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Video Auditions for Ballet Royale Summer Intensives – Deadline

Send in your Video Audition now for our Spring Into Summer Workshop, July Full Day Summer Intensive, AND our August Grand Prix Solos and Variations Intensive. Video auditions accepted until June 1!

June Spring Into Summer Workshop: June 7-25. Featuring Progressing Ballet Technique®. Intermediate/advanced through professional. Recommended ages: 11-26 years old.

July Full-Day Intensive: July 6-24. An exciting and rigorous ballet-based dance program featuring Artistic Directors Denise and Rick Vogt with master and guest teachers and classes in a variety of dance genres!

August Grand Prix Intensive: August 10-21. A focused ballet and variations workshop specializing in preparing dancers for performing or competing in national ballet competitions.

Our summer classes and programs will be structured to maximize safety and minimize health risks. Planned steps include limiting class size, staggering class times, continuing rigorous social distancing/sanitizing, and more.

An audition form is at our website: http://www.BalletRoyaleMN.org

BCL Presents An American in Paris

Sway through the streets of 1950’s Paris with Ballet Co.Laboratory in Peter Davison’s An American in Paris. Inspired by the iconic Gene Kelly musical, this production will have you tapping your toes to George Gershwin’s jazzy and recognizable score.

An American in Paris tells the story of Jerry, an aspiring American artist who meets Lise, the girl of his dreams, while exploring the City of Lights. What he doesn’t know is that Lise, the local beauty with all the charm, has already promised her heart to another. Can Jerry convince her that their love is here to stay?

An outdoor engagement, performed by the Company and School of BCL.

Performances:
Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 7:00pm
Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 2:00pm

Grab your tickets or learn more here: http://bit.ly/ParisBCL

Thank You for Supporting DanceMN

Dear DanceMN Readers,

Thank you for helping sustain DanceMN in our mission to increase visibility and vitality for Minnesota dance. Your contributions are what keep us going! Donations can be made any time at http://givemn.org/DanceMN, or via check to Springboard for the Arts with “DanceMN” written in the memo line.

Thank you for your support as donors, readers, and contributors.

Rent a Studio

Welcome to our beautiful studios! Tapestry Folkdance Center’s large and small studios are perfect for limited in-person and online teaching, choreographing, rehearsing, movement sessions or music concerts.

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary Classes At Zenon

A light-skinned dancer in her 60s tosses her arms in a curve to the left while she rises on her toes

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

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

Zenon on Zoom

Please Support DanceMN During SpringForwardMN

Dear DanceMN Readers,

Amidst the tumult of the past 13 months, DanceMN has continued to serve as a vital resource for our community of artists. In addition, we LAUNCHED A NEW AND IMPROVED WEBSITE. If you haven’t had an opportunity to explore it, please do!

We need your support. The development of the website used most of our modest savings, and we need to restock the coffers. It is more important than ever that we all step up to help preserve the support systems that bolster Minnesota dance in the midst of the ongoing social reckonings and Covid pandemic. We are starting to see the end of a very long year where we have been physically separated and unable to gather in celebration of art—precisely the thing we all love the most! Throughout the past year, DanceMN has continued to be the link for the community, ceaselessly posting:

Performances and closures
Virtual opportunities
Classes and new creative endeavors
Funding sources and space availability
Auditions and jobs
Dance reviews and podcasts
Fellowships and scholarships
Community exchange

While continuing to provide this service, we have also been working to develop a more secure, user-friendly, and visually accessible website, which launched on March 31. We’re excited to share it and think you’ll find it a great improvement. The big addition to the site is a performance and special events calendar! Now, you can add your performance and event information as soon as you know—a year, even more—in advance, so we can see what each other has scheduled in order to better coordinate events as a community.

DanceMN is the go-to place for dance information in Minnesota. Please help sustain this invaluable resource by making a monetary donation of any amount. DanceMN depends on the financial support of its readers and the organizations that use this service.

Thank you for your consideration and assistance, and we extend our gratitude to those who have already contributed.

Sincerely,

The DanceMN Steering Committee:
Rahila Coats, Penelope Freeh, Joanne Gordon, Sarah LaRose-Holland, Jim Lieberthal, Kaya Lovestrand, Zofia Mathews, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez, Eve Schulte, Anat Shinar

Extended Generating Room Application

The deadline for Generating Room applications has been extended to Friday, May 7, 2021!

The Cowles Center is committed to providing space for artists to nurture their process and develop brand new or in-progress initiatives.

The Generating Room program is a six month studio residency that supports three Minnesota artists and/or collectives in nurturing a work in progress through 100 hours of free rehearsal space, as well as marketing and administrative support. This program is intended for artists at any stage of their career who need time and space to develop a project or idea rooted in dance without the pressure of a completed end product.

Program rehearsal hours will begin June 2021 with proposed community events taking place between September-November 2021.

Open Office Hour Consultations with Cowles Center Staff

Are you a dancer interested in learning more about professional development, advice on how to tailor a resume, tips on successful interviewing, or tools for networking in the local or national dance community?

Artists in the community are encouraged to sign up for 30-minute consultations every second Wednesday of the month through The Cowles Center’s Open Office Hours Program.

Studio Rentals at The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center has several studio spaces available for rent as well as a conference room.

All studios have sprung floors and mirrors.

Rental spaces are generally intended for dance rehearsals, classes, workshops, auditions, readings, and small meetings.

Rentals are available during building hours.

Six Saturdays of Open Ballet with Justin Leaf

Justin Leaf is teaching six Saturdays of open Intermediate-Advanced Ballet in studio 2B at The Cowles Center, May 15 through June 19. Preregistration is required.

You can preregister for all six Saturdays through May 11, or beginning May 12 you can register for single classes. Space is limited. A virtual option will not be offered. Register in advance to secure your spot: http://justinleaf.com/classes. Classes will not be available for purchase onsite.

Open Intermediate-Advanced Ballet with Justin Leaf
May 15, 22, 29; June 5, 12, 19
10:15–11:45am

The studio will be available 15 minutes before and after class for warm-up/stretching. While student capacity is limited, all musical accompaniment for class will be prerecorded. Open to ages fourteen and up.

COVID SAFETY:
• Maximum nine students per class.
• Masks must be worn over nose and mouth throughout class and at all times while in the building.
• Dressing rooms will not be available. (There are bathrooms available if needed, but it’s advised that you come dressed to dance.)
• Please observe physical distancing at all times in the studio.
• Please don’t come to class if you’re experiencing any Covid symptoms or if you’ve been around anyone with symptoms.
• The Cowles Center staff disinfects the space before and after class.
• Registered students will be sent a health-screen form in the 24 hours leading up to the class. It can be completed online or in person before class begins.

Is there something else that would help you feel more safe? Email justin@justinleaf.com

All 6 classes: $85 package – available through Tuesday, May 11
Single classes: $18 each – available beginning Wednesday, May 12