Archive: Performances and Events

Collide Theatrical Dance Company presents Our Stories, Chapter 2: The LGBTQIA+ and Non-Binary Experience

May 7 at the Landmark Center, 75 W 5th Street, St. Paul, MN 55102
May 12–14 at Collide Theatrical‘s Cabaret, 755 Prior Ave N, Suite 235H, St. Paul, MN 55104

Join us for an evening of original dance storytelling centered on the non-binary and LGBTQIA experience that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain audiences of all ages. Enjoy dance theater in an intimate setting with cabaret-style seating.

The production, directed by Jarod Boltjes, will be emceed by local cabaret diva Mistress Ginger. Our Stories Chapter 2 features Grace Kidder, Javan Mngrezzo, Michael Mossucco, Ben Siglin, and Connor Simone.

For tickets visit https://www.collidetheatrical.org/our-stories-chapter-2 or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701.

The 3-Women Project will feature choreographic works from a group of three internationally renowned black female artists who will each work individually within their own creative processes while simultaneously seeking to explore and discover synergistic and unifying themes throughout the process. The project will incorporate educational opportunities and culminate in live, in-person performances in May 2023.

The choreographers include Stephanie Batten Bland, Alanna Morris, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. TU Dance seeks to create artistic space for these three dynamic and award-winning dance artists to share their distinctly strong voices in choreographic work and their deep investment and investigations into their own artistic practice and identity as black women. TU Dance looks forward to engaging with our community to share and celebrate the perspectives of these three women through this exciting and ambitious project.

May 12 and 13, 2023 at 7:30pm (CST)
Ticket price: $35. Discounts for students and seniors.

Tickets can be purchased online here or by contacting The O’Shaughnessy Ticket Office at 651-690-6700.

Ballet Minnesota is thrilled to present the 34th Minnesota Dance Festival at E.M. Pearson theater at Concordia University May 13-14.

MDF will feature the classic ballet Paquita restaged by Cheryl Rist, Andrew Rist’s new work “Friends,” and performances by many guest artists including CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Elena Hollenhorst, Eva Igo, Jim Lieberthal, Juliana Johnson, Kala Vandanam, Keane Sense of Rhythm, Kendall Kramer, O’Shea Irish Dance, and Universal Dance Destiny.

You won’t want to miss this eclectic show!

Swing dance goes en pointe with this playful yet fiery twist on an opera classic. Dance through the roaring 20s with Carmen, a fiercely independent charmer on a journey of fated love. Accompanied by a live jazz ensemble to a fresh arrangement of Georges Bizet’s bold score, Carmen in the 1920s bristles with excitement, danger, and destiny.

Choreography by: Zoé Emilie Henrot
Music by: Richard Erickson
Performed by: The Company Dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory, students of The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory, and a live jazz ensemble.

Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 20, 2923 at 2:00pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 7:00pm
Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:00pm

Tickets
Adults: $40
Seniors: $30
Children/Students: $30
Groups of 10+ to the same performance: $30

At Young Dance, we approach each season with a theme. This year, our theme is Radically One (Together).

As a youth arts organization, we work hard to foster an environment where students can safely and confidently express their individuality. Concurrently, we strongly believe in the power of building community through movement.

One of our core values is to foster in our students a commitment to self, to the group, and to lifelong learning. This year, we spent time digging deeper into these words, unpacking and dissecting the question: How can we support the individual, radically accept one another, build community, and fight collectively for the change we want (and need!) to see in the world?

The Young Dance Performing Company is pleased to be returning to the theater to present original pieces choreographed by Aneka McMullen, Blake Nellis, and Margaret Ogas, plus a piece collectively made by the upper level dancers. Additional guests include students from the Choreography, Hip Hop, Breaking, Modern, and All Abilities Dancing classes.

Friday, May 19 at 7:00pm – ASL Interpretation Provided
Saturday, May 20 at 7:00pm –  Audio Description Services Provided
Sunday, May 21 at 4:00pm

Students from Young Dance classes will perform dance pieces created in collaboration with their Teaching Artist and other students. 

Saturday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 21 at 11:00 a.m.

Tickets are now available at the Luminary Arts website:
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Student/Senior
$5 – Child Admission for ages 3–5
Lap Pass – Free for those 2 years of age and younger

All shows except Sunday 4:00pm will be live streamed free of charge! Email info@youngdance.org at least 24 hours in advance of the performance for the link.

Contact the Luminary Arts Center Patron Services for ticketing assistance. Contact Young Dance at 612-423-3064 or at info@youngdance.org for other questions.

Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum celebrate 30 years of creating vibrant, bold, and deeply creative works; fusing percussive dance and music to tell unusual tales, create a wild variety of characters, and explore universal ideas in inventive and exciting ways. Joined by powerhouse guest artists Patricia Brown (AfroFusion), Susana Di Palma (Zorongo Flamenco), and Clayton Schanilec (Old Time fiddler and Appalachian clogger), FFF brings a panoply of repertory pieces and exciting new collaborations, as well as letting us get a peek at their award-winning short films! Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Runs April 13-23, 2023

Tickets: $33
Discounts for seniors, students, educators, and more.

THIS WEEKEND: AMP presents ELEVEN, an engaging evening that embodies/offers a wide range of physical perspectives within contemporary dance.

Experience four dynamic new works that explore the relationship between human and machine, the connections between the body and enjoyment, the storytelling in music and movement, and the imaginative universes within dream states and black holes. Join us for our eleventh season!

New works by:
Khary Jackson
Brianna Rae Johnson
Zoë Koenig, Company Member
Joanna Lees with Dameun Strange, Sound

​Friday, April 14 – 7:30pm
Saturday, April 15 – 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16 – 2:00pm*

*The April 16 show includes a Pay As You Are option, Post-Show Q&A, and ASL Interpretation (Greg Waletski, Interpreter).

Tickets:
General Admission – $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Senior – $18 in advance, $22 at the door
Student/Children under 12 – $18 in advance and at the door

Pre-Opening Night Happy Hour and Mingle Event:
Friday, April 14 only!
6:30-7:00pm
The Southern Theater – upstairs lobby
$40 in advance, $45 at the door
Price includes ticket to ELEVEN on April 14, one beverage, and first access to the theater – learn more.

Master classes will also be held and taught by the show’s choreographers from April 14-16.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Photo: Bill Cameron

Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) – Virtual Edition, an evening-length contemporary dance duet filmed and edited by Tamara Ober, available April 14-May 12!

RPS explores the generational passing down of rules and customs of our bodies. What traditions do we choose to pass down? Which rules will we break?

Situated on a set comprised of a floor and two opposing walls, Alexandra uses text, play, and contemporary phrase work to draw inspiration from her heritage and create a surreal playground of problem-solving.

This work features dancers Nieya Amezquita and Sarah McCullough, sound design by Brandon Anderson Musser, with directorial and dramaturgical support by Marcela Michelle.

Price: $0-$50

This work has been supported in part by the Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow under the direction of Dianne McIntyre and Risa Steinberg, and mentorship of Andrea Miller and Abby Zbikowski.

Black Label Movement celebrates the 15th anniversary of Carl Flink and Mary Ellen Childs’ award-winning, evening-length work Wreck, which explores how a group of 13 people trapped in the last watertight compartment of a sinking ship respond to their harrowing situation.

The work features Flink and Black Label Movement’s signature driving and deeply human choreography, Childs’ glorious and mysterious original score, and a live onstage musical ensemble led by Pat O’Keefe.

Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00pm
Friday, April 21 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 22 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 23 at 2:00pm

Tickets to all performances are “Pay as You Are,” with tickets as low as $5!

Between Slow Walks: What’s Been and Hasn’t Been Seen
Live performances during St. Paul Art Crawl

Concept and performance by Alys Ayumi Ogura, with Anna Andaházy

Between Slow Walks: What’s Been and Hasn’t Been Seen is a loosely-structured-movement improvisational performance. Ogura and Andaházy will explore the illusion of space between what’s visible and not visible. Please join them in a playful and engaging journey. The ten-minute performance will cycle three times during the hour, and the audience can come and go as they please.

Saturday, April 15
2:00-3:00pm
More info: St. Paul Art Crawl