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Adult Ballet Fundamentals

Learn ballet at any age!

This 8-week Ballet Fundamentals Session will teach adult students the basic steps of ballet, how combinations in class are built and the history and roots of ballet terminology. No ballet or dance experience necessary!

Thursdays, September 28-November 16
6:15-7:30pm

The Great Gatsby by Collide Theatrical

Collide Theatrical Dance Company’s 10th season opens with The Great Gatsby at The Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis. The Great Gatsby will run September 29–October 15, 2023.

Get ready for the most exciting party in town. The 1920s roar back to life as Collide’s hit production returns to the stage. Bursting with passion and drama, the blockbuster American novel is brought to life through dance and live music. Extravagant parties, glitz, and glamor surround the life of mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. But as the sparkling facade of his world begins to slip, a world full of tragedy, loneliness, and despair is exposed.

“Not unlike modern-day social media influencers, Jay Gatsby reinvents himself to increase his self-worth through money and materialism,” said Regina Peluso, Artistic Director of Collide Theatrical Dance Company. “I’m looking forward to reimagining this story once again through a modern lens. By creating an inclusive world that reflects America today, we can hold up a mirror to the tragedy and hope encased in our society.”

Get tickets online; or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701. For group discounts and questions, please email Grace@collidetheatrical.org.

Pilates Teacher Training at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy

Balanced Body® Pilates Mat 1
October 6-8
Friday: 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday: 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday: 9:30am-4:30pm

In person and online options.
Fee: $499 + $60 materials

Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy offers Pilates teacher training through Balanced Body Education. Mat 1 forms the foundation of the Pilates method. This course includes an introduction to the history and principles of the Pilates method and the beginning and intermediate level exercises. Each exercise includes training on modifications, challenges, the purpose of the exercise and any precautions for injuries and special populations. How to design and teach group classes and guidelines for teaching seniors and pre and post–natal classes are included.
Prerequisite: Balanced Body® Movement Principles

Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Potluck

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal.

Every first Saturday! Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge sharing, and supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is being hosted at The Arena.
Saturday, October 7
12:00-2:00pm
RSVP by Friday, October 6

This October Floorwork will focus on grant funding overviews and sharing artist insights on the application process and evaluative practices– conversation assisted by Dana Kassel, Program Director of McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers and Dancers and Eleanor Savage, Jerome Foundation President. Other funding organizations may still join. 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.

Introduction to the Chair – CE at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy

Balanced Body® Introduction to the Chair for Rehabilitation Professionals
Friday, October 13, 12:00-4:00pm
Fee: $150

The chair, created by Joseph Pilates, provides a wide variety of exercises in a small footprint. In the clinical setting, the chair offers opportunity to work functionally in sitting and standing both bilaterally and unilaterally. This course is an introduction to Chair exercises and includes regressions for the client in active rehabilitation as well progressions for the beginning, post-rehabilitation and advanced wellness client. This training is appropriate for clinics working with the Wunda Chair, Combo Chair and ExoChair. This course will include equipment set up, clinical application, and safety.

Instructor: Ann-Marie Chesterfield, DPT

Vogue: A Celebration of Dance and Fashion

Ballet Co.Laboratory rolls out the red carpet for our sixth annual benefit performance on Saturday, October 14.

Join us for an evening a cut above the rest as we celebrate the art of dance and fashion. Strut in style as you take in a fashion-inspired performance featuring the professional dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory while being treated to themed sips, bites, and other surprises. Supporting the arts is always in style so, “c’mon, vogue!”

Choreographed by: Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies
Performed by: The Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory 

Your evening designed beyond the ordinary will include:
· Hosted sips-n-bites, silent auction, and games
· Fashion-themed dance performance featuring The Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory
· Mix and mingle with company dancers and artistic staff

Tickets
Early Bird: $75
After September 22: $85

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 evenings
Friday-Saturday daytime
With optional Friday and Saturday evening activities!

Multiple Enrollment Options:

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

Minnesota International Dance Festival – Registration Open

The Minnesota International Dance Festival (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 3 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.

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

James Sewell Ballet: In The Shadows

Frankenstein, zombies, and characters of Edgar Allen Poe come to life in this family-friendly performance steeped in spooky delight and tragic majesty.

Anchoring the performance is a new choral ballet titled Unfashioned Creature, featuring Twin Cities beloved artists Timothy C. Takach (composer), Penelope Freeh (choreographer), and the MPLS (imPulse) choral ensemble. The work is poetically rooted in Shelley’s Frankenstein, and explores key aspects relating to personhood: otherness, abandonment, despair, and hopeful yearning. Music includes cello, percussion, and the stellar singers of MPLS who will perform a fractured libretto comprised of Shelley’s text.

Also on the program, remounts of two Sewell fall favorites: excerpts from “Takes on Poe” (2012); and “Grave Matters” (2011), which combines undead charm and morbid wit in a playful zombie ballet.

Saturday, October 28
2:00 and 7:30pm

Tickets: $5-34