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

Zenon Dance School – Camp Zenon

Discover dance with a week-long sampler camp for young artists! Not sure if your dancer has a style they like best, or looking for a way to try out something new? We’ll explore a variety of dance styles and creative movements in this one-week camp.

Informal showing on the last day. All abilities and levels of experience are welcome.

Session 1 (Age 4-6): July 17-21, 9:00am-12:00pm
Session 2 (Age 7-10): July 17-21, 12:30-3:30pm

Click here to learn more and register for Camp Zenon! Registration closes one week before camp begins.

Tuition: $195 – No person will be refused because of inability to pay. Need-based scholarships are available for partial and full tuition upon inquiry.

Click here to learn more about Zenon Dance School’s Youth Program. Please email info@zenondance.org or call 612-338-1101, ext. 2 (office phone, if no answer please leave a voicemail) with any questions.

Threads Dance Project Advanced/Professional Summer Intensive

We are proud to announce the return of our Summer Intensive. This workshop will provide a meticulous study of technique and elements valuable for the advanced/professional dancer. The workshop will include ballet, modern, improvisation, repertory class, and African Diasporic Movement. We will close with an informal showing of learned repertory work.

Tuition: $250
Registration and full tuition balances must be paid by July 3, 2023.

Open to all advanced/professional dancers 16 and up.

Diversity and Multicultural Awareness: Dancing Difference

Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23
9:00am-4:30pm CT
$630.00 – DMT Alternate Route; $430.00 – Continuing Education
Deposit of $160 due by June 20, 2023.

Prerequisites: Some experience with psychology/therapy, and/or movement, dance or healing approaches or permission of instructor.

Our bodies and movement patterns reflect our implicit biases. Through embodied inquiring this class aims to help deepen our self-awareness and promote cultural humility in relationship to  the danced/interactions we have with others. This class will use embodied experiences, lectures, and discussions to increase skills related to multicultural, diversity, and power/privilege awareness. This course is approved by the American Dance Therapy Association, for Alternate Route R-DMT credit.

Questions? Contact Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb – FBENordstrom.Loeb@gmail.com, 612-916-1829

kyla marie gilmore, LCPC, BC-DMT. kyla marie is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (IL). kyla marie is passionate about professional development and community-based mental health and provides training on Trauma Stewardship, Dance/Movement Therapy, self-care, and multi-cultural competence.

Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb, MA, MFA, BC-DMT, LMFT, CMA, SEP; WoS. Barbara is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Laban Movement Analyst, Somatic Experiencing and Ways of Seeing Practitioner. She is particularly interested in the role of embodiment and creativity in relationship to identity, wholeness and healing from a diversity and multicultural perspective.

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive
July 31 – August 4
9:00am-2:00pm

Concerto Dance is excited to announce registration is now open for our third annual summer intensive. Open to advanced, pre- professional and professional dancers ages 16 and up. This intensive includes classes in Jjazz and modern dance technique along with company repertoire. Company auditions will take place August 4 following the intensive, from 3:00-5:30pm.

Cost – Full Intensive: $250 or à la carte $50/day
Financial assistance available. Please contact us for more information.

No audition required. Register by July 1.
For more information visit: https://www.concertodance.com/classes

Collide Theatrical Apprentice Program

2023/2024 Apprentice Program, September 2023–May 2024

Collide Theatrical’s Apprentice Program provides the skills needed to pursue formal positions within the Collide company and in the world of theater dance. Selected apprentice dancers will take technique class with the company 3–5 days a week, have an opportunity to perform in a Collide show, and participate in an apprentice showcase at the end of the year.

The technical classes include a variety of styles rooted in ballet and jazz, but also including tap, acting for dance, and hip hop. Apprentice dancers will also have an opportunity to participate in monthly master classes with Broadway touring dance captains and industry professionals.

This is a tuition-based program.
Scholarships are available for underrepresented artists.
Enrollment is competitive and audition based – video submissions accepted.

For video requirements or questions, please email Grace@collidetheatrical.org.

Join AMP in the Studio – AMPLIFIED Summer Workshop Series

Get back into your body and the studio with AMPLIFIED: AMP’s 4-day contemporary dance summer workshop – sponsored by Zenon Dance School! Let’s move, sweat, and explore mobility, length, momentum, and 3-D expansion while amplifying our physical possibilities in a curious, uplifting, and enlivening environment. Suitable for pre-professional/professional movers. Come as you are!

Monday, June 5 – Thursday, June 8
10:00am-12:00pm
Contemporary Movement Practice led by Joanna Lees, AMP Director

Through improvised and structured movement vocabulary, participants will be encouraged to research freedom, 3-D expansion, mobility, rigor, presence, agency in choice-making, and empowerment with each individual’s own unique body.

Full Workshop/4 practices: $60
3 Days/Practices: $48
2 Days/Practices: $34
Drop-In Rate: $18

To register, visit AMP’s website. Direct any questions to alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

Photo: Bill Cameron

Critical Conversations – Technical and Production

Our next series of Critical Conversations will focus on the technical and production side of dance! These workshops are designed to provide a baseline for working with production teams and venues in Minnesota and abroad and to give artists the language to talk about tech. Come to one or both – the workshops are independent of one another and will be both presentation and conversation based amongst the panel and any artists attending. Both workshops are moderated by Cowles Co-Director (and Production Manager), Joseph Bingham, who will be joined by several panelists at each event. These discussions are free and open to all. Come to share your thoughts or just listen.
 
Building a Production Team
Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm

Finding the right people for your creative project is paramount for success. Depending on the needs of your project, you may need a stage manager, production manager (no, the two aren’t always the same), lighting designer, sound designer, video designer, or more. Just like artists, different production folks have different aesthetics and ways of collaborating. Hear from several seasoned folks from these disciplines about their working styles, big-picture things you as a choreographer should consider when building out your team of collaborators, and the do’s and don’ts of tech week.

Putting Your Show in a Venue and Touring
Wednesday, June 7, 6:00-8:00pm
Whether you are producing a show at a local theater or touring, there are many factors, logistics, and ways of working and planning to consider. Venues with crew requirements versus those who just turn the keys over require different approaches when it comes to working with the venue’s production person or team. The technical elements of your work will require different planning depending on the venue and the people available to support it. This workshop brings seasoned production folks together to discuss how different venues locally and nationally require artists and production teams to plan. You’ll walk away knowing what to consider for your project.

Zenon Dance School – Free Classes During Summer Open House Week

Join us for a week of free classes June 6-10 before the Summer Session kicks off on June 12!

Zenon Dance School’s Open House allows dancers to get a sneak peek of some classes to look forward to during our new upcoming session at no cost and use exclusive discounts when purchasing seasonal class passes throughout the week.

Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, June 6
10:00am-12:00pm: HoneyWorks Choreography Workshop with Berit Ahlgren
6:00-7:00pm: All Levels Hip Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00-8:30pm: Beginning 1 Jazz with Ali Rubin Forester

Wednesday, June 7
10:00-11:30am: Contemporary Floorwork with Amanda Sachs

Thursday, June 8
7:00-8:30pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug

Friday, June 9
12:00-1:30pm: Intermediate 2 Ballet with Tina Wallum

Saturday, June 10
9:00-10:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson – Online
9:00-10:00am: Beginning/Intermediate Jazz with Jennifer Glaws
10:00-11:00am: Open Levels Hip Hop with Averie Mitchell-Brown
10:30-11:00am: Creative Movement (Age 3-6) with Malia Craft
11:00am-12:15pm: Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Ballet with Kendall Kramer
12:30-2:30pm: Turns and Pirouettes with Benjamin Johnson

Click here to register for Open House Week! Pre-registration encouraged but not required.

Tuition Discounts: Available June 5-12 only.
$10 off Class Cards with code OH10OFF
20% off Enrollment with code OHENROLL

James Sewell Ballet Summer Dance Intensive

Join James Sewell Ballet this summer for our dance intensive running June 12-July 1, 2023.
Featuring Guest Choreographer and Instructor, Shohei Iwahama!
Geared toward pre-professional and young adult dancers with intermediate/advanced technique.

Class Schedule
9:00am-4:00pm
Two or three-week option! Dancers can sign up for June 12-24 or June 12-July 1.
Ballet, JSB repertoire, new choreography, improvisation techniques, conditioning, and more.
Public performances on Saturdays, June 24 and July 1.

World-Class Faculty with Personalized Instruction
Train with dancers, choreographers, and movement experts who value personal growth and agency. Learn from JSB Artists, Berit Ahlgren, Leah Gallas, Shohei Iwahama, Deirdre Murnane, Eve Schulte, James Sewell, and Yuki Tokuda.

We combine rigor with playfulness to foster each student’s best potential. Program includes thoughtful goal-setting and mentorship.

Flat rate of $550 (per week) includes 34 hours of professional instruction and development per week.

CREO Classical Ballet Intensive

Poster featuring an image of a light-skinned ballet dancer in knee-length tutu dancing en pointe

The CREO Classical Ballet Intensive is for students who desire to achieve technical and artistic excellence in ballet and pointe. This comprehensive intensive includes daily class, Progressing Ballet Technique and conditioning for dancers, partnering, variations, repertory, and historical study of the tradition of ballet training and performance. The intensive aims to equip today’s young dancers with the artistry and athleticism expected of classical ballet in the 21st century.

Intermediate/Advanced/Pre-Professional – Grades 4-12
June 19-23, 9:00am-2:30pm

Intermediate – Grades 2-3
June 19-22, 4:00-6:30pm

Attire: Ballet and pointe shoes (as eligible), leotard, and tights
Bring: A bag lunch and a water bottle labeled with your name!

Offered for Accelerated Program dancers.
New to CREO? Call for placement!