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Eight-Week Beginning Doushin Butoh Workshop Online

Beginning Doushin Butoh Workshop is designed to learn and experience the basic physical methods of Subbody Butoh Method and basic movements and meditation techniques of Spring Forest Qigong. It is a prerequisite for the Advanced Doushin Butoh Workshop.

This workshop will focus on the essential aspects of Doushin Butoh, such as quieting down your daily consciousness, creating movements that are novel and unique to the individual body, and resonating with everything around you.

Doushin Butoh Workshop is a group process and this workshop requires no previous dance experience. Anyone who would like to explore his or her hidden creative potentials is welcome!

Thursdays, 6:30-8:00pm

Spring Term 2021: April 1, 8, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20, 27.
Schedule is subject to change.

Tuition: $135

Family Day: Explore Haitian Dance with Djenane Saint Juste

Spend a week exploring the dances of Haiti with Teaching Artist Djenane Saint Juste!

The Cowles Center has expanded upon the traditional Family Day offering to provide an easy-to-follow curriculum toolkit exploring the dance culture of Haiti, that culminates in an hour-long virtual dance class. Participants can follow along at our recommended pace, explore at their own pace, or simply show up to dance during Saturday’s class. This activity is designed for children in Kindergarten through second grade.

Register for the Saturday Haitian Dance Class to receive the full Family Day toolkit.

The toolkit is designed to be used from Monday, March 29 through Friday, April 2, ahead of Djenane’s class, and includes fun activities such as coloring pages, DIY instrument ideas, and exciting supplemental videos with Djenane herself!

Registration closes at 8:00am on April 3.

Northrop Presents RUBBERBAND

RUBBERBAND
Online premiere: Thursday, April 8, 7:30pm CDT
Performance available on demand through Thursday, April 15, 11:59pm CDT

Vic’s Mix
Mixed repertory program, spanning RUBBERBAND’S nineteen years!

Artist Q&A following the performance

“Three points of contact” defines choreographer and RUBBERBAND founder Victor Quijada’s work and style as an unusually difficult yet expressive and highly athletic dance form that connects dancers to the stage, or each other, with three body parts. The three points describe his technique and also Quijada’s trio of cultures: Mexican heritage, Los Angeles upbringing, and French-Canadian residency. Vic’s Mix extracts notable works from Quijada’s extensive repertory as both a classically trained dancer and b-boy performer in a humorous yet thoughtful program filled with dance theater and both classical and original music.

Sensing Subtlety and Satisfaction: New Feldenkrais Series

Sensing Subtlety and Satisfaction:
Unlock Your Jaw, Soften Your Eyes, and Learn Self-Awareness Through Touch
An eight-week Feldenkrais series with Sarah Baumert.
Two classes weekly, April 11-June 9
Sundays, 4:00-5:00pm
Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm

This series begins with the understanding that touch is important for human development and well-being. Through novel movements, interspersed with rest, these lessons will help disentangle patterns of bodily tension. We will use touch-based mindful movement within each Awareness Through Movement lesson to help settle the system. Through practice, you will fine tune your ability to listen through the skin, let go of unwanted tension, and help open the door for a deep sense of calm.

These lessons can be beneficial to reduce facial, eye, and TMJ stress, reduce tension from wearing a mask, improve breathing function, and reduce overall stress in the nervous system.

See website for more details. Scholarships are available.

Exploring the Enchantment

The Cowles Center and Minnesota Dance Theatre Artistic Director Lise Houlton look back at previous productions of The Enchantment and provide a discussion of themes from the classic fairy tale “Twelve Dancing Princesses,” which inspired the production. How do those themes resonate in today’s world? Is this a harmless enchantment, a means of escape, or something bewitchingly dark and dangerous?

Registration for this virtual showing ends two hours before the show begins. A ticket from this event will give you access to a virtual stream for this show.

TU Dance Center: Dancing Together

Dancing Together
Offered virtually.

A child and parent/caregiver creative movement class. This virtual workshop is designed for children (ages two through four) and their parent/caregiver who are interested in a shared movement experience that engages the senses of curiosity and play. Both child and caregiver will participate in developmentally appropriate movement exercises that incorporate elements such as effort, shape, and tempo. Music will play an essential role in the class as students will be asked to respond to sounds as well as make sounds themselves. This class will give children and caregivers the opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another through the art form of dance.

Session 2: April 19-June 5, six weeks. No class on May 29.
Monday, 11:00-11:45am
Saturday, 10:00-10:45am
Tuition: 85.00

Photo courtesy of TU Dance.

Northrop Presents Bharatanatyam and Yoga: A Shared Connection

Northrop Presents
Bharatanatyam and Yoga: A Shared Connection
Monday, April 19, 5:00-6:00pm CDT
At Northrop, with a livestream option available.
FREE and open to the public, registration required.

As an art form, Bharatanatyam demands the conscious understanding of body, mind and spirit; this often translates as the balance of multiple qualities within each movement: strength and flexibility, inner relaxation and focus. Ultimately, both Bharatanatyam and yoga ask the practitioner to find their inner divinity in order to transcend the distractions and obstacles of the physical world.

This free, in-person and virtual workshop begins with an introduction by Ragamala’s Artistic Directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, followed by an all-levels yoga practice led by Aaron Asmundson, Program Director for Leadership Enrichment Programs at the University of Minnesota. Bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes, or join from the comfort of your home.

ARENA Dances Seeks Marketing/Communications Intern

We’re looking for a talented individual to join our team as our Marketing and Communications Intern!

We are seeking a creative, self-motivated person with experience building and executing marketing campaigns, managing social media, improving SEO, and implementing Facebook/Google Ads.

The ideal candidate will have a degree and/or work experience in marketing, communications, press relations, or a similar field. ARENA DANCES’ team members work remotely at this time, utilizing Zoom for meetings. This position would be ten hours/week. While the internship is unpaid, there is a potential for this role to become a paid part-time position in the future.

To view the entire job description, and to learn how to apply, please visit this link.

Applications will be reviewed starting April 1.

AMP is Back with Weekly Movement Practice

Wednesday, 10:00-11:15am CDT
$5-$15
Zoom

Move BIG from home with Alternative Motion Project! Move and sweat in weekly online contemporary movement practices. Explore mobility, length, momentum, and 3-D expansion while pushing the boundaries of a smaller space in an enlivening environment. Come as you are in the space that you have! Suitable for pre-professional/professional movers in nearly any size space.

Register at least 30 minutes prior to class time! Zoom link will be sent to your email address within 24 hours of the class. You will need a Zoom account to access the practice.

This practice is offered on a sliding scale, $5-$15. Payments will directly support instructors. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com with questions.

Photo: Bill Cameron

Generating Room Applications Open – April 2

The Cowles Center is seeking early, mid-, and established Minnesota-based artists and collectives to apply for the next program series of Generating Room.

The Cowles Center’s Generating Room program is a six-month-long 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.

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

Applications open April 2.
Please see https://www.thecowlescenter.org/artist-residencies/generating-room for more information.