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

Utilizing Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening modalities and other theoretical writings on sound to offer exercises, scores and conversation that explore how we can listen, hold and sound as a community. Experience in a formal sound practice is not required and workshops are not sequential.

Led by tap dancer and Deep Listening practitioner Kaleena Miller.

Saturday, February 1 from 4:30-5:45pm
Sunday, February 2 from 4:30-5:45pm

Located at RESOURCE
Sliding scale ticketing from $5-20.
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Also part of the series: a work-in-progress performance with New York-based Lisa La Touche and Philadelphia-based Michael J. Love on Monday, February 3 at 4:30pm.

Balanced Body® Pilates Mat 3: Enhanced Mat and Props completes the Mat training by adding rings, rollers, bands, and balls to the traditional Mat exercises. In addition, Enhanced Mat includes functional exercises for the upper and lower body, expanding the Mat work beyond the core to develop whole-body strength and flexibility. The Balanced Body Programming System is introduced to make class design easy, effective, and fun. Adding props to a Mat class makes them more dynamic, creative, and accessible—clients love toys!

February 7-9:
Friday, 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday, 9:30am-4:30pm

Prerequisites: Movement Principles, Mat 1 and 2
Fee: $549 + $60 materials
Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

Explore new dance styles with your friends! Classes include Family Dance and Dance a Story for younger dancers. Dancers ages 7+ (second grade and older) can take Dance & Photography and Variety Dance Camp—bring a lunch and take both for a full day of dancing! In this year’s Variety Dance Camp, students will learn Modern and Improvisation with Blake Nellis, Hip Hop with Waswa Kalema, and Jazz with Kathleen Pender.

Monday, February 17
Family Dance: 9:15-10:00 am, Ages 1 to 6 with caregiver, $15
Dance a Story: 10:00am-12:00pm and 1:00-3:00pm, Ages 4 to 7, $30
Dance and Photography: 9:30am-12:00pm, Ages 7 to 18, $45
Variety Dance Camp: 12:30-4:30pm, Ages 7 to 18, $75

Balanced Body® Reformer 2 expands the potential of the Reformer with intermediate and advanced exercises and includes associated safety protocols and modifications. Reformer 2 also explores programs designed for specific populations including pre and post-natal clients, clients with osteoporosis, and clients with lower back issues. Class design, dynamic assessment, and correcting common dysfunctional movement patterns are also included.

February 21-23:
Friday, 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday, 9:30am-4:30pm

Prerequisite: Movement Principles, Reformer 1
Fee: $499 + $60 materials, $549 after February 1
Instructor: Dr. Annie Chesterfield, DPT

We’re thrilled to announce a unique opportunity coming to our studio, The Dancing House, on February 22! 

Paul Becker, a world-renowned choreographer/director who choreographed Disney’s Descendants, Deadpool, The Muppets, Riverdale, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Twilight, and over 400 other titles, is hosting an On-Camera Dance Intensive right here at our studio. Paul, who is also a producing partner with Kenny Ortega, will be teaching dancers of all ages and levels.

In addition, Paul will be holding an optional general audition for his future projects during the intensive. Don’t worry—this will be an extension of the class and a great learning experience. He’ll be educating while auditioning, and it’s a chance to be considered for future opportunities in his film and tv projects.

For any questions, email assistant@paulbecker.ai and they will be happy to help.

This 8-week class series introduces the foundational principles of modern dance in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. Students will explore fundamental techniques including floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases while developing strength, coordination, and creative expression. Perfect for beginners and those looking to build confidence in their movement journey!

Adult Beginning Modern Workshop:
March 3-April 21
Mondays, 5:30-7:00pm
Instructor: Lily Conforti
Cost: $175

GYROKINESIS® for Adults is a 6-week workshop that will start with breathing patterns and progress into motions that mobilize the spine through arching, curling, bending, spiraling, and waving. Connecting with the breath, the movement starts to feel like a dance: oxygenating the circulatory system, stimulating the nervous system, and opening the body. Exercises are done on chairs/stools and in standing and lying positions.

Wednesdays, 4:30-5:45pm
January 8-February 12
Cost: $90

Online registration is required. For more information about Wendy and to register, click here.

The Dancing Together Workshop is a child and parent/caregiver Creative Movement class.

This 6-week workshop is designed for children ages 2-4 and their parent/caregiver who are interested in a shared movement experience that engages the senses of curiosity and play. Both child and caregiver will participate in developmentally appropriate movement exercises incorporating elements such as effort, shape, and tempo. Music will play an essential role in the class, as students will be asked to respond to sounds and make sounds themselves. Participants will be encouraged to join at their own comfort level with the understanding that observation is often the best form of learning with younger children. This class will give children and caregivers the opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another through the art form of dance.

Saturdays, 9:00-9:45am
January 18-February 22 and/or March 15-May 3, with no classes on April 5 and 12.

Online registration is required.

Join Reed Tankersley of Twyla Tharp Dance for a technique class at Zenon Dance—made possible by a partnership between Northrop and Zenon Dance. This modern contemporary class for intermediate/advanced level dancers will begin with a brief warm-up focusing on mobility and strength, followed by across-the-floor phrase work, and conclude with excerpts and phrases from Tharp’s repertoire.

Thursday, January 23 from 5:30-7:00pm

This class has a capacity of 30 students, and registration is required. Free for all participants, including University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. Participants will receive a 50% off discount code to attend Twyla Tharp Dance Diamond Jubilee Featuring Third Coast Percussion at Northrop on Sunday, January 26.

Reed Tankersley, from Northern California, earned his BFA from The Juilliard School in 2014. Shortly after, Tankersley joined Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour and has continued to perform with the company in numerous Tharp works, including In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs, How Long Blues, The Fugue, Brahms Paganini, Ocean’s Motion, and Eight Jelly Rolls. He has also worked as a répétiteur for Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen. In 2019, Tankersley ran away to the circus and toured the United States as the lead performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Volta. Tankersley is a YoungArts Award winner and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.”