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BodyCartography’s Ecosomatic Adventure in Montezuma, Costa Rica

5-day immersion with Olive Bieringa, Otto Ramstad, Laura Cruz, and Ninoska Gómez
dance – Body-Mind Centering® – water dancing – forest walking – relational practices – contact improvisation

On our 25th anniversary BodyCartography joins with an intergenerational teaching team from Costa Rica exploring dance and ecosomatics in the tropics. Through movement and voice we will immerse ourselves in the elements and ecosystems of Montezuma.

We will share embodied practices to extend our relational webs into more-than-human ecosystems of earth, forest, river and ocean. We will offer practices for living, dancing and dying together on a damaged earth. Together we will practice breathing, moving, sensing, perceiving, digesting, and decomposing to help us perceive more of the whole scale of the sensitivities and intelligences within us and around us, the human and non-human, the transforming spaces, the before and after.

Body-Mind Centering® is an integrated and embodied approach to movement, the body and consciousness. It is an experiential study based on the embodiment and application of anatomical, physiological, psychophysical and developmental principles, utilizing movement, touch, voice and mind.

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Learn more about the location:
https://montezuma-costarica.com/es/rivers/
https://montezuma-costarica.com/sustainable-founders/

Registration includes tuition, accommodation in a shared room with one other person, food, and transport from San Jose.
Early bird: US$750/700 Euros – 50% paid before June 1, 2023
Regular: US$950 / 950 Euros
Central and South American students – partial scholarships available
To register, email everybody@bodycartography.org.

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive

Concerto Dance is excited to announce registration is now open for our third annual summer intensive for  advanced, pre-professional and professional dancers ages 16 and older. This 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.

Concerto Dance Summer Intensive, July 31-August 4
9:00am-2:00pm
Full Intensive: $250; or à la carte $50/day
Financial assistance available – please contact us for more information

No audition required! Register by July 1.

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary Classes in Person and on Zoom

Erin’s advanced-level contemporary hybrid class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement. The delightful Dean Magraw will accompany on guitar.

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am
No class on June 8.

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.
See you in person or virtually soon!

Modern Dance Class with Thern Anderson at Tapestry

Anyone can dance and find pleasure in movement!

Thern Anderson’s modern dance class at Tapestry Folkdance Center will focus on body awareness, rhythm, movement patterns through space, and ensemble dancing. Improvisation will give dancers the opportunity to explore their own movement creativity and its relation to others. Floor work using somatic principles will build strength, ease, and flexibility. All ages are welcome!

Mondays, 12:00-1:30pm
Drop-ins welcome.

$15-20, sliding scale. Cash or check made out to Kathryn Anderson.

Hosts Needed for Off-Leash Area’s Neighborhood Garage Tour

Off-Leash Area is seeking Homeowner-Hosts for their seventh annual Neighborhood Garage Tour!

Do you have a 2-car garage? Do you love the performing arts? Do you enjoy bringing people together?
If you answered yes, you would be a great host for the Neighborhood Garage Tour!

Off-Leash Area’s Neighborhood Garage Tour is the company’s performing arts access program where the company transforms typical 2-car garages into 40-seat black box theaters, complete with set, lights, stage, seating, and performers to connect with underserved audiences across the Metro, with the overall goal of expanding participation in the arts.

This year we are especially looking for households with a person with disabilities.

Off-Leash Area’s mission includes working for equity and opportunity for all persons with disabilities. Every accommodation will be made to make this the most accessible Neighborhood Garage Tour yet!

Are you interested in hosting? Please call us at 612-724-7372, email offleash@offleasharea.org, or visit our website at offleasharea.org.

Don’t miss your chance to bring this great event to your neighborhood!

Dance Studio Available for Hourly Rental in South Minneapolis

The Sabathani Community Center in South Minneapolis has a dance studio available for hourly rental.
The space includes mirrors, ballet barres, hardwood floors, and free parking.

Dimensions: 39′ x 23′ x 9′

Rental Rates:
Rehearsals and photoshoots – $15/hour
Classes and auditions – $20/hour

Available for rent Monday through Friday between 7:00am and 9:00pm, and Saturdays between 10:00am and 4:00pm. Closed Sundays.

To reserve, contact ReNée Pettis at rpettis@sabathani.org or 612-821-2308.

Contact Improvisation Jam

We meet every single Monday (holidays included) at The Center for Performing Arts in room 105w. Entrance through the new wing on 38th Street.

6:30pm: Opening circle, short guided warm-up/exercise followed by an open jam
8:30pm: Closing circle
8:45pm: Entire jam wraps up

First-time dancers need to sign our liability waiver. We have that waiver available when you first walk into the dance room.
The jam is donation-based.

Zenon Dance School – Summer Classes in Person and Online

Poster for Zenon's summer session, featuring three class photos

Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you back for another season of dance this summer! Registration is open for the Summer Session, running June 12- September 3, 2023 (no classes July 2-4 and September 2-4). Visit our website to learn more!

Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted.

Monday
10:00am: Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Ballet with Kendall Kramer
5:30pm: Contemporary Floorwork with Amanda Sachs
7:00pm: Beginning/Intermediate Jazz with Jennifer Glaws

Tuesday
6:00pm: All Levels Hip-Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning 1 Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester

Wednesday
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK – Online-only June 21, July 5 and 19, and August 2, 16, and 30
5:30pm: Musical Theatre Jazz with Xan Mattek
5:30pm: Intermediate 1 Contemporary with Ruby Josephine Smith
5:30pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson – Online

Thursday
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – Hybrid (live accompaniment with Dean Magraw)
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug

Friday
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Brenda Nepsund
12:00pm: Intermediate 2 Ballet with Tina Wallum (live accompaniment with Susan Hsu)

Saturday
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson – Online
10:00am: Beginning Modern with Roxane Wallace
12:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Benjamin Johnson (live accompaniment with Pay Lyles)

Sunday
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 3-4 with Malia Craft
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 5-6 with Sofia Arisian
11:00am: Youth Hip Hop for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian
11:00am: Youth Modern for ages 11-14 with Malia Craft
12:00pm: Youth Ballet for ages 7-10 with Sofia Arisian

Zenon Dance School – Summer Xchange Program/Work-Study

We are looking for volunteers to be a part of our Xchange Program for the upcoming Summer Session!

Xchange is Zenon’s work-study program that allows students to volunteer in exchange for dance class credit.

The Summer Session will run from June 12-September 3, with no classes July 2-4 and September 2-4.

Online shift = one class credit
In-person shift = two class credits

If you are interested in working with the Xchange Program, please email Carmen Lucia Lincoln, Zenon’s Xchange Coordinator, at xchange@zenondance.org.

Rent TU Dance Center Studios

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by TU Dance’s programming.

TU Dance Center features a reception area and front desk for check-in or event use. Access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Studio 1: 60 x 34
Studio 2: 46 x 21

Both studios feature:

  • Sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin
  • Wall of mirrors
  • Portable ballet barre units 10′ in length
  • Room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs
  • 50′ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing
  • Large windows providing ample natural light

Studio 1 only: A curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror; wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Rental Fees
Individual artists: $18/hour.
Nonprofit organizations: $22/hour for rehearsals.
Other rental inquiries (for-profit, classes, workshops, auditions, life events, photo sessions, filming, etc.), please contact us.