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Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® in Bryn Mawr

Experience the gentle yet effective benefits of Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® with certified teacher, Sally Rousse.

July 2-August 6
6:00-7:00pm
Price: $12 per class

Floor-Barre® uses the floor to correct and refine body alignment, strengthen joints, and address musculoskeletal functions. Based on ballet, Floor-Barre® creates long, exquisite lines. A pioneer in injury prevention and rehabilitation, Zena Rommett’s work is recommended by notable medical practitioners. Certified since 2017, Sally Rousse teaches group and private classes to all people. The method is part meditation, part exercise, part physical therapy, and is highly recommended for dancers to prevent and recover from injury.

Benefits of Floor-Barre®: Corrects and refines body alignment, strengthens joints, lengthens and strengthens muscles, increases vitality and artistic expression, and is doctor-recommended for injury prevention and rehabilitation.

My pedagogy shifts away from the exclusive, often harmful, physical and cultural stereotypes, and leans towards a wider, more inclusive, joyful landscape. What matters to me is creating a sense of safety and play, grounding us all in the present as we acknowledge the past and look for the potentials of the future. As my research in site-based work reveals, the body is the first site, and that site is alive, intersectional, fluid, flowing and moving, and taking up space in traditional and provocatively new ways all the time. Throughout my 50+ years in dance, I have come to feel the outwardly silent, inwardly buzzing life of dance practice—in a studio, onstage, or down the street—as an exquisite, arduous, spiritual practice of polishing the soul, the character, the body, for moving through life.

Sally Rousse: Fellow/Dance MFA Bennington College, Vermont/Montpéllier, France Dance Artist, Teacher, Choreographer, Curator, Writer, Advocate
Sally has experience in Ballet, Contact/Improvisation, Zena Rommett Floor-BarreⓇ, Dance for Musical Theater and is certified in Brain Gym®, Reiki, and Zena Rommett Floor-Barre®.

Floor-Barre® is a registered trademark belonging to the Rommetts and Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Foundation. All rights protected.

Maggie Bridger’s Radiate

An ongoing, iterative process and project, Radiate explores the mundanity, humor and time-bending experience of pain and care. Working across video, craft and movement, this piece invites audiences to make themselves comfortable in the artist’s home as she continually traces deeply worn pathways, seeking warmth and relief.

Thursday, July 17 at 6:00pm
Friday, July 18 at 6:00pm
Saturday, July 19 at 2:00pm and 6:00pm

Access Information
Radiate centers access through the following: Open captioning, open projected Artistic Sign Language, open audio description. Various types of seating—blanket, pillows, and other tools—allow audiences to attend to and curate their embodied experience of the work will be available.

CONVERGE: Amez Dance, Analog Dance Works, and Ruby Josephine Dance Theater

Amez Dance, Analog Dance Works, and Ruby Josephine Dance Theater are coming together in a synergistic collaboration, presenting new explorational contemporary dance works with a shared cohort of local movers. Each piece is tied to a different realm of the sciences. Move through the psychology of nostalgia with Nieya Amezquita’s piece What could have been but wasn’t. What was and now isn’t, biology and plant agency with Brenna Mosser’s piece, The Other Kingdom, and astrophysics and planetary chaos with Ruby Josephine Smith’s 9 Body Problem.

As emerging, women-led contemporary dance companies prioritizing community and connection, Converge is helping to usher in a new and bright generation of contemporary dance to the Twin Cities.

Friday, July 18 at 7:00pm
Saturday, July 19 at 7:00pm
Sunday, July 20 at 2:00pm
Tickets: $25, pay-as-you can on Sunday, July 20

Ballet Co.Laboratory is Hiring Teaching Artists

The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory is seeking seasoned, professional ballet teachers to join our staff.

The Teaching Artists at The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory instruct, mentor, empower, and inspire every student from ages 3 to adult with excellent, individualized, and healthy dance training using our curriculum/syllabus.

Is this you? Apply here!

Application Deadline: Sunday, July 20

Youth Auditions for Collide’s Holiday Spectacular

Get ready to sparkle on stage this season! Collide is casting local youth dancers for our Holiday Spectacular – a magical celebration featuring iconic scenes from The Nutcracker and festive dance storytelling set to your favorite holiday hits!

Join us for an unforgettable winter performance filled with classical ballet, jazz, contemporary, and character work. From Sugar Plum dreams to Santa’s Workshop, this is your chance to shine in a show that brings holiday joy to all ages! The Holiday Spectacular will offer young dancers an opportunity to perform alongside the Collide professional company at the beautiful Luminary Arts Center, home to the MN Opera, in the North Loop.

Roles and Casting: Seeking youth dancers, ages 8-18, who are proficient in ballet and jazz dance. Additional skills (tap, acro, pointe) are a plus! Specialty roles include Clara, Toy Soldiers, Holiday Elves, Toys, and more featured soloists alongside an ensemble cast.

Audition Date 1: Wednesday, July 23
Ages 8-10: 6:00-6:30pm
Ages 10-13: 6:30-7:00pm
Ages 14-18: 7:00-8:00pm

Audition Date 2: Sunday, August 17
Ages 8-10: 1:00-1:30pm
Ages 10-13: 1:30-2:00pm
Ages 13-18 2:00-3:00pm

Audition Expectations: Auditions are located at Collide Theatrical Dance Company. Wear dance attire (ballet/jazz shoes recommended) and bring a headshot and resume, if available. Dancers should expect a short across-the-floor combination and choreography to be taught on site. Please be prepared to stay for the full audition slot. Roles will be cast by Monday, August 18. Sign up here!

Dates and Times
Sunday Rehearsals at Collide Theatrical Dance Company: October 5-November 30
Rehearsal Times: Elves, 1:00-2:00pm; Toys, 2:00-3:30pm; Nutcracker, 3:30-5:00pm
First Meeting of Student Company and Parents: Sunday, October 28 from 11:00am-12:00pm
Full Youth Company Technical Rehearsals at the Luminary Arts Center: Tuesday, December 2, 5:00-8:30pm; Wednesday, December 3, 5:00-8:30pm
Performance 1 and 2: Thursday, December 4 from 9:30am-12:30pm and 6:00-8:30pm
Performance 3 (Gala): Friday, December 5 from 6:00-9:00pm
Performance 4 and 5: Saturday, December 6 from 1:00-3:30pm and 6:30-9:00pm
Performance 6: Sunday, December 7 from 1:00-3:30pm

Please arrive with hair and makeup ready. Parents, please pick-up during break hours. Parking and drop-off information for The Luminary Arts Center to come.

Questions? Email education@collidetheatrical.org. Come be part of the magic – let’s make this season spectacular together!

Staff
Holiday Spectacular Director: Regina Peluso
Artistic Associates/Choreographers: Jarod Boltjes, Heather Brockman
Managing Director: Noelle Bohaty
Engagement Coordinator: Jess Yates

Threads Dance Project Seeks Managing Director

Application Deadline: July 25

Job Description:

  • Works in partnership with and reports to the Artistic/Executive Director to guide the company’s voice and vision.
  • Responsible for the Business Operations, including Marketing, Communications, and Fund Development strategies of Threads Dance Project.
  • Oversees program development and programming at the Threads Dance Nexus.

Download the full job description.

To apply, email a letter of interest and resumé to kcharles@threadsdance.org.

Fakoly Drum and Dance Conference

Hosted by Fode Bangoura and Duniya Drum & Dance, Fakoly is an authentic, culturally immersive experience into the world of traditional West African drum and dance.

The three-day workshop offers hand drumming and dance classes for the community at any level and any age—beginner through advanced. Instruction is provided by professional master drummers and dancers from Guinea, Haiti and Nigeria who are dedicated to sharing their knowledge of traditional percussion and movement.

Happening on Friday, July 25-Sunday, July 27 at Center for Performing Arts. Learn more about the artists and register here!

Inclusive Dance 30-Hour Intensive with Michaela Knox

Young Dance is hosting Maine-based performer, choreographer, and teacher, Michaela Knox, for a 5-day, 30-hour training focused on foundational DanceAbility exercises and theory. This intensive is for immediate application by dance educators, teachers, therapists, and dancers who want to share movement improvisation or mixed-abilities dance in their communities.

The course emphasizes how to adapt teaching styles to any participant. Exercises introduce basic concepts of movement improvisation for people of all abilities, based on things that all participants can do. Participants will learn how to guide all people to be aware of their potential for movement expression.

Participants learn to work with all people simultaneously. Students will receive a certificate of completion and a teaching guide (DanceAbility handbook) with over 40 exercises and detailed notes from each day’s lessons.

Michaela Knox is the founding director of Spark Inclusive Arts and is a Master Trainer of the DanceAbility method, founded by Alito Alessi. She holds an MA in Educational Leadership and is currently pursuing a PhD in Disability Studies. She was a company member of 20 Moons Dance Theatre from 2014-2018. Knox has created mixed-ability performance work throughout the southwest and New England for the last 9 years.

Friday, July 25-Tuesday, July 29
9:30am-4:00pm
Cost is $425, which includes a daily provided lunch!

Experience the Rhythm – Cultivate: A West African Drum and Dance Performance

Step into a world of vibrant rhythm, powerful movement, and ancestral celebration with Cultivate, a breathtaking performance that ignites the spirit and stirs the soul. Presented by Duniya Drum & Dance and featuring master drummers and electrifying dancers, Cultivate is more than a show—it’s a journey through the heart of West Africa.

Rooted in centuries-old traditions and energized by contemporary artistry, Cultivate honors the power of culture, connection, and community. Whether you’re a longtime lover of African arts or new to the experience, this performance will move you—body and soul.

Saturday, July 26
Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30.
Cost: Adults $20, children 12 and under $15
Learn more and get tickets!

Cultivate is part of the Fakoly Drum & Dance Conference.