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

Save the date for our Spring Open House, happening Saturday, March 26! Classes will take place both online and in-person between 9:00am – 2:00pm.

Zenon offers FREE classes and GREAT PROMO DISCOUNTS during our Open House, so you don’t want to miss out on this special sneak-peek of what’s to come this Spring Session!

• 9:00am – Yoga with Ariel Linnerson (Online)
• 10:00am – Cardio with Ariel Linnerson (Online)
• 10:00am – Jazz with Ali Rubin Forester
• 11:00am – Contemporary with Ruby J. Smith
• 12:00pm – Modern with Dustin Haug

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am at The Arena
Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān teaches throughout March!

Drop in rate is $17 with flexible pricing and free parking!

Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān is an interdisciplinary choreographer, improviser and sound artist whose work is interested in engaging with the deconstruction and parody of dominant culture narratives and conventional performance expectations, and standing in allyship to communities going through persecution and discrimination in the days we are living in. She has presented works at venues including Fresh Oysters Performance Research (R.I.P.), Public Functionary, Bryant Lake Bowl, Tek Box, The Southern Theater, Intermedia Arts (R.I.P.), Frey Theatre (Twin Cities, MN) and 9 Herkimer Place (Brooklyn, NY). She has recently enjoyed performing for/collaborating with others including Dua Saleh, Valerie Oliviero, Leila Awadallah, Judith Howard, Rosy Simas, Sophiaaaahjkl;8901, Shayna Allen, Pramila Vasudevan, Megan Mayer, Emily Gastineau, and Erin Drummond. She is a 2017 Q-Stage: New Works and 2019 Momentum: New Dance Works recipient, and currently works with the Lightning Rod Arts Organism as a teaching artist and ensemble member. She is currently working on a piece to be premiered as part of Red Eye’s New Works 4 Weeks festival from May 26-28.

“So excited to share my practice of improvisation and collaborative decision making in the Moving Practice series! In this set of classes I will be focusing on the development and practice of improvisational scores, and what it looks like to allow them to be consistently generative practices that change with you over time as you continue living in them. You will be led through scores I’ve been working with for the past four years to warm up, and then prompted (either by direct text or conceptual/aesthetic stimuli or reflection on personal experiences as impetus, etc.) to develop your own scores in which you can continue to be in dialogue with and build skills to share and relay with those you’re in artistic conversation with. These classes will build on each other sequentially, but also be accessible to drop in for one at any point! Depending on the comfort of those in workshops there may be an element of contact improvisation/weight sharing.”

The Spotlight of Attention 
A Six-Week Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Series

You are sensing an unbelievable amount of information all the time, both internally and externally. Only when you focus your spotlight of attention can you begin to bring all that sensation to the foreground of your consciousness. By doing this you can make choices about what is and is not useful, and learn how to move with ease and grace. Using the Feldenkrais Method of Awareness Through Movement (ATM) Jeffrey Wells and Krista Langberg will lead you through a series of classes to help you explore and refine your innate ability to perceive yourself and the world around you.

Registration Process
If you are interested in attending class, please register through Zoom at the links below.

Register for Tuesday Morning Class, 10:00-11:15am CDT, March 29-May 3

Register for Thursday Evening Class, 7:00-8:15pm CDT, March 31-May 5

Class Fee: $60-$150 for full series, sliding scale.

Once you’ve registered you will receive confirmation, payment and class info, and reminder emails to the address you provided with the Zoom link for class. On the day and time of your class, click the link in your confirmation or reminder email to join.

Join us at The ARENA for a special offering partnered with Northrop in the Martha Graham Technique with Denise Vale accompanied by percussionist Tarek Abdelqader.

Friday, April 1
10:00-11:30am
In place of Mathew Janczewski’s Contemporary Flow class

$17 Regular Class Pricing
FREE to U of MN students and staff
Pre-register at https://www.arena-dances.org/the-arena.

This class is intended for intermediate/advanced students.

Graham Technique builds strength, balance, stamina, focus, extended kinetic vocabulary, and provides an introduction to fundamental Graham phrases and repertory.

ARENA DANCES follows the CDC guidelines. Masks will be required to participate in this class and a COVID waiver to sign upon registration or arrival.

Denise Vale danced with the Company for ten years dancing many of the major roles of the Graham repertory.  She is well known for her performance as Woman in White in Diversion of Angels, and widely acclaimed as the first Leader in the reconstruction of Steps in the Street. She starred in Night Chant, a ballet created for her by Martha Graham, and in the Graham solos Lamentation, Frontier, Satyric Festival Song, and Serenata Morisca. As Senior Artistic Associate, Ms. Vale serves primarily as the rehearsal director for the Martha Graham Company, is on the faculty of the Graham School, and travels throughout the world teaching master classes in the Graham Technique for dancers of all ages and abilities. Ms Vale also restages the Graham ballets for major dance companies such as Ballet de Lorraine, Ballet Flanders, Semperoper in Dresden, Germany and the Grand Theater Opera in Lodz, Poland.

Mental health is as important as physical health for healthy, happy dancers. Minding the Gap presents a workshop curated in five sessions, each presented by an accredited professional.

Last session: April 3, 2022
How to support an injured dancer. Best practices to get the dancer back into the studio strong both mentally and physically.Presenter: Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, CSCS – licensed physical therapist and NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in New York City.

Dance teacher Tamiko French has developed a program centered around revitalizing creativity of storytelling with the building blocks of dance creation that infuses the visual and literary arts. https://vimeo.com/685038137

The 8-week workshop is designed to be sequential for participants, with each class building on the previous class. From a first class in which participants will use poetry, prose, dramatic writing, spoken word, or other writing as a stimulus to create movement, participants will learn about modern and jazz dance techniques and choreographic practice, collaborate and share results with others, study facilitated improvisation and play in dance, and refine their work for a sharing event for family, friends, and the community.

This program is for adults 55+. Pre-registration required as in-studio space is limited!

Thursdays, 10:00am-11:30am CST | In-person only. $45 per workshop.

Session 2: May 26–July 16

There will be a showing on last day of each workshop from 12:30-2:00pm.

Proof of vaccination and masks are required at the door for all participants.

TU Dance will offer tuition and transportation subsidy upon request. Please contact us at education@tudance.org or (651) 724-9708 to inquire.

Join Ballet Royale in June for our Focused Training Program (ages 11 and up), June Intensive (Division I & II; ages 8 and up), or our Male Dancer Intensive, for male-identifying dancers ages 10 and older!

June 13-30: Focused Training Program (ages 11 and up) Audition required for dancers new to Ballet Royale. This program can be taken for the full three weeks, or in one- or two-week blocks. 

June 13-17 or June 20-24: June Intensive (Division I  & II; ages 8 and up. Division I is June 20-24 only) This is a great one week program designed for the student who wants an extra push through June. This intensive has very limited space available. Students will focus daily on Classical Ballet Technique, pre-pointe, stretching, conditioning & repertoire. On the last day the students will perform in an in-studio showcase. Audition required for dancers new to Ballet Royale.

June 20-24: Male Dancer Intensive (ages 10 through professional) unique in Minnesota, this weeklong Intensive Program is for motivated aspiring Male Identifying Dancers accepted into Division II, III and Upper Division (Advanced Beginner through Professional). Designed by former Professional Ballet Dancer Rick Vogt, this program focuses on strength, power, technique, and performance. These classes provide a rare opportunity for men and boys to gain invaluable skills and insights beyond those presented in mixed classes. Students receive individualized attention and coaching from the state’s foremost male ballet teachers. Classes include Ballet Technique, targeted strength training, and Classical Variations. Classes will be split into separate levels and limited in class size. Audition/pre-approval required.

Dancers who are new to Ballet Royale can audition in-person on April 3rd or submit an audition video. Please see our website for more information! Audition not required for current Ballet Royale students for June programs.

Join Ballet Royale for our July Intensive, which 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. This 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). 

Audition: In-person on April 3 or via video (please see our website for more information or to pre-register for the audition)

Dates: July 11-29

Recommended for ages eight through professional; multiple progressive divisions

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, 12:30pm-3:30pm

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

Register online: https://conta.cc/3ekHNdW
Registration closes one week before each camp begins.