Archive: Performances and Events

Katha Dance Theatre is proud to present a classic Kathak dance work in the vein of those performed for kings and emperors in 18th 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.

Kathak E-motion
Friday, April 28 at 7:00pm
Satuday, April 28 at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 30 at 2:00pm
At Park Square Theatre in downtown St. Paul.

Tickets: General admission: $30.
Seniors age 62+ use code SEN for $5 off.
Active Military member use code MIL for $10 off.
Students use code STU for $14 off.

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

• front-row seats for the performance;
• an 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;
• an invitation to attend a post-show Q&A, private reception and meet-and-greet;
• and a 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.

One Story

Sole to Soul Dance Conversion proudly presents One Story, a fierce dance collaboration of jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, breaking, aerial and more, that captures the pain and joy of love. As a multifaceted performance company, our artists aim to draw in the audience, breathe life into the story, and just plain entertain. Although this may be just One Story, we are all connected, somehow, someway… by love!

Performance runs approximately 90 minutes with a brief intermission.
Price: $35

Friday, May 5 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 6 at 7:00pm

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 contact The O’Shaughnessy Ticket Office at 651-690-6700.

Tomorrow! Thursday, March 9 at 10:30am
We’re having a showing, free and open to the public, to cap our first 3 weeks in rehearsals for Wreck.

Concerto Dance presents Looking Back/Moving Forward at the Southern Theater this weekend!

Join us March 10-12  for 3 shows only.

Looking Back/Moving Forward features a mixed repertoire of modern and jazz dance works by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel, including audience favorite Ode to Opus Jazz, along with two premieres choreographed by visiting guest artists – Steve Rooks (formerly of the Martha Graham Company, NYC) and Cynthia Gutierrez Garner (Artistic Director of Company Movimiento, Eugene, OR).

The program features a diverse body of work ranging from contemplative to comedy, swing to Vivaldi, ala’ Graham to vernacular. Join us for an evening of vibrant concert dance as we perform work that reflects on the past and looks ahead with hopeful expectation… moving forward together!

Featuring Concerto Dance Company Members: Rachel Bonkoungou, Lydia Kantor, Sara Karimi, Helena Magalhães, Shannon Mulcahy, Betsy G. Nelson, and Maddy Woodman; Guest Artists: Rush Benson, Malia Craft, Doug Hooker, Brenda Nepsund, Sarah Pieper, and Brandyn Tapio; and Company Apprentices: Hunter Batterson and Kaitlin Craven.

Friday, March 10 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 11 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 12 at 3:00pm

Tickets: $25 plus fees
A limited amount of “pay as you are” tickets are available at the door.
Tickets available at Concerto Dance or at The Southern.

Calling mischief-makers of all ages! Ballet Co.Laboratory invites you to venture where the Where the Wild Things Are for Ballet Co.Laboratory’s interpretation of the colorful children’s tale by Maurice Sendak. Join upper-level students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory as they set out to find freedom in imagination and the resilience of the human spirit.

Choreography by: Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies, part of the Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program.

Performed by: Upper-level students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory

Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 2:00pm
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:00pm

Tickets
Adults: $30
Seniors: $28
Children/Students: $25
Groups of 10+ to the same performance: $25

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Andy Mor and CABARAVE break the rules in their new, dynamic experience you can’t get anywhere else!

Featuring aerialists, fire performers, performance painting, live music, pole, and dance – tap and hip hop to African and jazz.

The ominous glass ceiling (suspended above the stage) is a reminder, not only of where we are, but what is yet to come. Throughout the night, the audience will participate in the spectacle, and watch as the glass ceiling moves in closer and closer. The only question is, When the glass ceiling is in reach, will you have the strength to break through?

Wednesday, March 15 performance includes Pay As You Are!

EMBRACE with the Ahn Trio

James Sewell Ballet reunites with the extraordinary Ahn Trio in a program featuring a reimagining of 2018’s Connections. Like the best embrace, there’s known comfort and new spark combined. The three sisters of the Ahn Trio – Lucia on piano, Angella on violin, and Maria on cello – were born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at the Juilliard School in New York City. These growing-up experiences in two cultures, along with their extensive international touring, infuse their celebration of 21st-century classical music with a particular flare and style.

Friday, March 17 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 18 at 2:00pm

This performance runs approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with one intermission.
Price: $5-$35

Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS), an evening length contemporary dance duet. 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 directoral and dramaturgical support by Marcela Michelle.

Each performance will be followed by a discussion with Alexandra and a guest speaker:

March 17 – Maria Silvestri, President of the John & Helen Timo Foundation
March 18 – Leila Awadallah, choreographer and founder of the Body Watani dance project
March 19 – Emily Gastineau, choreographer and co-artistic director of Red Eye Theater

This work has been supported in part by the Ann & 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.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents its first dance musical with an original score—

SKOL! plays at the Southern Theater March 23–April 9, 2023.

When a mysterious illness befalls a Viking clan, a young woman is called to fulfill her destiny as a great warrior leader in a battle for the cure with the Christian army. Inspired by the Norse gods, her journey tests the boundaries of her faith, shakes the ground of the relationships with the men dearest in her life, and causes her to question the definition of female strength.

Inspired by recent evidence of the grave of a female Viking holding the accoutrements and injury marks of a prestigious warrior, a discovery that cast a new light on gender roles in Scandinavian history. Collide explores this fascinating story with an original pop rock/rap score composed by Twin Cities musician Mike Michel (The Orange Goodness), with lyrics by vocalists Rush Benson (Ordway) and Katie Gearty (Dakota Jazz Club).

Created by Collide Artistic Director, Regina Peluso, the production stars Renee Guittar and Jarod Boltjes.

Tickets
Visit www.collidetheatrical.org/skol or call 651-395-7903.
Group rates available.