Archive: Performances and Events

The 3-Women Project will feature choreographic works from a group of three internationally renowned black female artists who will each work individually within their own creative processes while simultaneously seeking to explore and discover synergistic and unifying themes throughout the process. The project will incorporate educational opportunities and culminate in live, in-person performances in May 2023.

The choreographers include Stephanie Batten Bland, Alanna Morris, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. TU Dance seeks to create artistic space for these three dynamic and award-winning dance artists to share their distinctly strong voices in choreographic work and their deep investment and investigations into their own artistic practice and identity as black women. TU Dance looks forward to engaging with our community to share and celebrate the perspectives of these three women through this exciting and ambitious project.

May 12 and 13, 2023 at 7:30pm (CST)
Ticket price: $35. Discounts for students and seniors.

Tickets can be purchased online here or by contacting The O’Shaughnessy Ticket Office at 651-690-6700.

Join Twin Cities Ballet for the return of Cinderella 1944: A Love Story, May 12–14 at Ames Center in Burnsville.

Set in World War II England, Cinderella 1944 is one of TCB’s most popular original story ballets. Featuring TCB’s signature blend of incredible dancing and poignant storytelling, Cinderella 1944: A Love Story is sure to delight audiences of all ages! Tickets on sale now.

Performances:
Friday, May 12 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 13 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, May 14 at 2:00pm

About Twin Cities Ballet:
Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota (TCB) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional ballet company located in the Twin Cities’ South Metro. Our mission is to connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

A sound-focused dance work in 4 parts. A series of structures for exploration, collaboration, listening, and sounding.

Choreographed by Kaleena Miller.

Featuring guest performers from the East Coast including Benae Beamon from Philadelphia, Madison Hilligoss from New York, and Michael J. Love from Princeton, alongside Minnesota-based dancers Audrey Bartley, Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Nina Maxwell, Emma Parker, and Tony van de Ligt.

Saturday, May 13 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 14 at 2:00pm

Get tickets here.

Ballet Minnesota is thrilled to present the 34th Minnesota Dance Festival at E.M. Pearson Theater at Concordia University May 13-14.

MDF features the classic ballet Paquita restaged by Cheryl Rist, Andrew Rist’s new work “Friends,” and performances and choreography by many guest artists including CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Elena Hollenhorst, Eva Igo, Jim Lieberthal, Juliana Johnson, Kala Vandanam, Keane Sense of Rhythm, Kendall Kramer, O’Shea Irish Dance, and Universal Dance Destiny.

You won’t want to miss this eclectic show!

At Young Dance, we approach each season with a theme. This year, our theme is Radically One (Together).

As a youth arts organization, we work hard to foster an environment where students can safely and confidently express their individuality. Concurrently, we strongly believe in the power of building community through movement.

One of our core values is to foster in our students a commitment to self, the group, and lifelong learning. This year, we dug deeper into these words, unpacking and dissecting the question: How can we support the individual, radically accept one another, build community, and fight collectively for the change we want (and need!) to see in the world?

The Young Dance Performing Company is pleased to be returning to the theater to present original pieces choreographed by Aneka McMullen, Blake Nellis, and Margaret Ogas, plus a piece collectively made by the upper-level dancers. Additional guests include students from the Choreography, Hip Hop, Breaking, Modern, and All Abilities Dancing classes.

Friday, May 19 at 7:00pm – ASL Interpretation Provided
Saturday, May 20 at 7:00pm – Audio Description Services Provided
Sunday, May 21 at 4:00pm

Students from Young Dance classes will perform dance pieces created in collaboration with their Teaching Artist and other students. 

Saturday, May 20 at 11:00am
Saturday, May 20 at 2:00pm
Sunday, May 21 at 11:00pm

Tickets are now available at the Luminary Arts website.
$15: General Admission
$10: Student/Senior
$5: Child Admission  – ages 3–5
Lap Pass: Free for those 2 years and younger

All shows except Sunday at 4:00pm will be live-streamed, free of charge. Email info@youngdance.org at least 24 hours in advance of the performance for the link.

Contact the Luminary Arts Center Patron Services for ticketing assistance at 612-333-6669, Monday–Friday from 10:00am–5:00pm, or email info@luminaryartscenter.com.

Contact Young Dance at 612-423-3064 or at info@youngdance.org for other questions.

Swing dance goes en pointe with this playful yet fiery twist on an opera classic. Dance through the roaring 20s with Carmen, a fiercely independent charmer on a journey of fated love. Accompanied by a live jazz ensemble to a fresh arrangement of Georges Bizet’s bold score, Carmen in the 1920s bristles with excitement, danger, and destiny.

Choreography by: Zoé Emilie Henrot
Music by: Richard Erickson
Performed by: Ballet Co.Laboratory Company, students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory, and a live jazz ensemble

Performances
Friday, May 19 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 20 at 2:00pm
Saturday, May 20 at 7:00pm
Sunday, May 21 at 2:00pm

Tickets
Adults: $40
Seniors: $30
Children/Students: $30
Groups of 10+ to the same performance: $30

This event will be a conversation on how to build a business practice that is equitable. It will address topics such as paying yourself and dancers equitably, how to enter into contracts with venues to ensure they have a lens on equity, and how to sustain equitable practices. The discussion will focus on ways to create a more just and equitable dance community.

This discussion will be open to all. Come to share your thoughts or just listen.

Sunday, May 21
2:00–3:30pm
At the Cowles Center’s Target Education Studio, second floor.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Transportation stipend available.

Moderators
Jessi Fett – The Cowles Center Director of Programming and Education
Colin Edwards – Programs Coordinator and McKnight Artist Fellowship Programs Assistant for Dance and for Choreographers

Panel participants announced soon!

Save the date!

Saturday, June 10

Come participate in Global Water Dances’ seventh biennial worldwide celebration calling for clean water for all living beings. Join 100+ sites worldwide dancing at the same time!

Interested dancers: We will all gather at Bell of Two Friends on Nicollet Island at 12:30pm on Saturday, June 10 to rehearse together to perform the Story of Water. Please come dressed in all white!

Performance: 2:00pm, rain or shine.

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.

Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum celebrate 30 years of creating vibrant, bold, and deeply creative works; fusing percussive dance and music to tell unusual tales, create a wild variety of characters, and explore universal ideas in inventive and exciting ways. Joined by powerhouse guest artists Patricia Brown (AfroFusion), Susana Di Palma (Zorongo Flamenco), and Clayton Schanilec (Old Time fiddler and Appalachian clogger), FFF brings a panoply of repertory pieces and exciting new collaborations, as well as letting us get a peek at their award-winning short films! Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Runs April 13-23, 2023

Tickets: $33
Discounts for seniors, students, educators, and more.