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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.

Community Movement Collective Open Classes

CoMoCollective offers small group classes for professionals and adult dancers alike to to keep us moving together during this uncertain time. For safety class sizes are limited, temperatures are taken at entrance and masks are required throughout class. Come join us!

Pre-registration is required. Follow link to sign up. Classes do fill up to a week in advance, sign up early!

Thursday, April 15
Ballet, 10:00-11:30AM
with Jeffrey Hankinson and accompaniment by Susan Hsu

Friday, April 16
Postural Restoration, 9:30-10:00AM and Ballet, 10:00-11:30AM
with Maryann Johnson and accompaniment by Michael Koerner

Saturday, April 17
Broadway Jazz, 11:00-12:30PM
with Andrea Mislan

Monday, April 19
Ballet, 10:15-11:45AM
with Helen Hatch and accompaniment by Michael Koerner

Tuesday, April 20
Floorbarre 9:30-10:00AM and Ballet, 10:00-11:30AM
with Sally Rousse and accompaniment by Franco Holder

Thursday, April 22
Ballet, 10:00-11:30AM
with Leah Gallas and accompaniment by Susan Hsu

Friday, April 23
Ballet, 10:15-11:45AM
with Sally Rousse and accompaniment by Franco Holder

Saturday, April 24
Contemporary, 11:00-12:30PM
with Scott Willits

$15/class, $10/virtual class. Link sent prior to class. $10 barre only.
Visit www.communitymovementcollective.com for more info.

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.

Morgan Thorson Leads Professional Classes with Moving Practice

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. As a collective, we aim to offer classes that prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30AM at Saint Paul Ballet.
Morgan Thorson teaches in April.

About Morgan’s classes:
Moving is dancing and dancing is working. We will work with prompts sourced from image, sound, drawing, touch-points, and text, to enhance states of feeling and moving. As we practice with these prompts, we grow somatic grounding, concentration and curiosity for how we make decisions, embody action and cultivate images. With this research we consider the witness as active participant, and frame and space as dynamic materials. I aspire to facilitate a space for personal and collective journey as well as the reorientation of self-perception to the magic we make when we work. Bring your notebooks.

Pre-registration required – https://www.arena-dances.org/class-payment/
Flexible pricing and free parking!

Don’t Miss TCB’S The Ruby Slippers: A Wizard of Oz Ballet

Twin Cities Ballet is excited to present our new original dance film, The Ruby Slippers: A Wizard of Oz Ballet.  Professionally filmed onstage at Ames Center, TCB’s fresh reimagining of the iconic tale features an original adapted storyline, musical compilation, and choreography that ingeniously blends ballet, jazz, hip hop, and modern dance styles. Join Dorothy and her friends for this fun and approachable family-friendly event!

Three great opportunities to experience the ballet:

1) Mother’s Day Livestreeam Fundraising Event: Sunday, May 9 at 2:00pm

This is the premiere of the film!  While there is no cost to attend this special livestream event, we are asking and hoping for donations to help support TCB and keep it strong and vibrant. Covid-19 has caused TCB substantial financial harm, and we are so grateful for any and all donations.

2) On-Demand Digital Streaming: May 13–16

We are also offering on-demand streaming of the film Thursday, May 13, through Sunday, May 16. During this time, you can view the film as many times as you like for a nominal one-time fee of just $40 per household.

3) Special VIP Offer to Attend the Filming in Person: May 5–6

TCB is offering a limited number of special VIP passes that will give a unique “behind-the-scenes” look at the filming process for this new, original video production! Become a 2021 sponsor of Twin Cities Ballet at the Director Level or higher ($2500+) on or before May 3, and you can receive a special VIP Pass that permits up to 4 individuals in the same household to view the filming process in person at Ames Center on Wednesday and Thursday, May 5 and 6.  A one-of-a-kind opportunity!

BCL – Pre-Ballet Spring Session

Our enrollment for our Pre-Ballet Spring Session is still open!

This class will meet Saturdays from 8:45-9:30am between April 17 – May 22, 2021.

For dancers aged 4-6, this class will introduce ballet and dance expression using imaginative and playful techniques. Dancers will develop coordination and a basic understanding of the positions of the feet and arms. This class will also introduce the connection of music to movement. 

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/YoungDancersBCL.

 

Rhythmically Speaking and Keane Sense of Rhythm Present Jazz on Tap

Local dance companies Rhythmically Speaking (RS) and Keane Sense of Rhythm (KSR) are thrilled to be working in conjunction to present Jazz on Tap, a series of live jazz and tap dance shows happening May 22-23, 2021 at outdoor venue The Shed at The Lab Brewery in St. Paul!

Rhythmically Speaking is presenting The Cohort 20/21, their show rescheduled from August 2020. Keane Sense of Rhythm is presenting Mirror and Fission, featuring works by choreographer Davon Suttles. As if live dance isn’t enough, there will also be live music, food trucks, and great drinks!

Saturday, May 22
Rhythmically Speaking at 2:00pm
Keane Sense at 4:00pm
Rhythmically Speaking at 7:00pm

Sunday, May 23
Keane Sense at 2:00pm
Rhythmically Speaking at 4:00pm
Keane Sense at 7:00pm

Wanna catch both companies’ shows? We’ve got a package deal available for the 2:00 and 4:00pm shows on both Saturday and Sunday.

Would streaming the show from home work better for you? We’re offering a livestream ticket option, which will enable you to catch the 2:00pm RS and 4:00pm KSR shows on Saturday, May 22 from your own home.

Tickets will go on sale May 1! More information is forthcoming. In the meantime, mark your calendar and plan to join us!

New Work Creation Process – INSTINCT Summer Dance Intensive

Join ARENA DANCES’ professional dancers and local pre-professionals for one week of transformative movement exploration. Hone your technique with daily modern classes and then craft your artistry in choreography development with Artistic Director Mathew Janczewksi.

Step into the professional scene with the opportunity to be a part of a new work choreographed by Mathew, receive individualized feedback, and collaborate with other emerging dancers. The week will culminate in an informal showing for friends, family, and the community.

Register before April 30 for an Early Bird rate! Flexible payment options available.

Participants will be considered for apprenticeship positions with ARENA DANCES’ for the 2021-22 Season.

June 14-19
10:00AM-3:00PM with a short lunch break.

This is a unique opportunity to dance in Northrop Auditorium’s Hubbard Broadcasting Rehearsal Studio!

More information and registration can be found at http://www.arena-dances.org/instinct-dance-intensive/

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′

 

 

Young Dance Seeks Program Director

Young Dance, a Twin Cities based dance education nonprofit whose mission is to transform lives through movement, seeks a Program Director, to begin in June 2021.

The Program Director will collaborate with the Young Dance Artistic Director to implement programming for our classes, youth performing company, and community partnerships.

Young Dance serves approximately 450 youth annually through our classes, youth performing company, and community partnerships. Founded in 1987, we believe young people are artists with something important to say, that there is great benefit to working across differences—be it differences in age, in ability, in race, in background—and that every body is capable of physical creative expression.

The Program Director is a 0.5 FTE position with an annual salary of $20,000.
Applications will be accepted through April 19, 2021.