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

Center for Performing Arts summer camps are an opportunity for youth to fully explore their curiosities, interests and talents while gaining access to the rich community of artists and practitioners at the CFPA. We offer half day (mornings) and full day camps. Join us for all or one of our 3-week sessions; each with a focus that incorporates dance, storytelling, music and the technical traditions rooted in various cultures.

Camp 1: Explorations in Theater-Making
June 17-28 and July 8-12

Camp 2: Immersive West African Dance Theater
July 15-August 2

Camp 3: Immersive Latin Dance and Theater
August 6-August 23

For ages 7-11 and 12-16. $975 per camp session.

The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Recreational Program offers classes for dancers ages 10-20 with a more flexible schedule and fewer hours per week than our Pre-Professional Program.

The Recreational Program includes ballet technique classes, add-on sessions, rehearsals, and performance opportunities.

Open enrollment – this program will run through May 2024.

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.

Our offerings include: Pre-Professional Summer Intensives, Young Dancer Summer Camps and Sessions, Summer Workshops, and Adult Workshops and Sessions.

Open Company Class at Creo Arts and Dance Conservatory

Advanced Jazz With Guest Artist Erinn Liebhard
Friday February 23: 9:00-10:15am

Advanced Modern
Wednesday, February 28: 9:00-10:15am

Open Company Class – $20 cash, check or Venmo.

All classes: drop-ins welcome! No pre-registration required. First time participants will be asked to sign a liability waiver. More info at www.concertodance.com/classes

All are invited to help inform and participate in a dance-making process as a part of the Driftless Water Dance Project during two community dance-making workshops.

Around the nation people are making dances around this year’s theme of “Remembering Water’s Way” as a part of National Water Dance. Come participate in our community’s chapter of this larger project, or come even just to share your stories about the river and our place here on Dakota land on the Mississippi River Valley in the Driftless.

Sunday, February 25 from 12:30-4:00pm
Saturday, March 23 from 12:30-4:00pm
At Widespot Performing Arts Center in Wabasha, MN.

Free and open to the public. No dance experience necessary.
Drop in anytime between 12:30-4:00pm.
Culminates in a performance on April 20 at 4:00pm.

Wanna get jazzy with the RS crew? Come dance with us at our Spring MoveTogethers!

Mondays, 3:30-5:00pm
February 26, March 11, March 25 and April 8
The Cowles Center, Studio 5B

MoveTogethers are drop-in and $10.00 paid via cash or Venmo after class. You can let us know you are coming by pre-paying.

MoveTogethers are our version of a company class, but more collaborative – within these classes, there are opportunities to improvise in solo and social ways, to manipulate material offered by RS Artistic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard, and to build and manipulate your own material based around jazz and American social dance-inspired prompts! Our approach to jazz emphasizes groove, interaction and improvisation (elements we see as present in all American social dance forms), honors the African diasporic roots of these forms and is driven by jazz music.

We are excited to open our company MoveTogethers up to the public once again this spring so pre-professional and professional dancers in our community can join in the jazz.

Hope to groove with you!

Come join us for an incredible master class series celebrating Black History! This in-person event will take place at the Center for Performing Arts in Minneapolis, MN.

Brazil Arts Twin Cities is bringing the legendary Afro contemporary dancer and choreographer Elisio Pitta from Brazil. While in Minneapolis, Elisio Pitta is offering a 3-day master class followed by a dance performance.

Master Classes
Day 1: Tuesday, February 27, 6:00-7:30pm
Day 2: Wednesday, February 28, 6:00-7:30pm
Day 3: Thursday, February 29, 6:00-7:30pm

Performance by Elisio Pitta and Brazil Arts
Friday, March 1, 7:30-8:30pm

Among many roles, Elisio is the founder of Alujá Dance Company and Bale da Mata Dance Group. Since 2000, he partially relocated to Brazil where he implemented the CARDAN, Centro de Referencia da Dança Negra, directed the International Encounter of Black Dance, and created Companhia C-Contemporary Black Dance. He has created over 50 works of dance. Lately, he has been dedicated to the creation and circulation of solo pieces and to directing the Solos Coletivo de Dança Negra Contemporânea. Get ready to immerse yourself in the vibrant rhythms and movements of Brazil’s rich cultural heritage.

The Language of the Arms: 10-week Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert.

February 28-May 8
Wednesdays, 6:30pm CST
Sundays, 4:00pm CST
Live classes will be taught on zoom.
All lessons are recorded. Registering for the series gives you access to the recorded lessons indefinitely.
Price: $200. Scholarships and pay-as-able options available

From Holding on to Letting Go – A Shoulder and Arm Release Through Awareness
In the next Feldenkrais series offering, we explore the hidden potential within the upper body. We will delve into the intricate symphony of the small joints, from nimble fingers to powerful shoulder blades. Discover how your arms weave into the fabric of your entire being, from your core to your feet. Imagine feeling your spine lengthen as you reach, your chest open as you move, and your whole body becomes one fluid instrument. When practicing Feldenkrais, we hold the concept that when one avoids pain, it helps us decrease unnecessary tension and helps us find new ways to move and connect with the wholeness of ourselves. Reeducate and rediscover the effortless movement in your arms and beyond.

Microcosm: An exploration of the articulation and functional coordination of the smaller joints – fingers, wrists, elbows.

Macrocosm: Expand outwards, discovering how your arms integrate with the whole self. Feel the way your spine, ribs, and even your legs and feet contribute to the harmony of movement.

Connecting the Dots: No Feldenkrais lesson is complete without an integration of the whole self. While there will be a focus on the upper extremities, these will be whole-body lessons.

See full schedule here.

Women’s Pelvic Health Workshop
Wednesday, February 28, 5:30-6:30pm
Cost: $45

Learn more about women’s pelvic health at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy.

This workshop will cover:
• Basic anatomy and function of the pelvic floor.
• Some symptoms of a dysfunctional pelvic floor.
• Strategies to help improve pelvic health.
• What is pelvic health physical therapy?
• How pelvic health strategies can be integrated into a Pilates based practice.

The workshop will include a lecture, a short Pilates class, and a Q&A session.

Taught by Dr. Annie Chesterfield PT, DPT, OCS, CPT. Annie is a women’s pelvic health physical therapist and nationally certified Pilates teacher.

Register through our website, or call or email the studio for more information.

Friday, March 1, 6:30-8:00pm
At the Center for Performing Arts, Studio 105w – next to 38th Street entrance.

This event is open to people of all ages and abilities. Enjoy being present in the moment, responding to other dancers, finding new ways of moving, and discovering form as it emerges during this fun evening of creative movement. We’ll begin with an informal warm-up before improvising together based on movement ideas offered by participants.

Musician Dave Stagner will enhance our in-the-moment creations with his incredible guitar playing, and Klee Burke will help us wind down with her beautiful sound bowl playing. A fun and relaxing evening for all!

Suggested donation is $5-$15.
No one turned away for lack of funds.

Come to move, to dance, to observe, or some of each!