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Prince Flash Mob

We are looking for trained and untrained dancers for a flash mob on Wednesday, June 12.

Rehearsals will be Tuesday, June 4, 5:30-6:30pm and Friday, June 7, 5:30-6:30pm at Communal Studio at The Shops at the West End. I will also have videos for your practice. It would be ideal if you can come to at least one rehearsal. No experience necessary.

Check out the form for more information.

Classes at Communal Studio

Communal Studio is a collective space for rent for the community to take and offer classes/workshops/events at The Shops at the West End in St. Louis Park, MN.

Come check out our current class and workshop offerings! Visit our website and click on the class you want to take on the calendar. You will find prices and a link to sign up (or it will say “drop in”). Stay tuned for more class listings!

Questions? unasetia@gmail.com

Off-Leash Area Seeks Loading and Set-Up Crew Members

Off-Leash Area is currently seeking to hire 2 individuals to join our Loading and Set-Up Crew for our Eighth Neighborhood Garage Tour scheduled this fall. The annual Neighborhood Garage Tour is Off-Leash Area’s grass-roots, community-building program that brings professional, family-friendly contemporary dance and theater directly into neighborhoods across the Twin Cities and 7-county area.

Job Description: As a member of our Loading and Set-Up Crew, you will play a crucial role in the successful execution of our tour events. Responsibilities include loading and unloading equipment, setting up stage platforms, and ensuring all logistical aspects of the event are handled efficiently. One crew member will also be responsible for box office duties, while the other crew member will handle driving the U-Haul vehicle.

Requirements:

  • Ability to lift heavy objects, including heavy platforms, with the assistance of one other person.
  • Possession of a valid driver’s license.
  • Background in the performing arts preferred.

Duration and Schedule: The position entails working 4 two-day weekends throughout September. Each weekend shift will be approximately 10 hours. Candidates must be available for the duration of the tour period.

Compensation: $20 per hour.

This role is not technically difficult but is a great way to pick up extra cash in a fun, unique environment. Everybody has a great time!

How to Apply: If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiries to offleash@offleasharea.org.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

Dance Church Pop Up with Kate Wallich

Dance Church® Pop Up is an all-levels movement class taught by choreographer Kate Wallich that offers a fun and inclusive approach to dancing. Designed for people of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds, and identities, Dance Church is a communal space for people who want to move their bodies.

Wallich will lead this 70-minute class in a series of movement cues, accompanied by a curated playlist of multi-genre pop music. The format is open but guided throughout. No prior dance experience necessary, but open-mindedness is a prerequisite.

Dance Church classes are offered in dance spaces across the country with a mission to bring the joy and release of dance to every body while supporting dance artists and partner organizations and making connections between class takers and the dance world.

Thursday, May 23
7:00pm

This Pop Up class with Dance Church founder Kate Wallich was made possible through Liquid Music and Northrop alongside Kate Wallich + Perfume Genius technical residency at Northrop.

Parking is available in front of TU Dance Center and along the parking lot entrance. Do not park in the Subway lot.

Feldenkrais Walking Series: Methods for Mindful Movement with Sarah Baumert

Walking From Your Spine: Fluid Torso and Weightless Limbs is an 8-week Feldenkrais® Guided Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert.

May 29-July 21
Wednesdays, 6:30pm
Sundays, 4:00pm
Live classes will be taught on Zoom.
All lessons are recorded. Registering for the series gives you access to the recorded lessons indefinitely.

While we often credit our legs for walking and running, the spine actually plays a more central role than we realize. This series of lessons is designed to build awareness and skill in how the spine and torso initiate and help control our gait during walking.

Through gentle, mindful movement explorations, you’ll learn how to improve balance, coordination, and range of motion, all leading to a more enjoyable and effortless walking experience. Feldenkrais is different than gentle yoga, but similar in the way that the lessons are like a mindful movement meditation. Each lesson builds upon the next lesson so that the students can feel how the practiced movement patterns benefit each other.

Most lessons in this series will be done on the floor, lying on the back or the side, with short explorations in standing, walking, and chair sitting. This gentle somatic program is suitable for anyone, including those recovering from hip or back surgery, or managing chronic pain in their walking. Gaining more freedom and confidence in your walking is key to an independent life. Come explore mindful movement that is targeted to improve walking, flexibility, balance, and coordination, leading to a smoother, confident, more enjoyable walking experience.

Zenon Zone Spring Showcase and Benefit

Zenon Dance Zone Spring Showcase and MN Made Benefit tickets are now available! Come see Zone choreographers Anna Pinault, Benjamin Johnson, Roxane Wallace, and Mary Willmeng’s vibrant new works brought to life by the Zenon Zone dancers. 

Immerse yourself in the magic of local dance and support a great cause. By joining us after the performance on May 31 for our first MN Made Benefit, you are directly contributing to Zenon Dance School‘s adult and youth programs and making a significant difference.

Together, we play a vital role in the Twin Cities’ vibrant dance scene, and this showcase celebrates our dance community. As we explore new material and share choreographer voices with you, Zenon Dance School is proud to be part of 41 years of dance performance, education, outreach, and community. Join us and be a part of the Zone program that welcomes dancers and choreographers of all levels and provides a unique and supportive community for their journey. Get ready to groove with us!

Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm
MN Made Benefit following the performance
$10 show only. $25 show and benefit.

Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm
Pay-as-able, Suggested donation of $10.

On demand viewing available June 5-12, registration required.

Soundbody Workshop with Meryl Murman – 2024 McKnight International Choreographer

Saturday, June 1
10:00am-12:00pm

Meryl Zaytoun Murman guides participants through interactive improvisations and durational somatic prompts to explore the therapeutic and expressive connection between movement and raw vocal sound.

In this laboratory the voice becomes a vehicle for movement, expanding and transforming sensations and emotions from the subconscious into direct embodied experiences that are felt and expressed by the performer through spontaneous and authentic gestures. Emphasis is placed on awakening the spine to find fluid pathways for vocal vibrations to resonate and on actively redirecting the sound energy outward through physical sensing and shifting the gaze.

This laboratory is focused on researching these tools for performance and is suited for people in the performing arts or those wishing to engage with movement and voice through creative processes. Participants will experience tools for landing in presence, a healing-informed approach to integrating movement and voice, and alternative pathways to accessing the deeply expressive, erotic, creative source within.

Free to attend. Registration is required in advance.

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Potluck

Saturday, June 1
12:00-2:00pm
RSVP is appreciated.

This June Floorwork will continue the March 4, 2024 Dance Town Hall conversation with emphasis on creating a specific advocacy group for the dance community! Please come prepared with developmental needs and action steps in response to the recent survey, March 4 Dance Town Hall, and previous Floorwork discussions.

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal. 
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. Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move. Attendees are asked to fill out a new RSVP form for each monthly Floorwork event.

Can’t attend, but would like to join in the conversation?
Join us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 828 9636 5545
Passcode: 341960

Dance Camera North International Film Festival Screening

On Saturday, June 1 Borealis Dance Theatre presents the 4th annual Dance Camera North International Film Festival screening at the Center for Performing Arts in Minneapolis at 7:00pm.

Dance Camera North provides space for dance filmmakers to challenge choreographic storytelling through film. This innovative platform creates the opportunity to expand the dynamic performative art of dance to larger audiences while pushing the envelope to what is possible through film. This year, the festival is presenting innovative films from dancers, choreographers, and filmmakers in Australia, United Kingdom, Iran, Canada, Germany, Slovenia, and Russia as well as the United States.

The 2024 Festival “Best of” winner, Liudmila Komrakova of Russia, directed “Cats. Why do we Need Them?” The screening will include a behind the scenes look at the creation of this beautiful film, and the audience will hear a few words from the director.

Saturday, June 1
7:00pm

Tickets: $10. Available online or at the door.