Archive: Performances and Events

Join us for one of the two special nights of two pianos and two dancers! The dynamic program will feature two-piano works by Sergei Rachmaninov, Takashi Yoshimatsu, and John Adams.

Artists
Choreographer, Dancer – Yuki Tokuda and Shohei Iwahama
Piano – Rie Tanaka and Koki Sato

Program
Suite No.2 Op.17 for Two Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninov
Random Bird Variations Op.23 by Takashi Yoshimatsu
Hallelujah Junction by John Adams
By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner.

Performances
Tuesday, June 20 at 7:00pm
Wednesday, June 21 at 7:00pm

Tickets
Adult: $20
Under 18 years: $15
At the door: $25

Any additional donations will be greatly appreciated: here!

Join us for an informal in-studio showing featuring The 3-Women Project, a TU Dance project with choreography by Stefanie Batten Bland, Alanna Morris, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. In anticipation of our live performances at The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on May 12 and 13 at 7:30pm, we invite you to attend this event and get an up-close-and-personal look into the creation of these works and have the opportunity to meet many of the artists involved.

May 3, 2023 from 5:30-6:30pm (CST)
TU Dance Center (in-person only)

This event is free. Space is limited. First come, first served.
To RSVP to the In-Studio Showing, click here.

For more information, directions, and parking, click here.

Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) – Virtual Edition, an evening-length contemporary dance duet filmed and edited by Tamara Ober, available April 14-May 12!

From the audience:
“The performers were marvelous, individually and together. I believed because they believed.”
“Honestly, I thought about the show for a week.”
“Star dance was tender and so special and cried from laughing at the 40 stitches bit.”

About the work:
RPS explores the generational passing down of rules and customs of our bodies. What traditions do we choose to pass down? Which rules will we break?

Situated on a set comprised of a floor and two opposing walls, Alexandra uses text, play, and contemporary phrase work to draw inspiration from her heritage and create a surreal playground of problem-solving.

This work features dancers Nieya Amezquita and Sarah McCullough, sound design by Brandon Anderson Musser, with directorial and dramaturgical support by Marcela Michelle.

Price: $0-$50

This work has been supported in part by the Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow under the direction of Dianne McIntyre and Risa Steinberg, and mentorship of Andrea Miller and Abby Zbikowski.

Experience a rare, unparalleled performance by the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Padma Bhushan Smt. Alarmél Valli, guru to Ragamala Dance Company’s Artistic Directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy since 1983. Ms. Valli is widely recognized as one of India’s greatest living masters and practitioners. Ranee and Aparna’s training with Ms. Valli has formed the foundation of their aesthetic and has been fundamental to the work of the Ragamala, now celebrating its 30th season.

Presenting an evening of diverse poems in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu, Alarmél Valli’s dance is uncompromisingly classical but is, at the same time, an undeniable language of self-expression. Her work blurs the boundaries between tradition and individual talent, inheritance, and invention. A sublime evening of dance by one of the world’s greatest soloists, this is an experience not to be missed.

“Alarmel Valli is that rare thing – the solo performer who puts all others out of mind”  (The New York Times).

May 6 at 7:30pm
Price: $25

Dance into the next chapter of hip hop!

Cypherspace is a place of unlimited possibilities that allow for the reshaping of reality through various embodiments. The MIXTAPE Collective travels to the future through cyberspace to offer multiple perspectives on the next millennium. MIXTAPE’s work reveals generative strategies for sharing power and access to resources by weaving together choreography, videography, and musical compositions.

Saturday, May 6 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 7 at 2:00pm*
Price: $30

*Sunday, May 7 performance includes Pay As You Are ticketing!

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal.

Every first Saturday! Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge sharing, and supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is:
Saturday, May 6
3:00-5:00pm
RSVP by Thursday, May 4.

This May Floorwork will focus on artist residencies – conversation assisted by April Sellers of April Sellers Dance Collective, Liz Engelmen of Tofte Lake Center, and Sharon Mansur, an Arab/SWANA American experimental dance and interdisciplinary artist who will be joining us via Zoom. 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.

Come see a special collection of solos, duets, trios, and student choreography from Hopkins Dance Company!

May 7 at 2:00pm

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents Our Stories, Chapter 2: The LGBTQIA+ and Non-Binary Experience

Landmark Center: May 7
75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102

Collide Cabaret: May 12–14
755 Prior Ave N, Suite 235H, St Paul, MN 55104

Join us for an evening of original dance storytelling centered on the non-binary and LGBTQIA experience that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain audiences of all ages. Enjoy dance theater in an intimate setting with cabaret-style seating.

Directed by Jarod Boltjes
Emceed by local cabaret diva Mistress Ginger
Featuring Grace Kidder, Javan Mngrezzo, Michael Mossucco, Ben Siglin, and Connor Simone

Tickets
Online or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701.

An evening of tap dance with new and classic choreography by Leon Collins (as taught and shared by Dianne Walker and Lia Spirka), Naomi Funaki, Kaleena Miller, Bobby Hamilton, and Tony van de Light, as well as KMD2 Company Members. The show will also feature Random Motions in Nature and Dance, a very special collaboration with UMN Civil Engineering Professor Vaughan Voller that illuminates the patterns that emerge from random motions.

With performances by KMD2 Company Members Leah Chamaty, Anna Curtler, Evan Guffey, Grace Fabienke, Anika Kachmarek, Shelby Lee, Nina Maxwell, Delaina Thill, Ruby Thill, and Allie Wing and KMD Apprentices Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Emma Parker, and Tony van de Ligt.

KMD2 Company Members and KMD Apprentices are pre-professional, creative incubation groups for emerging tap dance talent in the Twin Cities.

Thursday, May 11 at 7:30pm
Friday, May 12 at 7:30pm

Get tickets here.

“Leslie Parker’s work-in-progress at Pillsbury House Theatre was electric” (“Best Dance of 2021,” Star Tribune).

St. Paul-based choreographer Leslie Parker continues her multiyear project and leads a powerful collective of Black visual artists, musicians, and femme dance artists in a liberating world premiere performance. Through collaborative improvisation and dance experimentation, the artists explore Black pedagogy, conjuring, and activism while emphasizing remembrance to cultivate community. Reflecting on divinity and lineage, Divination Tools: imagine home draws from Blackness in music, dance, and storytelling in real-time and is the latest iteration of Parker’s epic work Call to Remember.

On Friday and Saturday, the performances begin with a processional from the Hennepin Lounge at 7:15pm. Doors to the McGuire Theater open at 7:30pm.

May 11 at 8:00pm
May 12 at 8:00pm
May 13 at 8:00pm
Price: $31.50 ($25 Walker Members)

Walker Commission/World Premiere. Co-commissioned and copresented by the Walker, Pillsbury House Theatre, Pangea World Theater, Danspace Project (NYC), and Counterpulse (SF).