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Zenon Dance School – Call for Creative Movement Assistant Instructor

A group of young dancers form a circle with their teacher

Zenon Dance School is seeking an additional instructor to assist in leading our Creative Movement class for ages 3-4 years! If you are passionate about working with young dancers and looking to gain some teaching experience, we would love to hear from you.

Position Title: Creative Movement Assistant Instructor
Duty: Assist the lead Creative Movement Instructor through weekly class with the 3-4 year olds.
Class Time: Sundays, 10:15-10:50am
Dates: January 9 – March 19, 2023
Class Format: In-person only
Pay: $25/hour

Zenon provides instruction for dancers of all genders, orientations, abilities and levels of experience. A key part of our mission is providing quality dance classes for adult professional, community dancers, and youth in Minneapolis.

Zenon is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

To apply, please send a resume to hunter@zenondance.org by Thursday, January 5, 2023. Preferred start date is Sunday, January 15, 2023.

2023 Prior Lake Community Artist

The City of Prior Lake Arts and Culture Committee invites experienced public artists or teams to submit qualifications to become the Prior Lake Community Artist in 2023.

This will entail engaging with Prior Lake stakeholders, getting to know the downtown Prior Lake area, developing a plan and recommended location(s) for a public artwork, and fabricating and installing public artwork(s).

More information can be found on the Arts and Culture Committee tab at this link: https://www.priorlakemn.gov/government/committees-commissions

Young Dance Seeks Teaching Artists for 2022–23 Session and Beyond

Young Dance is seeking teachers, assistants, and substitutes for 2022-23 and beyond. Teachers with experience in the following styles are encouraged to apply: Hip Hop, Jazz, Musical Theater, Afro-Modern, Modern/Contemporary, Ballet, Percussive, and Creative Movement. Experience working with dancers of all abilities is a plus, but not required.

Founded in 1987, we believe young people are artists with something important to say and that working across differences is a benefit to all. Our mission is to transform lives through movement. We are an inclusive community where creativity flourishes and healthy risk-taking is encouraged. Our classes are open to everyone of all levels and abilities. Participants enjoy our collaborative and student-led approach to dance education. Our curriculum emphasizes technique, improvisation, and choreography through the elements of dance: Body, Action, Space, Time, and Energy. Dancers develop skills in observing, participating, and reflecting in a safe and supportive environment that values a commitment to self, to the group, and to lifelong learning.

Pay rate is $48/hour for lead teaching, $24/hour for assisting.

Contact Anat Shinar, anat@youngdance.org, with a resume and brief introduction.

Nic Lincoln Presents Escalade: A Dance and Music Performance

Featuring Venus DeMars and Gemma Isaacson.

This one of a kind performance brings music and dance together to provide a captivating and enriching experience. Join us January 5-8 of 2023 at Center for Performing Arts to celebrate arts and activism.

Nic Lincoln’s choreography features Gemma Isaacson tethering sensuality and humanity in a dazzling and mesmerizing solo performance. Transgender glam-rock star Venus DeMars will showcase her musical talent and keep you at the edge of glory.

Nic Lincoln has always kept art and activism close to his heart, he has asked Reclaim: a LGBTQIA+ Non-Profit to participate in this production. To support the wellness of the performers, and ensure fiscal health for the company, we require the audience to wear masks at this unique venue. Disclaimer: this is not a performance to miss.

Visit Niclincoln.com for details.

Slo Dance Company at The Southern Theater

Slo Dance Company presents an evening of dance and live music considering the various duets we find ourselves existing in – with sound, with space, with time, and with each other. Two dance works on the program will invite performers and audience members alike to be curious about what new relationships might be revealed in the act of slowing down.

Slo Dance Company is led by Artistic Director Laura Osterhaus Rosenstone, who works with a rotating group of collaborators. The program at the Southern Theater features dance artists Noelle Awadallah, Emilia Bruno, Alexandra Eady, Emma Marlar, Leslie O’Neill, Jamie Ryan-Karels, and Sarah Steichen Stiles with music collaborator Patrick Marschke.

January 6 and 7 at 7:30pm

$20 – General Admission
$14 – Students and Children

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Potluck

Every first Saturday! Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal.

Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is:
Saturday, January 7 from 3:00-5:00pm
RSVP by Thursday, January 5 here.

This January Floorwork will be facilitated by Zoe Que and will focus on how we can create a root system of support that allows us to thrive and create art that is more inspired.

Zoe Que is a dancer, community organizer, and facilitator of sacred space. She uses empathetic listening, radical imagination, and intentionality to bring out collective intelligence in groups and spark magic. Her intention is to cultivate more support, joy, connection, and love within the Twin Cities dance community.

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.

The Joffrey Ballet

Serenade
Of Mice and Men
The Times Are Racing

The Joffrey Ballet returns to Northrop with a dynamic program of three works: Serenade—the first ballet George Balanchine created in America in 1934, an electric “sneaker ballet” from Tony Award winner Justin Peck, and the Northrop Centennial Commission Of Mice and Men adapted by choreographer Cathy Marston. This new take on John Steinbeck’s tender tale of friendship, perseverance, and sacrifice features an original score by 14-time Academy Award nominee, Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Finding Nemo), played live by Northrop’s ballet orchestra.

Friday and Saturday, January 20-21, 7:30pm

ENCORE: The Joffrey Ballet Cast Party

Tickets: $55 – a $20 donation is included in your ticket price.

Friday, January 20 – Post-performance

Celebrate with the dancers of Joffrey Ballet after their performance! Join us for the ENCORE: Joffrey Ballet Cast Party, an insider event including drinks, live music, and delicious bites while meeting the dancers—plus remarks from The Joffrey Ballet’s MBG Artistic Director, Ashley Wheater.

These celebratory fundraising events support Northrop Centennial Commissions to create new dance works, elevate artists, and bring extraordinary presentations to our stage. You can be part of ensuring that artists’ creative works will be seen by audiences and youth in our community for years to come.

In this decade, leading up to Northrop’s 100-year anniversary in 2029, the Northrop Centennial Commissions project helps create new dance works to ensure that there will be amazing performances far into the future.

With your support, Northrop’s Centennial Commissions program provides:

  • The creation and presentation of exquisite new works
  • Opportunities for students, youth, and communities to experience transformative arts
  • Connections through art that will be shared for generations
  • Arts programming for youth arts and education programs
  • A deeper understanding and insight into art, self-expression, and communication through discussions with artists, inspiring the community and young people.

Au, The Film

Please join Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks on January 22 for the showing of Au, The Film. Directed by Berit Ahlgren (HoneyWorks) and Helen Hatch (Hatch Dance), this live performance was captured and edited by Arlo Myren (Endless Page Productions) at its August 2022 premiere in St. Paul. Refreshments will be available for donation. Please arrive early for socializing. The film will start at 5:30pm and run just over an hour. A discussion with the ensemble will follow the screening. Tickets: $10-15.

Au, a dance in two acts, brings 26 dancers together for a highly physical contemplation of learned and innate coping mechanisms. Through vulnerable acknowledgment of how each artist manages life in the face of adversity, Ahlgren, Hatch, and the ensemble look at how these behaviors transform and reform, shaping who we are, and how we show up for ourselves and others. Set to a collection of various and recognizable tunes, a multi-talented and multi-generational cast bring their energies and experiences together in this timely work.

Can’t make it in person? Au, The Film is available on demand starting on January 23, 2023. Select an on-demand ticket to see the film on your own device!

Ashwini Ramaswamy and Kevork Mourad: Invisible Cities

Bharatanatyam choreographer and dancer Ashwini Ramaswamy (Ragamala Dance Company) deepens a choreographic methodology she began in 2019 with Let the Crows Come—named a “Best of the Year” in The Washington Post and a critic’s pick in The New York Times.

This collaborative reimagining of Italo Calvino’s metaphysical novel interweaves cultural perspectives with a dynamic group of dance artists—Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy (Bharatanatyam), Berit Ahlgren (Gaga), Alanna Morris (Modern), Joseph Tran (Breaking)—and visual artist, Kevork Mourad, who creates Invisible Cities’ interactive, immersive projections in real time.

Ashwini Ramaswamy and Kevork Mourad: Invisible Cities is a Northrop Centennial Commission.

Friday and Saturday, January 27-28 at 7:30pm