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BCL – Open House

Considering joining the BCL family? Join us at our studios for our annual Open House!

Saturday, August 14, 2021
12:00-3:00pm

Tour our studios, observe in-session classes, take a placement class, and meet one-on-one with our faculty members. While at our facility, we welcome you to learn more about all our programs including Pre-Professional, Adult/Teen, Scholarships, Performance Ensembles, and more.

To learn more and register for a FREE placement class, click the link here: https://bit.ly/BCLopenhouse.

Young Dance Seeks Marketing and Communications Director

Young Dance, a Twin Cities dance education nonprofit whose mission is to transform lives through movement, seeks a Marketing and Communications Director, to begin August 2021.

The MCD will spearhead print and web-based communications related to programming, events, fundraising, and marketing. They will collaborate with other staff to create engagement with new communities, specifically BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.

Founded in 1987, we believe young people are artists with something important to say and that working across differences is a benefit to all. Our five part-time employees work in close collaboration to develop and implement a long-term vision aligned with our mission and values. We place a strong emphasis on access, representation, and transparency.

This position is a 0.45 FTE position with an annual salary of $17,500.

The position will remain open until filled.

Full job description: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bSXFySrxOU8kS2RTcdyMra19JZcBrKTd/view?usp=sharing

Premiere: Prairie Woods SOUND GARDEN near Spicer, MN

The premiere of composer / director JG Everest’s new site-specific performance installation: a new Sound Garden composed and designed specifically for the wooded Geer Island at the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in Spicer, MN.

A truly immersive art and nature experience in a pristine nature preserve. Two hours drive west of the Twin Cities.

Admission is free! Camping is available at Sibley State Park, a ten-minute drive away – reserve your sites soon.

Featuring a live roving movement score by dancers Leslie O’Neill, Sarah Baumert, and Erika Hansen, with live accompaniment by the Free Range Orchestra & Choir, and more.

Saturday, August 7
12:00-4:00pm
Free admission

Presented by Wavelets Creative in partnership with the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center.

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Northrop Presents The State Ballet of George Today

Back by popular demand, The State Ballet of Georgia’s original film gets an encore on Northrop’s plaza in a special outdoor screening.

Created specifically for Northrop audiences, this peek at the Georgian ballet company features gala-style excerpts of ballet repertory, interviews with Artistic Director Nina Ananiashvili and featured dancers, and breathtaking views of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre and the city of Tbilisi. The film’s featured ballet repertory includes clips from a number of ballets including Laurencia, premiered in 1939 by Vakhtang Chabukiani; Sagalobeli, a 2007 ballet choreographed to Georgian folk melodies by Yuri Possokhov; Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, which was the first full version choreographed to Prokofiev’s score; and a taste of The State Ballet of Georgia’s Giselle.

Before the film, live music by Four Voices String Quartet will set the scene for an evening of beauty and art. The ensemble, all members of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, are frequent performers in the Northrop Dance Series. An accomplished classical ensemble, they have collaborated extensively across genres and are currently focusing on works of living female composers.

The film will be subtitled in English, with other accessibility services available upon request.

BCL Summer Programs 2021

Ballet Co.Laboratory is thrilled to announce 2021 Summer Programs. Registration is now open for classes, workshops, and intensives for dancers ages 3 to adult. In-person and virtual options and flexible scheduling are offered to fit dancers’ individual needs.

Take your dancing to the next level. View all our programs at: http://bit.ly/SummerBCL

Open Classes with Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks

As Hatch Dance and HoneyWorks prepare for Live @ The Shed August 7-8, 2021, directors Helen Hatch and Berit Ahlgren offer open classes in Contemporary Ballet and Gaga-based improvisation.

These 75-minute classes are open level and welcome to all. Please reach out if you have questions.

Gaga-based Improvisation with Berit Ahlgren
Wednesday, July 14
9:30-10:45am

Contemporary Ballet with Helen Hatch
Mondays, through August 2
9:30-10:45am

$10

Friday Morning Jazz: In-Person AND on Zoom with Karla This Week

Join us for Friday Morning Jazz through Zenon, in person or online!

Summer is in swing at Zenon Dance School, and Friday Morning Jazz has shifted into a hybrid format this session! You can register to be one of the eight in-person, masked, socially-distanced students to dance in Zenon Studio 4A or you can Zoom into class from anywhere.

Class runs 10:00-11:15am CST most Fridays.

Co-teachers Karla Grotting and Erinn Liebhard, along with Zenon, are taking great care to ensure that both the in-person and Zoom options will be high-quality, so join us!

This week, Karla is teaching, and will offer a body-friendly warm-up and opportunities to build some heat, coordinate your groove, and dance with friends old and new! To dance in-person, register by 9:00am the Friday morning of class. To dance with us via Zoom, register by 9:50am. Both types of registrations can be done at zenondance.org.

Questions? Connect with erika@zenondance.org.

#getyourasstoclass, and we’ll see you Friday!

TU Dance Center: Open Classes

TU Dance Center is offering in-person dance classes for intermediate/advanced dancers with live accompaniment. Online pre-registration required.

Wednesday, July 14 at 10:30am
Horton Based Modern with Toni Pierce-Sands

Thursday, July 15 at 10:30am
Body Watani (body-as-homeland practice + Arabic dance) with Leila Awadallah

Tuesday, July 20 at 5:30pm
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez

Thursday, July 22 at 5:30pm
Ballet Barre and Contemporary Phrasework with Laurel Keen

Tuesday, July 27 at 10:30am
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with Peggy Seipp-Roy

Wednesday, July 28 at 5:30pm
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez

Thursday, July 29 at 10:30am
Body Watani (body-as-homeland practice + Arabic dance) with Leila Awadallah

If using a class card, please email us at education@tudance.org with your name, class title and class date at least 24 hours in advance. Upon arrival at TU Dance Center, please present your class card to a TU Dance staff member or Teaching Artist.

TU Dance Center is continuing to have COVID-related restrictions. A limited number of dancers will be allowed per class. Dancers must complete the TU Dance Center Health Self-Assessment within 24 hours of class start time, and must practice social distancing and wear a mask during their visit and while taking dance classes. These classes will be provided only in person.

To register and for more information click https://www.tudance.org/summer-2021-open-classes/ or contact us at info@tudance.org or (651) 724-9708.

Cost: $15

MotionArt Adult Modern Dance Classes

MotionArt’s mission is to share the art of dance and the joy of movement with people of all ages and abilities. We strive to enrich lives by fostering creativity, body awareness and self-expression in a fun, non-competitive, welcoming environment.

We offer ongoing dance classes on Zoom and outside (weather permitting) and will begin offering in-studio classes in August.

Paying the regular rate helps keep our organization afloat; however, no one will be turned away for inability to pay. There is also an option to pay what you can.

Please go to motionartmn.org to sign up for classes, or contact Pam for info.

Beginning Modern Dance
Monday, 2:00-3:15pm
Outdoors, weather permitting, (contact Pam Gleason for info) or Zoom.

Beginning Modern Dance
Tuesday, 5:00-6:15pm on Zoom

Intermediate Modern Dance
Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00pm
Outdoors, weather permitting, (contact Pam Gleason for info) or Zoom.

Ageless Dance
Thursday, 4:30-5:45pm on Zoom
Beginning August 5: in studio.

Mixed Level Modern Dance
Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm on Zoom

MotionArt Children’s Dance Classes

MotionArt focuses on nurturing children’s individual creativity while facilitating their understanding of the dance elements of space, time, and energy.

Ages 3-6 explore these elements through playful, structured activities allowing them to expand their movement vocabulary, develop body awareness, and gain self-confidence. Ages 7-9 explore the dance elements while being introduced to new movement skills and the creation of their own dances. Ages 9-12 expand their creative and kinesthetic awareness while learning basic movement skills of modern dance.

We offer ways for children to dance through outdoor classes, weather permitting (contact Pam Gleason for info). Please go to motionartmn.org to sign up for classes. There are various options for payment/donations, and no one will be turned away for inability to pay.

Ages 3-6: Saturday, 10:00-10:40am

Ages 7-9: Saturday, 10:45-11:30am

Ages 9-12: Saturday, 11:30am-12:15pm