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Studio Rentals at Collide Theatrical in St. Paul

A photo of Collide's Studio 1

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 admin@collidetheatrical.org to schedule a visit.

Advanced Drop-In Classes with Collide Theatrical

Join us for company class!

Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30–11:00am
Intermediate/advanced ballet and jazz with the company.
Teachers and classes on a rotating schedule.

Pre-registration required. View the class schedule and register for class.
Please sign our liability waiver before attending class.

All Welcome
Our welcoming environment stands up to our values of inclusivity and accessibility.
Work-study and BIPOC scholarships available.

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
Adult Drop-Ins: $18 per class or $80 for a 5-class pass. Passes are good for either ballet or jazz. Must be used within 6 months.
Professional Dancers: $15 per class. Email admin@collidetheatrical.org for a discount code.

Jagged Moves Call For Artists

Jennifer Glaws’s Jagged Moves seeks performing and creating artists for a new summer dance series on the farm! 

We are seeking choreographers and performing artists for Soiled Dance Series, a collaborative performance experience dedicated to bringing awareness to radical dance and agriculture/farming held in August on the inspiring grounds of Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista, MN. 

Jagged Moves seeks 5 artists/artists groups to present site-specific works that speak towards the specific locations on the farm where they are performed. Paid stipend – details here. 

Seeking performers for a new work produced by Jagged Moves that will premiere during Soiled Dance Series. This project seeks professional performers of all ages with a desire to perform site-specific work, outside, on grass and dirt terrain. Looking for individuals with experience in contemporary forms, improvisation for generation and performance, and partnering. Paid stipend – details here.

Interest due at 5:00pm CST on May 4, 2023. Artists announced May 8, 2023.

Please email jagged9@hotmail.com with questions or if the submission process is prohibitive in sharing interest in participation.

Learn more through the following links:

James Sewell Ballet Audition Notice

James Sewell Ballet (JSB) is seeking dancers for both project and full contract work in the 2023/24 season.

JSB currently consists of six dancers willing to challenge their physical limits, perform a range of emotions, and play with the boundaries of ballet. The company rehearses in Minneapolis, MN, and performs three full programs a year, in addition to other outreach and touring engagements. Choreographic and teaching opportunities regularly exist throughout the season.

Dancers well suited for this job will:

  • Have excellent ballet technique and contemporary movement.
  • Have strong improvisational skills, or minimally an eagerness to learn.
  • Have good partnering knowledge and ability, including sustained overhead lifts for men and ability to weight-share for all.
  • Enjoy teaching opportunities that include company classes and outreach with all ages.
  • Be enthusiastic about actively participating in the creative process.
  • Bring individual competitiveness and interest in growing as an artist and excitement to be a part of a small, cooperative team.

JSB offers 26-30-week competitive contracts. Starting salary is no less than $700 per week for a full-contract position. The mission of James Sewell Ballet is to transform dance, artists, and audiences through rich collaboration, education, and equitable opportunities.

Audition is by invitation only. To be considered, please send your resume, headshot, and a video link to deirdre@jsballet.org.

Collide Theatrical Apprentice Program

2023/2024 Apprentice Program runs September 2023-May 2024.

Collide Theatrical’s Apprentice Program provides the skills needed to pursue formal positions within the Collide company and in the world of theater dance.

Selected Apprentice dancers will take technique class with the company 3-5 days a week, have an opportunity to perform in a Collide show, and participate in an Apprentice showcase at the end of the year.

The technical classes include a variety of styles rooted in ballet and jazz, but also include tap, acting for dance, and hip hop. Apprentice dancers will also have an opportunity to participate in monthly master classes with Broadway touring dance captains and industry professionals.

This is a tuition-based program. Scholarships are available for underrepresented artists.
Enrollment is competitive and audition based. Video submissions accepted.

In-person auditions will take place:
Wednesday, May 24
7:00-8:30pm

Sign up here.

For more information, please contact Grace at admin@collidetheatrical.org.

Collide Theatrical Company Auditions

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is seeking technically trained professional dancers with excellent acting skills for 23-week contracts and Guest Artist positions in our 2023-2024 performance season.

Auditions will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 10:00am.
The studio will be open at 9:30 to warm up.
Please bring a resume and headshot, as well as jazz shoes, ballet shoes, and heels.
Callbacks will happen the same day.
Please plan to stay for two hours.

Click here to register.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, status with respect to public assistance or veteran status, or other status protected by law.

Choreograph for Ballet Co.Laboratory

Apply to be Ballet Co.Laboratory’s 2024 Emerging Choreographer!

Ballet Co.Laboratory believes in the development of the whole dancer and works to invest in artists’ professional growth. Each season, through our Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program, one choreographer is hired through this program to create a new, full-length, staged ballet production which is performed by the upper-level students at The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory (ages 11 – 20).

Choreographers applying to this program are encouraged to think critically about how ballet can continue to evolve in becoming more inclusive and forward-thinking. Rather than create a piece that is simply based on movement, artists are asked to create a production with a storyline that sparks the imagination and challenges the audiences’ perception of what ballet is. Choreographers are encouraged to expand upon the classic narrative by rethinking the characters, adding characters, or even reimagining the characters’ paths. 

All applicants must live in Minnesota, have had formal ballet training, and consider themselves to be an emerging choreographer.

Learn more!

TU Dance Center: Free In-Studio Showing

Join us for an informal in-studio showing featuring The 3-Women Project, a TU Dance project with choreography by Stefanie Batten Bland, Alanna Morris, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. In anticipation of our live performances at The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on May 12 and 13 at 7:30pm, we invite you to attend this event and get an up-close-and-personal look into the creation of these works and have the opportunity to meet many of the artists involved.

May 3, 2023 from 5:30-6:30pm (CST)
TU Dance Center (in-person only)

This event is free. Space is limited. First come, first served.
To RSVP to the In-Studio Showing, click here.

For more information, directions, and parking, click here.

Alexandra Bodnarchuk Presents Rock, Paper, Scissors – Virtual Edition

Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) – Virtual Edition, an evening-length contemporary dance duet filmed and edited by Tamara Ober, available April 14-May 12!

From the audience:
“The performers were marvelous, individually and together. I believed because they believed.”
“Honestly, I thought about the show for a week.”
“Star dance was tender and so special and cried from laughing at the 40 stitches bit.”

About the work:
RPS explores the generational passing down of rules and customs of our bodies. What traditions do we choose to pass down? Which rules will we break?

Situated on a set comprised of a floor and two opposing walls, Alexandra uses text, play, and contemporary phrase work to draw inspiration from her heritage and create a surreal playground of problem-solving.

This work features dancers Nieya Amezquita and Sarah McCullough, sound design by Brandon Anderson Musser, with directorial and dramaturgical support by Marcela Michelle.

Price: $0-$50

This work has been supported in part by the Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow under the direction of Dianne McIntyre and Risa Steinberg, and mentorship of Andrea Miller and Abby Zbikowski.

An Evening of Bharatanatyam by the Legendary Alarmél Valli

Experience a rare, unparalleled performance by the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Padma Bhushan Smt. Alarmél Valli, guru to Ragamala Dance Company’s Artistic Directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy since 1983. Ms. Valli is widely recognized as one of India’s greatest living masters and practitioners. Ranee and Aparna’s training with Ms. Valli has formed the foundation of their aesthetic and has been fundamental to the work of the Ragamala, now celebrating its 30th season.

Presenting an evening of diverse poems in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu, Alarmél Valli’s dance is uncompromisingly classical but is, at the same time, an undeniable language of self-expression. Her work blurs the boundaries between tradition and individual talent, inheritance, and invention. A sublime evening of dance by one of the world’s greatest soloists, this is an experience not to be missed.

“Alarmel Valli is that rare thing – the solo performer who puts all others out of mind”  (The New York Times).

May 6 at 7:30pm
Price: $25