal identity in the larger world, and which will showcase seven unique artists from a range of artistic disciplines including dance, comedy, puppetry, musical composition, spoken word, and storytelling.

This year’s cabaret, curated by the Off-Kilter Leadership Team, includes returning artists Braille, Scott Sorensen, and Young Dance and features AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa, Desdamona, Houa Moua, and Tessa Longshore for their Off-Kilter debuts. It will be emceed by returning artist Amy Salloway.

Off-Kilter Cabaret will occur November 17, 18, and 19 at the fully accessible TekBox in the Cowles Center for Dance. The event includes accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, Audio Description, and Live Captioning.
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Off-Leash Area, under co-artistic directors Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig, has a 24-year history of presenting original interdisciplinary performance work. The Off-Kilter Advisory Group and Selection Panel from the disability community also include writer and storyteller Amy Salloway, multidisciplinary artist Gabriel Rodreick, arts accessibility consultant Jon Skaalen, and Sam Jasmine, host of the Disability and Progress program on KFAI. Off-Leash Area is excited to continue our partnership with Young Dance, whose mission is “transforming lives through movement.”

Concerto Dance presents Swingin’ it Forward, a performance and fundraiser event! Swingin’ it Forward features a one-hour performance showcase of our favorite jazz dance works including a special preview of our newest work On Our Way, a swingin’ holiday classic, a dessert reception, a 30-minute swing dance lesson, and social hour!

Saturday, November 18 at 7:00pm
Performance and Fundraiser Event
Ticket includes performance, dessert reception, and swing dance lesson!
$50

Sunday, November 19 at 2:00pm
Encore Performance Only
$25

At the Bloomington Center for the Arts Black Box Theater.
Tickets on sale now.

Who is arts writing for and what does it do? Situated between journalism, scholarship, and creative non-fiction, how does the practice intersect with artists’ processes? How can arts writing connect artists, the public, and the wider arts ecosystem? Join Mn Artists Arts Writing Fellows for a conversation on the practice and process of arts writing.

A publication of the Walker Art Center, Mn Artists spotlights the rigor and vitality of the local arts scene. The inaugural cohort of Arts Writing Fellows has contributed consistently to the publication over the past year, engaging directly with the work created in Minnesota as it unfolds and placing it in dialogue with wider conversations. As a culmination of the fellowship, Juleana Enright, Nicole Nfonoyim-Hara, and Christina Schmid open their discussion on the practice of arts writing to the local community.

Wednesday, October 4 at 4:30pm

“In modern dance, the names of its persevering practitioners are like cherished objects. Dianne McIntyre is one such . . . one of dance’s most important African-American artists.”—Time Out NY

A pioneering dance innovator, noted for decades of collaborations with leading forces in avant-garde jazz, Dianne McIntyre returns to the Walker with the world premiere of a major new work featuring an evening-length score by celebrated composer Diedre Murray and poems by Obie-winning playwright Ntozake Shange. This elegant and captivating work employs a live jazz ensemble and a vigorous company of dancers to explore the deep rivers of communication in Black American history and culture.

Copresented and co-commissioned with Northrop.

Tickets start at $20. No additional fees.

“In modern dance, the names of its persevering practitioners are like cherished objects. Dianne McIntyre is one such… one of dance’s most important African-American artists.” – Time Out NY

A dance innovator returns with a new commission featuring a vigorous company of dancers and a jazz quartet to explore ideas about communication in Black American history and culture. Co-presented and co-commissioned with Northrop.

TU Dance CULTIVATE trainees will also be performing in this work!

Thursday, October 5, 8:00pm
Friday, October 6, 8:00pm
Saturday, October 7, 8:00pm

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

In the world premiere of this vibrant movement, sound, and language based-work, dance legend and choreographer Dianne McIntyre unites a vigorous company of dancers and musicians to explore how dance and music “speak” to each other. With original music by celebrated composer Diedre Murray, it reveals how language creates worlds of beauty, alienation, harmony, tension, or peace.

Dynamic vignettes ignite the stage, including McIntyre’s autobiographical stories with “the music”—such as the musical influence of the Black Arts Movement—and feature the poetry of Obie-winning playwright Ntozake Shange.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company’s 10th season opens with The Great Gatsby at The Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis. The Great Gatsby will run September 29–October 15, 2023.

Get ready for the most exciting party in town. The 1920s roar back to life as Collide’s hit production returns to the stage. Bursting with passion and drama, the blockbuster American novel is brought to life through dance and live music. Extravagant parties, glitz, and glamor surround the life of mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. But as the sparkling facade of his world begins to slip, a world full of tragedy, loneliness, and despair is exposed.

“Not unlike modern-day social media influencers, Jay Gatsby reinvents himself to increase his self-worth through money and materialism,” said Regina Peluso, Artistic Director of Collide Theatrical Dance Company. “I’m looking forward to reimagining this story once again through a modern lens. By creating an inclusive world that reflects America today, we can hold up a mirror to the tragedy and hope encased in our society.”

Tickets: available online or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701. For group discounts and questions, please email Grace@collidetheatrical.org.