Archive: Workshops, Intensives, Master Classes, and Open Houses

For advanced movers!

$10-20 sliding scale (Venmo or cash on site)

Erin Sheppard offers a great workshop series for new and continuing hip hop dancers who love to move. Students will learn fundamental techniques and choreography while expanding their knowledge of rhythm and movement.

This class is a great foundation for any young dancer. All levels of experience are welcome!

Classes are held on Sundays from 12:00 – 12:45pm. Class dates are:

• March 13
• March 20
• March 27
• April 3

For 7-10 year old dancers. In-person only; limited space available. Four-week workshop: $60 enrollment

Register today: https://conta.cc/3ekHNdW

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am at The Arena
Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān teaches throughout March!

Pre-register at https://www.arena-dances.org/the-arena/
Drop in rate is $17 with flexible pricing and free parking!

Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān is an interdisciplinary choreographer, improviser and sound artist whose work is interested in engaging with the deconstruction and parody of dominant culture narratives and conventional performance expectations, and standing in allyship to communities going through persecution and discrimination in the days we are living in. She has presented works at venues including Fresh Oysters Performance Research (R.I.P.), Public Functionary, Bryant Lake Bowl, Tek Box, The Southern Theater, Intermedia Arts (R.I.P.), Frey Theatre (Twin Cities, MN) and 9 Herkimer Place (Brooklyn, NY). She has recently enjoyed performing for/collaborating with others including Dua Saleh, Valerie Oliviero, Leila Awadallah, Judith Howard, Rosy Simas, Sophiaaaahjkl;8901, Shayna Allen, Pramila Vasudevan, Megan Mayer, Emily Gastineau, and Erin Drummond. She is a 2017 Q-Stage: New Works and 2019 Momentum: New Dance Works recipient, and currently works with the Lightning Rod Arts Organism as a teaching artist and ensemble member. She is currently working on a piece to be premiered as part of Red Eye’s New Works 4 Weeks festival from May 26-28.

“So excited to share my practice of improvisation and collaborative decision making in the Moving Practice series! In this set of classes I will be focusing on the development and practice of improvisational scores, and what it looks like to allow them to be consistently generative practices that change with you over time as you continue living in them. You will be led through scores I’ve been working with for the past four years to warm up, and then prompted (either by direct text or conceptual/aesthetic stimuli or reflection on personal experiences as impetus, etc.) to develop your own scores in which you can continue to be in dialogue with and build skills to share and relay with those you’re in artistic conversation with. These classes will build on each other sequentially, but also be accessible to drop in for one at any point! Depending on the comfort of those in workshops there may be an element of contact improvisation/weight sharing.”

Dance teacher Tamiko French has developed a program centered around revitalizing creativity of storytelling with the building blocks of dance creation that infuses the visual and literary arts.

The 8-week workshop is designed to be sequential for participants, with each class building on the previous class. From a first class in which participants will use poetry, prose, dramatic writing, spoken word, or other writing as a stimulus to create movement, participants will learn about modern and jazz dance techniques and choreographic practice, collaborate and share results with others, study facilitated improvisation and play in dance, and refine their work for a sharing event for family, friends, and the community.

This program is for adults 55+. Pre-registration required as in-studio space is limited!

Thursdays, 10:00am-11:30am CST | In-person only. $45 per workshop.

• Session 1: March 17–May 5
• Session 2: May 26–July 16

There will be a showing on last day of each workshop from 12:30-2:00pm.

Proof of vaccination and masks are required at the door for all participants.

TU Dance will offer tuition and transportation subsidy upon request. Please contact us at education@tudance.org or (651) 724-9708 to inquire.

Have you been wanting to go to a Contact Improvisation jam, but wanted to learn some basics first?  This is the class for you!

Contact Improvisation is a form of improvised dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972.  It involves the exploration of one’s body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness.

Mark your calendar’s for Ananya Dance Theatre’s upcoming Summer Intensive!

Happening every day Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 24, 10:00am-1:00pm CST.

Classes will be available to attend both online and in-studio.

Whether this is your first experience with Yorchhā, or you have been practicing for multiple summers, we will meet you where you are to steer you towards individual excellence.

Yorchhā is Ananya Dance Theatre’s trade-marked contemporary technique that intersects principles of vinyasa yoga, classical Indian dance form Odishi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha) and martial art form Chhau (also from Odisha).

More details coming soon!

We are thrilled to announce the return of a familiar face at Zenon this spring! José A. Luis presents Zoning: A Composition Workshop hosted by Zenon Dance School. This four-week workshop kicks off this Thursday, March 3!

Thursdays, 11:15am-12:45pm
March 3-24, 2022

$60 enrollment
Register today: https://conta.cc/3ekHNdW
Limited space is available. In-person only.

“History, future, present – these themes have informed my creative process as an artist.

I offer options in navigating these time related curiosities. I intend for us to spend time on a “set” exercise for self-awareness before offering prompts, tasks, questions, and conversations on and by creating. In the end, I aim for us to leave with a broader sense of defining our practices as creators, observers, and supporters. All types of movers are encouraged. As you consider this workshop, I offer leading questions to investigate (in any depth of your choice): Where are you from? What do you hope to do? Who are you?

My responsibility as a facilitator will be to: offer a safe space for us to speak, listen, share, and observe. Not everything will run smoothly, that is ok. We will check-in with comfort levels as needed in order to process who we are, with each other.” – José A. Luis

Photo by Elena Stanton

The lessons in this eight-week online Feldenkrais series with Sarah Baumert will help one sense differences in the body, select the good sensations from the useless, and help one respond to the environment around them with new options.

You will experience learning at your own pace where noticing what makes you feel good is a priority. Notice what you are curious about and recognize that experiencing pleasure and enjoyment in your body are measures of freedom.

The lessons will be suitable for all levels, and will include a variety of positions, from lying on the back or side, to sitting in a chair. We will not focus in on one particular area of the body for this series, but we will zoom in on certain areas and then zoom out to see how the whole self is moving. In each lesson, you will investigate how you move and relate to your body in motion, while discovering in your own way new sensations of comfort and pleasure that can lead to profound and lasting change.

Livestream classes will be taught over Zoom
March 6-April 27
Sundays, 4:00-5:00pm CST and Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm CST
Scholarships/Pay-as-able available – please inquire directly with Sarah for scholarship options.

Series Includes:

• 9 Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons (16 live classes)
• Community discussion after each lesson with time for asking questions, harvesting, and sharing
• Recordings automatically available (48 hrs after each live class) on member page
• Stream recordings indefinitely/ option to download 

What students are saying:

“You have a manner that gives us permission to be kind to our bodies. An hour of that itself really translates into these new wonderful sensations. I am enjoying my body so much more.”

“Yum!! Sarah, your classes are DELICIOUS!”

Mental health is as important as physical health for healthy, happy dancers. Minding the Gap presents a workshop curated in five sessions, each presented by an accredited professional.

Remaining Sessions:

#3 – March 6, 2022
Language Matters: Shifting how we speak about food and bodies to prevent eating disorders and improve dancer health.
Presenter: Monika Saigal, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, CDN – nutritionist and eating disorder expert based in New York City.

#4 – March 20, 2022
Productive, proactive communication. How to engage students and dancers on the tough topics and disappointments.
Presenter: Jackson Jirard, M.Ed – Education psychology specialist and dance educator, associate director of Urban Improv at Rehearsal For Life in Massachusetts.

#5 – April 3, 2022
How to support an injured dancer. Best practices to get the dancer back into the studio strong both mentally and physically.
Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, CSCS – licensed physical therapist and NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in New York City.

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am at The Arena
Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān teaches throughout March!

Pre-register at https://www.arena-dances.org/the-arena/
Drop in rate is $17 with flexible pricing and free parking!

Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān is an interdisciplinary choreographer, improviser and sound artist whose work is interested in engaging with the deconstruction and parody of dominant culture narratives and conventional performance expectations, and standing in allyship to communities going through persecution and discrimination in the days we are living in. She has presented works at venues including Fresh Oysters Performance Research(R.I.P.), Public Functionary, Bryant Lake Bowl, Tek Box, The Southern Theater, Intermedia Arts (R.I.P.), Frey Theatre (Twin Cities, MN) and 9 Herkimer Place (Brooklyn, NY). She has recently enjoyed performing for/collaborating with others including Dua Saleh, Valerie Oliviero, Leila Awadallah, Judith Howard, Rosy Simas, Sophiaaaahjkl;8901, Shayna Allen, Pramila Vasudevan, Megan Mayer, Emily Gastineau, and Erin Drummond. She is a 2017 Q-Stage: New Works and 2019 Momentum: New Dance Works recipient, and currently works with the Lightning Rod Arts Organism as a teaching artist and ensemble member. She is currently working on a piece to be premiered as part of Red Eye’s New Works 4 Weeks festival from May 26-28.

“So excited to share my practice of improvisation and collaborative decision making in the Moving Practice series! In this set of classes I will be focusing on the development and practice of improvisational scores, and what it looks like to allow them to be consistently generative practices that change with you over time as you continue living in them. You will be led through scores I’ve been working with for the past four years to warm up, and then prompted (either by direct text or conceptual/aesthetic stimuli or reflection on personal experiences as impetus, etc.) to develop your own scores in which you can continue to be in dialogue with and build skills to share and relay with those you’re in artistic conversation with. These classes will build on each other sequentially, but also be accessible to drop in for one at any point! Depending on the comfort of those in workshops there may be an element of contact improvisation/weight sharing.”