Ongoing Classes

Open Ballet class is for everybody! Come join the fun!

Sundays, 2:00-3:30pm

A ballet teacher with 35+ years of experience teaching all levels and ages, Lisa’s welcoming ballet classes naturally guide students in refining their alignment, balance, and technique while also discovering the value and importance of the use of weight in their dancing. Coupled with individual attention, feedback, and humor, students experience expansion and growth in body and mind – and experience joy in the process.

Students are encouraged to expect success and mistakes. Only when we allow ourselves to take chances and risk failure can we grow to our full potential. Every student is special, different, important, appreciated, encouraged, respected, unique, invited, and welcome. Come play and see for yourself!

Drop-in: $17-20. Pre-pay via Venmo @Lisa-Erickson-121 or with exact cash.

The GYROKINESIS® Method uses circular and spiral movements to build strength at your full range of motion. Coordinated breathwork with core engagement creates strong communication between your powerful center and your articulating limbs. Developed by international ballet dancer and Romanian emigre Juliu Horvath, Gyrokinesis exercises create functional strength through rhythmic, flowing movements.

In practicing the Gyrokinesis Method, I have built greater range of motion and stronger connection to my core. Additionally, visualization and somatic exercises have expanded my proprio- and intero-ception, translating seamlessly into my dancing.

Study with me in-person at Berit Ahlgren’s Sunna Studio in the former Soap Factory, or join in virtually for my independently organized classes over Zoom. Class times subject to change.

In-Person at Sunna
Mondays, 3:30pm
Wednesdays, 3:30pm
Saturdays, 12:30pm
Fee: Your first class is free! Discounts for artists on class packs and memberships.

Livestream on Zoom
Mondays, 10:00am
Fridays, 10:30am
Sundays, 10:00am
Fee: sliding scale, payable via Paypal or Venmo, $10-30.

Reach out to me via email with any questions – I’d love to talk with you about this luscious, fluid practice!

GYROKINESIS® is a registered trademark of GYROTONIC® Sales Corp and is used with their permission.

Erin’s advanced-level contemporary dance class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement.

Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal.
See you soon!

Dancing and finding pleasure in movement is for everyone of any age!

I’ve taught dance for all ages and experience levels for over fifty years. In my weekly session of modern dance classes, we’ll be working with somatic movement, structured improvisation, and floor work to build strength, flexibility, and ease of movement. You’ll learn patterns that move through space in community with other dancers, encouraging spatial and group awareness.

Mondays, 12:00-1:30pm

Drop in: $15-20. Cash or check made out to Kathryn Anderson.

Hopkins Dance Company features several adult classes:

• Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am: Intermediate Ballet with Deirdre Murnane
•  Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00pm: Beginning Tap with Heather Bensussan
• Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00pm: Beginning Ballet with Heather Bensussan
• Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00pm: Intermediate/Advanced Tap with Heather Bensussan
• Fridays, 10:00-11:30am: Intermediate Ballet with Deirdre Murnane

Drop in when you can! Punch cards are available.

Fall classes have begun! Hopkins Dance Company (HDC) offers open classes for ages 3 to adult, as well as a performance track for ages 8-18.

Choose from Ballet, Pointe, Progressing Ballet Technique, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Yoga, Creative Movement, adult classes, and alumni classes.

Join us this fall for a series of open classes at TU Dance Center! Teaching artists include TU Dance Founder and Artistic Director Toni Pierce-Sands along with Hassan Ingraham, Laurel Keen, and Abdo Sayegh-Rodriguez. These classes are for intermediate/advanced dancers for technique classes and physically active people for GYROKINESIS®.

Mondays
Advanced Ballet, 9:30-11:00am
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, 4:30-6:00pm

Tuesdays
Advanced Ballet, 9:30-11:00am

Wednesdays
Advanced Horton-based Modern, 9:30-11:00am

Thursdays
GYROKINESIS®, 9:30-11:00am
Intermediate/Advanced Horton-based Modern, 4:30-6:30pm

Fridays
Advanced Ballet, 9:30-11:00am
GYROKINESIS®, 4:30-5:30pm
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, 5:35-7:05pm

For more information and to register, please click here.
Cost: $16 per class or $140 for a 10-class pass.
Please check the Open Class Calendar as classes and/or teaching artists are subject to change.

The TU Dance Pre-Professional Program is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African dance, conditioning, and creative workshops for students up to age 24. We hope to welcome students into the space for a transformational and unique experience.

Click here to download the 2024-25 Pre-Professional Daily Schedules. All classes in the Pre-Professional Program are offered in person with a virtual option unless otherwise noted.

Financial aid is available. Please contact us at education@tudance.org or ‪651-724-9708 with any questions.

For more information and to register, click here.

The TU Dance Center Children and Teen Program introduces the joy of creative movement and beginning dance technique. Classes, divided by age, provide a comprehensive base on which to expand by developing body awareness, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, and musicality. We hope to welcome students into the space for a transformational and unique experience.

Click here to download the 2024-25 Children and Teen Daily Schedule. All classes in the Children and Teen Program are offered in person with a virtual option unless otherwise noted.

Financial aid is available. Please contact us at education@tudance.org or ‪651-724-9708 with any questions.

Registration Deadlines
Creative Movement ages 3-5 and 5-7 (Session 2): January 3, 2025
Dancing Together Workshop (Session 2): January 15, 2025
Dancing Together Workshop (Session 3): March 12, 2025

For more information and to register, click here.

MotionArt’s mission is to share the art of dance and the joy of movement with people of all ages and abilities. We strive to enrich lives by fostering creativity, body awareness and self-expression in a fun, non-competitive, welcoming environment. We offer ongoing dance classes in-studio, on Zoom and outside (weather permitting).

Paying the regular rate helps keep our organization afloat; however, no one will be turned away for inability to pay. There is also an option to pay what you can.

Please go to motionartmn.org to sign-up for classes, or contact Pam Gleason for info.

Ageless Dance
Monday, 4:00-5:15pm – Center for Performing Arts, Studio #105
Thursday, 4:00-5:15pm – Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom

Beginning Modern Dance
Tuesday, 5:00-6:15pm – Zoom only

Intermediate Modern Dance
Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00pm – Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom

Mixed Level Modern Dance
Tuesday, 7:00-8:15pm – Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom
Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm – Hybrid: Center for Performing Arts, Sunroom, and Zoom

Zenon Dance School is excited to welcome you to another great season of dance this Fall Session, from September 9 to December 20.

We are thrilled to welcome new and returning classes and instructors to the Fall Season! Visit our website to learn more about adult and youth classes and see a complete list!

Fall class spotlights that you won’t want to miss!

Monday
9:30am: Intermediate Contemporary with Sarah McCullough
7:00pm: Intermediate Contemporary Jazz with Allison Durham

Tuesday
6:00pm: Yoga Stretch and Strength with Nina Ebbighausen
7:00pm: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester

Wednesday
9:30am: Advanced Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK – in-person today!
5:30pm: Horton-based Modern with Demetrius ImagineJoy McClendon (sub)
7:00pm: Movement Makers Workshop with April Sellers

Thursday
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary with Erin Thompson
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug

Friday
10:00am: Intermediate Contemporary with Erin Landers
12:00pm: Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with Jennifer Mack

No matter if you are a veteran dancer or slipping on your first pair of ballet shoes, Ballet Co.Laboratory is an artistic home for everyone. With 12 different adult drop-in classes offered each week, including conditioning and ballet floor work, we know we have the right class for you!

New Class: Ballet Conditioning

This class rotates through a different modality each week. Dancers will learn techniques and exercises designed to enhance their ballet experience from different teaching artists.

Rotating Teaching Artists
Genevieve Waterbury: Gyrokinesis
Sage Engle-Laird: Mat Pilates
Anna Betz: Progressing Ballet Technique
Zoé Henrot: Yoga

Join the MDT community through our adult open classes!

Adult Beginning/Intermediate Ballet
Mondays, 7:00-8:30pm with Kendall Kramer
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, and Pointe 8:00-8:30pm with Kerry Parker

Adult Intermediate Ballet
Saturdays, 9:30-11:00am with Justin Leaf, accompanied by Pat Lyles
Sundays, 11:00-12:30pm, and Pointe 12:30-1:00pm with Sally Rousse, accompanied by Marya Hart

Adult Advanced Ballet
Mondays, 9:30-11:00am with Helen Hatch, accompanied by Tom Linker
Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am with Benjamin Johnson, accompanied by Tom Linker
Fridays, 9:30-11:00am with Kerry Parker, accompanied by Joe Strachan

Ballet Fundamentals 1 and 2
Fall sessions had started, and registration is still open!
Taught by Deirdre Murnane, these are 12-week programs designed for the absolute beginner and can be taken repeatedly until ready to progress to the next level or join our open classes.
Fundamentals 1 – Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30pm, through November 19, 2024
Fundamentals 2 – Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, through November 20, 2024