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

TU Dance: Contemporary Dance Classes with Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag

Join guest artists Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag for a series of dance classes at TU Dance Center.

Morning Open Class: Wednesday, April 9, 9:30-11:00am
Community Class: Saturday, April 12, 10:00-11:30am

The community class is designed for intergenerational participants with a wide range of to no dance experience. Classes begin center floor with an emphasis on alignment, rhythm, and using the body to express ideas and themes: strength, prayer, and celebration.

Open classes for beginning/intermediate/advanced dancers begin with meditation and floor work that includes stretching and mind-body centering exercises. Center floor work or barre work includes alignment and the introduction of the various dance techniques that are incorporated in the vocabulary of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company. Phrases across the floor use influences from Western modern dance as well as traditional and social dances from West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Cost: $16 for the open class payable at the door (class cards are accepted), and $20 for the community class.
Pre-registration is required.

Strength: Zoom Feldenkrais Series

This new 8-week series will be focused on concepts of strength explored from a Feldenkrais perspective. How do you define strength? How/when do you feel strong? We’ll be exploring ways to feel your strength and resilience in the midst of a changing world. Feldenkrais asserts that Moving sensing thinking and feeling are inseparable – can we feel a sense of strength in each of these integral parts of ourselves allowing for a more vibrant whole? When we find our skeletal alignment and integrity, and learn to move from this foundational support, our musculature does the required work, and extraneous effort falls away. Find strength and vitality by connecting to the essence of who you are.

“. . . Feldenkrais’ approach rests on an appreciation of the fact that a key role of the nervous system is to establish order in the midst of a world that has much chaos in it.” – from the foreword to The Elusive Obvious (M. Feldenkrais) written by Norman Doidge, M.D.

April 10-May 29
Thursdays, 7:00-8:15pm CST
Instructors: Jeffrey Wells and Krista Langberg
Cost: $120-$200 income-based sliding scale for the full series
Forms of payment accepted: cash, check, Venmo, and PayPal to kristalangberg@gmail.com
Register here!

Series includes:

  • 8 distinct ATM lessons and post-lesson discussion
  • Access to lesson audio recordings if you have to miss or class or want to repeat a class on your own.
  • Flexibility—come in person or watch the recordings at a time convenient for you.

Ballet Technique Class with American Ballet Theatre

Join American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Regisseur Susan Jones to elevate your ballet technique and learn an excerpt from ABT’s upcoming performance of Giselle at Northrop. Class is open to intermediate/advanced dancers and available to participants thanks to a partnership between Northrop and Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT).

Saturday, April 19 from 9:30-11:30am
Click here to learn more about Susan Jones.

Cost: $20. The class is free for University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. This class has a capacity of 40 students and registration is required. Upon registering for class, participants will receive a 50% off discount code to attend the Giselle performance on either Friday, April 18, or Saturday, April 19.

Copresented by Northrop and Minnesota Dance Theatre.

CANDY BOX Dance Festival Master Classes

CANDY BOX Dance Festival Master Classes:
Monday, April 21, 4:00-5:15pm – Alexandra Bodnarchuk of Doma Dance Theater
Tuesday, April 22, 4:00-5:15pm – Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance
Wednesday, April 23, 4:00-5:15pm – Joe Chvala of Flying Foot Forum
Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:15pm – Cheng “Technica” Xiong
Friday, April 25, 4:00-5:15pm – Connor Berkompas of NERVOUS THEATRE

Price: $10-$25

Sign-up here!

Environmental Attunement: Writing/Dancing Workshop with Margaret Ogas

Join us at the Como Conservatory for a workshop with Marggie Ogas. We will spend time attuning with the environment (plants, sounds, smells, etc.) indoors and outside, if weather allows. Bring a notebook and a writing utensil. We will practice solitary and group attunement, meditation, and improvisation.

Wednesday, April 23 from 4:00-6:00pm

Margaret Ogas is a choreographer and performer based in the Twin Cities. Working at the confluence of dance, storytelling, and experimental performance, her works tell surreal narratives through a collage of movement, text, sound, and object.

Ogas is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow and was a 2021 Naked Stages Fellow at Pillsbury House + Theatre. Her work has been presented by the Walker Art Center, Red Eye Theater, Candy Box Dance Festival, Minnesota International Dance Festival, Center for Performing Arts, Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio, and others. She has been a core collaborator with the Taja Will Ensemble since 2018.

Presented by the Taja Will Ensemble

Prima Classical Coaching’s Spring Master Class

Prima Master Class with Jacqueline McDaniel
April 27, 2:00-4:00pm

Elevate your technique and artistry with an exclusive Prima Master Class led by Jacqueline McDaniel, founder and director of Prima Classical Coaching. With a distinguished career in ballet training and mentorship, Jacqueline brings her expertise to this immersive class designed to refine your precision, strength, and expression.

This master class offers a unique opportunity to learn from one of the industry’s leading coaches, gaining personalized insights to take your dancing to the next level. Don’t miss this chance to train with Prima Classical Coaching’s visionary leader and experience the difference of elite coaching.

Reserve your spot now! Spaces are limited—secure your ticket today!

Free Devised Performance Workshop

Tree.Lock//Productions (Sterling Melcher and Meg Singh) is seeking collaborators for our 2025 Minnesota Fringe show. We are offering a free Devised Performance workshop at Young Dance in St. Paul; open to all levels and abilities.

Sunday, April 27 from 1:00-4:00pm

Working at the intersections of physical theater and somatic dance practices, our collaborative approach to performance relies on improvisational structures, scores, play, and shared reflection. Join us for an afternoon of creative exploration grounded in Tree.Lock//Production’s methods for creating, analyzing, and editing performance—culminating in a collaborative creation period. This workshop will lead you through the basics of our practices, during which we will investigate themes of memory, technology, and the limits of our collective digital archives.

This workshop will serve as an introduction to our process as well as an audition for our show for those who are interested. If you would like to attend the workshop but do not want to be considered for the show, feel free to note that in your RSVP. If you can’t attend the workshop and would like to be considered for the show, please let us know!

To RSVP for the workshop or express interest in performing with us, please click here or send us an email at Tree.Lock.Productions@gmail.com.

A Movement/Rest Gathering with Marisol Herling

A movement practice, a gathering, a rest. You are invited to come into the space and meet yourself where you’re at. Mari will offer suggestions that will move through grounded space as well as explosive movement. This will be a time to rest, or to play, in whatever ways feel good for you.

Sunday, April 27 from 2:00-4:00pm

Marisol Herling is a queer, Latine artist and chef based in the Twin Cities. Marisol began dancing with TWE in 2018 after relocating from Nebraska. She has since collaborated with other MN artists and created her own work as part of the 2018 MN Fringe Festival and as a 2022 Naked Stages Fellow. Marisol is also the co-producer of a multidisciplinary show with her spouse, aimed at highlighting local and national BIPOC artists, called The LIFT. Alongside her performance work as a dance and burlesque artist, Marisol is a chef; prioritizing accessibility and sustainability in food.

Presented by the Taja Will Ensemble

Threads Dance Project: Adult Beginning Modern Workshop

Discover the fundamentals of modern dance in a welcoming and supportive environment. This six-week series introduces key techniques such as floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases, helping students build strength, coordination, and creative expression.

Designed for beginners and those looking to deepen their confidence in movement, this session is an extension of the early spring series, but remains open to new learners.

Adult Beginning Modern Workshop:
April 28-June 9 — No class on Memorial Day (May 26)
Mondays, 5:30-7:00pm
Instructor: Lily Conforti
Cost: $135