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

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

Open Class: All Levels Jazz
Friday, July 28 from 10-11:15am
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 description: this new work, Groove: A Communal Love, invites 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!

Action Theater™ Improvisation Workshop at The Arena

Sten Rudstrøm
Be Here Now!
Action Theater™ Improvisation Workshop

Weekend Physical Theater Training
July 28-30, 2023
At The Arena, Minneapolis, MN

Action Theater™ is an advanced improvisation and awareness training that combines movement, voice and language in intriguing and fantastic ways. The work invites you to step into the unknown. It brings your attention into the present moment with simple and challenging structures. You learn how to produce aesthetic visuals, embody physical actions that reflect your imagination, embrace your sense of timing, recognize the sensorial body as a guide into un-experienced territories, awaken to non-linear narratives and explore the relationship between the sound of your voice and the words that you are saying.

Schedule
Friday, July 28: 6:30-9:30pm
Saturday, July 29: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, July 30: 10:00am-5:00pm

Registration and further information
Joshua Lorris: joshualorris@gmail.com, (641) 629-1299
Fee: $175.
PayPal: stenrudstrom@gmail.com

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

The Blending of Yoga and Feldenkrais

The Blending of Yoga and Feldenkrais with Sarah Baumert
Mondays through September 4, 6:00-7:15pm CST

No class on July 24 and August 14.
Livestream classes will be taught over Zoom.

Each class will infuse a more traditional yoga asana practice with the Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement method. Sarah’s teaching for each class changes based on the seasons and the students in the room. These classes are an interdisciplinary excursion of yoga, Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, joint-specific training, self-massage, breathing exercises, movement puzzles, and a compassionate mindset to help you feel a greater sense of ease and comfort in yourself. You will train your sensitivity in such a way that you find yourself feeling more alive, vibrant, and spacious. For all of you who have been joining Monday nights, it will be a continuation and deepening of your personal process of discovery and listening to your body. For newcomers, come with no expectations. Allow your body to be your guide. All levels are welcome.

There will be time for questions and community discussion after the livestream class, as well as an option to engage with Sarah and the other students in the class through the online comments following each lesson. If you cannot attend all the live classes, each class will be recorded and the videos will be available for those attending the series. You will have access to stream the recordings. Space will be limited so that I can manage to watch everyone, sign up early to hold your spot!

Series Includes:

  • 7 Yoga + Feldenkrais classes.
  • Community discussion after each lesson with time for asking questions, harvesting, and sharing.
  • Recordings automatically available on the member page 48 hours after each live class.
  • Stream recordings indefinitely.

Testimonials:
“I feel amazing after your classes. It’s like the best of meditation and movement combined. Your open-heartedness and encouragement of our own curiosity is wonderful to experience with you. Thank you.”

“I love how the Monday night classes interweave and focus us on an evolving practice! The instruction is very clear and Sarah’s teaching style is calm, consistent, and precise. I feel the poses in a whole new way. I look forward to this class each week and when I can’t make it I do the recorded session as soon as I can.”

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive
Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4
9:00am-2:00pm
At Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory, Minnetonka

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 up.

The Concerto Intensive includes classes in jazz and modern dance technique along with company repertoire. Company auditions will take place August 4 following the intensive from 3:00-5:30pm. 

Full Intensive: $250 or a la carte $50/day
Financial assistance available – please contact us for more information.
Register by July 24.
No audition required.

Second Annual Happy Hour Dance Party Fundraiser for Rhythmically Speaking

Second (Annual?!) Happy Hour Dance Party Fundraiser for Rhythmically Speaking

Thursday, August 3, 2023
5:00-7:00pm
BlackStack Brewing

Come enjoy good drinks, good tunes and good company while supporting 15 years of Rhythmically Speaking!

Join us for our second Rhythmically Speaking Happy Hour Dance Party Fundraiser!

  • If you love to go out dancing but find it difficult to rally the required energy at 10pm, COME!
  • If you love BlackStack/local brewing and wanna try a new beer, COME!
  • If you think Rhythmically Speaking does some really cool work and you wanna support, COME!

You can dance your booty off, enjoy your beer with food from Jamo’s New Zealand Pie Company, and support by:

  • Requesting your favorite dance tunes from 2008 – the year we were founded – for $5.00, and for $15.00, we’ll shut down what’s playing and play your request immediately;
  • Buying a $15.00 raffle ticket for a chance to win sweet prizes, including Rhythmically Speaking swag and tickets to our upcoming show The Cohort 2023: Stage & Screen, Blackstack Brewing gift cards, swag and beer, Saint Paul Saints tickets, and more;
  • Trying out our collab beer with Blackstack Brewing: a portion of the proceeds will go to support Rhythmically Speaking!

RSVP to the Facebook Event here!

At Rhythmically Speaking, we believe in the power of moving and grooving together to connect us (so tell your friends to come too!), and we look forward to sharing the joy with you at this event!

Concerto Dance Company Auditions for 2023-24

Concerto Dance is holding open auditions Friday, August 4 from 3:00-5:30pm at Creo Arts and Dance for experienced dancers ages 18 and up. Must have precious jazz and modern dance training. Please bring a current resume and head shot.

Auditions will include brief class exercises followed by jazz and modern dance combinations. Dancers must have availability Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9:00am-12:00pm September-June, with breaks in December and March. Contracts include paid performances and rehearsal stipends. For additional information or any questions, please reach out to: info@concertodance.com

Also, a limited number of video submissions will be accepted on a case by case basis due to extenuating circumstances including international travel, illness, or family emergency. Please contact us at info@concertodance.com to inquire.

Mini Feldenkrais Workshops

Come get an afternoon dose of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement. Whether you’ve studied Feldenkrais before or are curious to try it out for the first time, these mini workshops are a great way to delve into learning and to improve your coordination and mobility. Take one or both.

Pelvis: The Root of the Spine
Saturday, August 5 from 2:00-5:00pm

The Passage from Your Head to Your Torso
Saturday, August 12 from 2:00-5:00pm

$60 for one workshop
$100 for both workshops (saves $20)

Workshops take place at East Lake Aikido in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Register here!

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Potluck

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal.

Every first Saturday! Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge sharing, and supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is being hosted at Red Eye Theater.
Saturday, August 5
12:00-2:00pm – new time
RSVP by Friday, August 4

This August Floorwork will focus on practice/perseverance for a desired long dance career – conversation assisted by Marciano Silva dos Santos of Contempo Physical Dance and independent teachers and performers Erin Thompson and Leslie O’Neill. Conversation will be held over a communal meal – bring your own dish to share in our potluck! ARENA DANCES will supply beverages, plates, napkins, and utensils.