Archive: Performances and Events

Madison, WI-based contemporary dance company, Li Chaio-Ping Dance, presents Here Lies the Truth at the Red Eye Theater in April 2023. This hour-long multidisciplinary dance theater work is a collaboration among choreographer Li Chiao-Ping, visual artist Douglas Rosenberg, sound designer/composer Tim Russell, dramaturg Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento, and lighting designer John Frautschy.

Here Lies the Truth is an original performance featuring dancers of color on social inequity and the lies embedded in racial stereotypes. Here Lies the Truth has been presented at the Overture in Madison, the Asia Pacific Dance Festival in Honolulu, and at CounterPulse in San Francisco.

Tickets by donation – no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested General Admission: $24
Suggested Senior/Student: $18

April 13, 7:30pm
April 14, 7:30pm
April 15, 3:00pm
April 15, 7:30pm

Portals Showcase is happening!

The Portals Showcase is a multidisciplinary arts showcase dedicated to holding space for art and community. Portals feature a group of 12 UMN student artists, curated by students of the UMN Dance program.

Portals aim to connect and foster a community of artists. The Portals Showcase will feature spoken word, visual art, dance, theater, music, and more. The Portals Showcase will be held at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance. Join us to celebrate and foster the student artist community. Tickets are available online and in person for $8.

The Portals Showcase will happen:
April 14 at 7:00pm
April 15 at 7:00pm
April 16 at 5:00pm

Featuring the work of:
Meghan Morgan and Dylan Peterson
Noah Ekberg, Ben Pelc, Blake Wickam and Tristan Pittman
Katheria Trachtova
Yi Ding
Ella Leidy
Ivy Bolthouse
Amic Stager
Izabella Maher
Rebecca Wickert
Mahelia Hunter
Ella Kooyer and Vy Nguyen
Decha Larson

Join us for the Portals Showcase. Contact portals2023@gmail.com for further information and check our Instagram for more!

AMP presents ELEVEN, an engaging evening that embodies/offers a wide range of physical perspectives within contemporary dance.

Experience four dynamic new works that explore the relationship between human and machine, the connections between the body and enjoyment, the storytelling in music and movement, and the imaginative universes within dream states and black holes. Join us for our eleventh season!

New works by:
Khary Jackson
Brianna Rae Johnson
Zoë Koenig, Company Member
Joanna Lees with Dameun Strange, Sound

​Friday, April 14 – 7:30pm
Saturday, April 15 – 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16 – 2:00pm*

*The April 16 show includes a Pay As You Are option, Post-Show Q&A, and ASL Interpretation (Greg Waletski, Interpreter).

Tickets:
General Admission – $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Senior – $18 in advance, $22 at the door
Student/Children under 12 – $18 in advance and at the door

Pre-Opening Night Happy Hour and Mingle Event:
Friday, April 14 only!
6:30-7:00pm
The Southern Theater – upstairs lobby
$40 in advance, $45 at the door
Price includes ticket to ELEVEN on April 14, one beverage, and first access to the theater – learn more.

Master classes will also be held and taught by the show’s choreographers from April 14-16.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Photo: Bill Cameron

Pay What You Wish. Pick your own price when you place your order.

A sensory-friendly show created by one of the world’s most creative dance companies. We usually view rules negatively, but Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging, and accessible with lowered sound, raised lights, and a relaxed atmosphere, the dancers perform and analyze some of the company’s pieces through movement and discussion on and off stage, showcasing the benefit of playing by the rules.

Sensory Friendly Performance
This special event provides attendees the opportunity to enjoy live performance in a welcoming and supportive environment that accommodates specific needs and includes:

• Lower sound levels, especially for startling or loud sounds
• House lights on at a low level throughout the performance
• Accommodation for vocalizing and movement in the theater
• Trained volunteers on-site during the entire performance
• Access to Live Captioning
• Access to a Sensory Friendly Lounge equipped with a variety of sensory supports and staffed by trained volunteers

Audience members are welcome to bring their own manipulatives, seat cushions, comfort objects and extra support items to the show. Attendees may select their own seats, but if special assistance or a buffer seat is needed, please contact the Box Office at 612-624-2345. Thank you to our community partner, AuSM.

April 15, 2:00pm

Please note: this performance of BIG FIVE-OH! includes partial nudity.

Artist Q&A will follow the performance.

For their 50th anniversary celebration, Pilobolus returns to Northrop to question its own “givens,” turn its traditions sideways, and bring its past into the future. As fresh and vibrant as ever, Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—puts the “Oh!” in BIG FIVE-OH! as it continues to thrill its way into audiences’ hearts and minds. The celebration includes signature works from vintage classics, their trend-setting innovative work in shadow, and—in the paradoxical Pilobolus tradition of breaking with tradition—works dynamically reimagined for a never-before-seen Pilobolus experience.

April 15, 7:30pm

Black Label Movement celebrates the 15th anniversary of Carl Flink and Mary Ellen Childs’ award-winning, evening-length work Wreck, which explores how a group of 13 people trapped in the last watertight compartment of a sinking ship respond to their harrowing situation.

The work features Flink and Black Label Movement’s signature driving and deeply human choreography, Childs’ glorious and mysterious original score, and a live onstage musical ensemble led by Pat O’Keefe.

Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00pm
Friday, April 21 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 22 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 23 at 2:00pm

Tickets to all performances are “Pay as You Are,” with tickets as low as $5!

Join us for our Spring Fundraiser to support our Tapestries program and operations at our new home the Threads Dance Nexus.

Breakfast will be served, and a short program will be provided. Your support is graciously appreciated as we continue to provide beautiful, socially conscious dance to the community.

Friday, April 21
8:00-9:00am
at the Metropolitan Ballroom

Menu

• Country scrambled eggs, aged cheddar cheese, chicken apple sausage, roasted baby red potatoes, arugula, and heirloom tomato salad – Gluten Free
  or
• Belgian waffle, fresh berries, white chocolate whipped cream, maple syrup – Vegan

Tickets: $75 individual; $600 per table of 8.

ARENA DANCES presents the seventh annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, Minnesota’s only dance festival with a dynamic sampling of great dance artists featuring performances, master classes, and public showings wrapped all in one week. This year’s festival features the work of local Twin Cities artists Berit Ahlgren of HoneyWorks and Megan Mayer, with a warm welcome to Chicago-based artist J’Sun Howard with a National Performance Network co-commission to headline.

CANDY BOX Dance Festival is a unique celebration of dance, packed with a wonderful assortment of various renowned choreographers, accomplished dancers, and fresh movement styles all perfectly packed into one sweet week. It is an opportunity for diverse emerging and established artists to share the performance stage, with the addition of selected artists leading intimate workshops to offer a welcoming space for communal movement education, and in doing so gathering a range of tastes for varied audiences.

Featured Artist Performances
Thursday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Friday, April 28 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 29 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 29 at 2:00pm – Pay-As-Able pricing option available, at the door only.

Get your tickets:
Purchase before April 23: $21; $18 student/senior
After April 23: $25 online and at the door; $18 student/senior discount with inquiry.

Happy Hour Artists
Monday-Friday, 5:30-6:30pm
Monday, April 24 – Nic Lincoln
Tuesday, April 25 – Cheng Xiong and Javan Mngrezzo
Wednesday, April 26 – Shane Larson and Rachel Lieberman
Thursday, April 27 – Laurie Van Wieren
Friday, April 28 – Lily Conforti

Tickets: $12 per show or $25 for five-show package.
Walk-ins welcome. Cash/check/card accepted at the door.
All Happy Hour ticket income and donations go directly to the artists.

Master Classes
Monday-Friday, 4:00-5:15. See our post under Workshops!

More information!

Concerto Barocco, George Balanchine
Mozartiana, George Balanchine
Sagalobeli, Yuri Possokhov

Following a pandemic-induced postponement, and their gorgeous Northrop Centennial Commissioned film, Northrop is pleased to present the much-anticipated return of The State Ballet of Georgia. The company has soared under the bold artistic direction of international ballet star Nina Ananiashvili (former prima ballerina with Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre) who leads these stunning dancers in a program that includes two works by the great Georgian-American, George Balanchine, and the company’s signature work, Sagalobeli, by Yuri Possokhov—all accompanied by a live orchestra with Music Conductor, Gavriel Heine.

April 26, 7:30pm

Katha Dance Theatre is proud to present a classic Kathak dance work in the vein of those performed for kings and emperors in eighteenth-century India. Kathak E-motion embodies the grandiosity and opulence of Hindu and Islamic royal courts while also exemplifying the art form’s integral expression of emotions, known as Abhinya. Using Kathak’s complex rhythms, intricate footwork, graceful movements, pirouettes, and gestural storytelling, Kathak E-motion epitomizes the form in breathtaking style.

Featuring live music and a guest dance performance by world-renowned artists Kousic Sen, Chandrachur Bhattacharjee, Pankaj Mishra, Pooja Goswami Pavan, Anirban Bhattacharyya, and Souvik Chakraborty. Choreography by Rita Mustaphi.

Friday, April 28 at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 29 at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 30 at 2:00pm (ASL-interpreted)

Tickets: $30 general admission.
Seniors age 62+ use code SEN for $5 off.
Students and children under 18 use code STU for $14 off – please note that this code is only for students/children and not their parents.

A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $70! Perks include:

• Front-row seats for the performance
• Invitation to attend an informal rehearsal on April 22 at KDT’s studio, to be followed by refreshments and a meet-and-greet with the artists
• Invitation to attend a post-show Q&A, private reception, and meet-and-greet
• Small thank-you gift from KDT

Photo by Suchit Nanda.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and thanks to a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. It is also supported in part by St. Paul Cultural STAR, the McKnight Foundation, the RBC Foundation, the Archie and Bertha Walker Foundation, and the generosity of KDT’s private donors.