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Open Class with Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks

Please join us! Open classes Tuesdays and Thursdays with Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks in preparation for their annual collaboration Live @ The Shed, featuring Au, July 30-31, 2022.

Thursday, July 21, 3:00-4:00pm: Gaga-inspired Improvisation with Berit Ahlgren. All levels welcome.

Tuesday, July 26, 2:00-3:15pm: Ballet with Helen Hatch

Classes take place at St. Paul Ballet.
Masks required.
Pay-as-you wish sliding scale $5-15 to either Hatch Dance or HoneyWorks.
Please reach out if you have questions.

Volunteers Needed for Live @ the Shed – Free Admission, Small Stipend

Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks are looking for ushers as well as stage set up/tear down volunteers to help with the Live @ The Shed production, July 30-31.

Stage building/takedown support needed Friday, July 29 from 4:00-7:00pm or Sunday, July 30 from 9:30-10:30pm.
Stage crew volunteers receive a small stipend and a comp ticket to the performance of their choosing.

Ushers needed for performances:
Saturday, July 30 at 5:30pm and 8:00pm
Sunday, July 31 at 3:00pm, 5:30pm and 8:00pm
Time requirement is one hour prior to performance time through end of show (90-minute run time), i.e. 4:30-7:00pm if assisting the 5:30pm show.
Ushers receive a comp ticket to the performance of their choosing, in addition to seeing the performance they usher.

Please reach out to Kaitlyn for further details. Thank you for your consideration. Please pass along to those who may be interested!

Contact Improv Jam

A concept in contact improv is that, like star fish, we have 5 physical abilities to reach out with: head (mouth, nose, eyes, ears), arms (hands), legs (feet) and end of spine (tail bone).

The warm up Monday, July 18 will be exploring moving with these five appendages.

We meet at the Center for Performing Arts, Room 105w. Use the entrance through the new wing on 38th street.

6:30pm: Opening circle and warm up
Jam
8:20pm: Closing circle
8:30pm: Jam ends

The Center for Performing Arts requires a negative test within 72 hours for those who have not received 1 J&J dose or 2 mRNA vaccines.
The movement space requires masks but they are optional in lobby areas.

No Class This Week – Rhythmically Speaking MoveTogether Returns July 27

While there is no MoveTogether this week, we’ll be back next week with Rhythmically Speaking visiting artist Laura Ann Smyth! Laura will be visiting from Los Angeles to set a piece on Rhythmically Speaking company dancers for our production The Cohort 2022: Stage, running August 11-13 at the Southern Theater.

Laura is teaching two open classes while she is here:

Wednesday, July 27, 5:30-7:00pm at Cowles Center, Studio 5B – RS MoveTogether
As space is limited, pre-registration is suggested but not required. To pre-register, hop over to our website to pay the $10.00 class via via Venmo.

Friday, July 29, 10:00-11:15am at Zenon Dance, Cowles Center Studio 4A – Friday Morning Jazz
Class is hybrid, with space for 10 distanced students in-studio and a high-quality Zoom option for folks joining from home/remotely. Please note that while masks are now optional at the Cowles Center (except for performances), masks are still required at Zenon. Register for class.

Laura Ann Smyth, originally from Canada, is a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer and educator. Smyth holds a BA in sociology with a minor in dance from the University of Calgary, a MFA in dance from the University of California, Irvine and is currently a PhD Candidate in dance at Texas Woman’s University. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of Black jazz-informed dance practices and embodied rhetoric. Smyth is a member of Donna Sternberg and Dancers, JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, and is a full-time faculty member at Loyola Marymount University. Spirited and inclusive in her approach to the dissemination of Black dance culture and practices, Smyth is grateful and humbled by any opportunity to engage in the gift that is dance.

Laura’s piece for The Cohort 2022, Character A/Musings, is an exploration of identities. With an emphasis on rhythm, storytelling capability and sophisticated performance, this piece uses the jazz idiom to consider the way in which we invent and reinvent ourselves throughout our lifetime.

Join us next week to experience Laura’s exciting perspective on jazz dance!

Friday Morning Jazz – Karla Grotting This Week

Come out and groove with Karla Grotting this Friday, July 22 from 10:00-11:15am CST!

Karla’s class is body-friendly, music-based, history-infused, and sure to please.

Class is hybrid, with space for 10 distanced students in-studio and a high-quality Zoom option for folks joining from home/remotely. Please note that while masks are now optional at the Cowles Center (except for performances), masks are still required at Zenon.

Visit this link to register for class. See you at the studio!

Studio Space Available in South Minneapolis

Over 2000 square feet with windows, two mirrored walls, and a sprung hardwood floor. We are fully set up to handle your online Zoom classes and have many morning and daytime openings for you to come and hold or record your classes or rehearsals!

The Jawaahir Dance Company Minneapolis location is conveniently located at 3010 Minnehaha Ave in The Hook and Ladder building. Only two blocks from the Lake Street/Midtown light rail station, and on the 7, 21, 27, and 53 bus routes. Off-street parking and bike rack.

Email all inquiries with your requested rental date(s) to genmanager@jawaahir.org.

$20 per hour. Rates quoted are for dance-related rentals only. Sorry, no party rentals and no dance socials. No Irish shoes or tap shoes permitted. Rental fees may change at the discretion of Jawaahir.

Cassandra School In-Studio and Online Classes

Join our dance-learning community of all ages, sizes, and levels of experience to participate in the creative expression and health and fitness benefits of Middle Eastern dance. The beauty of this dance form is that it makes you feel wonderful in your own body!

Dance with us in-studio or online through Zoom.

Go to cassandraschool.com to choose from our ongoing classes, register, and pay in advance using PayPal – or just show up to any of our in-studio classes.

Purchase 4 or more classes and receive a $2 discount per class! Come dance with us now!

Young Dance Summer 2022 Programs

Young Dance is excited to dance with you this summer. We are offering a full schedule of programs, including weekly Creative Movement and Dance Together classes, as well as an exciting menu of 4-day camps featuring a variety of styles with some of the Twin Cities’ best educators. 

Camps include:

Dance + Photography with Blake
Dance a Story Creative Movement with Denise
All Abilities Dance + Stories with Gretchen
Variety Camps with styles such as Hip Hop, Breaking, Ballet, Capoeira, Afro-Modern, Percussive, Afro-Brazilian, Modern, Jazz, and more, featuring a roster of phenomenal Teaching Artists.

Peruse the schedule and register now! Check the website for the most up-to-date information.

Rent the Young Dance Studios

Young Dance has two large studios available for rent in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul. Easily accessible by the Green Line light rail, the 16 and 67 Bus Lines, and with ample parking in the Fairview Business Center parking lot. The space is fully ADA accessible with ramps to the sprung studio floor and automatic door openers. 

The studios are newly equipped with sprung Harlequin Marley flooring, a Bluetooth speaker system, and wifi. There are no mirrors. The studio has a clear COVID safety plan including regular disinfecting of all floors and surfaces, as well as a new HVAC system that refreshes the air 7-8 times per hour.

Studio 1: Measures 41′ x 38′ and rents at $25/hour

Studio 2: Measures 38′ x 38′ and rents at $20/hour

To book the space email kathleen@youngdance.org or call 612-423-3064. Payment is required upon confirmation of rental with a signed rental agreement and liability waiver.

The 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!