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Dance into the next chapter of hip hop!

Cypherspace is a place of unlimited possibilities that allow for the reshaping of reality through various embodiments. The MIXTAPE Collective travels to the future through cyberspace to offer multiple perspectives on the next millennium. MIXTAPE’s work reveals generative strategies for sharing power and access to resources by weaving together choreography, videography, and musical compositions.

Saturday, May 6 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 7 at 2:00pm*
Price: $30

*Sunday, May 7 performance includes Pay As You Are ticketing!

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:
Saturday, May 6
3:00-5:00pm
RSVP by Thursday, May 4.

This May Floorwork will focus on artist residencies – conversation assisted by April Sellers of April Sellers Dance Collective, Liz Engelmen of Tofte Lake Center, and Sharon Mansur, an Arab/SWANA American experimental dance and interdisciplinary artist who will be joining us via Zoom. 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.

Come see a special collection of solos, duets, trios, and student choreography from Hopkins Dance Company!

May 7 at 2:00pm

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents Our Stories, Chapter 2: The LGBTQIA+ and Non-Binary Experience

Landmark Center: May 7
75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102

Collide Cabaret: May 12–14
755 Prior Ave N, Suite 235H, St Paul, MN 55104

Join us for an evening of original dance storytelling centered on the non-binary and LGBTQIA experience that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain audiences of all ages. Enjoy dance theater in an intimate setting with cabaret-style seating.

Directed by Jarod Boltjes
Emceed by local cabaret diva Mistress Ginger
Featuring Grace Kidder, Javan Mngrezzo, Michael Mossucco, Ben Siglin, and Connor Simone

Tickets
Online or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701.

An evening of tap dance with new and classic choreography by Leon Collins (as taught and shared by Dianne Walker and Lia Spirka), Naomi Funaki, Kaleena Miller, Bobby Hamilton, and Tony van de Light, as well as KMD2 Company Members. The show will also feature Random Motions in Nature and Dance, a very special collaboration with UMN Civil Engineering Professor Vaughan Voller that illuminates the patterns that emerge from random motions.

With performances by KMD2 Company Members Leah Chamaty, Anna Curtler, Evan Guffey, Grace Fabienke, Anika Kachmarek, Shelby Lee, Nina Maxwell, Delaina Thill, Ruby Thill, and Allie Wing and KMD Apprentices Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Emma Parker, and Tony van de Ligt.

KMD2 Company Members and KMD Apprentices are pre-professional, creative incubation groups for emerging tap dance talent in the Twin Cities.

Thursday, May 11 at 7:30pm
Friday, May 12 at 7:30pm

Get tickets here.

“Leslie Parker’s work-in-progress at Pillsbury House Theatre was electric” (“Best Dance of 2021,” Star Tribune).

St. Paul-based choreographer Leslie Parker continues her multiyear project and leads a powerful collective of Black visual artists, musicians, and femme dance artists in a liberating world premiere performance. Through collaborative improvisation and dance experimentation, the artists explore Black pedagogy, conjuring, and activism while emphasizing remembrance to cultivate community. Reflecting on divinity and lineage, Divination Tools: imagine home draws from Blackness in music, dance, and storytelling in real-time and is the latest iteration of Parker’s epic work Call to Remember.

On Friday and Saturday, the performances begin with a processional from the Hennepin Lounge at 7:15pm. Doors to the McGuire Theater open at 7:30pm.

May 11 at 8:00pm
May 12 at 8:00pm
May 13 at 8:00pm
Price: $31.50 ($25 Walker Members)

Walker Commission/World Premiere. Co-commissioned and copresented by the Walker, Pillsbury House Theatre, Pangea World Theater, Danspace Project (NYC), and Counterpulse (SF).

The 3-Women Project will feature choreographic works from a group of three internationally renowned black female artists who will each work individually within their own creative processes while simultaneously seeking to explore and discover synergistic and unifying themes throughout the process. The project will incorporate educational opportunities and culminate in live, in-person performances in May 2023.

The choreographers include Stephanie Batten Bland, Alanna Morris, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. TU Dance seeks to create artistic space for these three dynamic and award-winning dance artists to share their distinctly strong voices in choreographic work and their deep investment and investigations into their own artistic practice and identity as black women. TU Dance looks forward to engaging with our community to share and celebrate the perspectives of these three women through this exciting and ambitious project.

May 12 and 13, 2023 at 7:30pm (CST)
Ticket price: $35. Discounts for students and seniors.

Tickets can be purchased online here or by contacting The O’Shaughnessy Ticket Office at 651-690-6700.

Join Twin Cities Ballet for the return of Cinderella 1944: A Love Story, May 12–14 at Ames Center in Burnsville. Set in World War II England, Cinderella 1944 is one of TCB’s most popular original story ballets. Featuring TCB’s signature blend of incredible dancing and poignant storytelling, Cinderella 1944: A Love Story is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Tickets on sale now!

Performances:
Friday, May 12 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 13 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, May 14 at 2:00pm

About Twin Cities Ballet:
Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota (TCB) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional ballet company located in the Twin Cities’ South Metro. Our mission is to connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

 These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

A sound-focused dance work in 4 parts. A series of structures for exploration, collaboration, listening, and sounding.

Choreographed by Kaleena Miller.

Featuring guest performers from the East Coast including Benae Beamon from Philadelphia, Madison Hilligoss from New York, and Michael J. Love from Princeton, alongside Minnesota-based dancers Audrey Bartley, Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Nina Maxwell, Emma Parker, and Tony van de Ligt.

Saturday, May 13 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 14 at 2:00pm

Get tickets here.

Ballet Minnesota is thrilled to present the 34th Minnesota Dance Festival at E.M. Pearson Theater at Concordia University.

MDF will feature the classic ballet Paquita restaged by Cheryl Rist, Andrew Rist’s new work “Friends,” and performances and choreography by many guest artists including CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Elena Hollenhorst, Eva Igo, Jim Lieberthal, Juliana Johnson, Kala Vandanam, Keane Sense of Rhythm, Kendall Kramer, O’Shea Irish Dance, and Universal Dance Destiny.

You won’t want to miss this eclectic show!

May 13 at 2:00pm
May 13 at 7:00pm
May 14 at 2:00pm
Price: $15-$30