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James Sewell Ballet is offering a summer intensive training program August 15-20.

Offering classes in ballet, JSB repertoire, improvisation techniques, conditioning and more.

Includes personalized instruction geared toward dancers with intermediate/advanced technique between the ages 15-22. Train with dancers, choreographers and movement experts who value personal growth and agency. We combine rigor with playfulness to foster each student’s best potential!

Participation is capped at 15 dancers, so secure your spot now! Register online at jsballet.org/intensive-2

Early Bird rate is $385 until July 29, 2022.
Rate will increase to $415 following July 29.

Register by August 7!

Join ARENA DANCES for one week of movement classes taught by guest artist Shane Larson, member of the renowned Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Participants will practice contemporary dance technique and learn a new original work as a part of this intensive. Targeted for the high-intermediate to advanced level dancer.

August 15-20, 2022
Monday–Saturday, 10:00am-3:00pm
Class: 10:00-11:30am
Rehearsal of new work: 12:00-3:00pm

Culminating in an informal showing of the work on Saturday, August 20, with the possibility of a performance showing aligned with the Happy Hour Artists in the 7th Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival in April 2023 at The Southern Theater!

ARENA DANCES’ Artistic Director, Mathew Janczewski will be present for pre-professional dancers to have career chats and be considered for ARENA apprenticeships during the creation of a new work by ARENA, Erased Steps, rehearsing March 2023-August with performances at Union Depot and Rochester Civic Center in August 2023.

General: $550.
Registration must be completed by August 7.

Ages 16+.
Intensive capped at 15 participants.

Learn more about Shane.

Concerto Dance is hosting our second annual Summer Dance Intensive.
Open to professional, pre-professional and advanced dancers ages 16 and older.

Monday through Thursday, August 15-18 from 1:30-4:00pm

Technique classes will alternate between modern (Monday/Wednesday) and jazz dance (Tuesday/Thursday) along with choreography and company repertory taught by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel and company members.

Cost: $150 or $45/day.

For registration and more info go to: www.concertodance.com/classes

Been curious about what classes are like at the Threads Dance Nexus? Come join us this summer for our Summer Sampler Series! The summer sampler will offer participants a chance to try out fall classes before registration begins in September. 

Building on the success of our first Summer Sampler, we’d like to invite you to join us for of taste of Beginning/Intermediate Adult Ballet. The class will be an hour long, taught by Threads Artistic/Executive Director, Karen L. Charles.

Wednesday, August 17
6:30-7:30pm
Ages 18+
Pay what you can, $10.00-$40.00
Click here to register, or learn more.

A dedicated performer, teacher and creator, Karen Long Charles received a BFA Ballet/BS Computer Science from Texas Christian University and M.Ed. in Administration from Georgia State University.  Charles has performed with numerous dance companies including Room to Move Dance Company (Atlanta, GA), Susan Warden Dance Company (Kansas City, MO) and was awarded a fellowship to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Charles served as Director at Perpich Arts High School and was the founding Principal/Executive Director at Main Street School of Performing Arts. Charles has created/presented works for James Sewell Ballet, Carleton College, Macalester College, University of Georgia, University of Iowa, Main Street School of Performing Arts and Perpich Arts High School. Charles founded Threads Dance Project(Threads) in 2011 where she is presently Artistic/Executive Director. Threads has been nominated for a MN SAGE Dance Award (2015), co-hosted McKnight International Choreographic Fellow Salia Sanou(2017), and toured nationally to Atlanta and Philadelphia. Threads now teaches and works in their new Minneapolis home -Threads Dance Nexus to further expand their mission to examine, expose and celebrate the Threads that connect us through dance.

Visit www.threadsdance.org for additional information about Karen Charles and Threads Dance Project.

Join Ballet Royale for our Frozen II-themed Creative Story Ballet Workshop! Give your young dancer the joy of dance and performance! The workshop includes a short performance at the end.

Frozen II Inspired Workshop
Saturday, August 20
10:00am-12:00pm

Recommended for ages 4–9.

Concerto Dance is excited to offer an open jazz dance master class with visiting guest artist Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner!

Sunday, August 28 from 12:00-1:30pm
Cost: $20

Class is open to professional, pre-professional/college students and advanced dancers ages 16 and older.
Space is limited.
Please pre-register by visiting www.concertodance.com/classes

Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner is a choreographer and dance educator committed to inclusion, representation and social consciousness in both pedagogy and creative practice. She received her B.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, and her M.F.A. as an Advanced Opportunity Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts. She has served as the Choreographer in Residence for the Minnesota Dance Theater and is a four- time winner of the Arizona Choreography Competition’s Professional Division. Original works by Gutierrez-Garner have been commissioned by numerous colleges and universities across the U.S. Additionally, she has enjoyed commissions by professional companies including the Minnesota Dance Theater, Dulce Dance Company, Eclectic Edge Ensemble, Zenon Dance Company and Los Angeles-based Jazz Antiqua. Gutierrez-Garner’s work has seen support from organizations such as the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Walker Art Center, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Lane Arts Council. She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Western Oregon University and is the Artistic Director of Company Movimiento, based in Eugene, OR. Cynthia will be creating a new jazz premiere for Concerto Dance this upcoming season.

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 awhile, 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, 12:30–2:3pm

Free trial classes include Family Dance, Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, and Modern dance. A schedule of trial classes at the open house will be announced in mid-August. 

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