Archive: Services and Special Offers for Dancers

TU Dance Center: Renting TU Dance Center

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by the school.

TU Dance Center features:

Reception area and front desk for check-in or event use. Access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Both studios: sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin, wall of mirrors, portable ballet barre units 10′ in length, room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs, 50″ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing. Large windows providing ample natural light.

Studio 1 only: a curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror, wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Studio 1: 60′x34′
Studio 2: 46’x21′

Rent a Studio

Welcome to our beautiful studios! Tapestry Folkdance Center’s large and small studios are perfect for limited in-person and online teaching, choreographing, rehearsing, movement sessions or music concerts.

Open Office Hour Consultations with Cowles Center Staff

Are you a dancer interested in learning more about professional development, advice on how to tailor a resume, tips on successful interviewing, or tools for networking in the local or national dance community?

Artists in the community are encouraged to sign up for 30-minute consultations every second Wednesday of the month through The Cowles Center’s Open Office Hours Program.

Studio Rentals at The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center has several studio spaces available for rent as well as a conference room.

All studios have sprung floors and mirrors.

Rental spaces are generally intended for dance rehearsals, classes, workshops, auditions, readings, and small meetings.

Rentals are available during building hours.

Threads Dance Nexus: Rent Our Space

Our 1,480 square foot space has a professional grade speaker sound system, sprung floors, barres and mirrors, is ADA compliant, and has two gender neutral changing rooms. Its large windows and garage door allow for an abundance of natural light and fresh air.

A new ventilation system and thorough cleaning between each use are compliant with guidelines for Covid-19 preparedness plans. Face coverings are required at all times and our maximum studio capacity is ten people, to allow for adequate distancing.

Conveniently located in the Seward neighborhood, we offer free parking and free side street parking. We are a five-minute walk from the Franklin Light Rail Station, and a 2-5 minute walk from nearest bus stops (lines 2, 9, 22, 67).

A nonrefundable deposit equal to one hour at the renter’s base rate is due to secure space.

To request space, please email nexusrentals@threadsdance.org.

TU Dance Center: Renting TU Dance Center

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by the school.

TU Dance Center features:

Reception area and front desk for check-in or event use. Access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Both studios: sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin, wall of mirrors, portable ballet barre units 10′ in length, room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs, 50′ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing. Large windows providing ample natural light.

Studio 1 only: a curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror, wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Studio 1: 60′x34′
Studio 2: 46’x21′

Dance Educators in Higher Education: Please Share With Your Seniors

THE OPEN SOURCE DANCE METHODOLOGY:

The Open Source Dance Methodology [OSD] identifies the first two to three years, immediately following a BA/BS degree in Dance, as the most critical period in sustaining a dance career and provides a framework for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary peer environment, focusing on all aspects of dance, which collectively, contributes to a cost effective and sustainable, transitional environment, from student to professional, for the 21st century dancer. It is another option to consider, in planning their professional careers, especially now during the added obstacles of a universal pandemic.

“What Open Source Dance provides is unprecedented in Dance and it is greatly needed….”- Dr. Julie Kerr-Berry, Dance Scholar, 2008.

I began developing OSD in 2004 based on the extensive theoretical developments that had occurred in modern/post-modern dance during the 20th century, the open source philosophy in the technology industry, and the increasing trends towards a 21st century global dance community, and published it in 2008 under a creative commons license as free to apply and use, by any applicable dancer, anywhere. – Manjunan Gnanaratnam. 2010

Open Office Hour Consultations with Cowles Center Staff

Are you a dancer interested in learning more about professional development, advice on how to tailor a resume, tips on successful interviewing, or tools for networking in the local or national dance community?

Artists in the community are encouraged to sign up for 30-minute consultations every second Wednesday of the month through The Cowles Center’s Open Office Hours Program.

Threads Dance Nexus: Rent Our Space

Our 1,480 square foot space has a professional grade speaker sound system, sprung floors, barres and mirrors, is ADA compliant, and has two gender neutral changing rooms. Its large windows and garage door allow for an abundance of natural light and fresh air.

A new ventilation system and thorough cleaning between each use are compliant with guidelines for Covid-19 preparedness plans. Face coverings are required at all times and our maximum studio capacity is ten people, to allow for adequate distancing.

Conveniently located in the Seward neighborhood, we offer free parking and free side street parking. We are a five-minute walk from the Franklin Light Rail Station, and a 2-5 minute walk from nearest bus stops (lines 2, 9, 22, 67).

A nonrefundable deposit equal to one hour at the renter’s base rate is due to secure space.

To request space, please email nexusrentals@threadsdance.org.

Studio Rentals at The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center has several studio spaces available for rent as well as a conference room. All studios have sprung floors and mirrors. Rental spaces are generally intended for dance rehearsals, classes, workshops, auditions, readings, and small meetings. Rentals are available during building hours.