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The Little Prince

Explore the world of childlike wonder and re-discover a timeless classic with The Little Prince. Immerse yourself in the magical journey of a young prince from a distant planet as they discover the mysteries of life, love, and friendship. 

Ballet Co.Laboratory’s adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved novella will transport you to a realm where the appreciation of life’s simple joys is reclaimed. This unforgettable production will touch the hearts of both young and old, reminding us of the profound life lessons we may have forgotten along the way. 

Choreographed by: Zoé Emilie Henrot
Performed by: The Company Dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory and the students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory

Friday, May 17 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 18 at 2:00pm
Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm
Sunday, May 19 at 2:00pm

Mind:Body – Young Dance Spring Performances at Luminary Arts Center

​​Young Dance invites you to Mind:Body, a thought-provoking exploration of the mind-body connection through dance. These innovative performances feature work by Young Dance classes and original pieces created by guest artists Emily Gastineau, Gabriel Rodreick, and Meridian Movement Collective (Colin Edwards, Cecil Neal, and Alex Arce) in collaboration with the Young Dance Performing Company dancers, ages 7-18.

Performance Details
Young Dance Performing Company Shows
Friday, May 17 at 7:00pm – Audio Description Services Provided
Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm – ASL Interpretation Provided
Sunday, May 19 at 5:00pm

Young Dance School Showcase
Saturday, May 18 at 11:00am and 2:00pm
Sunday, May 19 at 11:00am and 2:00pm

Tickets: Available at Luminary Arts Center ticketing.
$15 General Admission.
$10 Students 3–18 and Seniors 65+.
Free lap pass for ages 2 and younger.

Live Stream: A free live stream is available. Please contact info@youngdance.org at least 24 hours before the performance to request the link and specify which performance and dancer you’d like to see.

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the power of movement and the inspiring talent of Young Dance!

Free Waving Workshop with Bzy

Saturday, May 18
3:00-5:00pm

I am organizing my first Waving 101 Class for All Levels in Saint Paul! This is a 2-hour workshop aimed toward you gaining more knowledge, abilities, and inspiration. This workshop will give you a broader sense of self-expression by better understanding this style’s foundations. This is especially for people who want to explore and learn the basics for the first time, are experienced in other styles and genres, or value deepening their skills within waving.

In this workshop, we will focus on waving foundations to help us understand the layers of isolation within the body. We’ll awaken muscles, tendons, and joints that may be used for the first time as we explore the true feeling of separation from each of them. We will then thread them back together under tension to achieve true sequential movement, creating the wave-like effect.

We’ll be exploring all of this within our hands, arms, and full body. Lastly, we will be covering the history of the movement style itself. Learning about its origins, creators, where it is now, and everywhere in between.

The workshop is open to all levels but will be focused on beginners – if you have ever wondered if this is something for you, it would be a perfect workshop to try!

We will move in either socks or shoes; bring water and an open mind.

This is a free class. RSVP here.
Donations are accepted.

Let’s move!

Alexandra Bodnarchuk at The Museum of Russian Art

Join us for a unique experience in the museum as one remarkable local artist activates the work of another. Choreographer Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents a short original work she created in conversation with the sculptures of Zoran Mojsilov’s exhibition, Dry Neck of the Pig and Other Curios. This program explores the concept of dance as embodied gallery interpretation, inviting museum visitors to experience a different mode of engagement with visual art.

Saturday, May 18
Performances at 12:00pm; 2:00pm, and 3:00pm
No reservations necessary.
Purchase admission to the museum.
$0-14. Free for members and children; $5 for students; $14 for adults; $12 for seniors.

Alexandra Bodnarchuk is a Carpatho-Rusyn American choreographer and cultural activist based in Minneapolis, MN. As the Artistic Director and choreographer for Doma Dance Theater, Bodnarchuk creates original works for the stage and screen that draw together her ethnic heritage with contemporary movement practices. Centering the body as a tangible site of culture, Bodnarchuk explores questions of self-expression, community, dispossession, and cross-cultural identity through works that range from solo pieces to evening-length group performances. By amplifying her ethnic heritage and probing the connections among the Carpatho-Rusyn experience and diasporic communities around the world, Bodnarchuk offers a potent invitation to rediscover the unrecognized histories embedded in each of us. Learn more

The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA), an independent American organization, promotes understanding of the art, people, and culture of Muscovite Russia, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and its former republics through outstanding exhibitions, cultural presentations, and educational programs serving the people of Minnesota and the nation. The Museum upholds an independent voice and the freedom of expression to carry out its mission unconstrained by influence from foreign governments, political actors and/or corporate or individual interests. Learn more

Workshops at Keane for National Tap Dance Day

Join Keane Sense of Rhythm for two days of workshops taught by Acia Gray, Katherine Kramer and Jeanne Hill! Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26. Choose from beginner/intermediate or intermediate/advanced! $40/workshop.

Saturday
10:00-11:15am: Acia Gray, Beginning/Intermediate
10:00-11:15am: Katherine Kramer, Intermediate/Advanced
11:30am–12:45pm: Jeanne Hill, Intermediate/Advanced
11:30am–12:45pm: Katherine Kramer, Beginning/Intermediate

Sunday
10:00-11:15am: Jeanne Hill, Beginning/Intermediate
11:30am–12:45pm: Acia Gray, Intermediate/Advanced

The Legend of the Feathered Robe – 羽衣伝説

Experience unique storytelling through ballet performance, choreography, solo piano and two-piano works, and the world premiere of an original composition. Award-winning choreographer Yuki Tokuda will showcase her choreography presented in a program inspired by Japanese folklore, “The Legend of the Feathered Robe – 羽衣伝説,” featuring a new work created especially for this project by internationally recognized composer Asako Hirabayashi.

Program

  • “The Legend of the Feathered Robe” by Asako Hirabayashi – world premiere
  • “The Firebird” by Igor Stravinsky
  • “Signes de Blanc” by Edison Danisov – presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners
  • “Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2” by Maurice Ravel

Artists
Choreographer: Yuki Tokuda
Dancers: Andrew Lester and Yuki Tokuda
Pianists: Rie Tanaka and Koki Sato

Saturday, June 1
2:00pm

This show is free to the public, but please register ahead of time for arts board verification of audience attendance.

Yuki Tokuda is a fiscal year 2023 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 Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

EMBODY PALESTINE

Sunday, June 2
3:00-5:00pm

EMBODY PALESTINE is a workshop by Leila Awadallah (Body Watani Dance) held in collaboration with Meryl Zaytoun Murman, 2024 McKnight International Choreographer. This workshop will guide participants through embodied explorations as a process of communal reflection on the range of emotions stirred by the genocide in Gaza.

To what extent can we use our bodies to connect with experiences we did not have, but learn about through media? How can the body respond and tend to the traumatic imagery in the news? Meryl will facilitate participants through movement and vocal explorations using gesture, mimicry, and embodiment as a practice of awareness and communication based on a desire to process the human suffering we are witnessing with physical understanding.

In collaboration, Meryl and Leila will share reflections on the interconnectedness of many crises in the region and the ways they work within movement spaces to interweave complex solidarities across bodies. How do we resist together? What actions can we take toward a more healing-oriented future?

Dance experience is not necessary, and participants will engage at their own range of intensity.

Advanced registration required.
Recommended donation of $5-15 at event. 75% of the income will be donated.

TU Dance: “an experiment” with Leslie Parker and Collaborators

The public offering of an experiment is a live collaborative improvisation performance drawing from Blackness in experimental music, storytelling, visual art, and dance. This is a Twin Cities Jazz Festival event.

The Twin Cities Black Dance Improvisation Intensive 2024 is an extension of CtR methodology centering on Black, Native, Indigenous, and Artists of Color narratives. The focus is on creatives who are steeped in dance and performance practices to provide more opportunities to deepen awareness of improvisation. BDI Intensive 2024 is open to all bodies and ethnicities including artists, organizers, activists, and co-conspirators of varied dance experiences. All participants of the BDI Intensive are encouraged to perform.

In partnership with Northrop, Twin Cities Jazz Festival, The Cedar Cultural Center, TU Dance, and Barbara Barker Center for Dance. Performances by Black Dance Improvisation Intensive participants and Music Collaborative with Michael Wimberly, Farai Malianga, Dameun Strange, and DeCarlo Jackson. Produced by Leslie Parker Dance Project.

June 22, 2024
Free. At the Cedar Cultural Center.

Intensive Workshop Schedule
Leslie Parker Dance Project brings together improvisers in the Twin Cities who practice various models of improvisation from around the world to participate in three weeks of practice.

June 3-6, 2024
Workshop Session with Ishmael Houston-Jones
TU Dance Center, 2121 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55104

June 10-13, 2024
Workshop Session with Merián Soto
Northrop Dance Studio, 84 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

June 17-20, 2024
Workshop Session with Leslie Parker and Cynthia Olive
Barbara Barker Dance Center, 500 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

More information and registration.

Dance for a Cause | Move for Soiled Dance Series | Jazz with Jagged Moves

Dance for a Cause | Move for Soiled Dance Series | Jazz with Jagged Moves

Monday, June 3: 6:30-8:00pm
Pick your price: $18, $28, $38, $65. Cash or Venmo @jaggedmoves.
Join in-person, online, or on demand!
Drop-in or email jagged9@hotmail.com to pre-register or for in-person and online information.
At Zenon Dance School, located in the Hennepin Center for the Arts, at the corner of 6th Street and Hennepin Ave.

Jagged Moves hosts a donation based Jazz class in support of Soiled Dance Series.

Join Jagged Moves’ Artistic Director Jennifer Glaws in a donation based Jazz class for mixed abilities. All money raised will go directly in supporting the presenting and creating artists in producing a second series of this great event that elevates dance, the land, animals, and agriculture.

Soiled Dance Series is a summer dance festival hosted by Jagged Moves in rural Minnesota dedicated to bringing awareness to radical dance and agriculture farming. Presented on a real working farm and the stunning grounds of Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista, the inaugural series welcomed 30 performing artists, dancing works of 7 MN choreographers that energized the land and spoke towards the locations for where they were performed.

Move your Monday and dance with impact!