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ARENA DANCES Presents the Eighth Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival

April 22-27, 2024
At The Southern Theater.

The CANDY BOX Dance Festival is a week-long dynamic sampling of featured performances, master classes, and in-progress showings, hosted by ARENA DANCES and presented April 22-27, 2024 at The Southern Theater. The CANDY BOX Dance Festival features both emerging and established choreographers, Happy Hour work-in-progress performances, and dance class offerings.

Dance Classes – April 22-26, 4:00-5:15pm on The Southern Theater stage.
Monday – Paula Mann
Tuesday- Sana Bangoura of Duniya Drum and Dance
Wednesday – jess pretty
Thursday – Tristan Koepke
Friday – Kaitlyn Hawkins

Happy Hour Showings – April 22-26, 5:30-6:30pm
Monday – Shannon Hartle Dolan, Kaitlyn Hawkins and Alicia Steeves
Tuesday – Kayla Schiltgen
Wednesday – Amez Dance
Thursday – Duniya Drum and Dance
Friday – Penelope Freeh

Featured Artists Performances – April 25-27, 7:30pm
Tristan Koepke
Paula Mann/Time Track Productions
jess pretty

Saturday, April 27 at 2:00pm is a pay-as-able matinee.

Taja Will Presents DISASTER! at the Red Eye

The Taja Will Ensemble presents:

Dearest Liberator, DISASTER! DISASTER! DISASTER! is a moment to metabolize climate catastrophe. Our queer Latine squad of contemporary avatars deliver a dark comedy, call to action, and awareness. We pack our “go bags” and practice all the survival strategies we’ve ever trained and retained. All the elemental energies are invited at once, WATER, AIR, FIRE, EARTH, moon, ghost, catastrophe, compost, restoration and diaspora ancestors. We call to action vibrational awareness of ecosystem solidarity, and elemental sovereignty.

Created and performed by Marisol Herling, Eric Gonzalez, Margaret Ogas and Taja Will

Performances
Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30
​Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 – ​with ASL interpretation
​Friday, April 26 at 7:30
Saturday, April 27 at 5:00
Doors open 20 minutes before performances.

Tickets
Our tickets ​have a sliding scale price of ​$15-50, with a suggested price of $25.

TU Dance: THREAT Educational Performance

We would like to invite the educators in our community and their students to attend this special event!

TU Dance is providing an educational performance featuring THREAT, a company project with choreography by Yusha-Marie Sorzano and other concepts and elements of the art form of dance. Our 10-dancers (including 5 dancers from TU Dance’s CULTIVATE, trainee program) welcome you to experience the connective power of dance. This educational performance is only available to students enrolled in schools throughout the district.

Thursday, April 25
10:30-11:25am
At The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University.

Cost: $3.50

For more information about THREAT and to register, click here.

TU Dance educational performance featuring THREAT is provided thanks to a generous grant provided by the Saint Paul Foundation and Bigelow Foundation.

TU Dance: THREAT by Yusha-Marie Sorzano

THREAT is an evening-length work choreographed by TU Dance Guest Artist Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

THREAT is a concert dance theater work that aims to provoke an interrogation of the roles we play as individuals and communities in hierarchies. The work posits that hierarchies have the power to control our behavior and infiltrate our thoughts, even when no authority is present to enforce the rules. Using a physical language and soundscape that fuses multicultural traditions and styles of the West and the African Diaspora, this social exploration invites audiences into a modern narrative that speaks to the universal experience of authority, obedience, and rebellion.

Friday, April 26 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Purchase tickets here!

Tickets
Adult: $40
Student/Senior: $30
St. Kate’s Student: $5
Subscription information can be found here. TU Dance is one of four dance companies participating in the pilot program The O’Shaughnessy Dance Cohort.

Minnesota Dance Theatre & School Summer Intensives

Join us for the Minnesota Dance Theatre & School Summer 2024 Dance Intensives and Themed Camps, running June 10-28!

Early Bird discount ends March 31!

Training with MDT&S is designed to meet the needs of today’s dancers with a curriculum based in classical ballet technique and incorporating contemporary dance forms for all ages 4-18.

Our Performing Arts Division (PAD) Summer Intensive aims to build upon the MDT&S curriculum and is aimed at dancers who have mastered the fundamentals of ballet technique. Classes will include Ballet Technique, Contemporary Technique, Conditioning/Strength, and Creative Workshops.

The Young Children’s Division (YCD) Intensive and Camp Classes emphasize the joy of dancing and creative movement while helping students enhance their coordination and develop the fundamental skills of dance.

Register here. Full session and week-by-week registration available. Class sizes will be limited. Visit our website for more information.

Hopkins Dance Company’s Young Dancer Summer Camps

Join us for Hopkins Dance Company’s summer camps for ages 4-9! No experience necessary!

Little Mermaid Camp
June 24-27, 10:00am-12:30pm

Super Mario Camp
July 22-25, 10:00am-12:30pm

Nutty Nutcracker Camp
August 19-22, 10:00am-12:30pm

Summer Dance at Threads Dance Project

Discover dance this summer at Threads Dance Nexus!

Creative Connections for ages 4-7
July 8-12 and July 15-19, 9:00-11:30am

Young movers will explore a variety of dance styles and how dance intersects with music, numbers, art, theater, and more. They will learn the importance of healthy bodies and minds, discuss basic nutrition, and how emotions can be defined, demonstrated, and calmed using movement. This journey of creativity and self-expression will be shared in a casual showing for family and friends at the end of each week.

NexGen/YDP (Youth Dance Project) for ages 8-12
July 8-12 and July 15-19, 12:30-4:30pm

Embark on a fun and holistic dance experience for your child in this comprehensive approach to summer dance learning. Dancers will grow in confidence, strength, and self-expression as they study ballet and modern techniques. They will learn self-care for their bodies and minds through nutrition and embodied movement exploration. Journals will be provided as a tool for self-reflection and discovery. Students will share what they’ve learned in a casual showing at the end of each week.

Register by June 22. No prior dance experience is required.
A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available – apply here by June 22.

Collide Theatrical Summer Intensive

For intermediate to advanced dancers ages 14-22.

Improve your technique and advance your artistry in a positive and welcoming environment! Classes include Musical Theatre Jazz, Classic Jazz Technique, Ballet, Leaps & Turns, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and more. Students may register for individual weeks, or sign up for all 3 weeks and save!

The Intensive culminates with our Collide Showcase (for those who register for all 3 weeks of the intensive). Video will be taken so students have professional-grade copy to use for future auditions and submissions. Local students are also invited to perform excerpts from the Intensive at the MN State Fair in August!

Level placement requires a referral from a teacher or Collide company member, or a 2-minute video submission. Please send your video (one minute of ballet adagio with pirouettes; one minute of jazz) or referral name and contact information to Nathan@collidetheatrical.org.

Advanced-Professional Summer Intensive with Threads Dance Project

Performers and creators, join us for a powerful week of dance exploration from July 22-26.

Threads is proud to announce the return of our Summer Intensive. We are offering a new structure that allows us to better support artists whose focus is performance, creation, or both.

Performer’s Track – 10:00am-2:30pm
Classes include Contemporary-Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, African, and more.

Creator’s Track – 1:00-5:00pm
Classes include Repertoire, Composition, Improvisation, and studies on topics such as grant-writing and funding, producing a show, and more.

Both Performer’s and Creator’s Tracks – 10:00am-5:00pm
Offers a rigorous, full-day exploration of techniques and the chance to enhance yourself as a performer and choreographer.

Repertoire learned in the intensive may be part of the Company audition on Saturday, July 27.

Come for part of the day or the full day! Learn more and register by July 6.

Adult Drop-in Classes at Ballare Teatro

Ballare Teatro is offering adult drop-in classes!

Sunday
Intermediate Tap with Brenna Brelie: 5:00-6:00pm
Intermediate Ballet with Siri Hammond: 6:00-7:15pm

Tuesday
Beginning Tap with Molly Stoltz: 5:30-6:30pm
Advanced Beginning Tap with Molly Stoltz: 6:30-7:30pm
Advanced Beginning/Intermediate Jazz with Shannon Mulcahy: 6:35-8:00pm

Wednesday
Fast Intermediate Tap with Jake Nehrbass: 6:30-7:30pm
Advanced Tap with Jake Nehrbass: 7:30-8:30pm

Saturday
Beginning Ballet with Siri Hammond: 12:45-2:00pm 

Register online, or enroll upon arrival at the front desk.
Cost: $17 per class or purchase a 10-class card for $115.
No class March 31-April 7.