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Twin Cities Folk Dance Village

Come learn with us!

The Twin Cities Folk Dance Village is an informal recreational dance group.

We focus on international folk dance.  All dances are taught with easy to follow instructions, plenty of time to practice and no pressure!

Thursdays, 6:30-8:00pm
Instructor: Caren Grantz Keljik
$10/class

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?

Autonomy and Personal Freedom – Free Intro Class Offer

Free Intro Class for Autonomy and Personal Freedom: Lessons to Connect with Yourself, a 6-week Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert.

Sign up here to join the first lesson of this session for free on Wednesday, July 19 at 6:30pm.

Full series runs from July 23-September 3
Wednesdays at 6:30pm and Sundays at 4:00pm

The Feldenkrais Method® views health as the ability to meet the challenges of life with ease and grace. It is a state of being that allows us to move and function with confidence and to adapt to change with resilience. The lessons in this series will help you discover how to utilize ground forces through your skeleton so you can find your own internal sense of length, lift, and personal freedom. These teachings will aim to empower you to find agency over your own health and sense of well-being. We use imagination, appreciation, and the relationship to both space and ourselves.

If you are looking for a way to improve your health and well-being, your sense of wholeness, or your artistic/athletic performance, this series may be a good option for you. ATM lessons can help you to become more aware of your body, improve your movement patterns, and reduce pain.

Included in the Series:

  • 12 livestream classes – each lesson is taught twice, once on Sunday and once on Wednesday.
  • Mini lessons to practice throughout the week.
  • Pre-lesson anatomy.
  • The philosophical framework for ATM.
  • Recorded Q&A to listen to questions, connect with the other students, and discuss the method and tools we are learning.
  • Optional 10-minute consultation with Sarah.
  • Online forum to connect and ask questions if you are doing the recordings.
  • Email support.
  • Ability to stream recordings indefinitely.
  • Option to download recordings.

“It (Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement) is listening, thinking, feeling, appreciating both internally and externally what is happening, how the body moves in space.” –Moshe Feldenkrais

Pre-Workshop Conversation with Joshua and Sten

Join licensed Action Theater teachers, Joshua Lorris and Sten Rudstrøm, for this free, online, pre-workshop community event on Thursday, July 20 at 7:00pm!

Part meet and greet and part Q&A, this is an open invitation to all that are interested in Sten’s three-day Action Theater workshop “BE HERE NOW!” at The Arena from July 28-30.

Not only will we get the story of/details on Action Theater, but attending participants receive a workshop discount!

Sign-up and we will see you then!

Off-Kilter Cabaret Call Extended for Artists with Disabilities

Off-Leash Area extends artist call for proposals for the second Off-Kilter Cabaret.

Off-Leash Area’s Off-Kilter program highlights and supports artists with disabilities in creating original performance work. The second Off-Kilter Cabaret is an evening-length cabaret-style production.

Performances will be held November 17-19 at the TEK BOX. The event will include accessibility accommodations including ASL interpreting, captioning, and audio description.

Artists with disabilities are asked to submit proposals of a 5-10 minute original performance on the theme of “Inside Outside Inside-Out” by the deadline of July 21.

The Off-Kilter Advisory Team is writer and storyteller Amy Salloway, arts accessibility consultant Jon Skaalen, national touring musician Gabriel Rodreick, and Sam Jasmine, host of the Disability and Progress program on KFAI. Off-Leash Area is excited to be partnering again with Young Dance, whose mission is: “transforming lives through movement.”

For more information, visit our website here, contact us at offleash@offleasharea.org, or call us at 612-724-7372.

Audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective

Advanced ballet dancers aged 18 and up are invited to audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective! We rehearse once a week on Saturdays from 5:00-7:00pm, with an optional warm-up class from 4:00-5:00pm. The Minnesota Ballet Collective is committed to empowering advanced ballet dancers by fostering artists’ creativity, collaboration, and passion. We seek to inspire our community through ballet’s storytelling ability and inherent beauty. The Minnesota Ballet Collective believes in the transformative power of dance and its positive impact on the community.

Audition: July 22, 5:00-7:00pm

  • Please wear ballet attire.
  • Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes.
  • Bring a printed headshot and a first arabesque shot.
  • Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.
  • No audition fee required.

Free Workshop from McKnight International Choreographer Sandy Silva

We are thrilled to invite you to an exciting dance workshops led by the 2023 McKnight International Choreographer Sandy Silva. As part of her residency this summer and fall, Sandy will be conducting a workshop at The Cowles Center that is free and open to the public.

Saturday, July 22
​1​2:00​-3:15pm
The Cowles Center, Studio 2B

During this workshop, hosted by our residency partner Twin Cities Tap, Sandy Silva will introduce participants to new and unexplored ways of approaching collective walking, movement, rhythm, vocal expression, and storytelling. Through her personal and cultural practices, she aims to ignite your imagination and foster a sense of personal and communal bodily connection. Learn more about Sandy on our website.

We hope you can join us for an inspiring and transformative dance experience that will leave you with a renewed sense of connection and imagination. Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to reserve your spot.

ARENA DANCES – Free Performance at Peavey Plaza, Saturday

Green Minneapolis presents Summer at Peavey Plaza – an outdoor series of over 100 free performances taking place May through September, featuring the best of local Twin Cities music, dance, and theater in a beautiful outdoor setting. ARENA DANCES is thrilled to return to Peavey Plaza again this year!

ARENA DANCES will presents Run With Me, Erased Steps (excerpt), and quartet.
Saturday, July 22
2:00-2:45pm

Free to attend.
No RSVP necessary.
Click here to learn more about Green Minneapolis and Peavey Plaza events.

Make a day of it!
Come for our free matinee at 2:00pm and stay for BRKFST Dance Company, performing at 8:00pm with the Minnesota Orchestra.

TU Dance Center: Pre-Professional Summer Intensive

Several dancers dressed in black take the figure-4 pose in the Horton Technique

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.

Download the 2023 Pre-Professional Summer Program Daily Schedule:
Level 4-5, July 24-August 12

Building Dreamscapes: A Multidisciplinary Workshop with Margaret Ogas

Building Dreamscapes: a multidisciplinary workshop with Margaret Ogas at RESOURCE

Thursday, July 27
6:00-8:00pm
At 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. 

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.