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

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 ages 7-10 years. All levels of experience are welcome!

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

September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2

For 7-10-year-old dancers: In person only; limited space available.

Four-week workshop enrollment: $55
Single class drop-in: $15

Register today!

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. See a video.

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.

Thursdays, 10:00-11:30am
September 15-November 3 with a showing on November 3.
In-person only. $45 per workshop.

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

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.

Join ARENA DANCES for one week of movement classes taught by guest artist Shane Larson, member of the renowned Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

“During class we will build a bottom to top, floor to standing modular class that deepens with task-based repetition, while encoding new movement pathways through basic shapes. Architectural forms of the body are created, deconstructed, and recycled within the containers of momentum and temperature, offering a full-body, far reaching experience of movement.” – Shane

August 17-20, 2022
Wednesday–Saturday, 10:00am-11:30am
$17
Ages 16+.

Learn more about Shane.

Been curious about what classes are like at the Threads Dance Nexus? Come join us this summer for our Summer Sampler Series! The summer sampler will offer participants a chance to try out fall classes before registration begins in September.

Building on the success of our first Summer Sampler, we’d like to invite you to join us for a taste of Beginning/Intermediate Adult Ballet. The class will be an hour long, taught by Threads Artistic/Executive Director, Karen L. Charles.

Tonight!
Wednesday, August 17
6:30-7:30pm
Ages 18+
Pay what you can, $10.00-$40.00
Click here to register.

Teacher Bio:
A dedicated performer, teacher and creator, Karen Long Charles received a BFA Ballet/BS Computer Science from Texas Christian University and M.Ed. in Administration from Georgia State University.  Charles has performed with numerous dance companies including Room to Move Dance Company (Atlanta, GA), Susan Warden Dance Company (Kansas City, MO) and was awarded a fellowship to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Charles served as Director at Perpich Arts High School and was the founding Principal/Executive Director at Main Street School of Performing Arts. Charles has created/presented works for James Sewell Ballet, Carleton College, Macalester College, University of Georgia, University of Iowa, Main Street School of Performing Arts and Perpich Arts High School. Charles founded Threads Dance Project (Threads) in 2011 where she is presently Artistic/Executive Director. Threads has been nominated for an MN SAGE Dance Award (2015), co-hosted McKnight International Choreographic Fellow Salia Sanou (2017), and toured nationally to Atlanta and Philadelphia. Threads now teaches and works in their new Minneapolis home – Threads Dance Nexus – to further expand their mission to examine, expose and celebrate the Threads that connect us through dance.

Visit www.threadsdance.org for additional information about Karen Charles and Threads Dance Project.

Contempo Physical Dance is offering free advanced-level Brazilian contemporary dance classes for pre-professional and professional level dancers this summer. Taught by Marciano Silva dos Santos, the classes will feature live percussive music and be influenced by Marciano’s background in Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance styles.

Dancers can enjoy the entire series of classes or drop in for a single class. After the series of summer classes, an audition will be held for Contempo’s upcoming fall project and these classes are intended to prepare dancers’ physicality for the audition. However, all professional dancers are welcome regardless of their intention to audition.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 18 and 23
9:30-11:00am

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join us for an open house to visit the studio, register, attend free trial classes, and meet some teachers! Whether you’re new to Young Dance or have been taking classes for a while, open houses are a great way for dancers and families to familiarize themselves with finding our space, parking, getting around the building, and seeing the studios.

Saturday, September 10 from 12:30-2:30pm

Free trial classes:
Family Dance – 12:30-1:00pm for ages 1–4 with caregiver
Jazz Sampler – 12:30-1:00pm for ages 8–14
Modern – 1:00-1:30pm for ages 7–18
Ballet – 1:30-2:00pm for ages 7–18
Hip Hop – 2:00-2:30pm for ages 7–18
Creative Movement – 2:00-2:30pm for ages 3–7

Learn about Young Dance
Discover what’s planned for the 2022-23 Session
Register in person
Meet Young Dance Directors and Teaching Artists
Visit Young Dance Studios
Experience moving with Young Dance!

Questions? Email Anat Shinar at anat@youngdance.org.

The doors to The Cowles Center are wide open and waiting for all dancers, choreographers, and movement artists to join the Programs and Advisory Committee and staff for a morning of connection. This is an opportunity to get to know the building, the people within it, and the programs you might be interested in. A $5 parking/transportation subsidy will be available for attendees.

We’ll have a light breakfast, get to know the ways you can be engaged with The Cowles, hear from some artists, as well as demystify grant writing, intellectual property, and unions.

Oh! And we’ll have photographer Canaan Mattson joining us to take professional headshots for the first 20 artists who sign up.

Whether you’ve been dancing on stages for years or just learned to point your toes, we’re excited to meet you!

Saturday, September 10
9:00am-12:00pm
Free!

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. See a video.

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.

Thursdays, 10:00-11:30am
September 15-November 3 with a showing on November 3.
In-person only. $45 per workshop.

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

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.

Contempo Physical Dance is offering free advanced-level Brazilian contemporary dance classes for pre-professional and professional level dancers this summer. Taught by Marciano Silva dos Santos, the classes will feature live percussive music and be influenced by Marciano’s background in Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance styles. Dancers can enjoy the entire series of classes or drop in for a single class. After the series of summer classes, an audition will be held for Contempo’s upcoming fall project and these classes are intended to prepare dancers’ physicality for the audition. However, all professional dancers are welcome regardless of their intention to audition.

Tuesdays and Thursdays – August 11, 16, 18, 23
9:30-11:00am

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Concerto Dance is hosting our second annual Summer Dance Intensive! Open to professional, pre-professional and advanced dancers ages 16 and up.

Monday-Thursday, August 15-18 from 1:30-4:00pm at Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory.

Technique classes each day alternating between Modern (Monday and Wednesday) and Jazz dance (Tuesday and Thursday) along with choreography and company reperory taught by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel.

Cost: $150 or $45/day if registering a la’ carte.

For registration and more info go to: www.concertodance.com/classes