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

Join us for Hopkins Dance Company’s summer camps for ages 4-9. No dance experience necessary!

Two camps remaining this summer:

Super Mario Camp
July 22-25, 10:00am-12:30pm

Nutty Nutcracker Camp
August 19-22, 10:00am-12:30pm

Join us for our Summer Intensive!

Monday, July 29-Friday, August 2
9:30am-2:00pm
Daily schedule

Classes include Ballet Barre, Jazz Barre, Strength and Conditioning, Yoga, Non-Traditional Partnering and Advanced Jazz and Modern taught by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel along with Concerto company members. In addition to daily technique class, dancers will learn company repertoire including sections of our newest jazz work On Our Way. Open to all advanced, pre-professional, and professional dancers ages 16 and up.

Intensive concludes with optional company auditions Friday, August 2: 3:00-5:30pm.

Full Intensive: $275
A la carte: $60/day
Register by July 1.

Come join us if you are interested in learning how to dance the hula. Our focus will be on the Hawaiian vamp with hand motions. This workshop is for beginner hula dancers ages 16+.

Workshops:
Wednesday, June 26: 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, July 10: 7:30-8:30pm 

Attire: confortable clothing
Footwear: socks, no shoes
Cost: $5 per workshop per person.

Also let me know if you are interested in joining our performance group that performs across the Twin Cities for birthday parties, corporate events, graduation parties, or other Hula events. We are looking to expand and add 2-3 dancers (age 18+) to our performance group.

Join Gretchen Pick, Executive Director of Young Dance, in a training focused on teaching dance to individuals with disabilities.

Friday, June 28
10:00am-12:00pm
Register!

This training will introduce the Young Dance practice and philosophy of integrating people with and without disabilities in dance classes. Participants will receive practical information through movement activities and a training manual to use as a resource in their classes. 

The participation fee is a suggested donation $25, or whatever works for you.

The goal of this series is pure process. The leaders get to see ideas actualized by movers in the room, and movers get to experience a single-day choreographic workshop with each leader.

Monday-Wednesday, July 1-3
11:30am-2:00pm
Join for one day, two days, or all!

James Sewell Ballet hosts a movement workshop series geared toward adult dancers (18+) with intermediate/advanced technique who are:

• Interested in “trying out” the movement vocabulary of various dance-makers.
• Committing to their movement practice ahead of a holiday break.
• Looking for a friendly creative environment without commitment to a long-term project.

Move with emerging leaders in the Twin Cities’ contemporary dance scene! Featuring Eve Schulte, Kerry Parker, Demetrius McClendon (ImagineJoy).

Enroll on or before today Wednesday, June 26, for early bird savings: $40-102. Register today!

Discover dance this summer at Threads Dance Nexus!  Come for one week or two.

Creative Connections for ages 4-7
July 8-12 and/or July 15-19, 9:00-11:30am

Young movers will explore a variety of dance styles and how dance intersects with music, numbers, art, theater, and more. They will learn the importance of healthy bodies and minds, discuss basic nutrition, and how emotions can be defined, demonstrated, and calmed using movement. This journey of creativity and self-expression will be shared in a casual showing for family and friends at the end of each week.

NexGen/YDP (Youth Dance Project) for ages 8-12
July 8-12 and/or July 15-19, 12:30-4:30pm

Embark on a fun and holistic dance experience for your child in this comprehensive approach to summer dance learning. Dancers will grow in confidence, strength, and self-expression as they study ballet and modern techniques. They will learn self-care for their bodies and minds through nutrition and embodied movement exploration. Journals will be provided as a tool for self-reflection and discovery. Students will share what they’ve learned in a casual showing at the end of each week.

Register by July 1. 
No prior dance experience is required.

A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available – apply here.

Intermediate to advanced dancers, ages 14–22: Improve your technique and advance your artistry in a positive and welcoming environment! Classes include Musical Theatre Jazz, Classic Jazz Technique, Ballet, Leaps & Turns, Tap, Contemporary, and more. Students may register for individual weeks or all three. More information and pricing can be found here.

The Intensive culminates with our Collide Showcase (for those who register for all 3 weeks of the intensive). Video will be taken so students have professional-grade copy to use for future auditions and submissions. Local students are also invited to perform excerpts from the Intensive at the MN State Fair in August!

Level placement requires a referral from a teacher or Collide company member, or a 2-minute video submission. Please send video (one minute ballet adagio with pirouettes and one minute jazz) or referral name and contact information to Regina@collidetheatrical.org.

The TU Dance Pre-Professional program is an intensive course of study integrating Modern, Ballet, African Dance, and creative workshops for students ages 11-24. Click the respective level group to download the daily schedule: 2024 Intermediate Program Daily Schedule and 2024 Advanced Intensive Daily Schedule.

Youth Intermediate Level: July 8-20
This level is aimed at students typically aged 11 and older with some dance experience who wish to experience focused dance training. During this 2-week program, students will be introduced to different forms of dance with a balance between building strong technique and exploring their artistry.
Registration Deadline: July 3, 2024

Teen Intermediate Level: July 8-20
This level is designed for students typically aged 14 and older with two or more years of formal training. During this 2-week program, students will explore their artistry through technique classes and workshop/choreography that will help to build their knowledge of dance.
Registration Deadline: July 3, 2024

Advanced Level: July 29-August 10
This 2-week summer intensive program is designed for advanced/pre-professional students typically aged 17-24 who are interested in pursuing careers as professional dancers. It is recommended that students have four or more years of formal training and a solid grounding in Ballet and Modern dance techniques. Students will participate in daily workshop classes with TU Dance Center teaching artists and guest artists. Students can enroll for 1 week or 2 weeks. Each week culminates with a work-in-progress sharing in the studio.
Registration Deadline: July 24, 2024. Single-week registration is available.

For program details, level placement, and to register, you can either click here, email education@tudance.org, or call 651-724-9708. Level placement can be done by attending in person (by appointment only, class fee applies), submitting a video link (modern and ballet phrases), or during the first day of classes of the intensive. Scholarships available!

View the TU Dance Summer Programs information more efficiently on a mobile device by clicking here.

Kate Slezak teaches Contemporary Technique and Improvisation
Tuesday, July 9, 9:30am-11:00am
Register by July 5!

$17 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Pay for class – add “Kate Slezak” in notes.

The Arena is are situated on multiple bus lines, including the 21, 4, 23, 612, and 18; with plenty of free, street parking around the building.

In this class we will move through a series of combinations from contemporary dance styles that have a release, spiral, and somatic focus. Warming up our bodies by moving in and out of the floor, dropping and sensing our weight, and traveling through the space, we will work to activate mobility and sensation in our whole bodies to leave the class feeling energized and at ease. Alongside the set material, improvisation structures will be introduced throughout the class to allow participants to explore their own interests while remaining connected to the group.

Kate Slezak’s artistic practice is interested in how embodied frameworks and practices of presence inform artistic process and performance. In addition to facilitating spaces of collective connection through workshops and courses, a focus of Slezak’s work is on site-specific performance and the body and technology in processes of industry and digitalization. She has been based in Europe since 2018 after graduating with a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has been living in Leipzig, Germany since 2020.