Archive: Performances and Events

Come join the fun with Young Dance through building and playing miniature golf! On Saturday, March 25, everyone is invited to build their own miniature golf hole for Young Dance’s unique, one-day-only miniature golf course. We will gather and build at Lake Monster Brewing Company from 1:00–4:00pm. Once the course is complete, golfing will open at 4:00pm.

Pick your price to play! All proceeds go to Young Dance.

Participants can sign up to build and design the course as an individual or bring a group of friends. 

This year, we will be building with the theme of Chocolate Factory. 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 be in attendance to help make your Oompa Loompa- and golden ticket-building dreams come true.

Sponsored by: Spire Bank, The Arc Minnesota, Upstream Arts

Marketing oneself whether it be for promoting an upcoming show, weekly workshops or just yourself as an artist is not an easy feat. Let’s come together to discuss tips and strategies with one another. Questions that will be addressed will include: How do you market your shows, classes and/or yourself as an artist? How can you make sure you’re reaching your target audience? How can we expand to a new audience? How do you control the tone in which you try to communicate? What are the tips and tricks around social media?

Kitchen Dances is a dancing history exploring how women’s power of choice and agency over their own lives have evolved throughout various time periods and cultures. Witness the metamorphosis of the heart of the home from a place of duty to an experimental playground of possibilities. Dance styles featured in this production include contemporary ballet, flamenco, and modern as the Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory performs in collaboration with guest dance artists from around the Twin Cities.

Choreography by: Claire Davison

Performed by: The Company Dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory with guest artists Nieya Amezquita, MonaLisa Berman, Susana di Palma, and Juliana Johnson

Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Tickets
Adults: $40
Seniors: $35
Children/Students: $30
Groups of 10+ to the same performance: $30

Learn More!

We are seeking a publicist to help us promote this exciting performance event.
Please contact Mariel Schneider at mgr@lcpdance.com for more information.

Madison, WI-based contemporary dance company, Li Chaio-Ping Dance, presents Here Lies the Truth at the Red Eye Theater in April 2023. This hour-long multidisciplinary dance theater work is a collaboration among choreographer Li Chiao-Ping, visual artist Douglas Rosenberg, sound designer/composer Tim Russell, dramaturg Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento, and lighting designer John Frautschy.

Tickets by donation – no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested General Admission: $24
Suggested Senior/Student: $18

April 13 at 7:30pm
April 14 at 7:30pm
April 15 at 3:00pm
April 15 at 7:30pm

We’re officially in rehearsals for 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 our signature driving and deeply human choreography, Childs’ glorious and mysterious original score, and a live onstage musical ensemble led by Pat O’Keefe.

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 at oshag.stkate.edu/events/ or contact The O’Shaughnessy Ticket Office at 651-690-6700.

The McKnight Fellowships for Dancers and the McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers annually award three $25,000 fellowships to mid-career Minnesota dancers and three $25,000 fellowships to mid-career choreographers. Applications are due Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 3:00pm CT. See full guidelines and application details at McKnightDanceChoreo.org.

Want to learn more? Attend an informational webinar. Fellowship staff and a recent McKnight Fellows will be in attendance to answer your questions about the program and application materials.

Wednesday, February 15, 1:00-2:00pm CT
Wednesday, February 22, 6:00-7:00pm CT

Please RSVP with an email to McKFell@thecowlescenter.org and tell us which date you will attend. We will email you a Zoom link the day before the event.

Bodystorming is a tool created by Carl Flink of Black Label Movement and David Odde’s biomedical engineering lab in their ongoing decades-long collaboration. Bodystorming reframes how humans interact with scientific concepts, promoting deep participation from patients, caregivers, and clinicians, bringing humanity and caring into the process, and including voices not typically heard in this type of research. Using choreographic techniques, Bodystorming provides scientists with a highly flexible modeling system to inform their research and complement more traditional software-based models. It also creates a fertile landscape for inspiring movement and choreographic concepts. This event will include a Bodystorming practice, in which participants can participate in person or online, as well as conversation about the process and time for questions.

Rhythmically Speaking is glad to offer on-demand access to RadioBody: Radiohead Danced and Played in Jazz, a stage show driven by the toil and triumph embedded in the music of pioneering alt-electronic band Radiohead that took place at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in downtown St. Paul, MN February 10 and 11. Featuring live dance, screen dance and projection designs set to original jazz renditions of Radiohead tunes played live by a quartet of excellent local jazz musicians, this show is sure to excite dance, jazz and Radiohead lovers alike.

Online streaming of RadioBody: Radiohead Danced and Played in Jazz
Tickets: $25.00 per household, available here!
To watch, simply purchase a ticket, and a streaming link (along with a link to program information) will be emailed to you by February 17th if purchased before then, or between then and February 24th if purchased during that time. The show will be available to watch online between February 17-24.

If you couldn’t make it to the show or missed it, this is your chance to catch it! Thank you for your interest!

Twin Cities Flamenco Collective inspires audiences through its passionate and soulful expressions of Flamenco music and dance alongside special guest artists.  This is part of TCFC’s monthly residency at Icehouse MPLS.

Performers:
Sachiko “La Chayí” (Flamenco dancer, TCFC)
Ross “El Vecino” (Flamenco guitarist, TCFC)
Michael Ziegahn (Flamenco guitarist, Special guest)
Trevor May (Flamenco guitarist, Special guest)
Eva Makiko (Flamenco dancer, TCFC)
Rafaela del Sol (Flamenco dancer, Special guest)
Ping Wang (Flamenco dancer, Special guest)
Bobby “El Eléctrico” (Flamenco hand percussionist, TCFC)

February 19 at 5:00pm