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July Summer Intensive with Ballet Royale and Guest Instructors

It’s not too late to sign up for Ballet Royale’s Full-Day July Intensive!
July 6-23

An exciting three-week, full day rigorous ballet-based dance program featuring Artistic Directors Denise and Rick Vogt with special guest teachers, including Gary Joyce, formerly with Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, Kiel Ballet, and Nevada Dance Theatre; and Muriel Joyce, formerly with Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and Los Angeles Classical Ballet. 

Ballet Royale offers small class sizes, so each student will receive the finest personalized professional instruction allowing them to reach his or her full potential. Students attending the full in-studio program will be highlighted in an end of program Summer Showcase performance, followed by a Summer Carnival fundraiser hosted by Twin Cities Ballet. 

Classes include Ballet Technique, Pointe, Preparation for Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Character, Variations, Men’s class, Progressing Ballet Technique, Hip Hop, Acting, Choreographic Methods, History of Ballet, Stretching, Injury Prevention, plus enrichment classes.

Four Progressive Divisions (I, II, Advanced Division II and UPPER) for ages eight through professionals. Variable length (one or two weeks), ballet-only, and online-only options are available. Audition required for Division II (age nine) and up.

Northrop Presents ABT Across America

Mixed Repertory program including:

La Follia Variations
Let Me Sing Forevermore
Indestructible Light
Don Quixote pas de deux (July 10 and 11, 5:00pm)
Swan Lake, Act II pas de deux (July 10 at 8:00pm and July 11, 2:00pm)

American Ballet Theatre will take to the road this summer, traveling by bus and truck to eight U.S. cities including Minneapolis, Minnesota. Northrop will present ABT Across America for four outdoor performances at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

In addition to the opportunity to see America’s National Ballet Company® in this breathtaking outdoor performance, your ticket purchase will include free parking and all-day admission to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Named the Best Botanical Garden in North America by USA Today readers in 2017 & 2019, the Arboretum is known for its beautiful display gardens, award-winning tree collections, and extensive hiking and walking trails.

About ABT Across America

ABT Across America builds on ABT’s history of cross-country tours in the 1940s and 1950s. 20 ABT dancers and 28 support crew will travel across 14 states, for a total of 3,100 miles, performing outdoors. These unique performances will take place on a custom-built 40’ x 76’ stage that folds out of an 18-wheeler truck.

Each 50-minute show will be performed without an intermission. Repertory for ABT Across America will feature Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, a work for eight dancers set to music by Francesco Geminiani, Jessica Lang’s Let Me Sing Forevermore, a pas de deux blending ballet and jazz vocabulary set to songs sung by Tony Bennett, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light, a celebration of American jazz music, and the high-spirited, energetic pas de deux from the full-length ballet Don Quixote alternating with the pas de deux from Act II of  Swan Lake. Dancers scheduled to participate in the ABT Across America tour include Lauren Bonfiglio, Jacob Clerico, Michael de la Nuez, Carlos Gonzalez, Kiely Groenewegen, Sung Woo Han, Catherine Hurlin, Anabel Katsnelson, Kanon Kimura, Melvin Lawovi, Tyler Maloney, Joseph Markey, Abbey Marrison, Hannah Marshall, Betsy McBride, Duncan McIlwaine, João Menegussi, Chloe Misseldine, Cory Stearns, and Devon Teuscher.

Neighborhood Dances

Neighborhood Dances is a series of mini dance concerts performed in public spaces inviting community participation. We teach parts of the dances to anyone who wants to join in. ASL signing included and options for limited mobility. Offered as a way to respond to the difficulties of this past year, we aim to spread joy, blessings and healing through dance while acknowledging God as our higher perspective and hope.

Saturday, July 10, 7:00pm
River of Life Church (map)
4294 Hodgson Road
Shoreview, MN 55126
Join us in the grassy area near the parking lot.
Please bring a chair or blanket if you’d like to sit.
In case of rain, we will meet inside the church building.

Other upcoming dates:

Thursday, July 29, 7:00pm*
Lauderdale Community Park Event
2328 Roselawn Ave W
Lauderdale, MN 55113
South side of the playground area.
*We’ll be performing during the band’s break around 7:00 p.m. Come at 6:45 so you don’t miss us.

Saturday, July 31, 2:00pm
B.F. Nelson Park
434 Main St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Greenspace northeast of Boom Island Park.

Shane Larson Teaches at The Arena

ARENA DANCES is excited to welcome mover and teacher Shane Larson back to Minneapolis for a short visit! While back, Shane will be teaching professional contemporary classes at The Arena.

Saturday, July 10
10:00-11:30AM
at The Arena – Studio 308 at the Calhoun Building, 711 W. Lake Street just off Lyn-Lake intersection. Free street parking.

Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome
$17 drop-in
Please register at https://www.arena-dances.org/class-payment/

About Shane:
Shane Larson was raised in Minnesota, where he received his early training at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. He also studied at SEAD in Austria. Since living in New York City, he’s branched out to collaborate with punk musicians, film makers, improvisational music ensembles, and site-specific visual artists. He is also a multimedia video artist making collage-based work about memory. Shane joined the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2015.

Photo credit: Andrew Jernigan

Fith Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival – Performances, Masterclasses and More

CANDY BOX Dance Festival is an annual, eclectic gathering of performances, work-in-progress showing, master classes, and choreographic discussions. A one-of-a-kind event in the Twin Cities, the fifth annual festival features a range of aesthetics and choreographic voices to offer a diverse array of treats! The Festival’s three main features include Featured Artists’ Performances, Happy Hour Artists’ Showings, and Master Classes.

Featured Artists – Shared bill featuring the works of HIJACK, Viva la Pepa, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān

Happy Hour Artists – Works-in-Progress by Slo Dance Company, Annika Hansen and Abigail Whitmore, HoneyWorks, Body Watani, and Borealis Dance Theatre

Master Classes with Annika Hansen and Abigail Whitmore, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān, Pedro Pablo (Viva la Pepa), Slo Dance Company, and HIJACK

July 12-16
at PAIKKA

Visit https://www.arena-dances.org/candybox2021-live-dance-festival/ to learn more!
Tickets on sale now!

Join Ballet Royale for Story Ballet Workshops

Give your young dancer the joy of dance and performance!

On Saturday, July 17, Ballet Royale is offering a mermaid-inspired Creative Story Ballet Workshop! Our final story ballet workshop is coming up on August 14. The workshops include a short performance at the end. Take one or both!

Recommended for ages four through nine.
Class sizes will be limited to maintain social distancing.

Saturday, July 17
On Saturday, July 17 there will be two classes for our Mermaids inspired class:
10:00am-11:00am or 11:15am-12:15pm

Saturday, August 14
Our last workshop will be Beauty and the Beast inspired
10:00am-11:00am

Please visit our website by clicking HERE for more information, or contact the studio. We would love to dance with you!

EURYDICE presented by Vox Medusa with Infiammati FireCircus

Critically acclaimed Vox Medusa with Infiammati FireCircus breathes new life into this time honored dilemma with their EURYDICE.

EURYDICE is a three-night outdoor production forged in music, dance, fire, and video and film environments set at the beautiful Target Stage on Harriet Island on the banks of the Mississippi in St. Paul.

What, or who would you sacrifice to achieve eternal greatness?

EURYDICE is a reimagining of the Orpheus myth from his mysterious wife’s viewpoint of her harrowing journey. Follow Eurydice’s epic odyssey over land and sea, through true love, death and a fiery underworld in order to discover herself not just as a muse of Orpheus, but as her own inspiration for rebirth.

EURYDICE is a collaborative creation born of Vox Medusa’s provocative contemporary dance choreographed by Kristin Freya, powerful original electronic music by Jeremy Christensen and moving vocal score by Emily Colay, potent spoken word by Desdamona Ross, breathtaking fire performance of  Infiammati FireCircus choreographed by Rah Diavola, stunning video environments and dynamic light design by Tony Biele and cinematic film debut by Jeremy Christensen and Vox Medusa.

Show Dates and Times: 
Friday, July 16 at 9:00pm
Saturday, July 17 at 9:00pm
Sunday July 18 at 9:00pm
Doors open at 8:30pm each night for check-in at the ticket table to find your seating area.

Tickets:
Pre-Sale Eventbrite Tickets: $15 adult, $10 ages 12 and under.
Eventbrite Ticket Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/154159261501
Day of show tickets can be purchased at Target Stage, $20 day of show for all ages.

Social Distanced Outdoor Seating
Ample audience area for socially distanced seating is available on both flat ground for chairs and raked hillside for blanket seating. Please note: All audiences should bring their own blankets or camp chairs for personal seating.

Parking and Restrooms
Two ample parking lots are located next to the Target Stage. Restrooms in close walking distance.

Summer Jazz Dance Intensive

July 19-23 and July 26-30, 2021
Ages sixteen and older.

Train with some of the Twin Cities top talents in theatrical jazz dance while taking your dance and performing skills to the next level. Our program is tailored to meet the individual goals and needs of EACH dancer. ALL ARE WELCOME.
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Sign up for the full intensive for the best value, or register for individual classes on a drop-in basis.
$15/per class, $12 professional rate
See website for details.

Classes take place at the Collide Studio in St. Paul.

Monday-Friday, 9:30am-3:30pm

Daily Class Sample Schedule:
9:30-11:00am: Ballet Technique
11:00-12:30pm: Jazz Technique
1:00-3:30pm: Classes in Acting, Modern, African, Contemporary, and more!
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Teachers include Chelsea Rose, Allyson Tolbert, Katie Bradley, Da’Rius Malone, Regina Peluso, and more! The two-week intensive culminates with an opportunity to audition for Collide’s 2021/2022 Performing Apprentice Program.

Scholarships available for BIPOC applicants and those underrepresented in dance. Email Chelsea@collidetheatrical.org for more information.

TCB Summer Carnival Fundraiser

Join Twin Cities Ballet for an evening of food, games, and fun!

We are hosting an in-person, outdoor carnival with a bouncy castle, snow cones, outdoor games like limbo and giant Jenga, face painting, and more!

PLUS, enter to win two free tickets to Twin Cities Ballet’s 2021 production of A Minnesota Nutcracker at Ames Center!

Friday, July 23: 4:00pm-8:00pm

Tickets and unlimited activities wristbands will be for sale at the event
All are welcome!

TU Dance Center: Summer 2021 – EQUIPOISE Program – July 28 to August 24

Registration Deadline: July 7

In partnering with TU Dance, Equipoise will provide the unique, hybrid (online/in person), opportunity of having individualized curriculum alongside one-on-one assessment sessions and coaching that compliment and deepen professional training.

Equipoise is a diverse collective of established professionals offering expertise in relevant areas of the performing arts – supporting and mentoring young dance artists and providing tools and resources to nurture the growth, development, and success of professionally oriented dancers.

In addition to the TU Dance Summer Intensive classes, Equipoise will provide the following workshops and sessions: Self-care/Health and Wellbeing, Contract Fluency, Audition Coaching, Self Advocacy, Personal and Professional Budgeting, Personal Branding, Injury Prevention, Resume Preparation, Workers’ Rights, and more.

Scholarships and payment plans are available for qualifying students. Scholarship application deadline: July 26, 2021. Please contact TU Dance School Coordinator Maxine Yamazaki at education@tudance.org for more information.