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CLASS + CONNECT 

Please join us this spring for a series of three open adult class offerings featuring three different Twin Cities teaching artists. Each offering will include four weekly classes. Join for all three offerings or drop-in as your schedule allows. Each class will be followed by an optional time to connect with one another over coffee/tea provided by TU Dance – either socially distanced in our green room space or outside on the loading dock, weather permitting. We hope to create a space where people can explore movement and dance but also build community by staying to connect through conversation and reflection of their shared experience.

Starting this series, we invite you to join modern teaching artist Jennifer Ilse. Jennifer’s class approaches movement with a goal of balance – fluidity in strength and power in softness, centered on breath and economy of movement to teach internal and external body awareness, rhythm and phrasing, and ensemble dancing through modern dance patterns and improvisation. Open to beginning and intermediate level participants, age 18+.

Concerto Dance offers open company class this spring!

Join us the last Wednesday of the month for open company class from 9 – 10:30am. Classes are held at Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory located in Minnetonka.

• March 30 – Modern w/ company member Sara Karmi
• April  27 – Jazz w/ Jolene Konkel
• May 25 – Jazz w/ Jolene Konkel

Space is limited. Masks required. Please pre-register 24 hours in advanced by visiting https://www.concertodance.com/classes

Cost for class, $15 or inquire about a “pay as able” option.

For more info contact: info@concertodance.com

CoMoCollective offers small group classes for professionals and adult dancers alike to keep us moving together!

Thursday, March 3

• Ballet with Helen Hatch – 10 – 11:30 am | Accompanied by Susan Hsu
• Gaga based improv with Berit Ahlgren – 11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Friday, March 4

• Ballet with Berit Ahlgren – 10 – 11:30 am | Accompanied by Pat Lyles

Monday, March 7

• Ballet with Kerry Parker – 10 – 11:30 am | Accompanied by Michael Koerner

Tuesday, March 8

• Floor barre (free/optional) and Ballet with Sally Rousse –  9:30-11:30AM  | Accompanied by Maria Benson
• Foundational Ballet with Kendall Kramer – 11:45 am – 1 pm

Thursday, March 10

• Ballet with Genevieve Waterbury- 10 – 11:30 am | Accompanied by Susan Hsu

Friday, March 11

• Postural Restoration and Ballet with Maryann Johnson – 9:30 – 11:30 am | Accompanied by Michael Koerner

Come join us!

$15/class
$130 for a 10-class card
$10 for barre

Pre-registration is required and appreciated at least 12 hours before class start. Classes do fill up to a week in advance, sign up early! Virtual option offered upon request.

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. We now have in-studio options for beginners and all students, or you may choose to take these same classes live online through Zoom.

Visit cassandraschool.com to choose from our ongoing classes, register, and pay in advance using PayPal.

Purchase four or more classes and receive a $2 discount per class! All class registrations close at 8pm CT the night before each class.

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

Intro to Yorchhā
Sunday, 3 – 4 pm 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.

Integrated Movement Patterns
Tuesday, 1 – 2 pm CT with Lizzette Chapa
Remaining dates: March 1, March 8
This mind-body connection series is designed by Ananya Dance Theatre company artist, Lizzette Chapa, to reset and replenish our two core movement generators, the spine and pelvis. Utilizing principles of Yorchhā and Pilates, Lizzette carries participants through mat exercises, image based explorations, and breath work to strengthen, soften, and restore ourselves from the inside out. March 1 – Pelvis; March 8 – Integration. Come for one or all three sessions.

Wednesday Water Dances
Wednesday, 9:30 – 11 am CT with Kealoha Ferreira
A weekly dedication to the vitality and life force of Water. In class we will offer breath, dance, meditation, story, song, and reflection. Each class will take shape a little differently, staying responsive to the ongoing movements protecting the value and longevity of water world-wide. 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 who are committed to deepening their relationship with water are welcome to participate.

Advanced Yorchhā
Friday, 6 – 7 pm 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.

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).

Students attending in-person classes must provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination and must wear face masks during class. No exceptions.

Nic Lincoln’s unique Intermediate Ballet class combines strength training with ballet technique. He will guide dancers with practices in posture, flexibility, fitness, balance, self-discipline, and self-confidence. Dancers are taught proper body placement and alignment, through the training of barre and center floor work. Floor combinations will be interconnected by stringing postures together seamlessly, using the student’s breath as their guide.

This course focuses on the art of arranging movement through the elements of rhythm and timing. It highlights tactile physicality to help each dancer discover their own visual “feel” of dance.

Class is accompanied by the lovely Susan Hsu.

Wednesdays, 11:15am-12:45pm at Zenon Dance School (In-person only).

Registration is now open through Zenon’s MindBody Portal.

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