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Zenon Dance School – Xchange Program/Work-Study

We are looking for volunteers to be a part of our Xchange Program for the upcoming Winter Session! Xchange is Zenon’s work-study program that allows students to volunteer in exchange for dance class credit.

Online shift = one class credit

In-person shift = two class credits

If you are interested in working with the Xchange Program, please fill out this interest form: https://forms.gle/z6K1BhmGaH8QUTNw7

Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with John Killacky

Join ARENA DANCES for our weekly Studio Stories podcast, where each week we reminisce on Twin Cities dance history with a new special guest. This week, we hear from John Killacky.

John Killacky, known to many of us as the Curator of Performing Arts from 1988 to 1996 at the Walker Art Center, moved on to become the Executive Director of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Program Officer for arts and culture at San Francisco Foundation, Executive Director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, and now serving in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Our Studio Stories is truly a shimmering glimpse into all John has accomplished and his impact on communities. You can learn more by reading his newly released book: because art. A concise collection of essays and interviews, Killacky offers behind-the-scenes perspectives on his decades of arts administration, and his own struggle to deal with physical limitations.

Tune in this Thursday, February 3 at 12:00pm to hear John’s studio story.

Available on our website or wherever you get your podcasts!

THERMAL Work in Progress Artists Talk

Thursday, February 3
5:30-6:30pm

Free virtual program; registration required.
https://asimn.org/event/thermal-artist-talk/
Registrants will receive a link to view the program the week of the event.

Co-Presented by the American Swedish Institute and The Great Northern Festival.
All ages.

Thermal is a dialogue – through movement, form and sound – centered on Earth’s changing environment. Moderated by Kyle Samejima, the Executive Director of Minneapolis Climate Action, hear from ARENA Dances’ Founder and Artistic Director Mathew Janczewski, sculptural paper artist Kim Heidkamp, and composer Joshua Clausen – the creators of this multidisciplinary installation – on their collaboration process and get a sneak preview of the performance before it opens to the public later in the month.

Black Light a re:Search Performance – Alanna Morris and Collaborators

Black Light is a multi-year collaborative performance directed by Minnesota-based dancer-choreographer, Alanna Morris. This work explores birth, creation, death, and life transitions while honoring noble ancestry. It ventures into the nobility of black-ness; the divinity of feminine creative energy; and the harnessing of sensual expression.

Black Light a re:Search performance is an expression of season and interwoven local and global identities.

In-person and livestream tickets: $20-$30, fees included. This work contains frontal nudity and may not be suitable for persons under the age of 16.

Black Light a re:Search performance is presented by The Great Northern, Northrop, and The Cowles Center as part of The Cowles Center’s 21/22 Season.

Covid19: Effective September 1, 2021, all visitors to the Cowles who are attending a performance/event in our theater spaces are required to show either proof of a full course of COVID-19 vaccinations administered at least 14 days prior to the show or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the performance/event. Masks are required throughout the Cowles. For more information about our health and safety guidelines and getting to The Cowles Center, click here.

Pop-Up WINTER Sound Garden on West River Parkway

Dancers Leslie O’Neill, Megan Mayer, Sarah Baumert, and Erika Hansen perform their site-specific, roving, durational movement scores across a three-acre site along West River Parkway as part of composer/director JG Everest’s immersive WINTER Sound Garden sound and performance installation event. With a parallel performance score by SuperGroup.

The roving movement scores will begin by 1:00pm and will come and go throughout the space until 3:00pm.

The fourth of four seasonal “pop-up” Sound Garden events along West River Parkway in 2021-22, the WINTER Sound Garden features layers of site-specific dance, music, poetry, and visual art among some of the oldest trees in Minneapolis, on the bluff above the Mississippi River.

Sound Gardens are designed as durational, self-guided experiences intended for audience to connect more meaningfully to a particular place and the natural world. The spatial sound score and live dance and musical elements are meant to accompany the sounds and physical elements that are already there – the birds, the trees, the wind, the shadows, the sunlight, the snow. Audiences are encouraged to both circulate and linger at their own pace, following their own impulses for what to pay attention to.

This event has been rescheduled from the original date of January 22.

Pop-Up Dance Party with Cassandra

Like bubbles that pop up from percolating coffee, this POP-UP party will energize you! Drink it down and dance dance dance your night away!

This party is held LIVE on Zoom only.

$5 reservations, open until noon (CT) the day of the party.

Saturday, February 5 at 6:00pm

TCB – Dance with Me at Lakeville Area Arts Center

Join TCB’s professional ballet dancers at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for a fun-filled interactive performance event designed for families and children ages preschool through eight. The programs are less than an hour long—the perfect length for busy schedules and curious minds.

Dance With Me highlights age- and ability-appropriate body movement using different forms of dance, and features unique monthly themes, short dance classes, optional audience participation, and short performance demonstrations in costume by TCB’s professional company dancers. You are welcome to enjoy one, many, or all of the programs!

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
10:30-11:30am
Tickets: $6

Additional Upcoming Dates: March 1 and April 12, 2022.
Purchase tickets online, or by calling 952-985-4640.

Romance Candlelight Cabaret by COLLIDE

COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company will present the Romance Candlelight Cabaret, the second performance in their renovated performance space in St. Paul’s Midway neighborhood. Parking is free both in the lot and on the street outside the building.

The candlelight performance features intersecting love stories told through dance and music. The cabaret performance features dancers Megan Carver, Heather Brockman, Ben Siglin, Brett Pederson, Rachel Seeholzer, Regina Peluso, and Javan Mngrezzo, with Collide artistic associate Renee Guittar both dancing and curating the production.

Run time: 1 hour

Show Dates/Times:
Friday, February 11 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 12 – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 13 – 2:00 p.m.
Monday, February 14 – 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 18 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 19 – 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $25-$45. http://www.collidetheatrical.org or call 651-395-7903.

Health/Safety: All guests are required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. At this time masks are required for all patrons.

Paul Taylor Dance Company

One of the preeminent performing ensembles in the world, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Novak, performs the premiere of a Northrop Centennial Commission by Peter Chu, plus two classic Taylor works, the sublime masterpiece, Airs—hailed as “a treasure” by The New York Times—and Promethean Fire, set to three keyboard works by Bach richly orchestrated by Stokowski.