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Dance Resource Fair Opportunity: Host a Table at The Cowles Center’s Artist Open House

The Cowles Center is excited to host our second annual Artist Open House on Saturday, September 16 from 9:00am–12:30pm.

This is a day to celebrate dance artists and give them free professional development sessions and movement workshops.

New this year – we also want to offer the dance artists access to an Artist Resource Fair to showcase all that our community has to offer. If you are interested in hosting a table please fill out this form.

There is limited space in our lobby and not all requests for a table will be fulfilled. This is a first come first serve basis.

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. 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
  • Do you consent for this image to be included in DanceMN promotions?

TU Dance Center: Pre-Professional Summer Intensive

The TU Dance Pre-Professional Program is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African dance, and creative workshops for students ages 13-24. The TU Dance Summer Intensive builds a strong technique while exploring individual artistry.

Now through August 12

Download the 2023 Pre-Professional Summer Program Daily Schedule: Level 4-5

Building Dreamscapes with Margaret Ogas

Building Dreamscapes: a multidisciplinary workshop with Margaret Ogas at RESOURCE

Thursday, July 27
6:00-8:00pm
RESOURCE – 512 E 24th St Minneapolis, MN 55404

Open to all types of artists and makers! Choreographer Margaret Ogas will lead a workshop centered around dreams, storytelling, and abstracted narratives. Participants will explore these themes and shape the space through a collage of writing, installation, sound and/or movement. No dance experience required.

RSVP appreciated (email margaretnogas@gmail.com), walk-ins welcome. Free to attend.

Margaret Ogas is a dance artist based in Saint Paul. Using an interdisciplinary approach informed by Chicana cultural sensibilities, her works tell surreal everyday stories through movement, text, and sound. She is a 2023 Jerome Hill Fellow.

Open Class and Showing with Visiting Artist Carlos R.A. Jones

Rhythmically Speaking 2023 visiting artist Carlos R.A. Jones will be in town July 24-29, and there are two public chances to experience his work!

Open Class: All Levels Jazz
Friday, July 28 from 10:00-11:15am
At Zenon

Open Showing
Saturday, July 29 at 4:30pm
At Cowles Center Studio 5B
Come see what Carlos will have created for us for our upcoming show The Cohort 2023: Stage (running August 17-19 at The Southern)! His new work, Groove: A Communal Love, will invite everyone from dancer to observer to sit in the pocket of the music and ride the joy of feeling the funk.

More on Carlos: Carlos R. A. Jones is professor of musical theater and dance, coordinator of Africana Studies, and associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at SUNY Buffalo State. He has also served on faculty at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount, UCLA and St. Cloud State University. His early career was in television, film, musical theater, and concert dance, where he worked with Broadway legend André De Shields, SNL veteran Ellen Cleghorn, and television icon Carol Burnett, among others. A few of his credits: Film/TV – The Drew Carey Show, The Nanny, Dance With Me, and Uptown Girls. Directing/Choreography – Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, Camelot, Beehive and Hairspray. Concert Dance – Jazz Antiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, Bethune Theaterdanse, Movement Source and his self-named, Carlos Jones and Company. He is a contributing author and co-editor of Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century. @thegroovydean

We hope you can join us for class, the showing or both!

Junior Apprentice Auditions at Collide for Ages 15-18

Collide Theatrical is seeking Junior Apprentice Dancers, ages 15-18, for ensemble roles in The Great Gatsby.

Dancers must have strong jazz/ballet technique and previous dance experience. Please come warmed up and ready to dance in jazz shoes and heels.

Junior Apprentice Audition
Sunday, July 30
6:00-7:00pm
At Collide Theatrical

Sign Up

Please note – each role will be double-cast. Apprentices must attend all rehearsals and half of the performance schedule. There is no participation fee if cast. This is an unpaid opportunity.

Rehearsals
Wednesday, August 23: 9:00am-12:00pm
Thursday, August 24: 9:00am-12:00pm
Sunday, September 10: Time TBD
Sunday, September 17: Time TBD
Sunday, September 24: Time TBD

Technical Rehearsals
Tuesday, September 26: 5:00-10:00pm
Wednesday, September 27: 5:00-10:00pm

Performances
September 29-October 15
At Luminary Arts Center

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive
Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4
9:00am-2:00pm

Concerto Dance is excited to announce registration is now open for our third annual summer intensive. Open to advanced, pre-professional and professional dancers ages 16 and older. The intensive includes classes in jazz and modern dance technique along with company repertoire.

Company auditions will take place Friday, August 4 following the intensive, from 3:00-5:30pm.

At Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory, Minnetonka MN
Full Intensive: $250 or a la carte $50/day
Financial assistance available – please contact us for more information.

No audition required.
Register by July 30.
For more information visit: concertodance.com/classes

Dancers Wanted

Dancers wanted for an informal showing in September. All individuals welcome and encouraged. Training in multiple disciplines helpful for a work in progress.

Paid rehearsals and performance.

Audition by joining us in rehearsal.
Rehearsals take place early evenings or weekends in Minneapolis or St. Paul.

Sounds for Dance with Margaret Ogas

Sounds for Dance: a movement and music workshop with Margaret Ogas

Choreographer Margaret Ogas will lead a workshop focused on movement improvisation in conversation with music and other sounds. Participants will explore the relationship between their bodies and the rhythm, tone and textures of sound. Open to all levels of experience.

Wednesday, August 2
5:00-6:30pm
At RESOURCE – 512 E 24th St Minneapolis, MN 55404

RSVP appreciated (email margaretnogas@gmail.com), walk-ins welcome

Margaret Ogas is a dance artist based in Saint Paul. Using an interdisciplinary approach informed by Chicana cultural sensibilities, her works tell surreal everyday stories through movement, text, and sound. She is a 2023 Jerome Hill Fellow. www.margaretogas.com