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The doors to The Cowles Center are wide open and waiting for all dancers, choreographers, and movement artists to join the Programs and Advisory Committee and staff for a morning of connection!

This is a free opportunity to get to know the building, the people within it, and the programs you might be interested in. Whether you’ve been dancing on stages for years or just learned to point your toes, we’re excited to meet you!

Saturday, September 16
9:00am-12:30pm

Open House highlights:

• Breakout sessions featuring topics like pathways to funding, movement classes, and more!
• Resource Fair
• Light breakfast
• $5 parking/transportation subsidy available with pre-registration
• Translation available onsite upon request.

Being Good to Yourself: Moving Towards Wholeness and Pleasure
Caring for your neck, shoulders, eyes, and breath in an 8-week Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert. Livestream classes will be taught over Zoom.

September 20-November 15
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
Sundays at 4:00pm

In this year’s fall Feldenkrais series, we will explore lessons that promote self-connection and pleasure, finding equanimity in movement, and adapting to change with resilience. In a world where technology has become ever more prevalent, it can be easy to feel disconnected from our bodies, our emotions, and the people around us. But through the gentle, exploratory movements of the Feldenkrais Method, we can find a sense of joy and connection that is uniquely human.

“Joy is exactly what’s happening, minus our opinion of it.” -Charlotte Joko Beck

Movement: This series will include 16 livestream classes. Each lesson is taught twice, once on Sunday and once on Wednesday.

Educational talks: Pre-lesson anatomy lessons and the philosophical framework for ATM.

Connection: Access to recorded Q&A to listen to questions, connect with the other students, and discuss the method and tools we are learning about. Includes optional 10-minute consultation with Sarah, online forum to connect and ask questions if you are doing the recordings, and email support.

Ways to keep practicing: Stream recordings indefinitely and have the option to download recordings.

My new 6-Week Beginners Flamenco Dance Program starts on September 20, 2023.

This is designed for absolute beginners or people who have not danced for a period of time. I will teach you fundamental flamenco dance skills as well as the rhythm and the music. You will be able to dance a simple choreography with a live musician flawlessly in 6 weeks!

Wednesdays, September 20-October 25
7:15-8:10pm
$120

Balanced Body® Reformer Fundamentals for Rehabilitation Professionals

September 22 and 29
Two Fridays, 12:00-4:00pm
Fee: $275
Instructor: Ann-Marie Chesterfield, DPT

This course is designed specifically for rehab professionals seeking to expand their use of therapeutic movement as a treatment modality. This course will introduce you to the Reformer as a tool for effective neuromotor training. Learn how to use the Reformer’s spring resistance in a variety of functional positions, including supine, seated, all-fours, and standing, to resolve movement impairments and restore overall function. Each of the exercises presented includes patient setup and useful regressions and progressions for common injuries. The course includes a case study and applications specific to the rehabilitation setting.

Join us for a Beetlejuice masterclass with Morgan Harrison, who is currently the swing/assistant dance captain on the first national tour of Beetlejuice! Morgan’s Broadway credits include Mean Girls and Beetlejuice, and you can catch her tap dancing on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She has done multiple tours, cruise ships, regional contracts, and workshops, and she is so excited to get to bring what she has learned to you all! Let’s twirl!

Pre-registration is required. To view the class schedule and register for class, click here. Please sign our liability waiver before attending class (found on our website).

Friday, September 22 from 9:30-11:00am
Price: $30

All welcome! Our welcoming environment stands up to our values of inclusivity and accessibility. Work-study and BIPOC scholarships available.

Our space is located in the Can Can Wonderland building in St. Paul. Parking is free in front of the building (the Blue lot is closest to our space), in the lots across the street, and in the underground parking garage (follow the Can Can Wonderland arrow).