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Auditions for Choreographers’ Evening 2023, Curated by Darrius Strong

The Walker Art Center and guest curator Darrius Strong are seeking Minnesota dancemakers working in all forms to present their work as part of Choreographers’ Evening, on Saturday, November 25, 2023.

Now celebrating its 51st year, this 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, educator, and 2021 McKnight Fellow Darrius Strong.

Learn more and sign up.

“I’m honored to curate the 51st anniversary of Choreographers’ Evening, celebrating five decades of dance at the Walker Art Center. Join us as we showcase the exceptional talent of independent choreographers and their unique stories. I invite all storytellers and dancemakers to share their light. Consider the stories you want to tell, your innovative movement, and the impact you hope to make through your lens of choreography. Let’s create something special together!” —Darrius Strong

TU Dance: Movement and Creativity for Adults 55+

Join TU Dance teaching artist Suzette Gilreath for Movement and Creativity for Adults 55+. This class will use a simple approach to movement based on dance and yoga practice allowing room for creativity to be explored and experienced while focusing on building community through individual expression and how it is shared with one another. The class is open to those who are hearing and to those who identify as a person with a disability, hard of hearing, and or D/Deaf individual.

Fridays from August 18-September 15
10:30am-12:00pm
No class on September 1.

Cost: Free

For more information and to register, please click here.

Hip-Hop, House and AfroDance with Visiting Artist Taylor Madgett

Come get your Hip-Hop, House and AfroDance on with Rhythmically Speaking visiting artist Taylor Madgett!

Friday, August 18
5:00-6:00pm
At The Southern Theater
$13.00 cash or Venmo

Taylor has a work in the Screen program of our upcoming production The Cohort 2023, and will be in town to share insights on her work during the Q&A following that program, and through this class! This class will focus on tapping into  groove, musicality, and rhythm, exploring technique from various dance styles including Afro, Hip-Hop, and House. Taylor’s open level class welcomes all levels and styles of movers to explore a fusion of movement and choreography within these styles.

Bonus: All class attendees get into the Cohort Screen event to get the chance to see Taylor’s work!
The Cohort 2023: Screen
Saturday, August 19 from 4:00-5:30pm
Southern Theater

Taylor Madgett received her Masters of Fine Arts in Dance with a certificate in Hip-Hop studies from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2020. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia and received her Bachelor’s of Arts in History from Emory University. Taylor specializes in Hip-Hop dance and street dance choreography and recently co-founded Raw Groove. Raw Groove is a dynamic duo consisting of Constance Harris and Taylor Madgett, created in 2021 after the two women met and formed a creative partnership during their time in graduate school. Raw Groove is a dance company that performs, choreographs, and teaches in the Denver metro, Aurora and Boulder areas. Taylor is also currently a member of VisKosity dance company and Rennie Harris’ Grassroots company. Her current research focuses on exploring identity and heritage through movement.

Wild Knowing – Live Dance and Music Performance

MIRAGE Performing Arts presents live dance and music performance in collaboration with Finnish fiber artist Anita Jain. The program is inspired by nature, cycles of life, and folktales and emcompasses cultural crossroads of Finland, Japan and America

Works by: Selim Palmgren, Michio Mamiya, Kaija Saariaho, Kenneth Frazelle, Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint-Saëns
Choreographer, Dancer: Yuki Tokuda
Musicians: Rie Tanaka, Jesse Nummelin

Friday, August 18 at 6:00pm
Saturday, August 19 at 2:00pm
Free to the public.

This performance is part of Summer at Peavey Plaza! Performing Arts Series By Green Minneapolis.

A NIGHT IN ANDALUSIA in Lanesboro

Award-winning dancer Sachiko “La Chayí” and Twin Cities Flamenco Collective invite audiences to join their Southern Spanish, tablao-style flamenco which celebrates the Gitano spirit. A NIGHT IN ANDALUSIA features internationally renowned artists from Spain and the United States.

Friday, August 18
7:00pm

A NIGHT IN ANDALUSIA in Minneapolis

Award-winning dancer Sachiko “La Chayí” and Twin Cities Flamenco Collective invite audiences to join their Southern Spanish, tablao-style flamenco which celebrates the Gitano spirit. A NIGHT IN ANDALUSIA features internationally renowned artists from Spain and the United States.

Sunday, August 20
5:00pm and 8:00pm

Price: $25-30

Hopkins Dance Company’s Nutty Nutcracker Camp

Join Hopkins Dance Company in a fun, Nutcracker dance camp for kids! No experience necessary.

August 21-24
Ages 3-5: 10:00-11:30am
Ages 6-9: 11:30am-1:00pm

Dancers will spend time dancing, making fun Nutcracker-themed crafts, and performing in an in-studio showcase on Thursday, August 24.

Momentary Certainties Dance Performance Opportunity

The Eagan Art House invites you to submit original choreographic works to be performed as part of the opening event of Momentary Certainties 2023, an outdoor visual art installation that examines the intertwined themes of ephemerality and permanence and is part of the Eagan Art Block 2023 celebration of art and community.

Works should reflect on the themes of the exhibition:

  • On ephemerality: The nature of performance is ephemeral, “something that lasts a very short time.” Can you consider impermanence in your movement? How do you represent fragility or decay? What does it mean to perform in a landscape which is ever-changing?
  • On permanence: In these unpredictable times, how do the ideas of steadiness and strength inform your work? How can dance be a stabilizing presence? Consider constancy (of love, of nature) in your movement.

Works should be 5-20 minutes long and will be performed one to two times over the course of the event. The performance location is outside, on the grass lawn of the Eagan Art House. Site-specific works are encouraged and can be accommodated in consultation with Art House staff.

Performance date: September 9, 2023, 1:00-3:00pm (arrival at noon)
Location: Outside, on the grounds of the Eagan Art House
Compensation: $100-$300 (dependent on the number of performers)

Please email the following information to artexhibits@cityofeagan.com by August 24 to be considered:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Short description of the original choreographic work that you will be performing
  • Number of performers
  • Link to video of a representative piece of your work

Please contact us with questions! We are looking for a diverse range of vision and a wide representation of identity. Call 651-675-5524 or email artexhibits@cityofeagan.com.

ARENA DANCES Presents Erased Steps

Erased Steps is an abstract dance theater work taking place at Union Depot in St. Paul. The work includes an original score, performed live by local composer Zack Baltich, alongside 15 dancers whose relationships are gradually revealed through the work’s deft abstraction, incorporating dance, visual symbolism, and imaginative staging. Shining a light on both personal and societal expectations, Erased Steps exposes themes of the past and the present; what things seem like on the surface versus what they might actually be.

“The Present and the Past entwine in lingering questions.”

Thursday, August 24 at 8:00pm
Friday, August 25 at 8:00pm

Get Tickets
Before August 20: $25 online. $20 student/senior discount.
After August 20: $30 online and at the door. $20 student/senior discount.

Dancers for Erased Steps: Gabriel Anderson, Kendall Edstrom, Non Edwards, Annika Johansson, Dustin Haug, Isaiah Langowski, Javan Mngrezzo, Jake Nehrbass, Leslie O’Neill, Addie Reine, Betsy Schaefer Roob, and Laura Selle Virtucio; with Apprentices Gibran Murrieta, Maeve Seymour, and Allison Wheeler.
Composer/Musician: Zack Baltich
Voice Actors: Gabriel Anderson and Linnea Mohn
Lighting: Heidi Eckwall

Come early and enjoy dinner at Station 81 Drink and Eatery – an establishment that donates a percentage of sales to Appetite for Change (AFC) which uses food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change in North Minneapolis. AFC brings people together to learn, cook, eat, and grow food, creating change that lasts.

Provide ample time to arrive, as the State Fair opens this same weekend. Parking information.

We look forward to sharing this work with you!

Improv Jam with Sabine Ibes, Charles Gorczynski, and James Sewell Ballet

Sabine Ibes leads a practice of connecting with others for all Peavey Plaza visitors. Relax your body and mind, trust the ripples in the water at your feet, and let the Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet and Sabine’s prompts guide you toward ease and confidence in this special shared experience. We encourage all Peavey Plaza visitors to jump in during this free event — all ages and abilities welcome!

Friday, August 25, 7:00-8:00pm