Archive: Performances and Events

Introducing The Snow Queen! Travel to magical lands through this sparkling holiday production that will warm you from the inside out. From the screen to the stage, Ballet Co.Laboratory’s original 2020 ballet made for film will be transformed for the theater with newly expanded scenes and choreography.

Join us December 2-4, 2022 at The Cowles Center for Dance & Performing Arts as we follow Gerda, a little girl filled with moxie on a quest to rescue her brother, whose heart has been frozen by an icy fragment from the Snow Queen’s enchanted mirror.

Tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/BCLSnowQueen

Join us for our first TU Dance Winter Showcase and the inaugural performances of CULTIVATE, A Trainee Program – featuring works created by local and national guest artists for CULTIVATE, and for The School at TU Dance Center’s Pre-Professional Levels 4 and 5.

The CULTIVATE dancers will perform works by renowned choreographers Alanna Morris from I A.M. Arts and Gregory Dolbashian from The Dash Ensemble while Levels 4 and 5 students will showcase works by New York choreographer Stephon Williams and also Alanna Morris. Let’s celebrate these inspiring dancers and their dedication!

December 9 and 10
Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7:30pm
December 11
Doors at 1:00pm. Show at 2:00pm

To purchase tickets, click here!

Get the best seat in the house by securing your Who Brought the Humbug? tickets today!

Ricci Milan and the artists of Rhythm Street Movement are back December 9–18 with the fun, funky, hilarious show that pairs live music with amazing tap dance for a unique mix of comedy, drama, and mystery that’s sure to be a memorable evening for the whole family. This year Rhythm Street is bringing new music, new choreography, and new dancers to stage to help celebrate the holiday season!

Regular, in-person single tickets are $45. Student/senior tickets are $35.

Audiences are invited to boost their holiday cheer by getting close to the action at a front-row cabaret-style VIP table.
VIP tickets will enjoy the performance with a complimentary sparkling drink, macarons from Nikkollette’s Macarons, and a more immersive experience.

Pay-As-You-Are tickets are available for our Saturday, December 17 matinee performance at 2:00pm.
Click here to learn more about our Pay-As-You-Are tickets.

Ballet Minnesota’s thirty-fourth annual The Classic Nutcracker returns to the O’Shaughnessy! Come celebrate this annual family holiday tradition this December 16-18!

For novices to the ballet, this holiday story begins on Christmas Eve. We join a young girl, Clara, her mischievous brother, Fritz, and their family hosting a Christmas party. A latecomer to the party is Clara’s mysterious godfather Drosselmeyer. He presents her with a marvelous gift, a nutcracker doll. As Clara goes to sleep that night, we are transported into her dream of the Rat King fighting the Nutcracker and his army of toy soldiers. The Nutcracker Prince escorts Clara through an enchanted snow-covered forest and on to his Kingdom of the Sweets where Clara accepts the throne from the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Enjoy the return of this classic holiday favorite!

December 16 at 7:00pm
December 17 at 2:00pm
December 18 at 2:00pm
Price: $5-45

Come see the Black Label premiere of Riding The Maelstrom during the third weekend of The Cowles Center’s Fall Forward Festival.

Riding The Maelstrom is a non-linear work that visualizes the dynamic energies released from the poisons of chemotherapy during Flink’s mother’s fight with cancer. This work, commissioned for St. Louis’ MADCO, had a 2020 postponement/2021 premiere in Missouri – and we’re eager to share this work in our community this fall.

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 Three: November 12-13
Black Label Movement Artistic director Carl Flink’s thrilling movement poem reflects the volatile energies released into his mother during chemotherapy. A prologue to Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Crash Dance Productions extrapolates what happens when the private rites of teenagers get misinterpreted by the eyes of adults – to disastrous ends. As the birds of the world unite to choose a leader, Zorongo Dance Theatre unites with Hip Hop master Darrius Strong and composer Juanito Pascual to begin a magical journey.

Week Four: November 19-20
Featuring Aparna Ramasawmy and HIJACK

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

MIRAGE Performing Arts will bring their performance titled Verano, a program of music for lovers.

Pianist Rie Tanaka and cellist Jesse Nummelin will play a diverse music selection while ballet dancers Yuki Tokuda and Jarod Boltjes perform Tokuda’s theatrical, narrative choreography.

Sunday, November 13
3:00pm
Hastings Arts Center

Join Concerto Dance for a night of dancing, drinks, and dessert!

This Sunday, November 13 from 6:30-8:30pm at Creo Arts and Dance.

The evening includes an hour-long performance program featuring excerpts from new works as well as company rep, followed by a social hour with drinks, dessert and a 30-minute swing dance lesson taught by Corey and Betsy Mills. All ticket sales for our fall fundraiser will go toward supporting our dance artists and presenting our upcoming performance at the Southern Theatre in March – featuring two new premieres by visiting guest artists Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner and Steve Rooks, along with repertory by Artistic Director Jolene Konkel.

Can’t make it to the fundraiser event but would like to support the work of Concerto Dance? Consider making a tax deductible donation during Give to the Max day on November 17! Contribute to Concerto through GiveMN.

Concerto Dance is a fiscally sponsored project of Springboard for the Arts, a MN non-profit arts service organization.

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, 2022
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.