Archive: Workshops, Intensives, Master Classes, and Open Houses

July Summer Intensive (ages 8 through professional) | July 11-29, 2022

With multiple progressive divisions, Ballet Royale’s July Intensive has been developed to give students the ultimate experience in dance, featuring top-quality professional teachers and guest Master Teachers. Under the supervision of Ballet Royale’s Directors, this program has been designed to develop a well-rounded dancer by providing strong classical ballet training as well as exposure to a mixture of other styles of dance. T

his intensive includes group special events, Ballet Royale Summer Intensive T-shirt, and culminates in a Summer Showcase performance.  Audition required for Division II and up (dancers nine and older).

Discover dance with a week-long camp for young artists! Not sure if your dancer has a style they like best, or looking for a way to try out something new? We’ll explore a variety of dance styles and creative movements in this one-week camp. There will be an informal showing on the last day. All abilities and levels of experience are welcome. In-person only at the Zenon Dance School studios.

July 18 – 22, 2022
Session 1: Ages 4-6 with Philip Hommes, 9:00am-12:00pm
Session 2: Ages 7-10 with Hannah Pierce, 12:30-3:30pm

Tuition: $195 | Need-based scholarships are available for full or partial tuition.

Register online today! Registration closes one week before each camp begins.

This four-week workshop is designed for children ages 2-4 and their parent/caregiver who are interested in a shared movement experience that engages the senses of curiosity and play. Both child and caregiver will participate in developmentally appropriate movement exercises that incorporate elements such as effort, shape, and tempo. Music will play an essential role in the class as students will be asked to respond to sounds as well as make sounds themselves. Participants will be encouraged to join at their own comfort level with the understanding that observation is often the best form of learning with younger children. This class will give children and caregivers the opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another through the art form of dance.

Mondays, 9:00-9:45am | Tuition: $60.00
Four-week session: July 18, July 25, August 1, and August 8
At TU Dance Center or outdoor location TBD

Grand Prix Variations Workshop (ages nine and up) | August 8-19, 2022

Unique in Minnesota, this is a focused ballet and variations workshop specializing in preparing dancers for performing or competing in national ballet competitions. Following daily Classical Ballet technique class, dancers learn classic ballet variations and receive professional coaching.

This Workshop benefits all dancers, whether preparing for a competition, an upcoming performance, or simply wanting to polish and improve their artistry, technique, and quality. Class sizes are limited. Pre-competitive, Junior, and Senior Divisions. Audition required.

Classes and programs for Summer 2022 at the School of Ballet Co.Laboratory are now enrolling!

The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory offers the finest dance education to artists of all ages and abilities in a nurturing and welcoming environment. Our summer programming gives students the opportunity to train with locally and nationally acclaimed dance professionals who are dedicated to the growth of each individual student. 

To learn more or to register click here: https://bit.ly/SummerBCL

SPB Summer Study programming provides classes throughout the summer months in flexible session options. Sessions offer serious students a healthy progression of continuous classes in classical ballet, modern and more with accomplished faculty, live accompaniment, and acclaimed guest artists.

During this week of summer auditions, April 18-23, you have the option to attend the class that best fits your schedule. Audition class day and time options, include:

Ages 10–13 with no pointe experience:
Monday, 4:30-6:00pm OR
Wednesday, 4:30-6:00pm OR
Thursday, 4:30-600pm

Ages 13–22 with minimum 1 year pointe
Monday, 4:00-6:00pm OR
Wednesday, 4:00-6:00pm OR
Saturday, 9:00 – 11:00am

Call SPB studio or email to reserve your spot in class today, classes fill fast. Note: There are no drop-in’s permitted. Audition fee: $35.00

TU Dance and Northrop presents Urban Bush Woman’s Technique & Repertory Master Class.

Participants will explore Urban Bush Women’s legacy works and learn phrases from repertory included in their upcoming Legacy + Lineage + Liberation concert performance. They will also engage in movement study rooted in the “Liberated Pelvis,” a movement methodology created by Co-Artistic Director Samantha Speis, that acts as a portal to enter a durational investigative process, in order to develop an artistic expression that can create specific narratives or delineate abstract designs. Within this process, participants will be asked to interrogate their discoveries and knowings through an improvisational framework of duration, permission, play, and transparency, in addition to organized movement. This master class is for pre-professional students.

Thursday, April 21 | 4:30-6:00pm at TU Dance Center | Free!

Due to limited studio capacity, pre-registration is required. Please complete your pre-registration here.

See UBW live April 23 at The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University: bit.ly/UBWoscu

Home || Body Workshop Series: Body Watani Leila Awadallah

Thursday, April 21 at Threads Dance Nexus | 5:30 – 8:30PM  | $10.00

Leila Awadallah will be returning to the Threads Dance Nexus in Minneapolis for this year’s first installment of our Home || Body workshop series. Home || Body is a program highlighting teaching artists of color and providing a platform for them to share the movement practices that help them build community and feel at home in their bodies. 

In collaboration with Threads, Leila will host a workshop sharing her Body Watani movement practice and repertory from the LAND section of her upcoming work. Open to movers of all levels and abilities, this session will explore the themes of ancestral lands, land memories, and land relations through Body Watani. 

Body Watani (body-as-homeland) is both an improvisational movement practice and an emerging contemporary dance form developed by Palestinian American dance artists Leila and Noelle Awadallah. This contemporary form also finds roots in dances of Arabic / *SWANA / Mediterranean geographies through specific movement techniques, music of the region, and cultural / political content to engage with that deepens our relation to Body Watani’s context. 

*SWANA : South West Asia North Africa

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please visit www.threadsdance.org/homebody or email dancenexus@threadsdance.org. 

ACCESSIBILITY: Please email leilaawada018@gmail.com for more info & conversation about accessibility within each workshop space and also the structure of this movement-focussed workshop.

REGISTRATION: $10 with limited financial assistance available. Visit https://bit.ly/HomeBodyLA to reserve your spot today!

LOCATION
Threads Dance Nexus
2213 Snelling Avenue, Ste. #100
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Join PiM Arts high School dance department as we celebrate National Dance Day with FREE cultural dance workshops honoring dance from all over the world!

Friday, April 22: Chinese dance (2:45-4:00) | Flamenco (4:00-4:30) | Latin Social Dance (4:45-5:45)

Saturday, April 23: Bharatanatyam with Ragamala Dance (Noon-1:00) | Hula (1:00-2:00)

Register today and join us for workshops for every body! Ages 13+ No dance experience is necessary for classes.

Choreographers, dancers, and composers of all genres in the Twin Cities are invited to join THE MIXTAPE Collective for free weekly immersive experiences highlighting their creation process! Every Saturday a MIXTAPE choreographer, and the MIXTAPE music director will lead a workshop with fellow collaborators in music composition/production, lighting design, and videography.

• April 23 – Choreographer Herb Johnson III and Music Director Stefon Bionik Taylor
• May 14 –  Choreographer J-Sun and Music Director Stefon Bionik Taylor with composer Yan Pang
• May 21 – Choreographer Darrius Strong and Music Director Stefon Bionik Taylor with composer Yan Pang

12:00pm-2:00pm in the Tek Box at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.

MIXTAPE will pay for all attendees parking!

About THE MIXTAPE Collective: MIXTAPE dances into the next chapter of Hip Hop dance theater with an exploration of futuristic ways to perceive the struggles of the present. We locate ourselves in cyberspace, where battles are fought, relationships are built, and artifacts of the past are uncovered. MIXTAPE 5G: The Sound of Movement investigates finding the strength to defy hierarchy, building solidarity through difference, and fracturing fossilized stereotypes.