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Join us for a week of free classes and great discounts!

Zenon Dance School’s Open House Week allows dancers to get a sneak peek of some classes to look forward to during our fall session, September 12-December 18, and use exclusive discounts when purchasing fall class passes throughout the week.

Fall Open House Week
Tuesday, September 6–Saturday, September 10

Tuesday, September 6 at 10:30am – gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren
Tuesday, September 6 at 7:00pm – Jazz with Ali Rubin Forester
Thursday, September 8 at 7:00pm – Modern with Dustin Haug
Saturday, September 10 at 10:00am – Modern with Roxane Wallace

More classes TBA! Pre-registration encouraged but not required.

Tuition Discounts: September 6-12
$10 off class cards with code OH10OFF
20% off enrollment with code OHENROLL

The doors to The Cowles Center are wide open and waiting for all dancers, choreographers, and movement artists to join the Programs and Advisory Committee and staff for a morning of connection. This is an opportunity to get to know the building, the people within it, and the programs you might be interested in. A $5 parking/transportation subsidy will be available for attendees.

We’ll have a light breakfast, get to know the ways you can be engaged with The Cowles, hear from some artists, as well as demystify grant writing, intellectual property, and unions.

Whether you’ve been dancing on stages for years or just learned to point your toes, we’re excited to meet you!

Saturday, September 10
9:00am-12:00pm
Free

Join us for an open house to visit the studio, register, attend free trial classes, and meet some teachers! Whether you’re new to Young Dance or have been taking classes for a while, open houses are a great way for dancers and families to familiarize themselves with finding our space, parking, getting around the building, and seeing the studios.

Saturday, September 10, 12:30–2:30pm

Free trial classes:

Family Dance, 12:30–1:00pm, Ages 1–4 with Caregiver
Jazz Sampler, 12:30–1:00pm, Ages 8–14
Modern, 1:00–1:30pm, Ages 7–18
Ballet, 1:30–2:00pm, Ages 7–18
Hip Hop, 2:00–2:30pm, Ages 7–18
Creative Movement, 2:00–2:30pm, Ages 3–7

Learn about Young Dance
Discover what’s planned for the 2022-23 Session
Register in person
Meet Young Dance Directors and Teaching Artists
Visit Young Dance Studios
Experience moving with Young Dance!

Questions? Email Anat Shinar, anat@youngdance.org.

Erin Sheppard offers a great workshop series for new and continuing hip hop dancers who love to move. Students will learn fundamental techniques and choreography while expanding their knowledge of rhythm and movement.

This class is a great foundation for any young dancer ages 7-10 years. All levels of experience are welcome!

Classes are held on Sundays from 12:00-12:45pm. Class dates are:

September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2

For 7-10-year-old dancers: In person only; limited space available.

Four-week workshop enrollment: $55
Single class drop-in: $15

Register today!

Better Balance

Learn techniques to help you feel more confident while dancing and more relaxed in your daily life and favorite activities. This class welcomes dancers and non-dancers alike. Join us for a class based in yoga, somatics, elements of qi gong and dance, that supports you in cultivating balance in your mind, heart, life, art, and – of course – your body.

Former Trisha Brown Dancer Kevin Kortan is well-known for helping people – dancers and ‘regular’ people – to improve not only their balance but also the quality of their lives. He is also trained in the Feldenkrais Method and is a Yoga Therapist and teacher.

A Six-week Series, with a Drop-in Option 

Mondays, 3:00-4:00pm

September 12-October 17
$90 for the series, $20 single drop-in class.

The Breathing Place is at
Olivet Congregational Church
1850 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul MN 55104
Near Marshall and Fairview. The entrance is on Iglehart Ave next to the playground.

Register: 
kevin@evolutionaryyoga.com or call 917-671-6412.
http://www.evolutionaryyoga.com

Tuesdays at The Arena
10:00-11:30am
Drop in: $17.
Register here
FREE parking on all side streets: Aldrich, Bryant, Colfax, 31st, etc.

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Class will begin with a full body wake up before moving into expansive movement. Students will be guided through articulate exercises and end class learning a phrase that invites them to explore their full range of movement from big to small.

Alexandra is a Carpatho-Rusyn American choreographer based in Minneapolis, MN. She creates original works ranging from solos to evening length group works for the stage and screen. She is a 2021 Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellow at Jacob’s Pillow and a 2020 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow Finalist. Since relocating to Minneapolis she has been commissioned by Alternative Motion Project, Threads Dance Project, and the Performing Institute of Minnesota. She has performed with Berit Ahlgren/Honeyworks, Ethnic Dance Theatre, April Sellers Dance Collective, Jeffrey Peterson Dance, Helen Hatch/Hatch Dance, and Paulina Olowska & Jessie Gold. She was a company member of Black Label Movement from 2017-2022. Her latest work, dance film Heritage Sites, premiered in 2020 and has been screened at Movies by Movers at the American Dance Festival (NC), 48th annual Athens International Film and Video Festival (OH), Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (CO), DanceBARN Screendance Festival (MN), and Astoria Film Festival (NY). She is currently working with Alternative Motion Project on a new work for their October ’22 show Viewpoints, and will premiere an evening length work Rock, Paper, Scissors (working title), at The Southern Theater in March 2023.

Dance teacher Tamiko French has developed a program centered around revitalizing the creativity of storytelling with the building blocks of dance creation that infuses the visual and literary arts. See a video.

The 8-week workshop is designed to be sequential for participants, with each class building on the previous class. From a first class in which participants will use poetry, prose, dramatic writing, spoken word, or other writing as a stimulus to create movement, participants will learn about modern and jazz dance techniques and choreographic practice, collaborate and share results with others, study facilitated improvisation and play in dance, and refine their work for a sharing event for family, friends, and the community.

Thursdays, 10:00-11:30am
September 15-November 3 with a showing on November 3.
In-person only. $45 per workshop.

This program is for adults 55+. Pre-registration required as in-studio space is limited!

Proof of vaccination and masks are required at the door for all participants.
TU Dance will offer tuition and transportation subsidy upon request. Please contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708 to inquire.