Archive: Performances and Events

Informal Showing at TU Dance Center

Join us for the opportunity to watch excerpts of the works to be performed by our CULTIVATE and Level 4 and 5 dancers at the Winter Showcase. During this event, attendees will be able to meet the dancers and choreographers Alanna Morris and Gregory Dolbashian and have an up-close and personal experience before attending the public performance.

November 16
5:30-6:30pm

Space is limited. Please RSVP here!

Limited parking is available in front of TU Dance Center. Additional parking is available in the lot located in the north side of the TU Dance Center building which is accessible through Vandalia Avenue.

A Give to the Max Day online performance event.

Get moving and celebrate Give to the Max Day with a vibrant and energetic movement online event. Alternative Motion Project organizes and presents Move to the MAX: Virtual Edition ’22, featuring Alternative Motion Project, Analog Dance Works, Black Label Movement,  DanceBARN Collective, Jawaahir Dance Company, Off-Leash Area, Rhythmically Speaking, and Young Dance.

These organizations combine forces for a unique event highlighting movement in Minnesota. View compelling content, including a variety of distinct performances and films by each company, on-demand. Join us for the “Great Minnesota Give Together” to support these organizations’ great work.

​Thursday, November 17-Friday, November 25
Receive an online on-demand Vimeo link, sent directly to attendees.

Tickets: Entry to the event requires a 100% tax-deductible donation in any amount to at least one of the performing companies as part of Give to the Max Day, November 17. Donations can be made to any participating organization. Please reference each company’s website for how they are accepting donations for GttMD. Each organization will send the livestream link directly to its GttMD patrons. If you have not received the livestream link and have donated, contact the organization directly.
 
More Information and Questions
This is the fifth annual iteration of AMP’s Move to the Max and the third time the event will be held online. AMP held an open call through the DanceMN News for movement organizations of all kinds to participate. This captivating evening will offer wide-ranging movement styles and genres.
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Please direct any and all questions to alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

In celebration of their 75th anniversary, Artistic Director Dante Puleio leads the company in a program that reveals aspects of José Limón’s life and honors his Mexican-American legacy. The evening includes the Northrop Centennial Commission, Migrant Mother, by Raúl Tamez; the reimagination of Limón’s first major solo and partially lost work, Danzas Mexicanas; and co-founder Doris Humphreys’ timeless Air for the G String. The Limón modern dance classic Psalm (featuring student performers from UMN’s Dance Department) will include the original score not heard by audiences in decades.

November 18 at 7:30pm

Tickets: $55
November 18 at 9:30pm

Celebrate with the dancers of Limón Dance Company following their performance! Join us for the ENCORE: Limón Dance Company Cast Party, an insider event including drinks, live music, delicious bites, and a meet and greet with dancers—plus remarks from Limón Dance Company’s Artistic Director, Dante Puleio.

These celebratory events support Northrop Centennial Commissions to create new dance works, elevate artists, and bring extraordinary presentations to our stage. You can be part of ensuring that artists’ creative works will be seen by audiences and youth in our community for years to come.

In this decade, leading up to Northrop’s 100-year anniversary in 2029, the Northrop Centennial Commissions project helps create new dance works to ensure that there will be amazing performances far into the future.

With your support, Northrop’s Centennial Commissions program provides:

• The creation and presentation of exquisite new works
• Opportunities for students, youth, and communities to experience transformative arts
• Connections through art that will be shared for generations
• Arts programming for youth arts and education programs
• A deeper understanding and insight about art, self-expression, and communication through discussions with artists, inspiring the community and young people

Contempo Physical Dance returns to The O’Shaughnessy with their third international choreography residency, featuring a world premiere by the 2022 McKnight International Choreographer, Mario Nascimento. 

Mr. Nascimento is from Manaus, in the Amazon region of Brazil. He is the Artistic Director of Corpo de Dança do Amazonas, a contemporary dance company in the region.

His work, Desert, is about the desertification of the soul, our environment, the destruction of indigenous people, and prejudices. It is a work about human nature in its search for survival and preservation. An insistence for survival, an insistence to keep on our feet, an insistence in being resistant to the questions in our everyday lives that box us in. A cast of nine dancers, which Mário calls strong and heroic, are resistant. They are resistant, because the desert strengthens them.

In a suite of solos, acclaimed Bharatanatyam soloist Aparna Ramaswamy (Co-Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Company) explores her layered aesthetic to bring together lineage, rigor, cultural wisdom, and imagination. Sharing the evening, HIJACK experiments with cohabitation, living in a garden of animated artificial plants created by sculptor Rachel Youn, dancing with the flowers and for them.

“[Aparna Ramaswamy] preserves ancient dance forms with stunning virtuosity and expressivity to create a living tradition that is resonant for modern times.” – The Boston Globe

Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 2:00pm

The Fall Forward Festival will take place in The Cowles Center’s Goodale Theater.
Reserve tickets and find more information here.

The Fall Forward Festival is a month-long festival of shared evening performances celebrating the incredibly talented and robust Minnesota dance community. New dance audiences will experience a sampler of genres in one sitting, while avid dance-goers will see their favorite artists alongside equally stellar new-to-them artists. Each weekend features a new roster and a variety of experiences from new work commissions and Cowles stage debuts to community favorites and Cowles Center veterans.

Week Four: November 19-20

In a suite of solos, acclaimed Bharatanatyam soloist Aparna Ramaswamy (Co-Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Company) explores her layered aesthetic to bring together lineage, rigor, cultural wisdom, and imagination.

HIJACK experiments with cohabitation, living in a garden of animated artificial plants created by sculptor Rachel Youn, dancing with the flowers and for them.

In-person tickets are $25. Click here to learn more about each weekend and get tickets!

Inspired by the one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, this delightful ballet tells the story of a little boy with a disability and his widowed mother, and their life-changing encounter with three kings following a star to Bethlehem. Its themes of faith, forgiveness, healing and compassion celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

Conceived and choreographed by James Sewell, the 50-minute production uses several movement styles, including the visual/gestural style of American Sign Language. The choreographic combination of ASL with traditional ballet provides a visually compelling experience that holds special appeal and meaning for hearing and hearing impaired audiences. The Shepherd’s Dance section invites the participation of several additional cast members from the presenting community.

Presented as part of the Westminster Performing Arts Series.

Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 evening shows include a Christmas Dinner.