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Wednesday-Friday, 4:00-5:15pm

Take classes with this year’s Featured Artists:

Wednesday, April 26 – Megan Mayer
Thursday, April 27 – J’Sun Howard
Friday, April 28 – Berit Ahlgren

$10 per class.
Walk-ins welcome.
Cash/check/card accepted at the door.

All master class ticket income and master class donations go directly to the artists.

Movement as Language: Workshop Series and Performance Opportunity

This workshop will provide an introduction to dance and choreographic tools. This 2023 workshop series will focus on the theme of migration. Participants will be guided through movement exercises and encouraged to develop their own choreography as a way of storytelling. We will examine migration from our unique perspectives as a transition or transformational experience in life. Workshops focus on using your body as an instrument for expression and are open to adults of all abilities and levels of dance experience. All workshops are free!

Led by Aneka McMullen, Non Edwards, Carmen “Meli” Lucia Lincoln, and Erika Martin.

At the end of the workshop series, 5 participants will be invited to complete the cast for a community performance at the Southern Theater, June 16-17. All workshop participants who are interested are invited to apply to join this creative process! These artist positions are paid. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ESL, and community members with disabilities are encouraged to participate. No dance experience required.

Workshop 3: April 28-29
Zorongo Flamenco
3715 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Day 1: Friday, April 28, 6:00-8:00pm
Day 2: Saturday, April 29, 3:00-6:00pm
Street parking is available on 37th Ave and surrounding streets.
Register here.

Led by experienced instructors, the workshops offer a range of styles and techniques to cater to different interests and skill levels. Participants can expect to learn new moves, gain performance-based knowledge, and explore creative expression in a supportive and inspiring environment with music by Bionik.

All workshops are $10 and take place at The Cowles Center’s Target Education Studio, second floor.

All Styles Breaking Class with Cheng Xiong
April 29, 11:00AM
Join us for an exciting and dynamic breaking class with renowned dancer Cheng Xiong. Learn the foundations of breaking and explore various styles, including toprock, footwork, freezes, and power moves. Cheng Xiong will share his expertise and passion for breaking, providing guidance and feedback to help you improve your skills and develop your own unique style.

Recentering with Desaré Cox
April 30, 11:00AM
Explore what it means to open and declutter the mind through intentional breathing, reflective journaling, across-the-floor warm-ups, and choreography. Desaré Cox will guide you on a journey of self-awareness and mindfulness, helping you to connect with your body, mind, and emotions through movement and creative expression. Leave feeling centered, rejuvenated, and inspired.

Tatti and Selly: Performance Fundamentals with Props
April 30, 3:00PM
Join Tatti and Selly for an engaging workshop focused on performance fundamentals with props. Learn a combo from their own piece that utilizes a prop, and gain valuable knowledge on formations, transitions, and stage presence/awareness. Tatti and Selly will share their insights on how to captivate an audience with your performance, incorporating props seamlessly into your movement to create a memorable and dynamic piece. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from two experienced performers and enhance your performance skills!

Speed, Force and Timing

Two workshops left:
Saturday, April 29 and Saturday, May 6
2:00-4:00pm

Class will include a modern/contemporary warm-up based on Mann’s 30 years of teaching Limon technique, improvisation/creative process practice exploring these principles, and learning new movement ideas for Mann’s next work with phrases based on speed, force and timing.

$10 per workshop.

“Life is not a stable process…
..our ability to recover is our greatest quality” -M. Feldenkrais

A FELDENKRAIS Workshop with Krista Langberg and Jeffrey Wells:
BALANCE | BALANCE
Immerse yourself:
– improve your physical balance
– reduce stress and calm your nervous system
– experience greater self-awareness in standing and walking
– decrease tension, fatigue and pain
– increase the capacity of your breathing
Register Here

Schedule
Friday, May 5 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Saturday, May 6 – 10:00am to 4:00pm, with a 90-minute lunch break

Cost
$110, paid in advance through Venmo, Paypal, or personal check.
Register!

Balance is a dynamic state. Our systems are never fixed in one position but continually adjusting and calibrating to the constant changes around and within ourselves. Deepening a sense and trust of our physical balance connects to a sense of emotional and nervous system balance and contributes to a greater confidence and resilience in our actions. 

In this two-day workshop led by Krista and Jeffrey, participants will engage in Feldenkrais Awareness-Through-Movement lessons, discussions, and experiential anatomy activities to explore the interconnected states of stability, mobility, and recovery and how they contribute to a more functionally satisfying way of being.

Step into Ease: A Feldenkrais Course for Intelligent Feet and Better Balance

8 lessons beginning on May 10.
Wednesdays, 6:30pm CST and Sundays, 4:00pm CST
Available to take via livestream on Zoom or using the self-paced recordings.

This course will bring the unique principles of the Feldenkrais method to the health and function of your feet, ankles, knees, and hips, helping to improve your balance and stability. With personalized guidance and support, you will learn how to integrate what you learn in the lessons into your daily life. Sustain better posture, walking, running, and balance with more comfort, pleasure, and efficiency.

Your feet are the foundation of your body and they play a critical role in your balance and overall physical well-being. Any dysfunction or pain in your feet can impact your stability and make it difficult to move with ease. These lessons can not only make you feel taller, more upright, and stand with more ease, but in general can dramatically help you improve your balance and walking with more ease, grace, and confidence.

This series will start from the ground up, by addressing the form, function, suppleness, and responsiveness of your feet. These lessons will help you find coordination between the feet to the legs, all the way up through the pelvis, spine to head. You will discover how your feet work in tandem with the knees to support your movement and balance. We will play with finding the springy innate intelligence of the feet, allowing you to connect to the earth with greater adaptability. Many lessons will be done lying on the back, with some time to integrate the floor work in standing.

Saturday, May 27
Learn more.
Workshops from guest faculty and more!

Workshop: Adult Tappy Hour
12:00-1:00pm – Free!

Community Performance
2:00-4:00pm

Want to perform? Fill out this form to submit a piece for consideration.

Join Threads Dance Project this summer for an expanded version of our NexGen/YDP (Youth Dance Project)!

NexGen/YDP uses a holistic approach to training future dance artists. Youth will receive high-level training and education in ballet technique, modern dance technique, embodied movement exploration, and nutrition from dance and healthcare professionals.

July 3-15
For youth ages 8 and older.

Group 1 – Beginning
Monday-Friday, 9:30am-1:30pm

Group 2 – Intermediate/Advanced
Monday-Friday, 1:30pm-6:00pm

Showcase on the final day, July 15, 9:00-11:30am.
Cost: $450. Need-based scholarships available!