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Creative Director Needed for 2022-2023 Dance Season

The Cannon Falls School of Dance, located in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, is seeking a creative director/instructor for the 2022-2023 season for students ages 3-18. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that formed in 2015. Classes take place in the area community center. This is a great opportunity to run your own dance studio without the responsibilities of being an owner.

Our desired candidate would have a strong ballet background, with additional skills in tap and jazz (requested, but not required). Additionally, a bachelor’s degree is preferred, but we will consider equivalent experience.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Weekly instruction of classes with a well-developed curriculum for the growth and progression of each dancer from Creative Moment to Pointe classes
  • Plan, choreograph, and direct yearly production/recital
  • Maintain an encouraging and inspiring classroom environment
  • Provide annual evaluation of each dancer’s progress including recommendation for placement the following year.

Reply with any questions and please share with anyone that would be a fit for this position. We are here to help realize dreams and the possibilities of new chapter in your life.

Dance and Climate Change: A Roundtable Discussion

In honor of Earth Day and while waiting for Tellus (May 13–15 at the Tek Box Theater), join the choreographers of Analog Dance Works for a roundtable discussion on the role art can play in responding to, representing, and coping with climate change.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 6:30 – 7:30pm CST. This is a free event held via Zoom.

COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company presents Class of ’85

COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company presents Class of ’85, a revised and reimagined version of our original 2014 production. New dancers, new music, new stories…same nostalgia fun!

Class of ’85 explores the secrets hidden behind high school stereotypes, while celebrating the need for inclusion, acceptance, and friendship.

Featuring dancers Jarod Boltjes (James Sewell Ballet), Renee Guittar (Chanhassen Dinner Theater), Rachel Seeholzer (Ballet Co Laboratory), Patrick Jeffrey (Ordway Music Theater), Javan Mngrezzo (Black Label Movement), Grace Kidder, Megan Carver and Ben Siglin.

Created by Regina Peluso and assisted directed by Heather Brockman, the production runs for three weeks at St. Paul’s Gremlin Theater.

Saturday night costumes contests – dress in your favorite 1980s attire and win prizes!

Performance Dates/Times:

  • Friday, April 22 – 7:30pm
  • Saturday, April 23 – 7:30pm
  • Sunday, April 24 – 2:00pm and 5:00pm
  • Friday, April 29 – 7:30pm
  • Saturday, April 30 – 7:30pm
  • Sunday, May 1 – 2:00pm

Bond Does Belly!

We have a License to Thrill! Our dancers will perform solos and duets with local musicians Phil Belknap, David Burk, John Croarkin, Rebecca Dudley, Laura Harada, Tim O’Keefe, and vocalist Laurie Etchen to re-imagine James Bond theme music! This fun show is returning to the Hook and Ladder Theater followed by an open dance party to the music of Amwaaj and Electric Arab Orchestra.

The Hook and Ladder Theater
3010 Minnehaha Ave | Minneapolis, MN

Doors 7pm, music 7:30pm, 21+, $15 in advance/$20 at the door.

More info at Hook and Ladder!

Sensible Existence Showing at TU Dance Center

Please join us for an informal in-studio showing featuring Sensible Existence, a TU Dance project with choreography by Marcus Jarrell Willis. In anticipation for our live performances at The O’Shaughnessy of St. Catherine University on May 13 and 14 at 7:30pm, we invite you to attend this event and get an up-close and personal look into the creation of this work, and have the opportunity to meet the artists involved.

Sensible Existence Showing | April 28 | 5:30-6:30pm | TU Dance Center

This event is free and open to the public with a maximum capacity of 75 guest. First come, first served. RSVP required here!

Threads Dance Project Presents Tapestries 6.0

Threads Dance Project is excited to present this year’s three emerging choreographers commissioned as part of its Tapestries Choreography Program. Each of the women – Nieya Amezquita, Ruby Josephine Smith, and Yuki Tokuda – have set entirely new works on the company. The unique and poignant perspectives offered by these pieces will be rounded out by Artistic/Executive Director, Karen L. Charles’, We Will Make It There. Originally choreographed in late 2020, this expanded version of We Will Make It There is a triumphantly hopeful ode to our collective resilience.

PERFORMANCES: Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 at 7:30pm | Sunday, May 1 at  2:00pm

TICKETS: $22-25 fees included; purchase online at https://bit.ly/Tap6Tickets

VENUE:

The TEK Box
The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, 2nd floor
528 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Young Dance Board of Directors Present a Menu of Great Gatherings

As part of the spring fundraising campaign, the Young Dance Board of Directors will offer multiple events for donation. Select one – or many – of the gatherings from the menu to join in the fun!

Virtual Pilates Mat Class
April 30, 10:00–11:00am
Join an all levels mat Pilates class led by Abby Frank Taylor! We will go through a series of gentle movements and build some heat as we go. Modifications and support will be provided throughout using things you can find around your house. Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $10-20/person

Dance Celebration
May 15, 4:00–6:00pm
Following the final Young Dance Spring Performance, celebrate with an opportunity to dance together! Paul McCluskey will lead an Irish Ceili dance experience. Suggested donation $5-10/person

Virtual Cooking – Goat Cheese
May 21, 10:00-11:00am
Learn to make goat cheese from home with Soph Myers-Kelley! Impress friends and family with simple skills and in less than an hour. Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $20/person

Virtual Cooking – Sushi Making
May 28, 10:00-11:00am
Learn the basics of sushi making from home with Soph Myers-Kelley! Your new skills will save you money and you are guaranteed to laugh at how silly your first rolls look! Zoom link sent upon registration. Suggested donation $20/person

Register by emailing info@youngdance.org. Donations can be made online here, or by check to Young Dance, sent to 655 Fairview Ave North St. Paul, MN, 55104.

We are so excited to gather with you in 2022, and thank you for supporting Young Dance.

Third Coast Percussion with Movement Art Is

Metamorphosis
Third Coast Percussion
Featuring choreography by Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz)
Interpreted and performed by Cameron Murphy and Quentin Robinson

Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion and the groundbreaking choreography team Movement Art Is have joined forces to create an irresistible dance-music mashup that melds the captivating urgency of street dance with a fiery score of percussive invention and other-worldly electronic soundscapes.

Two disparate styles of street dance blend seamlessly with new music by Jlin and Tyondai Braxton, as well as Third Coast Percussion’s critically-acclaimed arrangements of Philip Glass’s Aguas da Amazonia.

This event will be captioned, with other accessibility services available upon request.
You can now purchase single tickets to ALL of Northrop’s 2021-22 Season events, along with flexible Choose Your Own season packages and group tickets.

ARENA DANCES’ Sixth Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival

CANDY BOX, presented by Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA DANCES is an annual, eclectic gathering of performances, masterclasses, and work-in-progress showings. This year’s festival features a range in levels of experiences, aesthetics, and choreographic voices to offer a diverse array of treats!

Featured Artists Performances: Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7

  • Thursday, May 5 – 7:30pm – Dine-n-Dance special event on May 5, 6:30-7:30pm, at the Courtyard by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown. More information on Dine-n-Dance here!
  • Friday, May 6 – 7:30pm
  • Saturday, May 7 – 2:00pm – Pay-As-Able pricing option is available for the May 7, 2:00pm performance. At the door only.
  • Saturday, May 7 – 7:30pm– Pre-show discussion with the Featured Artists on May 7, 6:00-7:00pm, in The Southern Theater Lobby

Tickets:
Before May 1:  $21 general, $18 student/senior
After May 1: $25 online and at the door general; $18 student/senior discount with inquiry.

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Happy Hour Artists, Monday-Friday 5:30-6:30pm

Monday, May 2 – Alys Ayumi Ogura
Tuesday, May 3 – Margaret Ogas
Wednesday, May 4 – Ayumi Shafer
Thursday, May 5 – Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Friday, May 6 – Emily Michaels King

Tickets:
$25 Five-show package or $12 per show.
Walk-ins welcome. Cash/check/card accepted at the door.
Additional $12 suggested donation – all donated funds go directly to the artist.
Purchase Happy Hour Artist tickets here.

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Master Classes, Monday-Friday, 4:00–5:15pm

Monday, May 2 – Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Tuesday, May 3 – Leila Awadallah
Wednesday, May 4 – Ayumi Shafer
Thursday, May 5 – Chris Yon/Taryn Griggs
Friday, May 6 – Laura Selle Virtucio/Shapiro & Smith Dance

Tickets:
$25 five-class package or $10 per class.
Walk-ins welcome. Cash/check/card accepted at the door.
Purchase masterclass tickets here.

ARENA DANCES’ Dine-n-Dance Fundraiser for CANDY BOX 2023

We would like to officially invite you to ARENA DANCES’ upcoming celebration for the opening night of the 6th Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, May 2-7, 2022 at The Southern Theater. 

This celebration, Dine-n-Dance, is a special event to usher in the opening night of CANDY BOX’s exciting Featured Artists performances and commemorate another triumphant year of the festival. On Thursday, May 5, make your evening complete with tasty appetizers, communal gathering, and the celebration of opening night, hosted by The Southern Theater’s 7-corners neighbor, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Minneapolis. Plus, join us in wishing our very own Mathew Janczewski a happy birthday!

Thursday, May 5, 6:00 – 7:30pm

6:00 – 7:30pm | Enjoy exclusive appetizers and communal celebration at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Minneapolis

7:30pm | Experience opening night of CANDY BOX’s Featured Artists performances with Body Watani, Chris Yon/Taryn Griggs, and Shapiro & Smith Dance

$40/Ticket | Drinks are available for purchase, no open bar.

Your ticket will include: 

  • A pre-show celebration with appetizers provided
  • The best available seats at The Southern Theater for opening night of CANDY BOX’s Featured Artist Performances

Please RSVP by Monday, April 25 to reserve your tickets. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out mdarenadances@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!