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

Minnesota Ballet School Summer Intensive Audition/Master Class

Train with Ballet Master Kirill Bak-Stepanoff on Sunday, May 18.

Minnesota Ballet Theatre and School (MBS) invites aspiring dancers to a special masterclass and audition led by Kirill Bak-Stepanoff—a former soloist with Eifman Ballet and dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Sankt Petersburg, Russia, graduate of the prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy, and Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Minnesota Ballet Theatre and School.

This event offers a rare opportunity for dancers ages 9-18+ to experience world-class training while auditioning for Minnesota Ballet School 2025 Summer Ballet Intensive—a program designed to inspire, challenge, and elevate each student’s artistry.

Tap Master Classes at Keane

Saturday, May 24 Tap Workshops – $40 per class
Intermediate with Acia Gray: 10:00-11:15am
Intermediate with Aleksandr Ostanin: 11:30am-12:45pm
Advanced with Aleksandr Ostanin: 1:00-12:15pm
Advanced with Acia Gray: 2:30-3:45pm

Tap Talk – learn the history of this beautiful art form: 4:00pm, $10 fee.

Sunday, May 25 Tap Workshop – $40 per class
“Cool Coordination” Intermediate with Jensen Freedman: 12:00-1:15pm

CoreAlign® Teacher Training at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy

In Balanced Body® CoreAlign 1: Foundations Instructor Training, learn the CoreAlign and its versatility in strengthening, stretching, conditioning and functional movement in clients of all abilities. At Paragon, we offer CoreAlign Teacher Training for fitness professionals, movement educators and rehab clinicians.

This course includes CoreAlign method theory and 60+ foundation exercises to build functional movement skills. Areas of focus are trunk integration, upper body strength and balance, lower body strength, power, gait, and dynamic flexibility. Variations for all ability levels and specific modifications and precautions for special populations are covered, as well as equipment set up, maintenance and safety.

Friday, May 30, 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, May 31, 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday June 1, 9:30am-4:30pm

Fee: $549 + $60 materials
Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

Threads Dance Project Youth Summer Camps

Discover dance this summer at Threads Dance Nexus!

Creative Connections for ages 4-6: June 16-20 and June 23-27, 9:00-10:15am
$125 for one week or $230 for both weeks. Need-based scholarships are available.

Young movers will explore a variety of dance styles and how dance intersects with music, numbers, art, theater, and more. They will learn the importance of healthy bodies and minds, discuss basic nutrition, and how emotions can be defined, demonstrated, and calmed using movement. This journey of creativity and self-expression will be shared in a casual showing for family and friends at the end of each week.

NexGen/YDP (Youth Dance Project) for ages 8-12: July 7-11 and July 14-18, 9:00am-12:00pm
$279 for one week or $499 for both weeks. Need-based scholarships are available.

NexGen/YDP PLUS for ages 8-12 with 2+ years dance experience: July 7-11 and July 14-18, 9:00am-1:00pm
$329 for one week or $579 for both weeks. Need-based scholarships are available.

Embark on a fun and holistic dance experience for your child in this comprehensive approach to summer dance learning. Dancers will grow in confidence, strength, and self-expression as they study ballet and modern techniques. They will learn self-care for their bodies and minds through nutrition and embodied movement exploration. Journals will be provided as a tool for self-reflection and discovery. Students will share what they’ve learned in a casual showing at the end of each week.

No prior dance experience is required. A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available – visit our website for more information.

Steps and Sips Choreography Workshop and Showcase with Gemma Bond

Join internationally-acclaimed choreographer Gemma Bond, from the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) and The Royal Ballet, for a world-class choreography workshop. Gemma has choreographed for dance companies around the world and is the recipient of the 2017 Princess Grace Award, the 2018 Clive Barnes Foundation Award for Choreography, and the 2020 Bessie Award for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer.

Schedule for Saturday, June 21
10:30-11:30am: Technique Warm-up with Lauren Post—MDT School Director and former ABT dancer
11:45am-1:45pm: Choreography with Gemma Bond—former dancer with ABT and The Royal Ballet
2:00-2:30pm: Free and public showcase in Studio 6A with free mocktails!

The workshop and showcase will both take place in MDT Studio 6A. Cost is $50 before June 7, $65 after.

Dream Dancing: Summer Intensive

Our 2025 Summer Intensive will explore dancing together as a practice of dreaming, entering a state of continuous rhythmic embodiment that portals joy into acts of resistance.

In this dense practice of dancing, where the rhythms roll us into waves of movement, we practice the awakening of spatial and temporal awareness, heightening our sense of dancing together as a mode of Self-Determination. Some of the cornerstones of this methodology are engaging repetition, finding the beat, losing the fixation on verticality, stimulating cellular and nervous awakening, and building multiple fronts. We dream this gathering as a crucial  moment for strategizing this next resistive phase of our lives.

Each meeting will begin with instruction in Yorchhā. Whether this is your first experience with Yorchhā or you have been practicing for multiple summers, we will meet you where you are, opening paths towards your individual excellence. After a brief break, the daily focus will shift to structured improvisational and choreographic processes. We will provide accepted applicants with a more detailed daily schedule by the beginning of May.

Application Deadline: Monday, June 9

Please note that each application requires a non-refundable deposit of $50.00. Scholarships and housing assistance for out-of-town artists are available. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at admin@ananyadancetheatre.org.

Ballet Co.Laboratory Intermediate and Advanced Summer Intensives

Build strength and develop your artistry. Our Summer Intensives include classical and contemporary technique classes and the opportunity to perform dance works created for the professional Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory.

Intermediate Intensive: July 29-August 15, Tuesday-Friday from 9:30am-4:00pm
Dancers aged 12-16 spend three weeks immersed in classes including classical ballet technique, pointe, jazz, contemporary, musical theater, character, conditioning, and repertoire. Dancers should have at least 1 year of pointe experience.

Advanced Intensive: July 28-August 15, Monday-Friday from 9:00am-4:30pm
Dancers aged 15-22 spend three weeks immersed in classes including classical ballet technique, pointe, partnering, jazz, contemporary, modern, musical theatre, character, improvisation, conditioning, and repertoire. Dancers should have at least 2.5 years of pointe experience.

Collide Summer Dance Intensive

Improve your technique and advance your artistry in a positive and welcoming environment with one of the top dance companies in the Twin Cities!

Classes in our Summer Dance Intensive include Musical Theatre Jazz, Classic Jazz Technique, Ballet, Leaps and Turns, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, and more. Students may register for one or both weeks.

The Intensive culminates with our Collide Showcase. Video will be taken so dancers have a professional-grade copy to use for future auditions and submissions. Local students are also invited to perform excerpts from the Intensive at the Minnesota State Fair in August!

Level placement requires a referral from a teacher or Collide company member, or a two-minute video submission. Please send a video (one minute of Ballet Adagio with pirouettes and one minute of Jazz) or referral name and contact information to Auditions@collidetheatrical.org.

TU Dance Center: Intermediate and Advanced Summer Intensive

The TU Dance Intermediate and Advanced Summer Intensive is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African dance, and creative workshops for students ages 11-24. Click the respective level group to download the daily schedule: 2025 Intermediate Program Daily Schedule and 2025 Advanced Intensive Daily Schedule.

For level placement, please contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708. Placement can be done by attending an in-person class (by appointment only and a class fee applies), submitting a video link (modern and ballet phrase), or during the first day of classes of the intensive.

To register, please complete the four-step registration process:

Registration Deadlines:
Youth and Teen Intermediate Levels: July 4
Advanced Level: July 23 (single-week registration is available)

Full and partial scholarships available. Contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708 for more information.

TU Dance Center: Children and Teen Summer Program

The TU Dance 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. Click here to download the 2025 Creative Movement Daily Schedule and the 2025 Beginning Program Daily Schedule.

For questions and level placement, please contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708.

To register, please complete the four-step registration process:

Registration Deadlines:
Creative Movement: July 22
Beginning Youth and Teen: June 11

Full or partial scholarships are available. Contact us at education@tudance.org or 651-724-9708 for more information.