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.

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.

Erin Thompson Teaches a “Ring in the New Year” Class

Please join Erin Thompson for a “Ring in the New Year” contemporary/modern dance class in honor of New Year’s Eve on Thursday morning, December 30, 10:00am-11:45am.

Before you make your New Year’s resolutions, come find peace with internal awareness, thrust your holiday limbs into the ground and fly across the floor flinging 2021 away! Accompaniment by the wonderful Dean Magraw.

Intermediate-Advanced Contemporary/Modern
Thursday, December 30, 10:00am-11:45am
In person only!

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.

The Arena Winter Session Registration Now Open – Holiday Specials End Today

Come join us at The Arena for youth, adult and professional dance offerings.

Winter Session: January 3-April 9. Thirteen weeks.
No classes February 28-March 6.

Enrollment Specials for the Holiday Season good through December 22:

Youth Classes on Saturdays
10:00-10:45am: Creative Movement for ages 4-8
11:00-11:45am: Dancing Together for ages 2-5
$156 full session pre-enrollment necessary; enrollment closes January 15.

Capoeira (ages 16 and older) on Wednesdays
6:30-7:30pm
$195 pre-enrollment encouraged for full session – savings of $2/class.

Flex-Card holiday special for all drop in class options!
$150 for a 10-class card.

Tuesdays
9:15-10:00am: Pilates Mat
10:00-11:30am: Moving Practice – Investigations within contemporary forms. Rotating instructors monthly.
4:00-5:00pm: Gyrokinesis Method

Fridays
10:00-11:30am: Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Technique

Register online at arenadances.org

Twin Cities Ballet is Hiring – Position Open for Male Company Dancer

Twin Cities Ballet has an open position for a male company dancer for the second half of the 2021/2022 season, January 2–May 8, 2022. This is a competitive, salaried position with an 18-week contract. Strong classical ballet and contemporary skills required.

Our spring season includes:

TCB’s Choreographic Voices – TCB artists will explore the creative process and present experimental and new works on January 28 and 29 at the Dance Cube performance space at Ballet Royale Minnesota in Lakeville.

Pink Floyd’s THE WALL: A Rock Ballet – TCB will be performing its smash-hit original rock ballet at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on March 11–13, with live music from popular local band Momentary Lapse of Floyd.

Giselle – The season will conclude with the beautiful ballet classic, Giselle, at Ames Center in Burnsville on May 6–8. This will be the Twin Cities Ballet company premiere of one of the most popular and enduring ballet favorites.

Please submit the following audition materials by email:

  • Your resumé.
  • Two photos, either attach small format photos or provide a link:
    • first arabesque and
    • a headshot showing at least 3/4 face.
  • Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.
  • State whether you are currently eligible to work in the United States.

Please send information to info@TwinCitiesBallet.org. We will contact you after we have reviewed your audition materials to schedule an in-person or virtual audition.

About TCB
Twin Cities Ballet (“TCB”) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit professional dance company that creates original full-length and shorter story ballets, a rare and nearly lost art, as well as more abstract contemporary ballet-based works. An emerging gem in the Twin Cities, TCB has carefully built a financially solid and growing organization that is making its mark both regionally and nationally through its creative and innovative artistic endeavors.

TCB prohibits discrimination against any employee, applicant for employment, or patron because of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Our Mission:
To connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

Dance Tenure Track Position 2022-2023 – St. Olaf College

The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2022.

We are looking for an innovative, versatile teacher and artist scholar with depth and breadth of experience in African/African Diasporic dance theory and practice and evidence of integrating these into their teaching and research. The candidate will mentor undergraduate students academically and artistically, as well as stage choreographic and performance works for a varied student body. MFA in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by time of appointment required.

Review of applications will begin on January 11, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. Finalist interviews are expected in March 2022.

Applicants must submit materials online at https://stolaf.hiretouch.com/faculty-postings.

Songs of Home

CAAM Chinese Dance Theater retakes the O’Shaughnessy stage after a two-year absence.

Songs of Home features new original work by new Artistic Director, Jinyu Zhou.

In celebration of Chinese New Year, this annual program intrigues returning audiences with mythical creatures, heroic figures and historic artists interpreting the deep cultural heritage of a millennia of historically significant Chinese melodies.

Rent Creative Space at The Arena

Located in the heart of the Lyn-Lake community, The Arena is available for your rehearsal, class, and event needs!

Our space offers 1,305 square feet (30×40) of sprung floor, Marley dance flooring, full wall-length mirrors (with curtains for covering if preferred), free wifi and a changing room.

We are situated on multiple bus lines, including the 21, 4, 23, 612, 18, with plenty of free, street parking around the building.

To request space, please email arenadances@gmail.com.

Zenon Dance School Workshop Week – December 30 to January 7

Thursday, December 30
10:00-11:45am – Ring in the New Year with Erin Thompson
In Person

Tuesday, January 4
9:30-11:00am – Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary with Chloe Nagle
In Person

Wednesday, January 5
5:30-7:00pm – All Levels Modern with Ariel Linnerson
In Person

Thursday, January 6
9:30-11:00am – Alexander Technique with Chloe Nagle
In Person

Friday, January 7
10:00-11:30am – Intermediate Ballet with Penny Freeh
Hybrid

Register online today!

Zenon Dance School – Open House

Save the date for Zenon’s Winter Open House on January 8!
Join us for a great day of free classes, tuition discounts, and a preview of our New Year programing!

In Person:
10:00am: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace – Studio 4A
10:00am: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester – Studio 4B
11:00am: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug
12:00pm: Intermediate Contemporary with Chloe Nagle
1:00pm: Contemporary Floorwork with Javan Mngrezzo

Online:
9:00am: All Levels Yoga
10:00am: Cardio Dance Jam
11:00am: Contemporary Ballet

Learn more at: zenondance.org/class-schedule/

Renting TU Dance Center Studios

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by TU Dance’s programming.

TU Dance Center features:

Reception area and front desk for check-in or event use; access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Both studios: sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin, wall of mirrors, portable ballet barre units 10′ in length, room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs, 50′ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing. Large windows providing ample natural light.

Studio 1 only: a curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror, wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Studio 1: 60′x34′
Studio 2: 46’x21′

Rental Fees:
Individual Artists: $18/hour
Nonprofit Organizations: $22/hour – rehearsals
Other rental inquiries (for-profit, classes, workshops, auditions, life events, photo sessions, filming, etc.), please contact us.