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Young Dance Announces the 2023–24 Session

Since 1987, Young Dance has worked to transform lives through movement. We are an inclusive community where creativity flourishes, encouraging personal and artistic excellence through diverse forms of dance.

Young Dance is committed to offering a fun and developmentally appropriate curriculum. Our Teaching Artists are some of the best in cities, bringing their experience and expertise to various styles and techniques. The 2023–24 Session includes Afro-Modern, All Abilities Dancing, Ballet, Breaking, Creative Movement, Choreography, Dance Together, Hip Hop, Modern, Musical Theater, and the Young Dance Performing Company. Plus, we added Adult/Teen Somatics, Yoga, and Adult Modern! 

Classes begin Thursday, September 14, and continue through Sunday, May 19, 2024. The final weekend of the session culminates in performances.

Registration is now open! Some classes fill quickly, so enroll today!

Studio Rentals at Collide Theatrical in St. Paul

Need space to rehearse, choreograph, teach, or hold an event? Collide Theatrical has two studios available for rental in our beautiful St. Paul location.

Studio 1 has 1700 square feet of sprung floor, full wall-length mirrors, Rosco Adagio Marley dance floor, high ceilings, skylights, and 3 chandeliers.

Studio 2 has 550 square feet of sprung wood floor.

Both studios have the following amenities:

  • Ballet barres for up to 18 students
  • Free and accessible parking and access to public transportation line
  • Gender-specific bathrooms (non-gender-specific bathroom available in the adjacent building)
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth room speakers
  • Cubbies for holding shoes and clothes
  • 2 long folding tables
  • Access to up to 30 folding chairs
  • HVAC heated and cooled spaces with temperature control
  • Hallway drinking fountains
  • Access to kitchenette area available upon request

Single Rental:
Studio 1 – $30/hour
Studio 2 – $20/hour

Long-Term or Multiple-Day Rental:
Studio 1 – $20/hour
Studio 2 – $15/hour

Payment for rental bookings must be made 48 hours prior to your booking to hold your reservation. A signed rental agreement and certificate of insurance must be provided prior to your reservation. Please contact us at 651-395-7903 or grace@collidetheatrical.org to schedule a visit.

Advanced Drop-In Classes with Collide Theatrical

Starting September 6!

Join us for class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9:30am for intermediate/advanced ballet, jazz, and Collide barre with the company.

Teachers and classes on a rotating schedule.
Pre-registration is required.
View the class schedule and register for class.
Please sign the liability waiver found on our website before attending class.

All Welcome
Our welcoming environment stands up to our values of inclusivity and accessibility. 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).

Class Rates
Work-study and BIPOC scholarships available.
Adult Drop-Ins: $20 per class or $180 for a 10-class pass. Must be used within 6 months.
Professional Dancers: $18 per class. Email grace@collidetheatrical.org for a discount code.

Collide Theatrical Announces 10th Season

Collide Theatrical Dance Company’s Tenth Anniversary Season will feature an exciting lineup of innovative dance theater.

The 2023/2024 season opens in September with The Great Gatsby. Originally produced by Collide in 2018, the company will present an updated version this year. Re-imagined through a modern lens, this timely tale explores the dark underbelly of the American dream, a story no less poignant a century later.

In February 2024, Collide will stage the world premiere of Hollywood, which tells the compelling and hopeful story of a Hollywood starlet and a political eco-activist struggling for survival in a climate-ravaged near-future California.

The final show in Collide’s tenth season will be a high-energy cabaret in which Collide dancers will take you on a journey through the history of Broadway’s most famous dance musicals. Broadway Dancin’ will feature numbers from some of your favorite Broadway hits, including Chicago, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, and more!

Collide will also bring back its hit production of Wonderland and tour the mental health-themed production to middle and high schools throughout Minnesota.

On Saturday, December 2, 2023, Collide will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary with a fundraising gala. The evening will feature silent and live auctions, cocktails, and heavy appetizers, and will culminate with a performance highlighting favorite dance excerpts from the past decade.

Season subscriptions are available for purchase now, as are tickets for individual shows.

For more information, including show dates and locations, please visit Collidetheatrical.org.

DanceMN Homepage Image Open Call

Greetings Dance Community:

Happy Summer! We of the DanceMN Steering Committee offer heartfelt thanks for all you do, in addition to the financial contributions many of you make throughout the year to keep DanceMN a free, uncurated resource.

We now have a FUN ask of you… We are seeking new images for our homepage slideshow! Please consider submitting one to two images per group or individual. Photos should be large/high-resolution images, around 2000 pixels. Horizontal/banner-oriented images are preferred and work great for our desktop version; vertical images may be used for a mobile version.

Send your image to news@dancemn.org. Please include the name of the individual/group represented and photographer credit. Additional credits such as dancer(s) pictured may also be included. Visit our homepage for examples – there are exciting new (and previous) images posted! If you have already submitted an image, it will stay in our library until you request it to be omitted, or you exceed two images per artist.

Is there an artist you’d like to see on our homepage? Spread the word and invite your friends, students, colleagues, and mentors to participate!

As DanceMN expands our outreach efforts, we hope to partner with local venues and organizations – please indicate if you do not want your submitted image to be used in DanceMN promotional materials. Photos will be accepted on a rolling basis and updated periodically.

We look forward to seeing you at DanceMN.org soon!

Cheers,

The DanceMN Steering Committee
Maggie Bergeron, Ashley Chin-Mark, Rahila Coats, Kealoha Ferreira, Joanne Gordon, Sarah LaRose-Holland, Jim Lieberthal, Alys Ayumi Ogura, and Eve Schulte

DanceMN Co-Editors
Annie Carlson and Non Edwards

Image Submission Checklist:

  • Is it a large, high-quality image?
  • Is it formatted as a jpg, jpeg, png, or webp?
  • Is it under the 2MB file size limit?
  • Did you include credits? Artist/group represented; Photographer; Others
  • Did you include consent/limitations for this image to be included in DanceMN promotions?

Mary Willmeng/Willmeng Dances at the Minnesota Fringe

Mary Willmeng/Willmeng Dances presents Little Pieces as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

An evening of dance created at different times and in different places. Little Pieces is a collection of choreographed dances created during intensive rehearsal processes over the last five years presented in a single evening. Each piece looks at the dynamic of relationships through expressive movement and gesture.

Created in collaboration with and performed by cast members Hunter Batterson, Jamie Carr, Kaitlin Craven, Eliana Durnbaugh, Autumn Goetting, Dienae “D” Hunter, Ayumi Shafer, and Ayaka Moriyama.

Showtimes:
Friday, August 11 at 10:00pm
Sunday, August 13 at 5:30pm

At Theater in the Round, 245 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis. Tickets can be purchased online at the Minnesota Fringe website.

Feldenkrais Mini-Workshop

Feldenkrais Mini-Workshop this Saturday, August 12 from 2:00-5:00pm.
Taught by practitioners Krista Langberg and Jeffrey Wells.

The Passage From Your Head to Your Torso
The flexibility of the cervical spine (our neck), allows for great movement and potentially great trouble. In this workshop, we will explore how our necks can be better integrated into our whole selves.
Price: $60

Register here.

Feldenkrais is a method of somatic education created over 80 years ago. It is a process of deepening self-awareness, using movement as the lens to investigate who we are and the choices that we make. Combining our abilities to sense ourselves and feel what is, Feldenkrais Awareness-Through-Movement lessons can lead us to experience the fullness of who we are and our endless potential to change and improve our lives.

Learn more about yourself and feel better.

Aniccha Arts Presents Prairie|Concrete

Prairie|Concrete – Join Us As We Dance With Plants!

Join Aniccha Arts for two public performance gatherings at Hidden Falls Regional Park and Frogtown Farm. These gatherings are the culmination of Prairie|Concrete, a project that brings visibility to plant cycles and growing practices through embodied listening and movement sessions with communities in Imnizaska, (where the white rock bluffs form what we now call St. Paul, Minnesota).

Check out a recently published essay written by lead artist Pramila Vasudevan, “My Practice of Repatterining My Art,” which speaks to the impulses behind Prairie|Concrete. Learn more about the project and events at www.prairieconcrete.org.

Hidden Falls Regional Park
1313 Hidden Falls Dr, St Paul, MN 55116
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Come and go anytime from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Frogtown Farm
946 Minnehaha Ave. W, St Paul, MN 55104
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Come and go anytime from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

These are kid friendly events. Feel free to bring lawn chairs, blankets, water bottles and snacks. Consider wearing sunscreen and insect repellent.

Aniccha Arts Team
Yasmin Abdi, Sayge Carroll, Shalini Gupta, Sequoia Hauck, Masanari Kawahara, José Luis, Cassandra Meyer, Sam Aros Mitchell, Mankwe Ndosi, Margaret Ogas, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Valerie Oliveiro, Dameun Strange, Jasmine Kar Tang, Alejandra (Tobar Alatriz), Claire Wilcox, Hui Wilcox, Lynn Wilcox, Pramila Vasudevan, Kira Vega, Judith Shuǐ Xiān.

This project is a commission of Public Art St. Paul with monies and support from the Joyce Foundation. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. This project is also supported by Forecast Public Art through funding from The McKnight Foundation.

TU Dance: CUL·TI·VATE, A Trainee Program

Inspired by the next generation of dance artists, CUL·TI·VATE is a program designed as a bridge for dancers with advanced training between their educational perspective and envisioning themselves in the professional field. Through classes, workshops, choreographic processes, mentorship, community engagement, teaching, performance, and more, dancers will connect and share experiences as a collective as well as expressing and gaining momentum toward their individual interests and goals beyond their time in the program. CUL·TI·VATE will embrace and support each dancer while fostering their unique artistic path centered in TU Dance’s values of excellence, belonging, creativity, and transformation.

Age range: 18-24. Trainees will be compensated as employees, $450/week.

View the 2023-2024 CUL·TI·VATE Brochure.

Audition Details
Please email the following to laurel.keen@tudance.org and maxine.yamazaki@tudance.org by August 14, 2023:

  • Resume and cover letter expressing your interest and goals for participating in CUL·TI·VATE.
  • Performance Reel: Three minutes maximum. Reel may include studio or performance footage that clearly shows the individual instead of group work.

An in-person or virtual meeting may be scheduled as part of the audition process.
Dancers will receive notification of their acceptance into the CUL·TI·VATE program by August 28, 2023.

For any questions about the program, and to let us know if you are taking the TU Dance Summer Program as part of the audition, please email maxine.yamazaki@tudance.org.