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

Virginia Twins Performance Group invites you to participate in a residential weekend workshop focused on improvisational movement, embodied awareness, and building trust with others. Our workshop takes place over two and a half days of scheduled programming. We will share a variety of exercises that are designed to cultivate attunement towards impulse and the experience of being inside a living body.

This retreat takes place at Big Raven Farm in the heart of Southern Minnesota’s driftless region. It includes full housing and amenities, meals, a ten-acre landscape, and the opportunity to step away from daily routines to practice building skills for living an active and engaged life.

This is a workshop for performers and non-performers alike and does not require any previous experience. It is designed to be amenable to all age groups and levels of ability.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot early!

The TU Dance Pre-Professional Program 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 (by appointment only, a class fee applies) or by 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:

• Please find the online pre-registration below under the specific level you are interested in and select a payment option.
• Make a tuition payment in full or by selecting a payment plan. If requesting a payment plan please submit the Summer 2025 Payment Plan Form, and submit a 2025 Intermediate Summer Intensive online registration form or 2025 Advanced Summer Intensive online registration form.

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

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

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:

• Please find the online pre-registration below under the specific level you are interested in and select a payment option.
• Make a tuition payment in full or by selecting a payment plan. If requesting a payment plan please submit the Summer 2025 Payment Plan Form, and submit a 2025 Creative Movement and Beginning Level Summer Program online registration form.

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.

Join us for an open house to visit the studio, register, attend free trial classes, and meet some teachers!

Monday, February 17 from 3:30-6:30pm

Whether you’re new to Young Dance or have been taking classes for a while, open houses are an excellent way for dancers and families to familiarize themselves with finding our space, parking, getting around the building, and seeing the studios.

The trial class schedule will be posted on the website calendar the week before the open house, so check back then!
If you plan to take a trial class, save some time and complete this form before you come.

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: $549 + $60 materials
Instructor: Dr. Annie Chesterfield, DPT

You are invited to a short series of practice sessions as part of a multifaceted, ongoing choreographic research project led by Emily Gastineau. 0, 1, group, ∞ is a collective research on collective research. Sessions are pay-as-you-wish, with $10-35 suggested.

Key areas of investigation include: epistemology and relationality, methods for collective study, the erotics of knowledge, boundaries, and edges, dances as effects rather than objects, reading and misreading, and the unspoken and the unknown.

These sessions are for: dance artists who like to analyze, writers who are into embodiment, improvisers of any form, theory nerds, group facilitators, students of collective organization, scholars who want to open up method, artists of any discipline who are into research, and the committed and the curious.

Practice Session: Focus on Writing
Saturday, February 22, 2:00-4:30pm

Practice Sharing with Discussion
Saturday, March 15, 2:00-4:30pm

What is Tapestries 9.0? Threads Dance Project commissions 3 emerging choreographers selected by an expert panel of dance/community leaders to create new works for the company under the guidance of Artistic/Executive Director Karen L. Charles. Tapestries provides a much-needed avenue for underrepresented women and artists of color to take center stage in the world of professional choreography.

What are the Tapestries 9.0 Master Classes? The Tapestries 9.0 Master Classes are intimate and engaging opportunities for you to learn from the masters themselves. Each of our choreographers will guide you through learning the fundamentals and will hone your skills from their wealth of knowledge. They will show you why they were chosen to be a part of Tapestries!

Contemporary with Rachel Lieberman: February 24-25, and March 3, 4, 10, and 11 from 9:00-10:30am
This contemporary-based class begins with a structured, improvisatory warm-up and offers exercises and phrase work focused on directing energy and focus, controlled gesture and big release, and functional weight share and soft partnering. In her facilitation, Rachel aims to always center not just the “what” but the experience, the joy, and the “why” of dance.

Price: $12. Pay as you come. No prior registration needed.

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

Balanced Body® Reformer 3 Instructor Training is the pinnacle of the Reformer work and includes advanced and super-advanced exercises. Challenge clients to achieve their best with progressive sequences designed to teach students advanced movement skills. In addition, our principle-based programming will guide you in the creation of safe and successful multi-level classes.

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

Fee: $499 + $60 materials ($549 after February 14)
Prerequisite: Movement Principles, Reformer 1 and 2
Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice