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Cowles Center Studio Rentals

Rentals starting at $12/hour!

Whether for dance rehearsals, classes, workshops, auditions, or readings – our studios can accommodate you. We offer affordable rates to support our community and ensure a space to practice and grow in.

A limited number of chairs and tables are available upon an emailed request. Equipment availability is based on the needs of the entire facility. To request special items for your rental please request at least 72 hours in advance.

Click here for more information and take a tour of each space with our new 360-degree virtual studio tour!

ARENA DANCES – Studio Stories with Shane Larson

Join ARENA this Thursday, August 4 for Studio Stories: Reminiscing Twin Cities Dance History with Shane Larson – Season 7, Episode 98

Shane Larson was raised in Minnesota, where he received his early training at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. He also studied at SEAD in Austria. Since living in New York City, he’s branched out to collaborate with punk musicians, film makers, improvisational music ensembles, and site-specific visual artists. He is also a multimedia video artist making collage-based work about memory. Shane joined the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2015.

Tune in this Thursday, August 4 at 12:00pm and listen here.

Available on our website or wherever you get your podcasts!

Shane Larson will conclude Season 7 of Studio Stories on August 4. Stay tuned for Season 8, coming soon!

Ananya Dance Theatre Ongoing Classes

Pop-Up Class: Body Watani, July 5–August 30
Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am with Noelle Awadallah
Body Watani (watani means homeland in Arabic) is both an improvisational movement practice and an emerging contemporary dance form developed by Leila and Noelle Awadallah, two Palestinian American dancers. 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.

*SWANA: South West Asia North Africa

Intro to Yorchhā**
Saturdays, 9:00-10:00am with Parisha Rajbhandari
Envision justice through rhythmic footwork, flowing torso, and sustained breath in Intro to Yorchhā. Each class begins with a warm-up followed by foundational Yorchhā exercises and a fun choreographed phrase.

**Yorchhā is Ananya Dance Theatre’s trade-marked contemporary technique that intersects principles of vinyasa yoga, classical Indian dance form Odishi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), and martial art form Chhau (also from Odisha).

Wednesday Water Dances
Wednesday, 9:30-11:00am with Kealoha Ferreira
A weekly dedication to the vitality and life force of Water. We will offer breath, dance, meditation, story, song, and reflection in class. Each class will take shape a little differently, staying responsive to the ongoing movements protecting the value and longevity of water worldwide. Facilitated by Kealoha Ferreira, an Ananya Dance Theatre Artist, Wednesday Water Dances will begin with grounding movement, flow into dedicated time for personal practice/research/reflection, and close with collective sharing. All committed to deepening their relationship with water are welcome to participate.

Advanced Yorchhā
Friday, 6:00-7:00pm with Kealoha Ferreira
Dive into the nuance and complexity of Yorchhā. Advanced Yorchhā is designed to challenge and hone experienced movers through strength training, technique refinement, and intricate choreography. Previous Yorchhā experience is encouraged.

Yoga: Aligning With Land
Sundays, 3:00-4:00 pm with Kealoha Ferreira
From Tadasana (mountain pose), the first asana in Surya Namaskar (sun salutation) A, we connect our feet to the ground and shift our internal landscape to find equity with the land that sustains us. Our practices of relationality and reciprocity are also building blocks for sustainable and regenerative body practices. This Vinyasa class introduces and deepens the fundamentals of structural and energetic alignment in Yoga while moving towards right relationship between place and community. All are welcome to participate. Variations and modifications will be provided for multiple access points in each class. Mats and blocks are encouraged with limited supplies available at the Institute.

MotionArt First Friday Improv Gathering

Friday, August 5 from 6:30-8:00pm

This event is open to people of all ages and abilities. Enjoy being present in the moment, responding to other dancers, finding new ways of moving, and discovering form as it emerges during this fun evening of creative movement. We’ll begin with an informal warm-up, then improvise together based on movement ideas offered by participants.

Come to move, to dance, to observe, or some of each!

Suggested donation $5-$15. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Masks required. Please see CPFA’s full COVID protocols at cfpampls.com.

 

Adult Drop-In at Ballet Co.Laboratory

A light-skinned dancer in a red leotard reaches arms out in first arabesque

No matter if you are a veteran dancer or slipping on your first pair of ballet shoes, Ballet Co.Laboratory is an artistic home for everyone. With 11 different adult drop-in classes offered each week, including conditioning and Pilates, we know we have the right class for you! 

Join us in-person or virtually via Zoom. All dancers must sign in on Mindbody. Class sign-in will close 10 minutes before class begins. Single class and 10-class cards are available and parking is always free! 

Learn more or sign up for a class here: https://bit.ly/AdultTeenBCL 

 

Rent Space at Ballet Co.Laboratory

Need space to train, create, and/or rehearse? Ballet Co.Laboratory has five affordable studio spaces for rent. With sprung floors, high ceilings, natural lighting, surround sound speakers, lobby space, changing rooms, wi-fi access, kitchenette, and free parking – we can accommodate groups of any size. 

To inquire about your rental, please email info@balletcolaboratory.org or call 651.313.5967.

Tapestry Folkdance Center Classes and Dances

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, English country to contra and Israeli, family to seniors – are ongoing. Our community focuses on instructions, social dance, and meeting people. A full schedule, which includes instructors, callers, and bands is available on our website, along with a calendar of activities and events such as workshops, dance weekends, and concerts.

Tapestry Programs

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

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

Tuesday
Seniors Dance Joyfully, 9:30-10:30am – check website for complete schedule

Thursday
Israeli Dance, 7:00-9:30pm

Friday
USA Social Dance and Ballroom, 7:00-10:30pm – fourth Friday
International Folk Dance, 7:30-10:30pm

Saturday
Contra Dance, 7:30-11:00pm
Family Dance, 7:00-7:30pm – second Saturday – check website for complete schedule

Additional dance and class opportunities include Brazilian Zouk, Dance Church, Minnesota Traditional Morris, Phoenix Chinese Dance Academy, Qigong and 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.

Twin Cities Ballet: Openings for 2022/23 Season

Twin Cities Ballet limited openings for unpaid apprenticeships and student trainee positions for both male and female dancers. 

Please submit the following audition materials by email to auditions@TwinCitiesBallet.org and info@TwinCitiesBallet.org. We will contact you after we have reviewed your audition materials to schedule an in-person or virtual audition.

  • Your resumé.
  • Two photos: First arabesque and a headshot showing at least 3/4 face. Either attach small format photos or provide a link.
  • Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.

About Us
Twin Cities Ballet (TCB) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit professional dance company that creates original full-length and shorter story ballets, a rare and nearly lost art, as well as more abstract contemporary ballet-based works. An emerging gem in the Twin Cities, TCB has carefully built a financially solid and growing organization that is making its mark both regionally and nationally through its creative and innovative artistic endeavors. Our mission is to connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

TCB prohibits discrimination against any employee, applicant for employment, or patron because of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Threads Dance Project Comany Audition

Saturday, August 6
Registration: 12:30-1:00pm
Audition: 1:00-3:00pm

Seeking dancers for 2022-23 Season. Dancer contracts begin August 15, 2022

Threads Dance Project is seeking a racially/ethnically diverse group of dancers ages 21 and older. Men, women, and dancers with diverse gender identities are encouraged to apply.  Threads is seeking versatile dancers that are quick learners and are fluent in a variety of dance forms.

Virtual audition format is available upon request. Please email kchrist@threadsdance.org ASAP and send materials via email by Friday, July 29, 2022.

Dancers are encouraged to register by Wednesday, August 3, 2022, and upload a headshot and resume via this Google form.

Space will be limited to adhere to CDC Covid Guidelines and masks will be strongly encouraged inside the Nexus and during the audition.

Threads Dance Nexus offers free parking and free side street parking, is a 5-minute walk from the Franklin Light Rail Station, and a 2-5 minute walk from the nearest bus stops (lines 2, 9, 22, 67).

Please direct questions regarding the audition to Karen Christ Aalgaard: kchrist@threadsdance.org, (641) 512-7376

Seeking Paid Extras for Dance Film – Deadline

REFUGE a film by Jennifer Arave

Shoot date is August, 14 in Northeast Minneapolis

Set 100 years in the future, REFUGE contemplates a radically changed world after environmental and technological collapse. The world’s citizens have become climate nomads forced to leave their homes in search of new places where they can find shelter, food, water, and safety. In this world, the nomads can only travel by night, wearing hoods to shield them from the errant satellites still signaling to the digital implants within their brains.

Casting 15-20 extras for the dance film REFUGE. No dance experience is necessary, but a plus. Must be comfortable with active daily movements (walking, arms above your head, laying on the ground). Okay to adapt movement for disability. Looking for diverse representations of identities. Various gender identities, ages 18 and up. Older ages 55-80, BIPOC, a variety of body types, abilities, cultural and national identities are very much encouraged to apply.

See here for more info about REFUGE.