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Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre – Studio Space for Rent in Minneapolis

Located in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, rent Zorongo Flamenco’s studio for classes, private rehearsals, events, and more! Our space is available to book in consecutive 30-minute periods when not in use by the Zorongo Flamenco school. 

First-time renters should contact Zorongo Flamenco for more information prior to booking. 

Studio Includes:
1,224 square feet (34′ x 36′)
Free street parking on 37th Avenue and surrounding streets
Bluetooth speaker/sound system available for use
Access to gender-neutral restrooms
Overhead lighting
Filtered water station
Sprung, wood floor
Wall-length mirrors
Windows with natural light and curtains
A/C unit
Wifi

Rental Fees:
Rehearsals: $10.00 per 30 minutes
Classes: $12.50 per 30 minutes

View studio availability.

For other rental inquiries, including events, workshops, art space, photo/filming sessions, etc., please contact us.

Shamel Pitts’s TRIBE Presented by Walker Art Center and Northrop

BLACK HOLE researches and shares an odyssey where three Black performers create a trinity of vigor, Afrofuturism, and embrace. Engulfed in an evocative soundscape of original music, sound samples, and spoken word, the dancers embark on a demanding hour-long journey in which their tenacity and grace are emphasized by cinematic video projections and stark, monochromatic lights.

Mesmerizing and hauntingly magical, BLACK HOLE constitutes the final installment of Shamel Pitt’s Black Trilogy—marking the initial meeting between this choreographer and the artists of TRIBE.

March 21-23
8:00pm

Dancer Discount: $10 tickets on Thursday, March 21
Use promo code: SHAMEL for $10 tickets! Only valid for Thursday, March 21. Maximum two $10 tickets per person.

TU Dance: Stages of Equity Festival at North Hennepin Community College

Join us for the Stages of Equity Festival at North Hennepin Community College, featuring CULTIVATE, A Trainee Program and students from Level 4 and 5 of the Pre-Professional Program at The School at TU Dance Center. CULTIVATE will share self-choreographed solos as well as perform works by local dancer/choreographer and TU Dance alum Anna Pinault and New York-based dancer/choreographer Christopher Ralph. The Level 4 and 5 students will perform works by TU Dance Center Artistic Associate Laurel Keen and CULTIVATE trainee Gabrielle Abram. Let’s celebrate these inspiring dancers and their artistry and dedication!

Friday, March 22 at 7:30pm
At the Fine Arts Center at NHCC.
Cost: Free

Post-show discussion to follow performance.

There will be a pre-show “ART EATS” event that will be hosted in the lobby area at 6:30pm before the performance. This pre-show event will serve free “small bites” for all attendees featuring selections from a local restaurant with the hope to nourish the body and soul at the Stages of Equity Festival events.

For more information and to register, click here.

Concerto Dance Opens On Our Way

Concerto Dance presents On Our Way at The Southern Theater.

On Our Way features a mixed repertoire of modern and jazz dance works driven by musicality and virtuosity aiming to uplift the human spirit. The program includes new works by local guest artists Erinn Liebhard (Rhythmically Speaking Dance) and Darrius Strong (STRONGmovement) along with works by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel, including the restaging of the 2020 dance film Awakenings for a live audience and the premiere of Konkel’s new jazz dance work, On Our Way.

On Our Way is performed by Hunter Batterson, Addie Beck, Maila Craft, Peter Hoffman, Doug Hooker, Lydia Kantor, Sara Karimi, Helena Magalhães, Shannon Mulcahy, Betsy Nelson, Jake Nehrbass, and Sarah Steichen Stiles.

March 22 at 7:30pm
March 23 at 7:30pm
March 24 at 2:30pm

Tickets
Adults: $30 + fees
Students/Seniors: $25 + fees

Run time: Approximately 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

5-Week Workshop with Roxane Wallace

Join us for  this weekly workshop with Roxane Wallace at Studio K!
Fridays, 10:00-11:00am
March 22-April 19

Dance 101 with Roxane Wallace
In this class for adults 55+, we will explore elements of dance (body, action, space, time and energy) using low-impact, fun, modern dance-based sequences in these drop-in sessions with dance artist and instructor Roxane Wallace. Participation will result in increases in kinesthetic awareness, flexibility, balance, ease of movement and general health.

Please bring a small blanket, towel or yoga mat for floor work that will include stretching and strengthening at the beginning and cooling down at the end of each session.

Roxane Wallace has been active in the arts as a performer, instructor, choreographer and teaching artist since graduating from UC Berkeley in 1993 with a BA in Philosophy and a minor in Ethnic Studies. She was seen nationally and internationally as a principal artist with Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Company for 15 years and has been working with Paula Mann/Time Track Productions for over 10 years.  Mrs. Wallace  was voted “Best Dancer” in the City Pages “Best of the Twin Cities”, awarded a Minnesota Sage Award for Outstanding Performer, and honored to be named as a 2008 McKnight Artist Fellow in Dance.  Currently, she provides inspiration and dance instruction through Zenon Dance School and Lundstrum Performing Arts, and as a teaching artist for the VocalEssence WITNESS Program and the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.

Giselle Starring Daniil Simkin and Skylar Brandt

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see world-renowned ballet dancers Daniil Simkin and Sklyar Brandt perform live in what is considered the most romantic ballet of all time, Giselle.

Celebrate 25 years with Minneapolis and Saint Paul’s own Metropolitan Ballet and experience the romance and beauty of Giselle—the classical tale of a young peasant girl whose heart breaks when it is unveiled that the man she loves is a nobleman betrothed to marry another. A nineteenth-century masterpiece, Giselle defines the romantic era, featuring the iconic and passionate dance of the Wilis in Act Two.

Skylar Brandt of New York is a Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre (ABT). In 2022, Brandt was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list of influential leaders and entrepreneurs.

Daniil Simkin of Russia is a Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Beginning with the 2018-2019 season, he joined Staatsballett Berlin as a Principal Dancer while maintaining his position at ABT. He performs worldwide.

Saturday, March 23 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 24 at 2:00pm

Choreography by Coralli and Perrot.
Music by Adolph Adam, with live accompaniment by the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Yuri Ivan.

Northrop and the University of Minnesota are not endorsing or sponsoring the activities conducted by Metropolitan Ballet on the University of Minnesota campus. The relationship between Northrop and the University of Minnesota and Metropolitan Ballet is solely that of licensor and licensee.

Presented by Metropolitan Ballet.

Young Dance’s Build-Your-Own Miniature Golf Course Gala

Join Young Dance in building and playing miniature golf on Saturday, March 23 at Lake Monster Brewing Company. At this whimsical celebration of creativity, we share our passion for movement with the local community.

1:00-4:00pm
Everyone is invited to build a miniature golf hole with the theme of Alice in Wonderland. You can sign up to build and design the course individually or bring a group of friends. Materials like cardboard, pieces of gutter, tubes, wood, pallets, nails, screws, tape, and more will be provided, or you can bring your own supplies. Skilled construction workers will attend to help make your building dreams come true.

4:00pm
The course will be open to the public, and players can choose their own price to play. The suggested donation price is $15 per person, and all proceeds go to expanding access to Young Dance’s programming and mission to transform lives through movement.

Since 1987, Young Dance has worked to transform lives through movement by fostering an inclusive community where creativity flourishes. Young Dance encourages peer-to-peer mentorship and collaboration in the making of dance. This year, we serve over 230 students, aged 1 to 18, at our studio hub in St. Paul and an additional 1,200 participants through community events and partnerships. Learn more about Young Dance at youngdance.org.

If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please reach out to info@youngdance.org or call 612-423-3064.

The 2024 Build-Your-Own Minature Golf Gala is sponsored by Blaze Credit Union, The Costume Collective, Home Depot: Store #2806, Lake Monster Brewing Co., The Makery, Metro Transit, No Mythic, Play It Again Sports St. Paul, Welna Ace Hardware: Store #7166, Urban Refurbishment, and Wilson Golf Group.

MERGE In March: Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA DANCES and Taja Will

The evening begins with Taja Will’s new solo Soft Sediment, a haunting vocal and movement meditation on the impact and struggle of Earth’s ecosystem. Will offers a sonic salve both ethereal and guttural, the voices of many ancestors simultaneously. A sprechstimme-like hopeful and pained vocalization is blended with Will’s signature improvisational, emergent and emotive movement aesthetic.

Mathew Janczewski takes to the stage for the first time since 2017 for the premiere of a new duet with longtime ARENA DANCES company member, Dustin Haug, who has collaborated with ARENA since 2012. Semipermeable fluid set of ideas highlights this specific and present relationship of the two, allowing for each to move through together from a certain known history of ideas shared.

The program concludes with the choreographic collaboration Here, Dear Life, offering a club-like atmosphere of daring ecstasy, collective revolt, and personal reclamations. Twin Cities’ beloved queer DJ Queen Duin joins a powerhouse ensemble of movers: Leila Awadallah, D Hunter, Imagine Joy (Demetrius McClendon), Sarah McCullough, Leslie O’Neal, and apprentices Kendall Edstrom, Annika Johansson, Kae McMahon, and Río Saúl García Ramírez.

Saturday, March 23 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 24 at 2:00pm – pay as able

Brazil Arts Potluck Party and Dance Workshops at Indigenous Roots

Join us this Saturday, March 23 for the Brazil Arts Potluck Party and Dance Workshops at Indigenous Roots!

4:00-5:00pm: Dance Workshop with Chini Perez
Salsa Rumba Mix
You’ll feel like you’re in Cuba learning the first steps of Salsa together with Rumba. Get a taste of traditional and popular music. You can dance individually, in pairs, or groups. All ages are welcome. $20.

5:00-6:00pm: Dance Workshop with Ginga da Bahia
A sampling of variations of Samba throughout Brazil.
Ginga da Bahia’s methodology is created for beginners, with space for seasoned dancers to flourish! After learning 4 steps, you can dance at any party, individually and together. Samba Reggae, Samba de Roda, Ballroom Samba… $20.

6:00-9:00pm: Brazil Arts Potluck Party!
Bring your favorite dish to share, or a donation of $10/person.
We’ll have feijoada and other delicious Brazilian food.
Live music with special guests: Yunior on Saxophone, Roda de Samba, Capoeira Canavial with Mestre Lucas Corvo Dance party!

We can’t wait to see you!
– Brazil Arts Twin Cities

Zenon Dance School Spring Open House with Free Classes

Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you to our free Open House on March 23, and to another great season of dance this spring! Registration is open for the Spring Session, running March 25-June 2. Classes are held in person unless otherwise noted. Visit our website to learn more!

Open House
Saturday, March 23
Register for free Open House week
Spring Open House schedule:
10:00-10:45am: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester
10:30-11:15am: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson
11:00-11:45am: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug
11:30-12:15pm: Choreography Lab with Kendall Kramer
12:00-12:45pm: Beg Ballet with Benjamin Johnson

Open House Discounts, valid March 18-25
20% off Spring single class enrollment – code: OHENROLL
$10 off 10 class card – code: OH10OFF