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Audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective

Advanced ballet dancers aged 18 and up are invited to audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective!

We rehearse once a week on Saturdays from 5:00-7:00pm, with an optional warm-up class from 4:00-5:00pm. The Minnesota Ballet Collective is committed to empowering advanced ballet dancers by fostering artists’ creativity, collaboration, and passion. We seek to inspire our community through ballet’s storytelling ability and inherent beauty. The Minnesota Ballet Collective believes in the transformative power of dance and its positive impact on the community. For more information, check out our website.

Audition:
Saturday, January 6 from 5:00-7:00pm
Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.
Please wear ballet attire. Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes.
Please bring a printed headshot and first arabesque shot.

The registration deadline no later than end of day on January 5.
There is no audition fee required.

Junior Apprentice Dancers Needed

Image of Collide's logo: the text "COLLIDE" in round lights with the words "Theatrical Dance Company" below

Collide Theatrical is seeking Junior Apprentice Dancers, ages 16 and up, for ensemble roles in C.L.U.E!
Rehearsals begin January 21. Performances are February 15–March 10.
Dancers must have strong jazz/ballet technique and previous dance experience.

This is an unpaid training opportunity.
Apprentices will receive free artistic training, a 10-class card for drop-in classes, and performance experience. All roles will be double cast.

Audition
Sunday, January 7
5:00–6:00pm
Sign-in/warm up begins at 4:30pm
Register

Mandatory Rehearsals
Sundays, times TBD: January 21 and 28; February 4 and 11.
Technical Rehearsals: February 12–15, 5:00–10:00pm
Performance times.

Please note each role will be double cast. Junior Apprentice Dancers must attend all rehearsals, and half of the performance schedule.

Dancer Open Call for Physical Prizes

Zoë Koenig and Nora Nygard seek dancers for a new evening-length work, Physical Prizes. 

Physical Prizes will study and satirize the rehearsal and performance experience of dancers in professional, social, and competitive settings. How do dancers navigate situations in which they are forced to override their impulses and needs to conform to a choreographer’s vision? How do those conditions impact audience perceptions of performance? What mechanisms drive the systems that place pressure on artists seeking recognition to cultivate certain classifications of self? How do performance behaviors shift or constrict as artist identities become market categories?

Rehearsals will take place in Minneapolis from February through July 2024. Dancers will be compensated at $17/hour. 

February and March rehearsals will be held on Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30pm.
April and May rehearsals will be held on Mondays, 5:00 to 7:30pm.
June and July rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays, 5:00 to 7:30pm.
There will be no rehearsal on March 11 and May 13.
Dancers with partial availability will still be considered. 

This first stage of the development process will include a public roundtable discussion in March, an open rehearsal in May, and a work-in-progress showing in July. 

To apply, please submit application materials via this form before January 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. CT. 

Special January Floorwork at Dance Roots Exhibit at Anderson Library

This January Floorwork will focus on MN Dance History! Walk through the  Minnesota Dance Roots exhibit at the Performance Arts Archives, and stay for questions and conversation assisted by Deborah Ultan and other guests. Come share your story.

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal. Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.  

Tuesday, January 16
5:30 – 7:00pm
The Performing Arts Archive at the Anderson Library
RSVP is appreciated – please do so by January 12.

Attendees are asked to fill out a new RSVP form for each monthly Floorwork event.
Conversation will be held over a communal meal – bring your own dish to share in our potluck!
ARENA DANCES will supply beverages, plates, napkins and utensils.

Learn more about the Minnesota Dance Roots:
MNPost: “A century of dance in MN”
LibNews: “Tracing the Roots”

The collection and walk-through is at Andersen Library. Our host, Deborah Ultan, will be at the West entrance to let everyone in. If you park in University parking lot C86 (the closest parking facility which lies directly north-west of the library), you’ll need to go up the stairs to the entrance which faces the campus and the Washington Avenue Bridge. Follow this link for detailed driving directions.
Parking: University parking lot C86 is the closest parking facility and sits right next to Andersen Library. The lot lies directly north-west of Andersen Library.

Online Open Rehearsal with BalletMet and Yue Yin Presented by Northrop

Catch a glimpse into the creative process of professional artists during a livestreamed and on-demand rehearsal for Yue Yin’s new work for BalletMet—a Northrop Centennial Commission that will premiere in Columbus, OH in March 2024. Following the rehearsal, stay online for a Q&A with the choreographer Yue Yin. 

An internationally known artist and choreographer, Yue Yin is the founder and artistic director of YY Dance Company (YYDC). Northrop has provided BalletMet a Northrop Centennial Commission for a new work, and through this online open rehearsal viewers will have the opportunity to peer into the company’s creative process as they develop an entirely new work of art. 

This event will be captioned with other accessibility services available upon request.

Thursday, January 18
4:00pm

This event will also be available on-demand January 18-31.

TU Dance Center: Dancing Together Workshop

The Dancing Together Workshop is a child and parent/caregiver Creative Movement class. This 8-week workshop is designed for children ages 2-4 and their parent/caregiver who is interested in a shared movement experience that engages the senses of curiosity and play.

Both child and caregiver will participate in developmentally appropriate movement exercises that incorporate elements such as effort, shape, and tempo. Music will play an essential role in the class as students will be asked to respond to sounds as well as make sounds themselves. Participants will be encouraged to join at their comfort level with the understanding that observation is often the best form of learning with younger children. This class will give children and caregivers the opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another through the art form of dance.

January 20-February 24
Saturdays, 9:00-9:45am
At TU Dance Center.

To register, please click here.

Wonderland Family Performances

This special family adaptation of our hit show about mental health has lots of fun components for kids!

The Mad Hatter will lead children in theater games to start the show. 
Kids will learn a dance combination that they will be invited to dance with the cast at the end of the show. 
Families can get photos with the characters.

All while providing a positive message about mental health and empathy!

Saturday, January 20
10:00am and 2:00pm
Run Time: 60 minutes, no intermission.
Tickets: $15–25.

About the Show
Wonderland is a theatrical dance production that aims to de-stigmatize mental health issues. Set in a psychiatric hospital, characters from Alice in Wonderland face challenges, explore what “normal” means, and share an uplifting story of empathy, acceptance, and friendship in the face of mental illness. The story is told using Collide’s signature blend of high-energy dance set to a pop-rock soundtrack.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

As The New York Times recently noted, “audiences haven’t seen Hubbard Street quite like this.” After 46 years, and under the leadership of newly appointed Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Hubbard Street continues to be one of the most original forces in contemporary dance—reflecting today’s leading choreographic voices. Since 1977, Hubbard Street has brought artists, art, and audiences together in 19 countries and across 44 US states. Their expansive repertory program includes dances by Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Lar Lubovitch, and Kyle Abraham.

A Sensory Friendly Lounge equipped with sensory supports and staffed by trained volunteers will be available to all guests who are seeking a safe and soothing atmosphere during this and other select performances. Learn more on the Accessibility Services page.

Thursday, January 25
7:30pm

NACHMO 2024

NACHMO 2024 is happening!

NACHMO is National Choreography Month, a month-long choreography challenge held in January that aims to “make the creative process more accessible to choreographers of all backgrounds, means, and locations. We build this community by challenging choreographers, dancers, and movement enthusiasts to create new dance works.”

To sign up and view the daily prompts, visit the website at https://www.nachmo.org.
If you are in the Twin Cities and would like to come together to share what you have created during the challenge, please fill out this form to express your interest.

If you have any questions, reach out to marywillmeng@gmail.com.

C.L.U.E. – Collide Theatrical

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents C.L.U.E. at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, February 15–March 10, 2024.

Welcome to Mystery Mansion, where murder and blackmail are on the menu for this evening’s dinner party. Was it the butler, in the bedroom, with the knife? Or perhaps the maid, in the parlor, with the candlestick holder?  

Get ready as Collide brings its unique blend of dance theater to a murder mystery. Only this time you – the audience – get to choose the ending! Who will it be? Where? With what weapon? The verdict is in your hands, and so is the song the guilty character will dance to!

Tickets available online at collidetheatrical.org/clue or by calling 651-395-7903, ext. 701.
For group discounts and questions, please email Grace@collidetheatrical.org.