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.

TU Dance: GYROKINESIS® Workshop for Adults with Wendy Anderson

Please join us at TU Dance Center for a 6-week GYROKINESIS® workshop for adults with Wendy Anderson—starting with breathing patterns and progressing 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. No experience is necessary.

Wednesdays, 4:30-5:45pm
March 19-April 30 with no class on April 2.
Online registration is required. Cost: $90

For more information about Wendy and to register, click here.

Wendy Anderson has trained as a dancer, fitness professional, Pilates trainer, and presently Gyrotonic Trainer. She is an authorized teacher and teacher trainer (Pre-Trainer) of both Gyrokinesis and Gyrotonic. Having the good fortune of working with some of the most renowned Master Trainers, including Juergen Bamberger, Juliu Horvath (creator of Gyrotonic), and Paul Horvath (physiotherapist), Wendy has also trained on all pieces of Gyrotonic equipment. She trains all levels of students from highly accomplished athletes to the very beginner who has started their adventure with Gyrokinesis or Gyrotonics later in life. “Always amazed by the beauty, depth, and sophistication of this movement modality and how people can benefit from gyro on all levels of their being.”

Zenon Spring Dance Break

Join us for a joyous celebration of spring at our one-day Spring Dance Break, designed to embrace the essence of new beginnings.

As we gather together, we’ll revel in the joy of movement and bask in the invigorating energy that accompanies the arrival of spring. Experience the warmth of longer days, the beauty of blossoming flowers, and the sense of renewal that this season brings. Connect with fellow dance enthusiasts, share in the excitement of learning, and cultivate a sense of community as we celebrate growth in our dance journeys and our lives.

Thursday, March 20
9:30-11:00am: Laban based Modern with Erin Landers
5:30-7:00pm: Musical Theater Jazz with Xan Mattek
7:00-8:30pm: Beginning Modern and Dance Making with Mary Willmeng
Cost: $17 per class

Exploring the Creative Process: Forming and Unforming

Paula Mann offers free creative process workshops focusing on forming the unformed through improvisation, visualizations, musings, reoccurring ideas, odd interests, and driving physicality.

Saturday, March 22, 2:00-4:00pm

To register, email Paula at pmann102@gmail.com.
All workshops are free with support from The MSAB Creative Individuals grant.

Driftless Water Dance Workshop in Wabasha

We want you to join in this collaborative and creative dance-making process as community members and citizens of the driftless region! No dance experience is necessary, and all ages and experiences are welcome and invited.

With monthly workshops across the region to begin building the dance piece about the driftless throughout fall 2024 and winter 2025—and no mandatory participation in the performance—we want you to come be a part of this community-based dance piece as a part of the Global Water Dances Festival with performances taking place globally and in Wabasha on June 14.

Spring Workshop Dates
Saturday, March 22, 1:00-4:00pm — The WideSpot in Wabasha
Wednesday, April 2, 6:00-8:00pm — The WideSpot in Wabasha
Sunday, April 13, 1:00-4:00pm — The Artists Sanctuary in Red Wing
Saturday, April 26, 1:00-4:00pm — In the happiness at Lark Toys in Kellogg

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Facilitated by Espoir DelMain, feel free to reach out directly to espoir.delmain@gmail.com with any questions.

Zenon Dance School – Spring Open House

Join us at Zenon for the Spring Session Open House on March 22! Be the first to experience our upcoming Spring Session starting March 24 and exclusive discounts when purchasing spring class passes throughout the week. Don’t miss out on these limited-time offers! Register for free!

Saturday, March 22 
10:00-10:45am: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin Forester
10:30-11:15am: Contemporary Floorwork with Anna Pinault
11:00-11:45am: Musical Theater with Xan Mattek
11:30am-12:15pm: Horton-Based Modern with Anna Pinault
12:00-12:45pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug
12:30-1:15pm: Beginning Ballet with Benjamin Johnson

Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Located at Hennepin Center for the Arts in Studio 4A and 4B. All classes are in person, ages 15+, and all levels are welcome!

Open House Discounts through March 24:
20% off Spring single class enrollment – Code: OHENROLL
$10 off 10 class-cards – Code: OH10OFF

Community Class with BalletMet

Join Caitlin Valentine—former BalletMet dancer and current BalletMet Academy teaching artist—for a community class thanks to a partnership between Northrop and Ballet Co.Laboratory.

Class is open to intermediate-level dancers and will begin with a warm up at the barre, followed by center combinations inspired by repertoire and phrases that will be featured in the BalletMet performance at Northrop.

Thursday, March 27 from 4:30-6:00pm
Cost: $17 – free for University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff
Free Parking!

This class has a capacity of 35 students and registration is required. Participants will receive a 50% off discount code to attend the Friday, March 28, 7:30pm BalletMet performance at Northrop.

Pilates Continuing Education at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy

In Balanced Body® Advanced Movement Principles: The Low Back, learn how to bring lasting improvement and life-changing benefits to clients with low back pain. Including 18 hours of in-person instruction and eight hours of video material, this course provides a practical framework to assess, understand, and improve the posture, functional skills and athletic performance for any client with low back pain. You will leave with a structured plan for assessing clients with low back issues and a clear understanding of exercise progressions to improve their functional outcomes.

Fridays of April 4, May 16, June 6, and June 27 from 3:00-7:30pm

Fee: $695 + $175 materials
Prerequisites: Balanced Body Movement Principles, three years of Pilates teaching experience
Instructor: Cari Riis Stemmler

Pilates Teacher Training at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy

Balanced Body® Trapeze Table/Cadillac/Tower Instructor Training provides a thorough introduction to Trapeze Table and Tower exercises as well as applications for beginning, post–rehabilitation and advanced clients. Sequencing, program design and exploration of exercise applications are covered as well as equipment set up, safety and maintenance.

Friday, April 11, 4:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, April 12, 11:30am-7:00pm
Sunday, April 13, 9:30am-5:30pm

Fee: $549 + $60 materials ($599 after March 22)
Prerequisites: Mat 1 and Reformer 1
Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice and Annie Chesterfield, DPT