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Zenon – Fall Classes In Person and Online

We are kicking off a great season of dance this week with some new classes and old favorites! Register today for online, in person and hybrid classes through our MindBody portal. The fall session will run September 13-December 19, 2021.

Mondays
11:15am-12:15pm: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren – In Person
5:30-6:15pm: Cardio Dance Jam with Ariel Linnerson – Online
5:30-6:45pm: Contemporary Ballet with Anne Lentz – Online

Tuesdays
7:00-8:00pm: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester – In Person

Wednesdays
9:30-11:00am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK – Online
5:30-6:45pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson – Online
5:30-7:00pm: Intermediate Contemporary with Ruby Josephine Smith – Hybrid
7:30-8:30pm: All Levels Hip-Hop with Gabby “The Baddie” Abram – Hybrid

Thursdays
9:30-11:00am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – Hybrid
5:30-6:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace – Online
7:00-8:30pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug – Hybrid

Fridays
10:00-11:15am: All Levels Jazz with Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting – Hybrid
12:00-1:30pm: Intermediate Ballet with Penny Freeh – Hybrid

Saturday
9:00-10:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson – Online
10:15-10:50am: Youth Hip-Hop, Ages 6-9 with Erin Sheppard – Online
12:30-1:00pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Ben Johnson – Hybrid

Sundays
10:00-10:35am: Creative Movement, Ages 4-6 with Sarah Bartlett – In Person
11:00-11:45am: Youth Ballet, Ages 7-10 with Kendall Kramer – In Person
12:00-12:45pm: Youth Modern, Ages 11-14 with Kendall Kramer – In Person

Adult Jazz Class with Collide Theatrical

Join us Tuesday, September 21 from 9:30–11:00am for jazz with Chelsea Rose.

ALL WELCOME.

$15 drop-in rate. $12 for professional dancers – use code PRODANCE at checkout.
To register visit: https://www.collidetheatrical.org/book-online

Our space is located in the CAN CAN Wonderland Building in St. Paul, with free parking and on a public transit line.

COVID:
Attendees must be vaccinated and wear masks during class.
Pre-registration is required, as class space is limited to 10 dancers.

New Class: Featuring Gabby “The Baddie” Abram at Zenon

We a thrilled to welcome Gabby “The Baddie” Abram to the Zenon Dance School faculty this fall. Whether you are dancing in person or online, this is a class you do not want to miss!

All Levels Hip-Hop with Gabby “The Baddie” Abram – HYBRID
Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30pm
September 13-December 19

Gabrielle Abram is a Gary, Indiana native, and a 2020 Momentum New Dance Works fellow. She is a self-taught, multi-lingual Hip Hop artist and has received training in Ballet, Modern, West African, and Jazz at The Perpich Center for Arts and Education, TU Dance Center. She attended the ARENA Dances Summer Intensive with a scholarship. Abram attended Columbia College Chicago for one year, then returned to the Twin Cities to work as a professional dancer, choreographer, and producer. Gabrielle is a member of STRONGmovement, directed by Darrius Strong; and Atlantis13 Dance Collective, directed by Peace Madimutsa and Johnathan Van Arman. In 2018 Abram co-produced Listen., at The Lab Theater – a collective of 9 choreographers sharing Pan-African perspectives and personal stories of black identity. Abram continues to produce, dance, and create work in the Twin Cities.

Register for class today!

Concerto Dance Open Company Class

Concerto Dance is offering open company class the third Wednesday of the month from 9:00-10:30am at Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory.

Classes September-December.

First class: September 22 – Jazz with Jolene Konkel

Drop in rate $15, or pay-as-able option. Space is limited for social distancing. Masks required.

To save a spot please email info@concertodance.com 24 hours prior to class.

Hubbard Street Dance: Chicago Dance Films

Premiered Friday, September 10.
Available on-demand through September 17, 2021.

Select your own price to view this event ($0-$50). Please note: ticket revenue from this film screening will be shared with the artists.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is committed to keeping its dancers creating and finding innovative ways to share exceptional contemporary dance with the community, and their recent acclaimed series of films did just that. These three short film explorations were produced after the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 and presented free to the public as part of Hubbard Street’s Season 43: A Virtual Homecoming.

A Tale of Two by Princess Grace Award-winning choreographer Rena Butler is filled with tension and tenderness, reflecting the vulnerability of youth in a violent world. In Half of Us, former Hubbard Street Dancer and Princess Grace Award-winner Robyn Mineko Williams creates a mesmerizing ebb and flow of melody and movement, as two dancers and two musicians merge their artistry upon a lonely landscape. Ended When, a cinematic solo, features an excerpt of Mineko Williams’ popular work, Cloudline.

This event will be captioned, with other accessibility services available upon request.

Jawaahir Caravan Under the Stars Gratitude Zoom Gala

All are invited to join Jawaahir’s Gratitude Gala performance where we will close our online fundraiser auction with a bang!

This event features performances by Jawaahir Dance Company and Cassandra to thank all of our wonderful supporters.

Thursday, September 16
7:00pm
Online via Zoom.
FREE, $10 suggested donation.

Be sure to browse our online auction through Bidding Owl!

Friday Morning Jazz: Hybrid This Fall with Many Great Guests

Friday Morning Jazz (most Fridays, 10:00-11:15am CST) is BACK AT IT for Fall Session with Zenon Dance School! Instructors Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting – along with a cavalcade of exciting guest teachers – will continue this hybrid class, which offers 10 physically-distanced spots for masked folks to come into the studio to take class, and unlimited spots for folks to attend from home via a high-quality Zoom experience.

Karla is teaching this week, and will offer a body-centric class that will build heat and help you connect to yourself and great jazz music while exploring technical and stylistic approaches to jazz dance. Our exciting teacher line-up for the rest of the fall session is as follows:

September 24 – Karla
October 1 – Karla
October 8 – Gabby Abram
October 15 – Erinn
October 22 – Erinn
October 29 – Erinn
November 5 – Gabby Abram
November 12 – Jennifer Glaws
November 19 – Karla
November 26 – NO CLASS
December 3 – Jennifer Glaws
December 10 – Jolene Konkel
December 17 – Jonene Konkel

Find out more about these awesome guests by following our class Facebook page and keeping your eye out for posts about them! Registration for class is now open for virtual and in-person classes: conta.cc/39fJDXN.

We hope to see you soon! #zenondanceschool #wewillmoveyou #getyourasstoclass

Solo, w/ You by José A. Luis – This Weekend Only

Solo, w/ You
Solo, w/ You is my summary as an individual, but longing to be with you (audience, family, friend, partner, mentor, peer, new face). I have created these dance pieces by remembering those that came before and those yet to come. Much like life, I hold a space for a small amount of time (45 minutes) until we are in the next chapter – solo, but together.

September 17 and 18, 2021
7:00PM CST
Doors open at 6:45PM CST
Ticket details:
www.jose.dance

Please note:
Due to construction, there is no elevator access. Stair use only. Side door entrance.
This will be a masked event.

Solo, contigo

Solo, w/ You es un resumen de mi mismo como individual, pero anhelando estar contigo (audiencia, familia, amigo, compañero, mentor, nuevo rostro). He creado estas piezas de danza recordando las que vinieron antes y las que están por venir. Al igual que en la vida, mantengo un espacio por una pequeña cantidad de tiempo (45 minutos) hasta que estemos en el próximo capítulo – solos, pero juntos.

SOLO: Six World-Premiere Dance Films

Each year, three exceptional Minnesota dance artists receive the coveted honor of a McKnight Dancer Fellowship. SOLO celebrates the 2018 and 2019 recipients with new works expressly tailored for these exceptional performers. The result is an evening of six fascinating world premieres. In 2021, these solos exist as dance films. Join us for the in-person screening premiere at The Cowles Center, or find SOLO online via livestream or on-demand showing.

SOLO fellows and their commissioned choreographers include:

    • Renée Copeland – Choreographer: Erika Bettin, Italy
    • Sharon Mansur – Co-directors: Yara Boustany, Lebanon; Andrea Shaker, MN; Mette Loulou van Kohl, NY
    • Yeniel “Chini” Perez Domenech – Choreographer: Ephrat Asherie, NY
    • Erin Thompson – Choreographer: Bebe Miller, OH
    • Joseph “MN Joe” Tran – Choreographer: Rudi Goblen, CT
    • Elayna Waxse – Choreographer: Bobbi Jene Smith, NY

Get tickets and watch the trailer.

We’d be honored if you would join us at The Cowles Center on Saturday, September 18 for the debut screening of SOLO or via a livestream at the same time. The show is also available on-demand until September 25! Tickets are just $25 for the in-person show and $20 for a virtual version.

The Cowles Center requires attendees to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test if attending in person.

Join us after the premiere on September 18 for a Meet the Artist post-show discussion.

SOLO will include some captioning in Spanish and English

Bond Does Belly! – Jawaahir Dance Company Co-production with Hook & Ladder’s 5th Anniversary

Re-inventing the Bond themes for belly dance? WHY NOT?! We have a License to Thrill.

Jawaahir Dance Company and Hook & Ladder, in a co-production for Hook & Ladder’s fifth anniversary, present Bond Does Belly!

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; adding new instruments, rhythms, and dancers to some Bond favorites like Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, and Skyfall, to name a few.

This was made possible by grants from MSAB Creative Support and Lake Street Council COVID Relief.