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

A follow-up session to our Adult Fundamentals I session, this class prepares dancers to enter our drop-In classes with confidence. This session is great for dancers returning to the art form after time away from the barre.

Adult Ballet Fundamentals II
Thursdays, 6:45–8:00pm

Fall Session: October 17 – November 21, 2024
Spring Session: February 20 – March 27, 2025

Lucid Movement is a practice that uses movement to collaboratively explore ideas. We utilize authentic movement, Alexander Technique, yoga, devising, and stream-of-consciousness journaling.

If, like us, in light of all that’s happening you are craving to gather, to move, and to feel: this month’s Lucid Movement is offered by us as a free gift.

Saturday, November 16, 3:00-5:00pm
With Evelyn Digirolamo and Sarah Zuber
Bring a journal, water, and something to write with.
You’re also welcome to bring something to add to the altar space we create that symbolizes what is anchoring and motivating you right now

Like other sessions, we’ll get centered and oriented, we’ll move, we’ll write, we’ll connect with each other, we’ll create something new.

Warmly,
Evie and Sarah

Balanced Body® Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Friday, December 6: 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, December 7: 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday, December 8: 9:30am-4:30pm

Training Fee: $499 until November 16. $549 after November 16.
$60 materials fee.

This course introduces you to what Joseph Pilates called the ‘Universal’ Reformer, which is the centerpiece of the Pilates equipment studio and an invaluable training tool. Reformer 1 teaches you how to safely utilize the Reformer and many of the beginning and intermediate Pilates Reformer exercises. Reformer 1 also reviews common modifications and variations necessary for teaching the client in front of you and gives you the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’, empowering critical reasoning skills from the very start of your training.

Prerequisite: Movement Principles
Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

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.

Balanced Body® Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Friday, December 6: 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, December 7: 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday, December 8: 9:30am-4:30pm

Fee: $499 + $60 materials

This course introduces you to what Joseph Pilates called the ‘Universal’ Reformer, which is the centerpiece of the Pilates equipment studio and an invaluable training tool. Reformer 1 teaches you how to safely utilize the Reformer and many of the beginning and intermediate Pilates Reformer exercises. Reformer 1 also reviews common modifications and variations necessary for teaching the client in front of you and gives you the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’, empowering critical reasoning skills from the very start of your training.
Prerequisite: Movement Principles

Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

Join Julianne Mundale, Twin Cities musical theatre professional and Creative Director of Sol Creative Performing Arts Studio, and other tap dancers, for the 42nd Street Choreography Workshop!

Sunday, December 8
1:30-3:00pm

Julianne will be teaching the iconic opening tap dance audition choreography, originally set by Gower Champion in the original broadway production. If you used to tap dance, still tap dance, performed in the musical, or always wanted to, come join this energy filled workshop!

$20
Free parking!
Sign up: email solcreativepas@gmail.com

Bring a water bottle and, “don’t forget your tap shoes, Francis!”

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.