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

The TU Dance Pre-Professional program is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African, and creative workshops for students ages 11 to 24.

Download the 2021 Pre-Professional Summer Program Daily Schedule: Levels 4-5.

Although the TU Dance Summer Intensive has already begun, please email education@tudance.org if you are interested in taking the final week of the Intensive, August 8-13.

For level placement, please contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708. Placement can be done by attending an in-person (by appointment only, a class fee applies) or by submitting a video link (modern and ballet phrase), or during the first day of classes of the intensive.

To register, please complete the four-step registration process:
1) Please find the online pre-registration below under the specific level you are interested in and select a payment option,
2) Make a tuition payment (in full or by selecting a payment plan),
3) If requesting a payment plan please submit the Summer 2022 Payment Plan Form, and
4) Submit a 2022 Pre-Professional Summer Intensive online registration form.

Scholarships available. Contact us at education@tudance.org or (651) 724-9708 for more information.

Unique in Minnesota, this is a focused ballet and variations workshop specializing in preparing dancers for performing or competing in national ballet competitions. Following daily ballet technique class, dancers learn classic ballet variations and receive professional coaching. This workshop benefits all dancers, whether preparing for a competition, an upcoming performance, or simply wanting to polish and improve their artistry, technique, and quality. Class sizes are limited. Pre-competitive, Junior, and Senior Divisions. Ages 9 and older.

August 8-19

Audition required. As all group audition dates have passed, please contact the studio to schedule a private audition.

The lessons in this two-hour workshop will help improve a wide variety of functional movements, focusing on easier balance, effortless standing, and ease-filled graceful walking. We will explore in various positions including lying on the back, side, belly, and in standing.

Humans are designed to be upright in gravity. This is the human brain’s primary job – to balance and organize the body to be upright in gravity during all functional activities. This vital process of balancing keeps your brain very occupied! We will finesse our relationship to gravity, becoming more sensitive, responsive, and supple in our upright position.

We are all quite different. Our attention spans and nervous systems have changed. But all of our brains have plasticity and we can form new habits yet again. We will lay on the floor together. We will orient ourselves to what it’s like to learn with others in the same room. We will get to know our feet in a novel way and experience how to find ease being upright in gravity.

Tuesday, August 9, 4:00-6:00pm
Space is limited. Pre-register to reserve your space.
There will be time for discussion and questions following the movement portion of the class.
Bring your own props – after registration, you will receive an email from Sarah with the props that will be needed for this class.

This workshop will only be offered in person. Proof of vaccination status or negative test requested. Minimum 6 participants and maximum 25 participants for live workshop. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to Sarah directly for pay-what-you-can options. This workshop is appropriate for all levels. Beginners to Feldenkrais are welcome!

James Sewell Ballet is offering a summer intensive training program August 15-20.

Offering classes in ballet, JSB repertoire, improvisation techniques, conditioning and more.

Includes personalized instruction geared toward dancers with intermediate/advanced technique between the ages 15-22. Train with dancers, choreographers and movement experts who value personal growth and agency. We combine rigor with playfulness to foster each student’s best potential!

Participation is capped at 15 dancers, so secure your spot now! Register online at jsballet.org/intensive-2

Early Bird rate is $385 until August 5, 2022.
Rate will increase to $415 following August 5.

Register by August 7!

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. Participants will practice contemporary dance technique and learn a new original work as a part of this intensive. Targeted for the high-intermediate to advanced level dancer.

August 15-20, 2022
Monday–Saturday, 10:00am-3:00pm
Class: 10:00-11:30am
Rehearsal of new work: 12:00-3:00pm

Culminating in an informal showing of the work on Saturday, August 20, with the possibility of a performance showing aligned with the Happy Hour Artists in the seventh annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival in April 2023 at The Southern Theater!

ARENA DANCES’ Artistic Director, Mathew Janczewski will be present for pre-professional dancers to have career chats and be considered for ARENA apprenticeships during the creation of a new work by ARENA, Erased Steps, rehearsing March 2023-August with performances at Union Depot and Rochester Civic Center in August 2023.

Tuition: $550.
Registration must be completed by August 7.

Ages 16+.
Intensive capped at 15 participants.

Learn more about Shane.

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

Monday through Thursday, August 15-18 from 1:30-4:00pm

Technique classes each day alternating between modern (Monday/Wednesday) and jazz dance (Tuesday/Thursday) along with choreography and company repertoire taught by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel and company members.

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

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

Concerto Dance is excited to welcome long-time Minnesota teaching artist and choreographer Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner back to the Twin Cities! Join us for an open jazz dance master class at the Cowles Center.

Sunday, August 28 from 12:00-1:30pm
Cost: $20

Class is open to professional, pre-professional/college students, and advanced dancers ages 16 and up.
Space is limited. Please pre-register by visiting www.concertodance.com/classes.

Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner is a choreographer and dance educator committed to inclusion, representation, and social consciousness in both pedagogy and creative practice. She received her B.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, and her M.F.A. as an Advanced Opportunity Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts. She has served as the Choreographer in Residence for the Minnesota Dance Theater and is a four-time winner of the Arizona Choreography Competition’s Professional Division. Original works by Gutierrez-Garner have been commissioned by numerous colleges and universities across the United States. Additionally, she has enjoyed commissions by professional companies including the Minnesota Dance Theater, Dulce Dance Company, Eclectic Edge Ensemble, Zenon Dance Company, and Los Angeles-based Jazz Antiqua. Gutierrez-Garner’s work has seen support from organizations such as the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Walker Art Center, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and Lane Arts Council. She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Western Oregon University and is the Artistic Director of Company Movimiento, based in Eugene, OR. Cynthia will be creating a new jazz premiere for Concerto Dance this upcoming season.

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, 12:30–2:30pm

Free trial classes include Family Dance, Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, and Modern dance. A schedule of trial classes at the open house will be announced in Mid-August. 

Learn about Young Dance
Discover what’s planned for the 2022-23 Session
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Meet Young Dance Directors and Teaching Artists
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Questions? Email Anat Shinar, anat@youngdance.org.

Classes and programs for Summer 2022 at the School of Ballet Co.Laboratory are now enrolling!

The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory offers the finest dance education to artists of all ages and abilities in a nurturing and welcoming environment. Our summer programming gives students the opportunity to train with locally and nationally acclaimed dance professionals who are dedicated to the growth of each individual student.

To learn more or to register click here: https://bit.ly/SummerBCL

Rhythmically Speaking visiting artist Laura Ann Smyth (Los Angeles) is in town this week to set a piece on Rhythmically Speaking company dancers for our production The Cohort 2022: Stage August 11-13 at the Southern Theater. Laura will teach two open classes while she is here:

Wednesday, July 27, 5:30-7:00pm at Cowles Center, Studio 5B – RS MoveTogether
As space is limited, pre-registration is suggested but not required. To pre-register, hop over to our website to pay the $10.00 class via Venmo.

Friday, July 29, 10:00-11:15am at Zenon Dance, Cowles Center Studio 4A – Friday Morning Jazz
Class is hybrid, with space for 10 distanced students in-studio and a high-quality Zoom option for folks joining from home/remotely. Please note that while masks are now optional at the Cowles Center (except for performances), masks are still required at Zenon. Register for class.

Laura Ann Smyth, originally from Canada, is a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer, and educator. Smyth holds a BA in sociology with a minor in dance from the University of Calgary, an MFA in dance from the University of California, Irvine and is currently a PhD Candidate in dance at Texas Woman’s University. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of Black jazz-informed dance practices and embodied rhetoric. Smyth is a member of Donna Sternberg and Dancers, JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, and is a full-time faculty member at Loyola Marymount University. Spirited and inclusive in her approach to the dissemination of Black dance culture and practices, Smyth is grateful and humbled by any opportunity to engage in the gift that is dance.

Laura’s piece for The Cohort 2022, “Character A/Musings”, is an exploration of identities. With an emphasis on rhythm, storytelling capability and sophisticated performance, this piece uses the jazz idiom to consider the way in which we invent and reinvent ourselves throughout our lifetime.

Join us next week to experience Laura’s exciting perspective on jazz dance!