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Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you back for another season of dance this fall! Registration is open for the Fall Session, September 12-December 18. There will be no classes the evening of Wednesday, November 23 through Sunday, November 27.

Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted.

Monday
10:00am: Intermediate 2 Contemporary with Joanna Lees
5:30pm: Contemporary Floorwork with Anna Pinault
7:00pm: Beginning/Intermediate Jazz with Jennifer Glaws

Tuesday
10:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren
5:30pm: Cardio Dance Jam with Ariel Linnerson – Online
6:00pm: All Levels Hip-Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning 1 Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester

Wednesday
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK – Online-only every other week: September 21; October 5 and 19; November 2, 16, and 30; December 14
5:30pm: All Levels Hip-Hop with Averie Mitchell-Brown
5:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Lisa Erickson – Online
6:30pm: Intermediate 1 Contemporary with Ruby Josephine Smith

Thursday
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – Hybrid
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug – Hybrid

Friday
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting – Hybrid
12:00pm: Intermediate 2 Ballet with Penny Freeh

Saturday
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson – Online
10:00am: Beginning 1 Modern with Roxane Wallace
12:30pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Ben Johnson

Sunday
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 3-4 with Kendall Kramer
10:15am: Creative Movement for ages 5-6 with Shannon Dolan
11:00am: Youth Ballet for ages 7-10 with Kendall Kramer
11:00am: Youth Ballet for ages 11-14 with Shannon Dolan
12:00pm: Youth Modern for ages 11-14 with Kendall Kramer

Open dance and fitness classes seven days a week! Class offerings include ballet, krump, contemporary, heels, jazz, modern, hip hop, and more.

Hothouse is a multi-purpose studio space in Minneapolis featuring drop-in classes for teens and adults. Whether you’re already involved in the local arts scene, an aspiring dance professional looking to bolster your training, or just a human who loves to move, Hothouse offers classes that celebrate the bliss of movement and embrace you for who you are.

Come as you are, leave as more.

Visit our website or find us on MINDBODY to view the full schedule and book your next class! Free lot and street parking.

Tapestry Folkdance Center offers weekly and monthly classes and dances for all ages and skill levels at our Minneapolis, MN studios. All programs – from international to ballroom and family to seniors – are ongoing. Information about our schedule, instructors, and live music is available on our website. Check out our calendar of activities and events!

Tapestry programs include:

Sunday
Ballroom Variety Dance – First, third, and fifth Sundays, 6:00-9:30pm
English Country Dance – 7:00-9:00pm

Monday
Advanced International Folk Dance – Second Monday, 7:45-10:30pm

Thursday
Israeli Dance – 7:00-9:30pm

Friday
Seniors Dance Joyfully – Check Schedule – Second and fourth Fridays, 9:30-10:30am
USA Social Dance and Ballroom – Fourth Friday, 7:00-10:30pm
International Folk Dance – 7:30-10:30pm

Saturday
Contra Dance – 7:30-11:00pm
Family Dance – Check Schedule – Second Saturdays, 7:00-7:30pm

Additional dance and class opportunities include Brazilian Zouk, Dance Church, Minnesota Traditional Morris, Phoenix Chinese Dance Academy, Qigong & Chi, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Saturday Modern Collective, Shake Your Bones, Shotokan Karate, TLC Line Dance, USA Dance Projects, Zumba with Chari, and Zumba with Sadie

Studio rentals are available for private lessons, groups, and rehearsals.

Learn to assist with evening and weekend dance admissions, welcome visitors, or be a part of our community by opening and closing the building. Volunteers make Tapestry Folkdance Center an amazing music and dance organization.

Fall classes run September 17 through December 10.

Community Movement Offerings have begun at Threads. Join us for one of our four Community Movement classes. If you are looking for a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere to learn dance, we invite you to:

Beginning/Intermediate Adult Ballet
Saturdays, 9:00-10:00am
Taught by Karen L. Charles

Beginning/Intermediate Adult Modern
Saturdays, 1:00-2:00pm
Taught by Karen L. Charles

Adult/Professional Modern 
Mondays, 9:00-10:30am
Taught by Karen L. Charles / Karen Christ Aalgaard (and various guest artists)

Adult/Professional Ballet
Tuesdays, 9:00-10:30 am
Taught by Karen L. Charles / Karen Christ Aalgaard (and various guest artists)

All classes are drop-in, $15. For more information, including class descriptions/discounts and registration links, visit our website.

Today and every Wednesday at The Arena, through November 16.
Contemporary Forms with Sarah McCullough
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30pm
Pre-register here!
Drop-in rate is $17 with flexible pricing. Free parking on side streets: Aldrich, Bryant, Colfax, 31st, etc.

Sarah is interested in sensory exploration, movement as meditative practice, and better understanding the body’s instinctual knowledge. This class will center physical sensation and individual vigor. Improvisation and set phrase work will be used to engage the senses and harness athleticism with a focus on curiosity and aliveness.

Sarah McCullough (she/her) is a Minneapolis-based movement artist and educator. Originally from Virginia, she earned her BA in Dance and Mathematics from James Madison University. Since moving to Minnesota in 2018, she has performed with Black Label Movement, ARENA DANCES, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, HoneyWorks, Hatch Dance, and more. As an educator, she has been invited to offer classes at the Limon/ Black Label Twin Cities Intensive, ARENA DANCES’ Instinct Intensive, The University of Winchester (UK), North Carolina State University, as well as several high school dance programs throughout the Twin Cities. Sarah seeks out physically rigorous and deeply authentic dance experiences through performance, creation, and education.

Photo courtesy of Bill Cameron.

Fridays: Contemporary Flow with Mathew Janczewski
10:00-11:30am at The Arena, through November 18.
Pre-register here!
Drop-in rate is $17 with flexible pricing. Free parking on side streets: Aldrich, Bryant, Colfax, 31st, etc.

Class focuses on opening up curiosity and finding internal pathways within the body and the contrast of those same pathways. An assortment of texture, speed, density, length, force and resistance will be taught to open these skills.

Mathew’s work as Artistic Director of ARENA DANCES is best described as contemporary, spanning an array of styles – from quietly evocative to physically demanding, full of spiraling momentum that draws energy into the core and spreads it out like disco ball beams of light. At times, movement focuses on the dancers’ bends and folds, creating shape as one shifts and moves, forging moments of connection.

Photo courtesy of Aaron Warkov

The GYROKINESIS® Method offers exercises rooted in full-body movement that builds skill in coordination and proprio/interoception. Exercises can be performed seated on an armless chair or stool, standing, and on hands and knees. We will work on the seven spinal movements, joint articulation, and cultivating strength with coordinated breath while transitioning through sequences with fluidity. Gyrokinesis addresses the entire body, opening energy pathways, stimulating the nervous system, increasing range of motion, and creating functional strength through rhythmic, flowing movement sequences.

Mondays, 5:00pm-6:00pm
At the Arena, through November 15.
$17 suggested drop-in, pay as able. Free parking on side streets.
Pre-register at: https://www.arena-dances.org/the-arena/

Non Edwards is a dancer, choreographer, and Gyrokinesis Method Trainer.

GYROKINESIS® is a registered trademark of GYROTONIC® Sales Corp and is used with their permission.