Concerto Dance and Kaleena Miller Dance/KMD2 Performing This Weekend

Concerto Dance by Jolene Konkel presents a special preview performance of our new work Girls in the Band! Join us for our Summer Bandshell Tour July 8-10, featuring guest performance by Kaleena Miller Dance/KMD2.

All shows 7pm.

July 8: Central Park, Roseville.
July 9: Town Green Park, Maple Grove.
July 10: Lake Normandale Bandshell, Bloomington.

Approximate run time 1 hour. Please bring your own lawn chair/blanket.All performances are outdoors and open to the public. No ticket required. Suggested donation $20. Cash, venmo@concerto-dance, or visit our website to donate.

Performances will be rescheduled if inclement weather. Check our website or Facebook page for updates.

Join us as we celebrate the “Ladies Who Swing The Band!”

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 5:00pm this Thursday night. To dance with us via Zoom, register by 9:50am on Friday. Both types of registrations can be done at zenondance.org.

Questions? Connect with erika@zenondance.org.

#getyourasstoclass, and we’ll see you Friday!

Summer of TRE® – Tension and Trauma Release in Minneapolis Parks

Are you familiar with TRE® – Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises? It’s a beautiful blend of Polyvagal Theory, body awareness and nervous system rebalancing through tremoring.

Summer of TRE® is a project to teach the series of exercises in Minneapolis Parks all summer long, at no charge. Classes are held on some Wednesdays, ALL Thursdays, some Friday evenings and some Saturdays, and are about an hour in length.

July locations:

Powderhorn Park
ALL Thursdays at 10:00am
near the Tennis Courts

Powderhorn Park
Friday, July 16 at 5:30pm

Windom Park in Northeast Minneapolis
Wednesdays, July 14, 21, 28 at 9:00am
Meet near the trees off Johnson

Fair Oaks Park near MIA
Saturday, July 24 at 10:00am

Bottineau Park in Northeast
Saturday, July 31 at 10:00am

Zoom: July 9, 23, 30 at 5:30pm

Text “TRE” to 612-421-7120 be reminded about in-person classes. For Zoom only: Text “zoomtre.”

Cassandra School Online and In-Studio Classes

Join our dance-learning community of all ages, sizes, and levels of experience to participate in the creative expression and health and fitness benefits of Middle Eastern dance.

The beauty of this dance form is that it makes you feel wonderful in your own body.

We now offer 3 in-studio classes for intermediate and advanced belly dance students each week. We are continuing with a Zoom option for all classes, including beginning belly dance!

Go to cassandraschool.com to choose from our ongoing classes, register, and pay in advance using PayPal. All class registrations close at 8:00pm CT the night before each class. Purchase 4 or more classes and receive a $2 discount per class!

Zenon Dance School – Summer Online and In Person

Zenon Dance School is very excited to continue our summer session with virtual and hybrid classes all summer long!

MONDAY
5:30pm: Cardio Dance Jam with Ariel Linnerson
5:30pm: Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Anne Lentz

TUESDAY
9:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren – IN PERSON ONLY
5:30pm: All Levels Hip Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester

WEDNESDAY
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK
5:30pm: Intermediate Contemporary/Modern with Ruby Josephine Smith – HYBRID
5:30pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson

THURSDAY
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – HYBRID
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug – HYBRID

FRIDAY
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting – HYBRID
12:00pm: Intermediate Ballet with Penny Freeh

SATURDAY
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson
10:00am: All Levels Tap with Dorian Brooke
10:15am: Youth Hip Hop, Ages 6-9 with Erin Sheppard
11:00am: Youth Ballet I, Ages 5-7 with Sarah Bartlett
11:15am: Youth Ballet II, Ages 8-10 with Kendall Kramer
12:00pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Benjamin Johnson

Register online today!

TU Dance Center: Children and Teen Summer Program

The TU Dance Children & Teen Program introduces the joy of creative movement and beginning dance technique.

DANCING TOGETHER: July 20-August 24

Tuesdays, 10:00-10:45am
A 6-week session for children ages 2-4 and their parent/caregiver who are interested in a shared movement experience that engages the senses of curiosity and play. Registration deadline extended until Sunday, July 18.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT: JULY 19-23
A 1-week program for children ages 5-8 where students will experience the connection between movement and creativity. Registration deadline extended until Saturday, July 17.

BRIDGE LEVEL: JULY 12-24
A 2-week program for students ages 9-13 preparing for a deeper engagement in dance that includes introductory dance technique classes with a focus on the creative process. Registration deadline extended until Saturday, July 10.

TEEN 1: JULY 5-24
A 3-week program typically for students aged 14-19 where students learn the fundamentals of dance with a focus on modern technique, Hip-Hop and African Dance as well as workshop/choreography.

For more information and to register visit https://www.tudance.org/summer/ or contact School Coordinator Maxine Yamazaki at education@tudance.org or (612) 235-7634. Scholarships and payment plans available!

Pop-Up SUMMER 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 SUMMER 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 second of four seasonal “pop-up” Sound Garden events along West River Parkway in 2021, the SUMMER 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, July 10
12:00-4:00pm
Free admission, but reservations required, with limited capacity.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council’s Arts Project Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Learn More

Zenon Dance School – In Person with Berit Ahlgren

Guess who’s back in the studio? Berit Ahlgren is teaching an IN PERSON ONLY section of gaga/people at Zenon Dance School this summer starting Tuesday, July 13.

Throughout the class, participants are guided by a series of evocative instructions deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation. Rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience.

While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga.

Pre-registration and masks are required for all in person classes at Zenon Dance School at this time.

Feel free to reach out with any questions and register online today: conta.cc/39fJDXN

TU Dance Center: Pre-Professional Summer Intensive

The TU Dance Pre-Professional program is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African dance, and creative workshops for students ages 11 to 24. The TU Dance Summer Intensive builds a strong technique while exploring individual artistry.

Levels 1-3: July 5-24
Registration Deadline: July 5, 2021

Levels 4-5: August 2-21
Registration Deadline: July 26, 2021

For program details, level placement and to register visit https://www.tudance.org/summer/ or contact School Coordinator Maxine Yamazaki at education@tudance.org or (612) 235-7634.

Scholarships available!

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.