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ABT Soloist to Star in Ballet Minnesota’s The Classic Nutcracker

Ballet Minnesota’s 34th annual The Classic Nutcracker returns to the O’Shaughnessy! Come celebrate this annual family holiday tradition this December 16-18!

This year’s production features a cast of more than 100 including two highly lauded guest dancers from the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. Soloist Zhong-Jing Fang and corp member Jose Sebastian of ABT will dance the pas de deux in the signature roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier.

The performances take place at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium on the campus of St. Catherine University, December 16-18.  Ticket prices range from $19 to $45 with discounts for seniors, students, active military, and groups. To purchase tickets, click here or call The O’Shaughnessy box office at 651-690-6700.

In addition, a livestream performance at 10:00am on Thursday, December 15 will be offered to groups in the wider community in order to provide the ballet experience to those who might not otherwise be able to attend a performance. For information on the livestream, email balletmngrouptickets@gmail.com.

Enjoy the return of this classic holiday favorite!

December 16 at 7:00pm
December 17 at 2:00pm
December 18 at 2:00pm

Hopkins Dance Company – Clara in the City: A Nutcracker Tale

Tickets now on sale for Hopkins Dance Company’s Clara in the City: A Nutcracker Tale!

Make the most of your holiday season. Come see this lovely show sure to be a delight for people of all ages!

December 16 at 7:00pm
December 17 at 12:00pm and 6:00pm

At the Eisenhower Community Center in Hopkins.
Price: $15-20. Get tickets here.

Shared Evening of Choreography at Frogtown Rec

D. Jinza Thayer | Movement Architecture, BRKFST Dance Company, INY Asian Dance Theater and Laurie Van Wieran present a free Works-In-Progress Showing of choreography at Frogtown Recreation Center in St. Paul:

Friday, December 16 at 5:30pm

Each choreographer will perform excerpts of their work/latest work-in-progress, sharing their process and inviting feedback/participation from the audience. Stick around after the showing to connect with the artists and enjoy some cookies and lemonade.

Tickets are free.
Please reserve your spot online!

D. Jinza Thayer is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Zenon Dance Zone Fall Showcase

Zenon Dance School – Zone Fall Showcase

New choreographic works by Kendall Kramer and Ruby Josephine Smith, plus guests!

Zenon Dance School’s Zone Program will feature Zenon instructors Kendall Kramer and Ruby Josephine Smith in two new works performed by the Zone dancers! Plus, special guest showings by the Beginning/Intermediate Jazz class with Jennifer Glaws and Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester.

Zone is an intensive adult dance program for all levels, ages, and dance backgrounds, who wish to deepen their dance journey and experiences. The program offers two tracks and new movers are welcomed through a brief and relaxed audition.

Performance Group – for movers with a strong intermediate/advanced level of dance technique who are searching for opportunities to perform with local choreographers.

Technique Group – for movers to enhance creative and technical skills and explore different genres of dance.

Zone is a platform for emerging and established choreographers to create work and explore material, while celebrating Twin Cities movers.

Friday, December 16 at 7:30pm
Saturday, December 17 at 7:30pm
In-person, masks required.
Tickets: Free, Pay-What-You-Wish. Registration required.

On-demand available December 21-January 4, registration required.

Your Poetic Pelvis with Sarah Baumert

Your Poetic Pelvis
December 4-February 8
Sundays at 4:00pm CST and Wednesdays at 6:30pm CST
Available as a livestream on Zoom or using the self-paced recordings.

Over ten sessions, we will explore the pelvis and its connections to the whole self. Everything is related to even small changes in the pelvis. The pelvis is a highly mobile structure, constantly responding to movement above and below it. Muscles that attach to the pelvis move in many directions, some connecting all the way to the upper spine, others crossing the hip joints and connecting into the legs all the way to the knees. This series will help you improve and clarify the fundamental movements of your pelvis for more effective action in your daily functions like walking, standing, and sitting. For those that recently took the pelvic floor series, this series can act like a Part 2, as we will continue to understand the pelvis through a whole new series of creative explorations (less focused on the pelvic floor itself).

Curious? Check out the Free Intro Class here!

Pay-as-able options are available for the ten-week series. More details for the Your Poetic Pelvis series can be found by clicking the links!

Elite Family Dance Video Project Series II

An event where you get to join us in the experience of making a dance video alongside other dancers from the community! Check out the previous dance video project here!

Saturday, December 10
4:30-8:00pm
Intermediate level. $20.

Schedule
4:30: Doors Open
5:00: Choreo
6:00: Choreo/Formations
7:00: Film
8:00: End

Register

Additional Info:
Levels are based on choreography and set formations within the time frame listed.
We will send out a confirmation email once you register and make payment. The performance outfit info will be in the email once you register.
Any questions or comment, please message or email us at EliteFamilyConnection@gmail.com.

The Blending of Yoga and Feldenkrais Winter Series

The Blending of Yoga and Feldenkrais Winter Series
December 5-February 6
Mondays, 6:00-7:15pm CST
Available as a livestream on Zoom or using the self-paced recordings.

This will be a time to create space and feel what it is like living in this body.

When we have the courage to release places that feel physically stuck, mentally tight, or emotionally restricted, we can uncover a new internal landscape of this body we are living in. In these sessions we will invite space to become a more intimate part of our practice and our life. We will explore ways to move in harmony with our unique needs and how we feel each day, to encourage the body to soften and connect with the feelings of space and freedom.

Scholarships are available for this series. Please contact Sarah directly at sarah@body-matter.com for scholarship inquiries.

The Arena – Moving Practice with Brenna Mosser

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment.

Brenna Mosser teaches December Moving Practice:
Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am

Professional-level dancers of all styles are welcome.
Pre-register here.

Suggested $17 per class; however, there is a pay-as-able option on all classes – we would rather you join us than not be able to attend due to financial limitations.

Brenna Mosser (she/her) is a Minnesota native who loves the physicality of dance, Laban Movement Analysis and environmental conservation. She went to the Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance for her bachelor’s and supplemented her degree with a level 3 license in Performance Dance and Arts Management from the National Center for Contemporary Dance in Angers, France. On returning home, Brenna joined the Conservation Corps, an Americorps program that focuses on prairie restoration in Minnesota. Alongside AMP, Brenna dances for ARENA Dances and Bernadette Knaeble. She teaches Modern and Jazz at the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts, and is currently choreographing her first evening-length work based on evolution, science fiction and the environment.

Ring in the New Year Class with Erin Thompson

Please join Erin Thompson for her “Ring in the New Year” contemporary dance class in honor of New Year’s Eve on Thursday morning, December 29, 10:00-11:45am.

Before you make your New Year’s resolutions, come find peace with internal awareness, thrust your holiday limbs into the ground and fly across the floor flinging 2022 away! Accompaniment by the wonderful Dean Magraw.

Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary
Thursday, December 29, 10:00-11:45am
In-person only!

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary Classes in Person and on Zoom

Erin’s advanced-level contemporary hybrid class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement. The delightful Dean Magraw will accompany on guitar.

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am 

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.
See you in person or virtually soon!