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

Noelle Awadallah teaches this October.
Tuesdays 10:00-11:30am

Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.
Pre-register at https://www.arena-dances.org/the-arena/
Suggested $17 a class, but ARENA DANCES offers a pay-as-able option on all classes. We would rather you join us than not be able to attend due to financial limitations.

Body Watani (watani means homeland in Arabic) is both an improvisational movement practice and an emerging contemporary dance form developed by Leila Awadallah, a Palestinian American dancer. The practice is a container with soft edges where improvisational research guides practitioners into their personal ‘body watani’ through spending time with ancestries, contemplating our complex relations to land / water / home, and activating embodied memories into one’s own dancing. Body Watani also manifests as a contemporary form with roots in dances of Arabic / SWANA / Mediterranean lands through specific movement techniques, music of the region, and cultural / political content to engage with that deepens our relation to Body Watani’s context.

Noelle Awadallah نوال (she/hers) is a Palestinian American dancer, maker, and teacher who resides in Mni Sota Makoce. She currently dances with Ananya Dance Theatre, is a member of Slo Dance Company, and is a co-creator for Body Watani. Her work is framed by her blurry identity in all of its honesty and dislocation. Circling themes include  transcendence of time, ancestor imaginings, listening, falling into stereotypes, and storytelling. Improvisational practices guide her movement generating as an honest way to dig and share stories recollected and reimagined from her body rooted in radical imagination of the senses. She holds a BFA from Columbia College Chicago (2018).

Northrop Presents: A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham – Technique and Repertory Masterclass

The A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Technique and Repertory Masterclass invites participants to explore A.I.M’s movement with company dancer Jae Neal, learning excerpts from repertory included in their upcoming Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth performance. This 90-minute masterclass is recommended for intermediate/advanced level dancers, and will take place at TU Dance Center in Saint Paul.

Monday, October 10, 4:30pm
TU Dance Center
FREE and open to the public. Registration required.

Space is limited and registration must be received by 12:00pm on Monday, October 10. Participants are required to wear a mask.

For more information and to register, click here.

2023 Spring Apprentice Program running January 1–May 31, 2023

Collide Theatrical’s Apprentice Program is a tuition-based professional training and rehearsal program for advanced professional-track dancers ages 18-25. The course provides the necessary skills for dancers to pursue formal positions within the Company and in the world of theater dance.

Apprentices are mentored by and work alongside Collide artistic staff and Company dancers.

Tuition-based and BIPOC scholarship-based positions available.

Details:

• Technique classes (Theater Jazz, Classic Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary) – Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00-10:30am from January-May, 2023
• Opportunities to observe company rehearsals and choreography sessions
• Sunday Apprentice Rehearsals, 5:00-7:00pm from February 11-March 12, 2023
• Perform with the professional company in SKOL! from March 23-April 1, 2023 at The Southern Theater
• Audition required
• Monthly tuition – BIPOC scholarships available

To schedule an audition or for more information please contact Grace by emailing admin@collidetheatrical.org.