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Young Dance’s Build-Your-Own Miniature Golf Course Gala

Join Young Dance in building and playing miniature golf on Saturday, March 23 at Lake Monster Brewing Company. At this whimsical celebration of creativity, we share our passion for movement with the local community.

1:00-4:00pm
Everyone is invited to build a miniature golf hole with the theme of Alice in Wonderland. You can sign up to build and design the course individually or bring a group of friends. Materials like cardboard, pieces of gutter, tubes, wood, pallets, nails, screws, tape, and more will be provided, or you can bring your own supplies. Skilled construction workers will attend to help make your building dreams come true.

4:00pm
The course will be open to the public, and players can choose their own price to play. The suggested donation price is $15 per person, and all proceeds go to expanding access to Young Dance’s programming and mission to transform lives through movement.

Since 1987, Young Dance has worked to transform lives through movement by fostering an inclusive community where creativity flourishes. Young Dance encourages peer-to-peer mentorship and collaboration in the making of dance. This year, we serve over 230 students, aged 1 to 18, at our studio hub in St. Paul and an additional 1,200 participants through community events and partnerships. Learn more about Young Dance at youngdance.org.

If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please reach out to info@youngdance.org or call 612-423-3064.

The 2024 Build-Your-Own Minature Golf Gala is sponsored by Blaze Credit Union, The Costume Collective, Home Depot: Store #2806, Lake Monster Brewing Co., The Makery, Metro Transit, No Mythic, Play It Again Sports St. Paul, Welna Ace Hardware: Store #7166, Urban Refurbishment, and Wilson Golf Group.

Twin Cities Ballet: Openings for 2024/25 Season

Twin Cities Ballet is seeking Soloist and Principal level dancers for our 2024/25 season. This is a competitive salaried position with a 35-week season. Strong classical ballet, partnering, and contemporary skills required. You must be eligible to work in the United States.

We also have opportunities for unpaid adult apprenticeship and student trainee positions for both male and female dancers.

Please submit the following audition materials by email to auditions@TwinCitiesBallet.org, and we will contact you after we have reviewed your audition materials to schedule an in-person or virtual audition.

  • Your resumé.
  • Two photos: First arabesque and a headshot showing at least 3/4 face. Either attach small format photos or provide a link.
  • Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reality and fantasy collide in a contemporary retelling of William Shakespeare’s spellbinding A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Under the moonlight in an altered reality, witness the chaos and absurdity of desire come to life as lovers are driven by mistaken identity and enchantment. Inspired by astrological and environmental themes, we invite you to linger with us in the mayhem until dawn.

Choreographed by: Christian Warner
Performed by: The Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory

Friday, April 5 at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 6 at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 7 at 2:00pm

Threads Youth Dance Sampler

Calling young movers and families! 

Youth ages 8-12 are invited to join us at Threads Dance Nexus for a dance sampler of our NexGen/Youth Dance Project classes. Try out abbreviated Ballet and Modern classes, discover what we’ll learn in Nutrition, and enjoy an hour of mindfulness in a Gratitude and Resilience workshop. While the kids dance, families can learn more about our program and register for Summer Dance Camps. Our one and two-week dance camps are for kids ages 7-12 during July 8-19. All Dance Sampler attendees will receive a 10% discount on summer camps.

Register here for the Dance Sampler.

Saturday, April 13
10:30am-12:30pm
$15 per dancer.
Need-based scholarships are available. Email Angela at aericson@threadsdance.org to learn more.

We can’t wait to see you at Threads Dance Nexus! Click here to learn more or call us at 612-354-3978.

James Sewell Ballet: Pointed Humor

James Sewell Ballet leaps onto the stage with bold new works.

Featured is the highly-anticipated choreographies of two guest choreographers and old friends of the company. Shohei Iwahama (former JSB dancer and current member of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo) brings an expansive group work that emanates curiosity, play, and kinship. Michael Walters returns with his fourth choreographic commission for JSB with a passionate duet, at moments both gritty and gentle.

This remarkable evening includes two Sewell works: a new sextet that blends classical and contemporary ballet within Bach’s Concerto for Violin & Oboe; and a remount of Doo-Be-Doo, which combines high-energy playful antics with stunning technical feats.

Performances:
Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14 at 2:00pm

Ticketing will go live soon!

Nic Lincoln’s Escalade

Nic Lincoln presents Escalade, featuring Gemma Isaacson and Venus de Mars

Friday, April 19 at 8:00pm
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
Tickets are “pay as able” with a suggested donation of $25-$35 per ticket.

For more information visit our Eventbrite page.

ARENA DANCES Presents the Eighth Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival

Save the date for the eighth annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival!

April 22-27, 2024
At The Southern Theater.

The CANDY BOX Dance Festival is a week-long dynamic sampling of featured performances, master classes, and in-progress showings, hosted by ARENA DANCES and presented April 22-27, 2024 at The Southern Theater. The CANDY BOX Dance Festival features both emerging and established choreographers, Happy Hour work-in-progress performances, and master class offerings.

Happy Hour Artists – 5:30pm
Monday, April 22 – Shannon Hartle Dolan, Kaitlyn Hawkins and Alicia Steeves
Tuesday, April 23 – Kayla Schiltgen
Wednesday, April 24 – Amez Dance
Thursday, April 25 – Duniya Drum and Dance
Friday, April 26 – Penelope Freeh

Featured Artists
Featuring works by Tristan Koepke and Benny Olk, Paula Mann/Time Track Productions, and jess pretty.
Thursday, April 25 – 7:30pm
Friday, April 26 – 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27 – 2:00pm

Tickets
Purchase before April 23: $20 online in advance; $18 student/senior
After April 23: $27 online and at the door; $20 student/senior discount
Pay-as-Able pricing option available at the door only on Saturday, April 27, 7:30pm

We extend a special thank you to our Season Sponsors and event donors: MartinPatrick3, The Southern Theater, and generous individual contributions. This festival is also made possible with the support of the McKnight Foundation.

TU Dance: THREAT by Yusha-Marie Sorzano

TU Dance is one of four dance companies participating in the pilot program The O’Shaughnessy Dance Cohort. THREAT is an evening-length work choreographed by TU Dance Guest Artist Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

THREAT is a concert dance theater work that aims to provoke an interrogation of the roles we play as individuals and communities in hierarchies. The work posits that hierarchies have the power to control our behavior and infiltrate our thoughts, even when no authority is present to enforce the rules. Using a physical language and soundscape that fuses multicultural traditions and styles of the West and the African Diaspora, this social exploration invites audiences into a modern narrative that speaks to the universal experience of authority, obedience, and rebellion.

Friday, April 26, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27, 7:30pm
Purchase tickets here!

Tickets
Adult: $40
Student/Senior: $30
St. Kate’s Student: $5
Subscription information can be found here.

Moving the Story – Healing the Person

This experiential and didactic course focuses on child development and the impact of trauma spanning the prenatal experience up until adolescence. The class will incorporate developmental frameworks (Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Polyvagal Theory) in relationship to Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT). It will also focus on skills for supporting children and clients in order to process and heal from their experiences.

Instructors:
Mariah Meyer LeFeber, PhD, LPC, BC-DMT
Robyn Lending Halsten, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT

Collide Theatrical Summer Intensive

Improve your technique and advance your artistry in a positive and welcoming environment! Classes include Musical Theatre Jazz, Classic Jazz Technique, Ballet, Leaps and Turns, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, and more. Students may register for individual weeks, or sign up for all 3 weeks and save!

July 8-26
9:30am-3:30pm

The Intensive culminates in our Collide Showcase (only for those who register for all 3 weeks of the intensive). Video will be taken so students have a 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 (1 minute Ballet Adagio with pirouettes and 1 minute Jazz) or referral name and contact information to Nathan@collidetheatrical.org.