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James Sewell Ballet Adult Dance Intensive

This JSB Dance Intensive is intended for adult dancers with some dance training beyond fundamentals. The over-arching goal of this Intensive is for participants to deepen their understanding of ballet and related movement modalities; engage in a creative physical pursuit in a friendly environment; and commit to wellness and regenerate their energy.

Train with movement experts who value personal growth and agency. Our instructors love sharing the joy of dance with participants of all ages and abilities!

October 17-21, 2023
Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30-9:00pm
Friday, 8:30am-1:00pm
Saturday, 9:00am-2:30pm

Multiple Enrollment Options:

  • Entire Intensive, Tuesday through Saturday
  • Partial Evening, Tuesday through Thursday
  • Partial Daytime, Friday and Saturday

TU Dance: Movement, Sound, Memory for Seasoned Adults 55+

Embark on a profound 8-week journey of self-discovery and creative expression with Tamiko French’s innovative dance fusion class. In this transformative course, you’ll delve deep into the realm of movement, sound, memories, and words to illuminate the vibrant landscape within you.

October 10-November 21 (8 weeks)
Tuesdays, 9:30-11:00am
Informal showing on last day from 11:30am-12:30pm.

Pre-registration required
$45 per 8-week workshop
Financial assistance available upon request

For more information and to register, click here.

Minnesota International Dance Festival – Free Workshops

Thanks to community support we are happy to announce the Minnesota International Dance Festival (MNIDF) workshops are now free to all attendees!

The MNIDF brings together international dance instructors, choreographers, community members, and emerging Twin Cities artists for a week of community exchange through workshops and performances. This year’s featured country is Mexico. The festival will include three week-long workshops, a choreographer panel conversation, and three performances.

Workshops October 17-20, 2023:
Class A: 10:00-11:30am – Alexis Zanety, Circular Drawing Movement
Class B: 11:30am-1:00pm – Dora de la Torre, Mexican Folkloric Dance
Class C: 1:30-3:00pm – José A. Luis, Dance Composition

Informal Showcase Performance at the Southern Theater on October 21 at 1:30pm.

16 Feet: Perceptions Noted

A multi-artist collaboration of independent choreographers from around the Twin Cities, giving their voice and visions.

October 19-21
7:30pm
TekBox Theater

Featuring:
Davente Gilreath – Healing, Love
Gerry Girouard – Honest, Energetic
Alarica Hassett – Weird, Liberated
Jim Lieberthal – Mystical, Dynamic
Jennifer Mack – Creatively Resilient
Christine Maginnis – Swashbuckling-Swan
Alys Ayumi Ogura – Appropriately Inappropriate
Rebecca Tanner – Embodied, Collaborative
Julie Warder – Influenced, Supported
Mary Willmeng – Devoted, Magnetic

Get tickets:
$20 for general admission.
$15 for students, seniors, and children under 12.
Fees included in ticket pricing.

MNIDF Presents Los Colores de México

Minnesota International Dance Festival is featuring México as their 2023 Guest Country. Friday and Saturday night MNIDF presents Los Colores de México, a vibrant performance that brings together many voices of Mexican culture. Join us for the closure of the MNIDF workshops with a unique performance by the workshop participants and an artist panel with featured choreographers during the Saturday matinee. Celebrate the vast diversity that Mexico has to offer through all dance styles from pre-Hispanic to contemporary. We invite you to join us and enjoy the talented voices of local and international artists with roots in México.

Performances
October 20 at 7:30pm – Los Colores de México
October 21 at 1:30pm – Informal Showcase and Artist Panel – pay-as-able
October 21 at 7:30pm – Los Colores de México

Tickets
Public Admission: $25
Students: $15

Concerto Dance Hosts a Jazz Master Class

Concerto Dance is hosts an Intermediate/Advanced Jazz master class Friday, October 20 at the Cowles Center for Dance to kick off weekend one of the Fall Forward Festival!

Join us as we examine jazz dance from a historical perspective with a concentration on classical jazz dance technique, musicality, and moving as a community. Class will conclude with a combination from our signature work Ode to Opus Jazz, being presented in Weekend One of the Fall Forward Festival, October 21-22.

Friday, October 20
9:00-11:00am

Cowles Center, Target Education Studio
Cost: $20, cash or Venmo: @Concerto-Dance

More information.
Drop-ins welcome! No pre-registration required.
Participants will be asked to sign a liability waiver upon arrival.

Contempo Physical Dance Audition

Contempo Physical Dance holds audition – seeking professional dancers for our fourth choreography residency!

This residency features commissioned work by Jaruam Xavier. Jaruam is a former dancer with Bale da Cidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil. As a choreographer, he has delved into the exploration of Anthropophagic Body Formation, a metaphor he employs to illustrate the assimilation of knowledge through the embodiment of dance and cultural hybridity. His works bear the influence of Candomblé, Capoeira, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, evident in their distinctive traits.

An audition class will be taught by Marciano Silva dos Santos while Jaruam observes remotely. In addition to the audition class, each dancer should prepare a solo up to one minute in length that highlights their strengths as a dancer.

Friday, October 20
10:00am-12:00pm
At Ballet Co.Laboratory, Studio 1

Dancers selected will need the following availability for rehearsals and performances:
Rehearsals: Monday-Friday mornings, December 14-January 12 – breaks will be given during holidays. Also Saturdays, January 6 and 13.
Technical Rehearsals: March 4-8. Detailed schedule TBD.
Performance at the O’Shaughnessy: Saturday, March 9 at 7:30pm.

Dancers who are planning on attending should email Jenny Pennaz, Managing Director, to express their interest at contempophysicaldance@gmail.com.

Fall Forward Festival at The Cowles Center

Celebrating nine different dance artists across three fantastic weekends!
Talents collide onstage as our diverse dance community showcases an assortment of genres across this momentous festival. Each weekend features a new roster and a variety of experiences from percussive footwork to physical feats to modern expressions and more!

Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Week One: October 21–22
Concerto Dance‘s Ode to Opus Jazz navigates the challenges of an explosive and turbulent world through resilience, friendship, and young love utilizing vernacular and classic jazz dance with theatrical flair. Kaleena Miller Dance premieres an interplay of minimal maximalism that abstracts inherent footwork patterns in response to the intricate sonic landscape. Afoutayi Haitian Dance, Music, and Arts Company’s Ti Sonson and the Power of the Drums, extracted from the trilingual children’s book of the same name, is a bright spark, highlighting joy and resilience in Haitian culture.

Week Two: October 28–29
Ballet Folklorico Mexico Azteca’s celebration of Día de los Muertos unites the past and present by honoring the departed and the vitality of life with a hint of contemporary dance. Discover STRONGmovement’s unique dance and art philosophy through three original works spanning recent years: You Think You Know, Kwôren,tēn, and a new solo, The Artist. Yuki Tokuda presents a ballet based on Japanese folklore called Yuki-Onna (The Snow Woman) with Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt, played by Rie Tanaka.

Week Three: November 4–5
Katha Dance Theatre’s PRAKRITIR PRATISODH – Nature’s Revenge depicts the natural forces that are now threatened due to humanity’s choices and the hope to conquer these challenges and move forward with harmony! Shapiro & Smith Dance’s Burning Air tells of the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894. Ominous skies are again in front of our eyes as today’s fires foretell what’s to come in a world of continued inaction on climate change. In We Are Cosmic, Alternative Motion Project connects black holes, dream states, multiverses, and theta waves through stunning visuals, rigorous physicality, and sound by Dameun Strange.

Join Threads Dance Project for a Monster Mash Bash Fundraiser

Come out to Threads Dance Nexus for some family-friendly Halloween fun!

Our annual fall fundraiser will take place Saturday, October 21 from 3:00-5:00pm at Threads Dance Nexus. Come dressed in your Halloween best for festive games, a costume contest, treats, and of course, dancing!

Funds raised will go towards scholarships to eliminate barriers to participation for low-income and BIPOC students in the NexGen/Youth Dance Project (YDP) program and for the support of Threads Dance Project to effectively carry out the mission to connect our community through dance.

Saturday, October 21
3:00-5:00pm

Tickets: $10/advance, $15/day-of, free for kids under 5

Angels & Demons

Eternal damnation and eternal hope – this 700-year-old Italian poem still pulls on our hearts today!

Join us for a rare opportunity to see Dante’s famous Divine Comedy come to life in an original excerpt dance performance on October 21 at 7:30pm. Based on the three parts of the afterlife, this ballet invites the audience to explore Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise in a uniquely intimate performance with choreography by Anna Betz and original music composed by Ian McGlynn.

The excerpt performance is part of a larger fundraising event to build support to develop the full-length version of this immersive ballet experience. Tickets include entry into the fabulous event, themed sips and bites, a live dance performance, and an opportunity to meet the choreographer, composer, and entire creative team of The Divine Comedy Ballet!

The Angels & Demons event is a costume party!
As the name suggests, choose a side (angel or demon) and arrive dressed in costume ready to enjoy yourself, mingle, dance, and explore the realms of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Gather inspiration for your ensemble from this Pinterest board.

Best costume will win a special release of the very first tracks of the Divine Comedy Ballet‘s original music!