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

Join us at the Threads Dance Nexus with Solomon Dumas!

The Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project presents two movement workshops with Solomon Dumas, Company Member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The first class is a community workshop that is designed for movers of all ages and will take place Friday, July 30 from 6:00-7:30pm.

Saturday’s workshop will target pre-professional and professional dancers ages 16+ and take place from 10:00-11:30am on July 31.

Both workshops will take place at the Threads Dance Nexus, located in the Seward Neighborhood in South Minneapolis. Each workshop will be followed by a twenty minute Ask the Artist conversation. These workshops are being offered free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $20. Space is limited.

Follow the link to register: https://tinyurl.com/xnbyht9t

Photo credit: Andrew Eccles

Ballet Royale, Minnesota’s premier ballet academy, is offering 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 advanced personal 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.

Recommended for intermediate through advanced and professional dancers, ages ten and up. By audition or invitation only. Please contact the studio for more information.

Get back into our bodies and the studio with AMPLIFIED: AMP’s four-day summer workshop! Let’s move BIG, sweat, and explore mobility, length, momentum, and 3-D expansion, while amplifying our physical possibilities in a curious, uplifting, and enlivening environment. Led by AMP and Special Guest Artists, Taja Will and Darrius Strong. For pre/professional movers. Come as you are!

August 9-12
9:30am-12:30pm
Studio 5B at The Cowles Center
Pre-registration and drop-in options, subject to availability.
Synchronous virtual/online options available.

Schedule:
9:30-11:00am: Contemporary Movement Practice
Led by AMP’s Co-Director, Joanna Lees

11:00am-12:30pm: Improvisation is…Possible, Impossible, Remarkable
Led by Taja Will – August 9 and 12

11:00am-12:30pm: Movement Practice
Led by Darrius Strong – August 10 and 11

In-Person Registration and Rates:
Full Workshop: 9:30am-12:30pm, Monday-Thursday: $100
Half Workshop: 9:30-11:00am OR 11:00am-12:30pm, Monday-Thursday: $50

In-Person Drop-in Rates:
$15/practice or $28/day

Online options, information, and rates can be found here.
Rates range $12-$80.

No one turned away for lack of funds.

Questions? Email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

PC: Bill Cameron

Join Program Director, Chitra Vairavan, and Artistic Director, Anat Shinar, for a Company Introductory Workshop on August 11 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. We’ll dance, talk, and answer questions about the performing company. Ages 7-18.

The Young Dance Company is a group of passionate dancers committed to exploring themselves and their world through dance.

Company members, ages 7-18, take weekly classes and rehearse on Saturdays, September through May. The company frames its annual season around a theme that immerses dancers in artistic inquiry and produces high quality, innovative performances. Dancers work with professional artists to investigate and collaborate on choreography relative to the selected theme. Their work is presented in venues throughout the year and in a season finale concert each spring.

Email Anat to RSVP, anat@youngdance.org.

Join Concerto Dance for our Summer Intensive August 12-14!

Thursday and Friday: 2:00-5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm

Schedule includes classes offered in both modern and jazz dance along with company rep taught by company members Sara Karimi, Besty G. Nelson, Sarah Steichen Stiles, and Artistic Director Jolene Konkel. Registration is now open for professional, pre-professional/college student, and advanced dancers ages 16 and older.

Classes are offered in person at limited capacity. A virtual option is available for dancers interested in joining remotely. See website for full class schedule and registration information.

Cost is $140 for full intensive. Financial assistance available, please inquire. See website for single classes or single day options.

 

Considering joining the BCL family? Join us at our studios for our annual Open House on August 14, 2021 from 12:00-3:00pm! Tour our studios, observe in-session classes, take a placement class, and meet one-on-one with our faculty members. While at our facility, we welcome you to learn more about all our programs including pre-professional, adult/teen, scholarships, performance ensembles and more. 

To learn more and register for a FREE placement class, click the link here: https://bit.ly/BCLopenhouse.

 

Give your young dancer the joy of dance and performance!

On Saturday, August 14, Ballet Royale is offering a Beauty and the Beast-inspired Creative Story Ballet Workshop! This is our final story ballet workshop for the summer, and it includes a short performance at the end.

Recommended for ages four through nine.

Class sizes will be limited to maintain social distancing.

Saturday, August 14
Beauty and the Beast-inspired
10:00am-11:00am

Please visit our website by clicking HERE for more information, or contact the studio. We would love to dance with you!

Join Chitra Vairavan and Anat Shinar for a preseason Performing Company camp! We’ll dance the mornings away exploring a variety of techniques with special guests, develop our improvisation and dance-making skills, and build community through movement activities. 

Company Preseason Camp
Monday-Thursday, August 16-19, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Young Dance
Tuition: $133

The Young Dance company is a group of passionate dancers committed to exploring themselves and their world through dance.

Company members, ages 7-18, take weekly classes and rehearse on Saturdays, September through May. The company frames its annual season around a theme that immerses dancers in artistic inquiry and produces high quality, innovative performances. Dancers work with professional artists to investigate and collaborate on choreography relative to the selected theme. Their work is presented in venues throughout the year and in a season finale concert each spring.

Register: https://register.youngdance.org/

Thursday, August 19, 1:30-3:30pm

FREE and open to those interested in or signed up for the Young Dance Performing Company for the 2021-22 school year. Join Chitra Vairavan, YD Program Director, and Anat Shinar, YD Artistic Director, in a team-building afternoon through service to our community. At Young Dance, we believe in being dedicated members of our communities and that service to others empowers us and those around us.

We will meet at Young Dance and then head to the neighboring parks to do some park clean-up and movement, as well.

Email Anat to RSVP, anat@youngdance.org.