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Choreographer Yuki Tokuda examines what it means to be a woman artist, and brings awareness to the rich history of women artists as well as active women artists of today.

Joined by flamenco dancer Sachiko “La Chayí,” modern dancer Nieya Amezquita, pianist Rie Tanaka, and violinist Natsuki Kumagai, the program features women composers including Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Sofia Gubaidulina and Sayo Kosugi.

Choreographer – Yuki Tokuda and collaboration with the dancers
Piano – Rie Tanaka
Violin – Natsuki Kumagai
Dancers – Sachiko “La Chayí” (flamenco), Nieya Amezquita (modern dance), and Yuki Tokuda (ballet)

Saturday, September 17 at 4:00pm
Saturday, September 17 at 6:00pm

This show is free to the public, but tickets are required.

*Westminster Presbyterian Church requires individuals wear masks when they are in the building.

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

A rare opportunity to see the newest work from Paula Mann, whose eclectic choreographic vision spans 40 years. The performances offer experiences wrapped in the complexity of an enduring and durable life, lived in motion.

Toward Utopia is a contemporary dance performance exploring the conflict between my needs and the greater good. Five performers interrogate the dynamics of individual struggles and attempt to connect across a chasm of miscommunication and animosity with raw emotion and physicality.

The work explores the desire to create a more perfect world, charting the emotional struggles of individualism vs the group dynamic, seeking a common purpose toward an equitable future. What will it take to create systemic change?

Choreography by Paula Mann
Projection by Steve Paul
Sound score by Tarek Abdelqader
Lighting Design by Mike Grogan
Performed by Leila Awadallah, Carmen Lucia Lincoln, Kendall Kramer, Erika Martin, Johnathan Surber and Roxane Wallace

This vibrant, technicolor, evening-length, experience explores the energies swirling before (Canary) and during (Crimson) the height of COVID lockdowns – then offers a vision (Emerald) of glorious reconnection and physical embrace as essential bridges to imagining and manifesting a renewed and recharged community on the other side of the pandemic.

Opening Night Exclusive: Bites with Black Label and Gavin
We have joined forces with James Beard Award Winning Chef Gavin Kaysen and his incredible team at Spoon & Stable to celebrate the premiere of Canary, Crimson then Emerald.
Exclusively on Opening Night, September 23, this pre-show event will serve three tapas-style dishes inspired by the themes of the work, plus a designer cocktail (and/or mocktail) – as well as grant early access into the theater and a post-performance discussion with Artistic Director Carl Flink and the company.

A portion of your ticket goes to support Black Label’s exciting new projects.  

Come celebrate Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota’s new season and welcome its new professional company members and apprentices! Learn about the exciting performances coming up this season, meet and mingle with its Artistic Directors, board, staff, and dancers, and watch a preview performance by the company!

There will be many opportunities for you to support TCB throughout the night, including a silent auction, handmade items for sale, and information about tickets for upcoming performances.

Families, friends, supporters, and the curious are all welcome!

Saturday, September 24 at 7:30pm
Dance Cube performance space at Ballet Royale, 16368 Kenrick Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044

Tickets: Suggested donation $10

Since 1985, Dalakopa has been famous in Norway after the group won first prize at Titano Festivalen. In addition, the group won a contract with Heilo records. In 1986 that recording was nominated for a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy) and won. This honor was followed by a substantial winning streak at old-time dance contests through the 1980s and 1990s.

Dalakopa’s music has appeal for dancers accustomed to lively, old-time tunes as well as folks who enjoy listening to – and watching – energetic, soulful, performances and personalities.

There are 9 musicians in the group: 3 fiddles, 2 accordions, bass, guitar and wooden flute/recorder. Dalakopa musicians all love sharing music with others. Dalakopa is an international group of musicians from 4 countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the United States. Together they have forged a special sound, due to the countries from which band members come. Their traditional repertoire comes mostly from Røros and Østerdalen, Sweden, with originals from the group’s composers.

Wednesday, September 28 from 7:30-9:00pm
Doors open at 6:45pm

Cost:
$15 General
$12 Members
$10 Ages 10-21

Amidst the fall colors and falling leaves, dancers Sarah Baumert, Suzette Gilreath, Erika Hansen, Megan Mayer, and Leslie O’Neill perform in a new, site-specific Sound Garden installation at Texa-Tonka Park in St. Louis Park, along the majestic North Cedar Lake Trail, next to Victoria Lake. This premier performance directed by composer JG Everest will also feature site-specific poetry by Chavonn Shen, Lisa Yankton and many more, along with site-specific photography and natural sculptures created in a community workshop by sculptor Jim Proctor.

The Fall Sound Garden event is a free, family-friendly, self-guided event that features a sound installation of 60+ small, wireless speakers, distributed throughout the park, with live accompaniment by roving musicians and dancers, and live poetry and site-specific visual art. Each small speaker is playing a different part of the whole piece of music, creating a unique, immersive experience that is described as “a concert you can move through.” Event is free, but registration is required due to limited capacity and possible program changes.

Saturday, October 8

Join us Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 4:00-7:00pm at the Ballet Co.Laboratory studios for our first performance of the 2022/23 season:

Dirty Dancing – a benefit performance for Ballet Co.Laboratory.

You’ll have the time of your life at Ballet Co.Laboratory’s fifth annual benefit performance and celebration. Take in a Dirty Dancing-inspired performance that will make you want to sway your body and move those hips. Proceeds will directly benefit the company dancers, students, and outreach efforts of Ballet Co.Laboratory.

Enjoy a performance by dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory, themed sips and bites, and mix and mingle with the Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory!

Learn more or purchase your tickets: https://bit.ly/BCL5thanniversaryseason

Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

Visionary Choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham and pioneering producer/electronic music composer Jlin have come together to create a reimagining of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor through abstracted themes of afterlife, reincarnation, mythology, and folklore. In collaboration with costume designer Giles Deacon, and lighting and set designer Dan Scully, ten dancers from Abraham’s company – A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – take the stage to the music of Jlin, who has transformed Mozart’s score into an electronic opus that memorializes ritual and rebirth.