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Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30pm at The Arena
Contemporary with Sarah McCullough

Drop in: $17. Buy a 10-class card and save!
Summer Session: May 11-July 27
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Sarah McCullough is a native of Virginia, and earned a BA as a double major in Dance and Mathematics from James Madison University. There, she had the pleasure of performing works by Doug Varone, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, Rubén Graciani, Netta Yerushalmy, and more. She is currently a member of Black Label Movement and ARENA Dances. In addition to her work as a dancer, Sarah also teaches modern and jazz technique at Velocity Dance and Theater. Her goal is to create and provide spaces for personal growth and the practice of physical risk-taking for both herself and for younger generations of dancers.

Photo courtesy of Armour Photography.

Open Advanced/Professional/Company Class – Ballet unless noted otherwise. 9:30am start time.

June 27-July 1
Monday, 9:30-11:00am – Eve Schulte
Tuesday, 9:30-11:00am – Kerry Parker, with Pat Lyles on piano
Wednesday, 9:30-11:00am – Leah Gallas, with Eric Jensen on piano
Thursday, 9:30-11:00am – JSB Company Member TBA
Friday, 9:30-11:00am – James Sewell

July 4-8
Monday – No Class
Tuesday, 9:30-11:00am – Kerry Parker, with Pat Lyles on piano
Wednesday, 9:30-11:00am – Leah Gallas, with Eric Jensen on piano
Thursday, 9:30-11:00am – JSB Company Member TBA
Friday, 9:30-11:00am – James Sewell

Coordi™ Class
Virtual-only at this time.
Ongoing – Wednesdays, 10:00am-11:00am CT taught by James Sewell

What is Coordi™? It’s a movement study based on multiple kinetic patterns happening at once. Physical brain teasers combine with ballet for unexpected pathways and alignments that challenge both your mind and body! Learn more about Coordi™ here.

Sign up for in-person company class or virtual Coordi class at: www.jsballet.org/classes

Join Rhythmically Speaking for this new evening jazz class offering!

MoveTogethers are our weekly company class of sorts, titled as such to reflect their collaborative nature in which we improvise and create together in addition to moving through material from RS Artistic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard and guest artists.

We are excited to open our MoveTogethers up to the public this summer so pre-professional and professional dancers in our community can join in the jazz! Our approach to jazz emphasizes the elements of groove, interaction and improvisation that we see as present within all American social dance styles, honors the African diasporic roots of the form, and is driven by jazz music.

Each class is just $10.00, and this first session of open MoveTogethers runs Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm at the Cowles Center in downtown Minneapolis, through August 3. As space is limited, pre-registration is suggested but not required! To pre-register, hop over to our Venmo and pay the $10.00 class fee.

We hope to see you there!

Photo: Bill Cameron

Come groove with Karla Grotting on July 1 at Friday Morning Jazz class at Zenon Dance School for a classic, body-friendly, music-based, history-infused jazz class!

Class runs 10:00-11:15am CST and remains 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.

Thanks to a partnership with Rhythmically Speaking (RS), Erinn and Karla are also excited to have several guests on our teaching roster this summer! Each choreographer from RS’ August production, The Cohort 2022: Stage, will be teaching a class this session.

Here’s the rest of the summer schedule:
July 8: Rae Charles – RS Local Choreographer
July 15: Kathleen Doherty – RS Visiting Choreographer
July 22: Karla Grotting
July 29: Laura Smyth – RS Visiting Choreographer
August 5: Erinn Liebhard
August 12: Erinn Liebhard
August 19: Karla Grotting
August 26: Karla Grotting

To learn more about these excellent guest teachers, visit the RS website, and to get more regular updates about class content, guest artists and more, follow our Facebook page! Drop-ins encouraged. Register for class at zenondance.org, and #GetYourAssToClass!

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 

Find rhythm, groundedness, and flow with dance classes at Ananya Dance Theatre’s Shawngrām Institute for Performance and Social Justice.

Intro to Yorchhā
Saturdays, 9:00-10:00am CT 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 CT 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 CT 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 3:00-4:00pm CT 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.

TU Dance Center is offering in-person open classes for intermediate and advanced dancers.

Wednesday: Horton-Based Modern with Toni Pierce-Sands

Through June 29, 2022
10:30am–12:00pm
In-person only at TU Dance Center.
Cost: $15/class or $120 for a 10-class card.