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Adult/Teen Drop-In Classes at Ballet Co.Laboratory

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No matter if you are a veteran dancer or slipping on your first pair of ballet shoes, Ballet Co.Laboratory is an artistic home for everyone. With 11 different adult drop-in classes offered each week, including conditioning and Pilates, we know we have the right class for you! 

Join us in-person or virtually via Zoom.
All dancers must sign-in on Mindbody.
Class sign-in will close 10 minutes before class begins.
Single class and 10-class cards are available, and parking is always free! 

Learn more or sign up for a class here.

Rent Space at BCL

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Come create at Ballet Co.Laboratory! Our artistic home is available for hourly rentals to independent artists and arts organizations. Book a single day to work on your artistry, secure a month to rehearse a show, or facilitate your weekly programming here – the choice is yours! We look forward to collaborating with you on your space needs.

Public Transportation
The studio is accessible via the Greenline into downtown Saint Paul and the 71A or 71B bus.

Parking
Free parking is available in front of the studio!

Facility
We have five studios at Ballet Co.Laboratory with sprung floors, floor-to-ceiling mirrors, and barres; four gender neutral restrooms, changing rooms, and a comfortable lobby space with Wi-fi access and ample seating. The entire facility is HVAC heated and cooled.

Studio 1: 25′ x 50′. Capacity: 15. $20/hour
Studio 2: 25′ x 50′. Capacity: 15. $20/hour
Studio 3: 25′ x 30′. Capacity: 8. $15/hour
Studio 4: 42′ x 50′. Capacity: 30. Rental available via special request.
Studio 5: 25′ x 28′. Capacity: 8. $15/hour

Hours
Morning, daytime and evening hours available.

To inquire about your rental, please email info@balletcolaboratory.org or call 651.313.5967.

Studio K Space Rental

Image of Studio K, with wood grain patterned floor and mirrors on one side

Studio K, operated by Keane Sense of Rhythm, is a brand-new dance space built for percussive dance. Studio K features two studios with a lobby in the Creative Enterprise Zone in the Midway area of St. Paul.

Studio 1: 30’ x 34’ – 1020 square feet
Studio 2: 14’ x 20’ – 280 square feet

Studio Features
Sprung maple dance floor, built for percussive dance
Wall of mirrors
Bose sound system
Skyline windows that provide ample natural light

Other Amenities
Piano and two congas
Gender-neutral bathrooms on the main floor and gender-specific bathrooms on the second floor

Accessibility
The space is ADA accessible.
Free parking in the lots behind the building.
Metro Transit Green Line Light Rail Raymond Ave stop: .3 mile walk east on University Ave, approximately 7 minutes.
Metro Transit Bus Lines 63, 67 and 87 – University Ave and Vandalia St.

Rental Fees – Rehearsals
Individual artists: $12/$18 per hour
Nonprofit organizations: $18/$22 per hour

Please contact us to inquire about fees for other uses (classes, workshops, photo shoots, dance parties, etc.).

To learn more, or place a rental request, contact: Cathy@tapcompany.org.

Ballet Co.Laboratory Trainee Auditions

Audition for Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Trainee Program!

Advanced-level students ages 15-22 have the opportunity to study alongside the Company as Trainees of Ballet Co.Laboratory. Trainees are advanced students who also study four times a week during the day with the Company in class and rehearsal. 

In-person audition at Ballet Co.Laboratory studios: March 18, 1:30-3:00pm
Dancers attending must submit a Trainee Audition Form prior to the audition date. There will be no fee.

If you are unable to attend our in-person audition, we are accepting video auditions. All audition material due by April 1, 2023.

Final decisions will be communicated over email by May 1, 2023. 

To learn more click here.

Ballet Royale: Pre-Professional Program and Professional Division Auditions

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Ballet Royale’s new Pre-Professional Program provides students with an even more rigorous and demanding training schedule, designed and created for students striving towards a professional or post-secondary dance career. Building on the ongoing success of Ballet Royale’s elite Professional Division program, the Pre-Professional program expands these opportunities to students of all ages—not just the highest levels.

Ballet Royale’s Professional Division is an elite day training program that provides a comprehensive advanced course of study for advanced, talented, and ambitious students. Students accepted in this program have demonstrated commitment and dedication, are at the highest technical and artistic level, and are approaching and preparing for a post-secondary or professional career. Select Professional Division students may be invited to dance as Student Trainees with the professional ballet company, Twin Cities Ballet.

Admission and acceptance into the Pre-Professional Program and Professional Division is by audition and Invitation only. Please see our website for more information. 

Audition: March 19

Pre-Professional Program and Professional Division Audition for ages 11-21, with pointe
11:30am-1:30pm
Pre-registration and completed audition waiver is required.

Pre-Professional Program Audition for ages 7+
No pointe. Must be 8 by July 1.
1:45-2:30pm
Pre-registration and completed audition waiver is required.

Pre-Professional Program Audition for ages 9-13
No pointe.
2:45-4:00pm

Seeking Proposals: Dances at the Lake Festival 2023

Ray Terrill Dance Group is currently mobilizing for presenting the upcoming 21st Annual Dances at the Lake Festival – occurring at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden in Minneapolis. The two free, open to the public concerts will be presented on July 14 and 15, 2023, 7:00pm.

Professional individual artists, adult and youth companies are encouraged to submit a proposal for consideration. All forms of dance welcome. Work must be inclusive and family friendly. These outdoor performances are performed on grass. Dances should be seven minutes or less.

Submit your proposal via email to raymond.d.terrill@msn.com by March 19.

Please include:

  • Link to dance company website or artist bio
  • Description of planned dance, including length
  • Number of dancers involved
  • Link to sample video of work – preferably of the dance to be performed

ARENA DANCES and Taja Will Seek Dancers for Two New Projects

Two-day audition process blending modern, contemporary, and improvisational skills. We encourage you to attend both days, but it is not required.

Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26 from 12:00-3:00pm

Auditioning for two project ensembles:

  • ARENA DANCES seeks experienced dancers with strong technical, artistic, and creative abilities for Erased Steps.
  • Choreographers Taja Will and Mathew Janczewski seek artists for a new “Merge” collaboration.

Erased Steps – ARENA DANCES’ artistic director, Mathew Janczewski, and fellow collaborators Dustin Haug, Leslie O’Neill, and Laura Selle Virtucio seek dancers for a new ensemble work of 12-15 dancers that will premiere August 24 and 25 at Union Depot in St. Paul and tour to Rochester, MN to perform August 26 at the Rochester Civic Center. Professional dancers of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be asked to improvise, as well as learn phrase work. We are looking for diverse performers who are creative, collaborative, and expressive. Must be available starting May to August, 2023. Rehearsals to be determined amongst the ensemble.

“Merge” – Choreographers Mathew Janczewski and Taja Will seek dancers for a new ensemble work that will premiere in March 2024 on the Goodale Stage, at the Cowles Center. Taja (they/them), is a QTBIPOC, disabled artist whose process is rooted in a restorative justice pedagogy, healing, and disability justice foundations and proposes structured improvisation as a performance modality in a collaboratively authored process. Their studio ethos is one of emergence and care work, focus and rigor, ritual and magic. Will and Janczewski meet at their shared passion for witnessing one’s self-expression through movement and their longtime friendship for the creation of this new work.

Participants will be asked to engage with rigorous attention to improvisation as a technique and performance modality as well as to work collaboratively on spontaneous choreographic choice-making. Must be available for an intensive 3-week rehearsal process September-November, 2023, and again February-March, 2024. Rehearsals to be determined amongst chosen cast within time frame listed above. No call back required, will follow up with conversations via email.

You may audition for one or both projects. In-person auditions are given priority.
RSVP is appreciated, please do so by 5:00pm, Thursday, March 23 through this form.
If you are unable to audition in person, you may submit a short video (under 5 minutes) in your registration form. Please include improvisation as well as performance footage.

Compensation: Dancers are paid $20/hour for rehearsals and a flat performance run of $500.

Questions about Erased Steps? Please contact Mathew at arenadances@gmail.com.
Questions about “Merge” project? Please cc Mathew at arenadances@gmail.com and/or Taja at tajawill@gmail.com.

ARENA DANCES Seeks Box Office/Social Media Manager

ARENA DANCES is seeking a short-term, project-based Box Office/Social Media Manager for our seventh annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival taking place at The Southern Theater, April 24-29.

$20/hour for an estimated 40 total project hours.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage ShowTix4U ticket sales and reporting.
  • Create social media content week of the show; with knowledge of reels, stories, posts, etc.
  • Welcome guests and manage box office on-site during the run of the show (Thursday, April 27-Saturday, April 29 from 5:00-8:30pm, and Saturday, April 29 from 11:00am-3:00pm).

Skills:

  • Must be social media savvy.
  • Must have knowledge in Excel.

Please send inquiry to ARENA’s Artistic Director, Mathew Janczewski at arenadances@gmail.com by noon on Friday, March 24.

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 daily technique class with the Company, have an opportunity to perform in a Collide show, and participate in an Apprentice showcase at the end of the year.

The daily technical classes include a variety of styles, rooted in ballet and jazz, but also including tap, acting for dance, and hip-hop. Apprentice dancers will also have an opportunity to participate in quarterly 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:
Sunday, April 16
3:00-5:00pm

Sign up here.

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

TU Dance Center: Accompanists Needed

TU Dance Center is seeking accompanists for Modern, Ballet, and African Dance classes!

Preferred times:
Mornings, 9:30-11:00am
Evenings, 4:30-9:00pm (any hours within timeframe)

Rate: $24/hour
Free parking.

If you or someone you know are interested, please contact info@tudance.org.

Thank you!