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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 – Ballet Folklorico
Class C | 1:30-3:00pm – José A. Luis, Dance Composition

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

Minnesota International Dance Festival 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

Choreographers’ Evening 2023, Curated by Darrius Strong

“Dance that inspires, challenges, and entertains . . . from a variety of Minnesota choreographers and companies.” —Star Tribune

The Walker’s annual dance showcase celebrates Minnesota’s vibrant and diverse dance community with powerful performances by a roster of local choreographers and movement artists. This year’s program is curated by dancer, choreographer, and 2021 McKnight Fellow Darrius Strong, whose own work fuses ballet, hip hop, and more to tell universal stories.

Tickets start at $15. No additional fees.

TU Dance Center: Teaching Artists Needed

The school at TUDC is seeking teaching artists to teach for the 2023-24 school year for our Children and Teen Program. We are specifically interested in artists with expertise in ballet, modern, and creative movement who have Saturday availability.

Please send a cover letter sharing a bit about your approach to teaching as well as the age groups you resonate with to education@tudance.org.

Contact Improvisation Jam

Mondays at 6:30pm

The Center for Performing Arts

Entrance at new wing on 38th Street

The opening circle starts at 6:30pm with a facilitated warm-up.
The closing circle will begin at 8:30pm.

All levels of dance and abilities are welcomed.

Zenon Dance School – Fall Classes in Person and Online

Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you back for another season of dance this fall! Registration is open for the Fall Session, running September 11-December 17. No classes November 22-26. Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted. Visit our website to learn more!

At this time, Zenon plans to shift all Fall Session classes back to our fourth-floor studios in The Cowles Center.

Monday
10:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren
5:30pm: Contemporary Floorwork with Amanda Sachs

Tuesday
6:00pm: All Levels Hip Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning 1 Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester

Wednesday
9:30am: Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary with Joanna Lees
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK (Online-only September 13 and 27, October 11 and 25, November 8, and December 6)
5:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Lisa Erickson (Online)
5:30pm: Horton-based Modern with Anna Pinault
7:00pm: Contemporary Ballet with Kendall Kramer

Thursday
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson, with live accompaniment by Dean Magraw
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug

Friday
12:00pm: Intermediate 2 Ballet with Tina Wallum, with live accompaniment by Susan Hsu

Saturday
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson (Online)
9:15am: Creative Movement for ages 3-4 with Eliana Durnbaugh
9:15am: Creative Movement for ages 5-6 with Sofia Arisian
10:00am: Youth Modern for ages 11-14 with Sofia Arisian
10:00am: Beginning Modern with Roxane Wallace
11:30am: Musical Theatre Jazz with Xan Mattek
12:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Benjamin Johnson, with live accompaniment by Pat Lyles

Sunday
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 3-4 with Hannah Gonzalez and Mary Willmeng
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 5-6 with Sofia Arisian
11:00am: Youth Hip Hop for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian
12:00pm: Youth Ballet for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian

Zenon Dance School – Fall Xchange Program/Work-Study

We are looking for volunteers to be a part of our Xchange Program for the upcoming Fall Session!

Xchange is Zenon’s work-study program that allows students to volunteer in exchange for dance class credit.

The Fall Session will run from September 11-December 17, with no classes November 22-26.

Online shift = one class credit
In-person shift = two class credits

If you are interested in working with the Xchange Program, please fill out the interest form on our website or email xchange@zenondance.org.

Technique Intensive in Arab Dance

Cassandra Shore’s popular Technique Intensive in Arab Dance returns on Saturday, September 8.

Saturdays, 10:30am-12:00pm
Price: $25

Hothouse Studio Rental – Northeast Minneapolis

Make Hothouse your home! Our space is available for hourly rentals to independent artists, freelance instructors, and companies. Like a community garden, filled with unique plots, the beauty of Hothouse is in the diversity of the people that fill our space.

All Studios

  • Sprung, Marley floor
  • Mirrors
  • Sound system with auxiliary input and Bluetooth
  • Large windows with natural light
  • Adjustable mood lighting
  • Wifi
  • Access to a restroom and filtered water station
  • Free lot and street parking

Studio 1

  • 800 square feet, 40’w x 20’d

Studio 2

  • 2,000 square feet, 50’w x 40’d
  • Portable barres (accommodates 12-16)

Studio 3

  • 920 square feet, 40’w x 23’d
  • Fitness equipment (available for additional fee)

Rental prices vary based on the type of event, starting at just $16 per hour. Fill out the First Time Rental Request form at the bottom of this page to introduce yourself and book the space!