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Creo Arts & Dance Conservatory Adult Summer Drop-In Classes

Join us for our ballet, jazz, and contemporary adult classes in a joyful and safe environment at Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory in Minnetonka. You can expect a high-energy class with motivational dance artists who are experts in their craft!

July Session
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet: Tuesday, July 9, 16, 23, 30: 6:30-7:45pm
Open Level Jazz: Wednesday, July 10, 17, 24, 31: 6:00-7:00pm
Open Level Contemporary: Thursday, July 11, 18, 25: 6:30-7:30pm

August Session
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet: Tuesday, August 6, 13, 20, 27: 6:30-7:45pm
Open Level Jazz: Wednesday, August 7, 14, 21, 28: 6:00-7:00pm
Open Level Contemporary: Thursday, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: 6:30-7:30pm

South Minneapolis Studio Available for Rent

The Sabathani Community Center in South Minneapolis has a dance studio available for hourly rental. The studio space includes mirrors, ballet barres, and hardwood floors. The building includes security and free parking.

Studio dimensions: 39′ x 23′ x 9′

Rental Rates
Rehearsals and photoshoots — $15/hour
Classes and auditions — $20/hour

Available for Rent
Monday-Friday, 7:00am-9:00pm
Saturdays, 10:00am-4:00pm
Closed Sundays.

Fill out the Rental Form to reserve the studio.

Rent the Young Dance Studios

Young Dance has two large studios available for rent in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul. The space is easily accessible by the Green Line light rail, the 16 and 67 Bus Lines, and with ample parking in the Fairview Business Center parking lot. It is fully ADA accessible, with ramps to the sprung studio floor and automatic door openers. 

Rentals are currently available:
Monday–Tuesday, 8:00am–4:00pm
Wednesday–Friday, 8:00am–8:00pm
Saturday, 3:00–9:00pm
Sunday, 8:00am–3:00pm

The studios are newly equipped with sprung Harlequin Marley flooring, a Bluetooth speaker system, and wifi. A projector with AV adapters is available by request. Studio 2 has ballet barres and a mirror. The studio has a clear COVID safety plan, including regular disinfecting of all floors and surfaces and a new HVAC system that refreshes the air 7-8 times per hour.

Studio 1: Measures 41′ x 38′ and rents at $25/hour
Studio 2: Measures 38′ x 38′ and rents at $20/hour

To book the space, email jules@youngdance.org or call 612-423-3064. Payment, signed agreement, and liability waiver are required with rental confirmation.

Young Dance Summer Classes and Camps

Weekly Classes
Creative Movement 1: Ages: 3–5. Monday or Tuesday, 4:30–5:15pm
Creative Movement 2: Ages: 5–7. Monday or Tuesday, 5:15–6:00pm
Dance Together: Ages 1–3 with caregiver. Monday or Tuesday, 5:15–6:00pm

Camps
Session 2: July 8–11
Session 3: July 22–25
Session 4: August 5–8
Session 5: August 19–22

Morning Camps: Monday–Thursday, 9:00–11:30am. Tuition: $150
Afternoon Camps: Monday–Thursday, 12:00–4:30pm. Tuition: $250

Dance A Story for Ages 4-7: Creative Movement and Storytelling
Monday–Thursday, 9:30am-12:00pm.
Explore movement with a focus on storytelling.
Session 2: July 8–11 is designed for neurodivergent youth and individuals who may be sensitive to stimulation.

Camps for Ages 8–18
Explore several dance genres and real-world applications in the morning, afternoon, or full-day.
Session 3: July 22–25 offers an additional camp for dancers with Down Syndrome.

All Abilities Dancing Classes

Dancing with Wheels for ages 11+
Wednesdays, 5:00–6:00pm. Tuition: $150 or with a class card.
Build dance skills and express yourself through movement for youth and adults with wheeling devices.

All Abilities Dancing
Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30pm. Tuition: $150 or with a class card. Ages 18+
Express yourself while you explore the elements of dance and develop skills in improvisation and collaboration. For adults with and without disabilities.

Young Dance Announces the 2024–25 Session

Since 1987, Young Dance has worked to transform lives through movement. We are an inclusive community where creativity flourishes, encouraging personal and artistic excellence through diverse dance forms.

Young Dance is committed to offering a fun and developmentally appropriate curriculum. Our Teaching Artists are some of the best in cities, bringing their experience and expertise to various styles and techniques. The 2024–25 Session includes All Abilities Dancing, Babywearing Dance, Ballet, Breaking, Capoeira, Choreography, Creative Movement, Dance Together, Hip Hop, Modern for youth through adults 55+,  Musical Theater, Yoga and more! Plus, we offer opportunities to perform around the Twin Cities and work with professional choreographers through the Young Dance Performing Company.

Classes begin Thursday, September 12, and continue through Sunday, May 11, 2025. The final weekend of the session culminates in performances at the Luminary Arts Center

Registration is now open! Some classes fill quickly, so enroll today! 

Rent TU Dance Center Studios

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by TU Dance’s programming. TU Dance Center features a reception area and front desk for check-in or event use. Access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Studio 1: 60 x 34
Studio 2: 46 x 21

Both studios feature:
Sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin
Wall of mirrors
Portable ballet barre units 10′ in length
Room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs
50″ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing
Large windows providing ample natural light

Studio 1 only: A curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror; wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Rental fees:
Individual artists: $18/hour
Nonprofit organizations: $22/hour for rehearsals
Other rental inquiries (for-profit, classes, workshops, auditions, life events, photo sessions, filming, etc.), please contact us.

Sunna – Pilates and Yoga Studio with Discounts for Artists, Students, Seniors

Welcome to Sunna, a wellness studio committed to your radiance through grounding and restoring, energizing and strengthening, group and individual, and mind and body practices. We specialize in Pilates, Yoga, GYROKINESIS®, and Barre class formats, with an emphasis on alignment, healing, integration, and functional movement. We foster a welcoming environment for those based in the neighborhood as well as those traveling longer distances or passing through the Twin Cities.

Featuring a wide array of knowledgeable instructors, including local dance artists Berit Ahlgren, Eva Mohn, Genevieve Waterbury, Kari Schire, Nic Lincoln, Non Edwards, and Samantha Meryhew.

We offer discounts for full-time artists, students, and seniors. Plus all of our weekday noon classes are sliding scale, including Empowered Body (Mindful HIIT), Vinyasa Yoga, Empowered Dance, gaga/people, and Pilates Jumpboard Reformer. Please visit our website to find out more!

Classes and Events at Communal Studio

Communal Studio is a collective space for rent for the community to take and offer classes/workshops/events. Located at The Shops at the West End in St. Louis Park, the space is 1200 square feet including a spacious entryway with coat hooks and shoe storage and a 629 square feet studio with:

  • dimmable lights,
  • ceiling fans,
  • mirrors on 2 walls and
  • barres on 3 walls,
  • a sound system with aux jack,
  • and a back area with a bathroom, storage room, 2 sinks, and a mini kitchen.

What would you like to take?
What would you like to offer?

See the calendar for all the classes and workshops offered at Communal Studio: Pilates, Yoga, Barre, Qigong, Hip Hop Dance, Sound Bowl Healing, and more! From the calendar, click on the class you want to take and you will find either a link to sign up, or it will say “drop in” with no registration necessary.

Hawaiian Dance Workshop

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.

Reasons for Moving

Reasons for Moving is an interdisciplinary and multilingual performance exploring the intergenerational scars of geopolitical displacement. Its script collects the writings of the collaborators and their families’ biographies, alongside found text on the circulation cycles of migratory animals and the natural world.

The title comes from the final two lines of “Keeping Things Whole,” by the late Canadian poet Mark Strand: “we all have reasons for moving/I move to keep things whole.” Combining fictional and non-fictional stories, the ensemble investigates painful pasts as much as the present as a path forward. 

Reasons for Moving is especially relevant for local audiences, given Minnesota’s long history with displaced and displacing populations — hosting and uprooting is part of its fabric.

Performer/collaborators are: Kalala Kiwanuka-Woernle, whose mother first left Uganda for the UK, and then arrived in the US on a student visa; Mai Moua Thao, whose parents are refugees from Laos by way of Thailand; and Skye Reddy, whose family lost their ancestral homelands in the colonial Partition of South Asia. Directed by Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento with media and sound design by Eliot Gray Fisher, lighting design and technical direction by Thomas Barrett, and costume design by Lynn Farrington.

Don’t miss the final performances. Closing June 30!