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CHACONNE – encore performance

CHACONNE – encore performance.
We are back by popular demand! This performance is part of the End of Summer Splash! by Green Minneapolis.

Dancer Yuki Tokuda will bring live performances with violinist Natsuki Kumagai (MN Orchestra) to Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. Tokuda’s choreography on J.S Bach’s Chaconne expresses that there is always a hope during dark times and after sorrow.

Choreographer – Yuki Tokuda
Violin – Natsuki Kumagai
Dancers – Hannah Benditt, Jarod Boltjes, Ashley Chin- Mark, Andrew Lester, Hettie Stern, Yuki Tokuda

Wednesday, September 22 at 6:30pm
Rain or shine.
Free to the public.

Performance in the Gallery: HIJACK + J.H. SHUǏ XIĀN at Rochester Art Center

See

HIJACK (Kristin Van Loon + Arwen Wilder) and J.H. Shuǐ Xiān

perform dances within the enormous space and crowded company of paintings, sculpture, video and installation art, as part of the exhibition The Human Scale curated by HAIR+NAILS at Rochester Art Center.

This one time only performance will be a strolling audience event about an hour long.

Free with gallery admission ($5).

DECADANCE: Featuring Duniya Drum & Dance and Rhythmically Speaking

This year, we are eating our dessert first!

Join us for DECADANCE as we honor 10 years of dance at The Cowles Center with the decadence of desserts!

The event will feature short and sweet performances by Duniya Drum & Dance Company and Rhythmically Speaking, plus a special announcement about a new initiative to bring artists and audiences together! Help us raise $75,000 to benefit Cowles Center programming and expand our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives! We are excited to host a diverse group of arts supporters at The Cowles Center for our in-person, on-site benefit (event capacity of 250 persons), with a virtual component. No formal dress code. Be yourself!

RSVP: https://www.thecowlescenter.org/tickets/decadance

Calling All Movement Organizations for Move to the Max 2021 – Deadline to Inquire

Calling all movement-based arts organizations planning on fundraising for Give to the Max Day on November 18, 2021!

Join Alternative Motion Project for the fourth annual Move to the MAX: Virtual Edition ’21. This online event thanks supporters, reaches new arts patrons, and promotes community within Minnesota dance/movement organizations.

Each organization is invited to introduce and share a pre-recorded short work, performance, film, or presentation of any kind. There are no costs for organizations to participate in this event.

Whether you are in the Twin Cities or Greater Minnesota, we can bring together our communities to support movement throughout the entire state. All movement genres and styles are highly encouraged to participate.

Friday, November 19 at 7:00pm – Online
Note – this is the day after Give to the Max Day!
Ticket price: donation to ONE of the performing organizations through GiveMN.

We are thrilled to collaborate on this exciting, eclectic event that can bring Minnesota arts companies together while creating more awareness throughout all our communities!

Interested in participating or need more information?
Email AMP at alternativemotionproject@gmail.com no later than September 22.

http://www.alternativemotionproject.org

Chris Schlichting on Studio Stories – This Thursday

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 sat down with Chris Schlichting to learn about his journey.

Chris Schlichting is a Minnesota-based choreographer, performer and dance enthusiast who believes in a flexible definition of dance. His choreography expresses itself as a tensile inclusion of dichotomies. Relying on the formality of structural investigation and the emotion of earnest expression, his dances evoke the grandiosity of spectacle and the delicacy of intimate moments. Chris develops dances outside the constraints of thematic and conceptual frameworks, allowing the choreographic process to develop focus through physical intuition and sensory awareness.

Visit http://www.arena-dances.org to listen, or check it out wherever you get your podcasts!

Alexandra Bodnarchuk – Audition

Alexandra Bodnarchuk is seeking one dancer for a project (duet) running from October 2021-May 2022 with the potential of extending.

Strong candidates will have an interest in: risk taking, partnering, and ten or more years of movement experience. All dancers who have female gendered life experience are welcome to audition. The project is not seeking cis-gendered men. 

Dancer must be fully vaccinated by the start of rehearsals.

Dancers will be compensated at $15/hour. 

Start date: October 18, 2021 (flexible). Rehearsals are 3 hours, 2/week (6 hours/week total).

Schedule will be finalized upon dancer’s hiring. 

Approximate compensation: $1,800-$2,200. 

Strength training to support the physical demands of the choreography will be offered once per week from January-May 2022. This will also be compensated time. 

Audition
October 3, 2021, 1:00-4:00pm
In-person and video auditions accepted

Registration ends at 11:59pm on October 2, 2021. Walk-ins welcome, but please try to arrive with enough time to fill out the audition form.

— doors at 12:30pm.

— there will be no partnering at this phase of the audition process.

— masks required at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.

Call back
October 10, 2021, 1:00-4:00pm
In-person only

— dancers invited to the call back should be prepared for partnering.  

For additional information and to register for the audition please go to: alexandrabodnarchuk.org/audition. 

Space at The Arena

Located in the heart of the LynLake neighborhood, 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, wall-length mirrors (with curtains to cover if preferred), free wifi, and a changing room.

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

To request space, please email arenadances@gmail.com

Pop-Up FALL 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 FALL 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 4:00pm.

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

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 leaves. Audiences are encouraged to both circulate and linger at their own pace, following their own impulses for what to pay attention to.

Saturday, October 2
12:00-4:00pm
Free admission, but reservations required

Limited capacity.

Studio Rentals at Collide Theatrical in St Paul

Need space to rehearse, choreograph, teach, or hold an event? Collide Theatrical has two studios available for rental in our beautiful St. Paul location.

Studio 1 has 1700 square feet of sprung floor, full wall-length mirrors, Rosco Adagio Marley dance floor, high ceilings, sky lights, and three chandeliers.

Studio 2 has 550 square feet of sprung wood floor.

Both studios have the following amenities:

  • Ballet barres for up to 18 students
  • Free and accessible parking and access to public transportation line
  • Gender-specific bathrooms (non-gender-specific bathroom available in the adjacent building)
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth room speakers
  • Cubbies for holding shoes and clothes
  • 2 long folding tables
  • Access to up to 30 folding chairs
  • HVAC heated and cooled spaces with temperature control
  • Hallway drinking fountains. Access to kitchenette area available upon request.

Single Rental:
Studio 1 – $30/hour
Studio 2 – $20/hour

Long-Term or Multiple-Day Rental:
Studio 1 – $20/hour
Studio 2 – $15/hour

Payment for rental bookings must be made 48 hours prior to your booking to hold your reservation. A signed rental agreement and certificate of insurance must be provided prior to your reservation. Please contact us at 651-395-7903 to schedule a visit. COVID safety rules and cleaning are at the highest priority.

Pilates Mat 1

Pilates Mat 1 Teacher Training

October 8: 4:00-8:00pm
October 9: 11:30am-6:00pm
October 10: 9:30am-4:30pm

ACE (Hours: 1.6 Course: CEP162033, Provider: )
PMA (Hours: 16 Course: 2665, Provider: 17926 )

Class: $499.00 – Early Bird fee, register by September 17! Regular fee: $549.00
Manual: $50.00
Streaming Video: $10.00

Mat 1
Introduction to Pilates and Beginning/Intermediate Exercises
In person and online course.

Balanced Body Mat 1 includes an introduction to the history and principles of Pilates, a review of core anatomy, beginning and most intermediate level exercises with modifications, lectures on class order and programming in a fitness setting, and guidelines for safely teaching seniors and pre-, and post-natal classes.

Pilates for sports specific activities are also covered.

Prerequisites:
Movement Principles