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Young Dance Summer Classes and Camps – Registration Open

Discover movement possibilities with Young Dance this summer!

Registration is open for summer classes and camps in Creative Movement, Afro-Modern, Body Percussion, Ballet, Hip Hop, Modern, and more. Summer programs are offered in a hybrid format, unless otherwise noted in registration, with both in-person and online options for participation.

Classes and camps include:
Creative Movement 1 – Ages three to five
Creative Movement 2 – Ages five to seven
Dance a Story – Creative Movement and Storytelling Adventure! – Ages four to seven
Dance Together – Ages one to three with a caregiver
Create! Dance and Photography Camp – Ages eight to fifteen
Explore the World Variety Dance Camp! – Ages eight to eighteen
Dance Pass to Explore – Allows dancers to drop in and experience a variety of classes – Ages seven and older
All Abilities Dance and Stories – Ages seven and older

For summer session information and registration visit: register.youngdance.org.
We can’t wait to dance with you!

Mentoring/Coaching Program for a Pre-Professional Female Dancer of Colour

AMVTP’s mentoring/coaching program is a one-year mentorship open to a young professional entering their junior year of high school in Fall 2021 and graduating in the class of 2023. This program is for a self-driven, self-motivated and focused young dancer looking to pursue a career in dance. The mentee will work with AMVTP Artistic Director and independent Dancer-Choreographer, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, on post-secondary school/college-preparedness as well as life and business skills.

This mentorship includes research on scholarships ($$$); a solo dance commission (for auditions and scholarships); college essay review and editorial assistance; and letters of recommendation (as needed). The mentee will have access to Alanna’s global network of dance artists, including top educators at leading educational institutions, directors, dancers and choreographers working in a multiplicity of backgrounds—companies as well as freelance–encompassing a wide range of aesthetics, and geographies.

Application opens June 1 and closes June 30.

Those applicants selected for an interview will be notified by mid July. Interviews will be held July 15-July 31. Final decisions will be made by August 10. Mentorship begins late August 2021. This is at least a one-year commitment.

NO COST to the family due to a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

Educators, please contact Alanna for application materials even if this program may not be a match for your students, as I am looking for community partners for this program.

Because somebody did it for me…

Mulier Dierum – Off-Leash Area Goes Live at Caponi Art Park

Mulier Dierum (Chronicles of Woman) is an epic project that mirrors the strength of cumulative generations of women. Mulier Dierum faces our fears and fulfills desires with ferocity and vulnerability, sharing generational wisdom and wildness of women and femme power. The voices of forty choral singers and the bodies of eight dancers affirm together: Women build, honor, persevere, and flourish.

Directed and choreographed by Off-Leash Area Co-Artistic Director Jennifer Ilse, Mulier Dierum is being created in collaboration with See Change Treble Choir under the direction of Allyss Haecker, singing an original score by Linda Kachelmeier, with performances by dancers Gemma Isaacson, Christine McGinnis, Parisha Rajbhandari, Julie Warder, Heather Klopchin, Rachel Lieberman, Jennifer Mack, Esther Ouray, and Jennifer Ilse; with Off-Leash Area Co-Artistic Director Paul Herwig‘s immersive live animation projection design and sound design, edited and mixed by Reid Kruger.

Mark your calendars!

The final production of Mulier Dierum will be presented live under the stars at the center of a beautiful oak grove woodland on the gorgeous outdoor stage at Caponi Art Park in Eagan, MN on June 25 and 26 at 9:00pm.

The final production will feature all the voices of  See Change Treble Choir mixed into a gorgeous sound score, a small live vocal ensemble, and eight dancers, all bathed in multi-layered projected imagery and staged on a multi-platform set emphasizing a safe and physical distanced audience. You won’t want to miss it!

Tickets available soon!

Call for Proposals for Off Leash Area’s Off-Kilter Cabaret

Off-Leash Area’s new community program, Off-Kilter Cabaret, is designed to highlight and support artists with disabilities. Seven artists will be selected by a panel of leaders in the disability community to perform their works in the inaugural Off-Kilter Cabaret. The theme of this year’s Cabaret is “Organ Recital,” which we hope will provoke artists to propose risky, unapologetic, and entertaining performances using their body organs and systems as inspiration.

The Off-Kilter Advisory Group and Selection Panel are: writer and storyteller Amy Salloway, arts accessibility consultant Jon Skaalen, dance artist Mike Cohn, host of the Disability and Progress program on KFAI Sam Jasmine, and Off-Leash Area co-artistic directors Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse.

The Off-Kilter Cabaret will be presented in the outdoor rail court at the Mill City Museum on August 19, 20, and 22. Locally known as the site of the Mill City Farmers’ Market, Off-Leash Area will construct an accessible elevated stage with full lighting, sound, and projection capability, and retain the steampunk vibe of the reclaimed industrial site. We will require physically distanced seating, masks, and other protocols using CDC and state COVID guidelines at the time of the performances as the minimum baseline for requirements.

Artist Proposals: We are looking for live performances, 5-10 minutes in length, original and unique, challenging and provoking.

The Call for Proposal Form is available at http://www.offleasharea.org/off-kilter.html

Applications due by June 14.

Questions can be sent to Paul Herwig at offleash@offleasharea.org.

BCL – Adult Drop-In Ballet

A light-skinned dancer in a red leotard reaches arms out in first arabesque

Join us for our adult/teen drop-in classes! 

Dance is for everyone! Get your body moving and enjoy a variety of dance and conditioning classes, including Pilates. 

You can join us in-person, or virtually via Zoom. All attending dancers must sign-in on MindBody. Class sign-in will close ten minutes before the class begins. Class size is limited to 10 dancers for in-studio.

Learn more or sign up for a class here: https://bit.ly/AdultTeenBCL

TU Dance Center: Renting TU Dance Center

TU Dance Center is available for rental when not in use by the school.

TU Dance Center features:

Reception area and front desk for check-in or event use. Access to adjacent dressing room and green room with kitchenette are available upon request.

Both studios: sprung dance floor with Marley-type surface by Harlequin, wall of mirrors, portable ballet barre units 10′ in length, room-level sound system with CD and mini-jack inputs, 50′ LCD TV cart for presentation and videoconferencing. Large windows providing ample natural light.

Studio 1 only: a curtain that can be drawn on entire mirror, wall-mounted ballet barres of 27′ and 33′.

Studio 1: 60′x34′
Studio 2: 46’x21′

Karla Grotting featured on Studio Stories Podcast

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 Karla Grotting to learn about her journey. 

Karla Grotting is a dancer, choreographer, educator and producer working with a unique blend of jazz, tap, modern, theater, and percussive dance techniques. Since 1990, she has been a founding member, principal dancer, and artistic associate with Joe Chvala’s The Flying Foot Forum. Karla has performed and toured with Jazzdance: by Danny Buraczeski, MN Jazz Dance Co,  Keane Sense of Rhythm, and dance/theater companies Off-Leash Area and Combustible Company. She is also on faculty at the University of Minnesota Department of Theater and Dance, and has been a visiting guest teaching/choreography artist at many others. Karla has been named as one of City Pages’ Artists of the Year.

Studio Stories will air each Thursday at noon with new guests joining the host to reminisce and share their memories and history with our dance scene. 

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

Pilates Trap and Cadillac Training

Friday: 4-8:00pm
Saturday: 10am-5:30pm
Sunday: 10am-5:30pm

ACE (Hours: 1.80 Course: CEP116078, Provider: )
PMA (Hours: 18 Course: 10346, Provider: 100070)

Class: $549.00
Manual: $50.00
Streaming Video: $10.00

Trapeze Table/Cadillac/Tower
Prerequisite: Reformer 3 or Reformer certificate

The Balanced Body Trapeze Table/Cadillac/Tower training provides a thorough introduction to Trapeze Table and Tower exercises as well as applications for beginning, post-rehabilitation and advanced clients. This training is appropriate for students working with the Allegro® or Allegro 2 Tower of Power®, Half Trapeze, and Wall Tower, as well as those working with full Trapeze Tables. Sequencing programs using multiple pieces of equipment are covered as well as equipment set up, safety and maintenance.

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary Classes

Erin’s advanced level contemporary Zoom class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement. The delightful Dean Magraw will accompany on guitar.

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am

NOTE – Classes will be in person and on Zoom starting this summer!

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.
See you (virtually) soon!

Zenon on Zoom