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CANDY BOX Dance Festival Master Classes

CANDY BOX Dance Festival will offer master classes on The Southern Theater stage:

April 22-26, 4:00-5:15pm 
Monday – Paula Mann
Tuesday- Sana Bangoura of Duniya Drum and Dance
Wednesday – jess pretty
Thursday – Tristan Koepke
Friday – Kaitlyn Hawkins

Tickets
$10 for single class
$25 for 5-class pass

Physical Prizes – Virtual Discussion

As part of the development process of their new work Physical Prizes, join choreographer Zoë Koenig and composer Nora Nygard on Tuesday, April 23 from 12:30–1:30pm to discuss narratives of sacrifice in the signaling of artistic dedication, the role and forms of risk in performance and process, interpersonal tensions within rehearsal and performance spaces, and more. We welcome artists and art audiences of all disciplines. 

Register.

Additional upcoming events include an open rehearsal May 6 from 6:00–7:00pm at Threads Dance Nexus, and a work-in-progress showing on July 20 at 7:30pm.

Zoë Koenig is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Taja Will Presents DISASTER! at the Red Eye

The Taja Will Ensemble presents:

Dearest Liberator, DISASTER! DISASTER! DISASTER! is a moment to metabolize climate catastrophe. Our queer Latine squad of contemporary avatars deliver a dark comedy, call to action, and awareness. We pack our “go bags” and practice all the survival strategies we’ve ever trained and retained. All the elemental energies are invited at once, WATER, AIR, FIRE, EARTH, moon, ghost, catastrophe, compost, restoration and diaspora ancestors. We call to action vibrational awareness of ecosystem solidarity, and elemental sovereignty.

Created and performed by Marisol Herling, Eric M.C. Gonzalez, Margaret Ogas and Taja Will

Performances
Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30
​Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 – ​with ASL interpretation
​Friday, April 26 at 7:30
Saturday, April 27 at 5:00 – Pre-sale tickets sold out. Tickets at the door/reach out directly for waiting list.
Doors open 20 minutes before performances.

Tickets
30 seats per performance: 20 seats on pre-sale, 10 at the door each night – they are going fast!
Our tickets ​have a sliding scale price of ​$15-50, with a suggested price of $25.

Email directly with access needs or purchase tickets and fill out questionnaire at the end with access and accomodation support.

TU Dance: THREAT Educational Performance

We would like to invite the educators in our community and their students to attend this special event!

TU Dance is providing an educational performance featuring THREAT, a company project with choreography by Yusha-Marie Sorzano and other concepts and elements of the art form of dance. Our 10 dancers (including 5 dancers from TU Dance’s CULTIVATE, trainee program) welcome you to experience the connective power of dance. This educational performance is only available to students enrolled in schools throughout the district.

Thursday, April 25
10:30-11:25am
At The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University.
Cost: $3.50
For more information about THREAT and to register, click here.

TU Dance educational performance featuring THREAT is provided thanks to a generous grant provided by the Saint Paul Foundation and Bigelow Foundation.

TU Dance: THREAT by Yusha-Marie Sorzano

THREAT is an evening-length work choreographed by TU Dance Guest Artist Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

THREAT is a concert dance theater work that aims to provoke an interrogation of the roles we play as individuals and communities in hierarchies. The work posits that hierarchies have the power to control our behavior and infiltrate our thoughts, even when no authority is present to enforce the rules. Using a physical language and soundscape that fuses multicultural traditions and styles of the West and the African Diaspora, this social exploration invites audiences into a modern narrative that speaks to the universal experience of authority, obedience, and rebellion.

Friday, April 26 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27 at 7:30pm

Purchase Tickets
Adult: $40
Student/Senior: $30
St. Kate’s Student: $5
Subscription information can be found here.

TU Dance is one of four dance companies participating in the pilot program The O’Shaughnessy Dance Cohort.

Blood Will Tell

Blood Will Tell – heartfelt songs about an imperfect family – an evening of Scott Zosel’s rarely performed songs written for family funerals, weddings, births, and other milestones. Tough and tender, passionate and poignant, Zosel’s songs of family love and lore will be surrounded by storytelling, dance, video, and ambient sound styling, all supported by a stellar backing band.

Dancer/choreographer Nan Marie Zosel will serve as narrator, and members of chance2dancemn will add dance and movement.

Saturday, April 27 at 7:00pm

Scott Zosel says, “I rarely perform these songs because it’s hard to sing them without tearing up. Each one was written for a family member – some are dead, some are alive, and some I thought were dead to me but are still pulling at my heart. Stitching these songs together for this show has given me a way to feel all the feelings: grief, joy, anger, love, loss. I’m ready to share these stories. This show should resonate with anyone who loves their family but has struggled with family relationships.”

Minnesota Dance Theatre Presents SPRING at The Southern

Last chance for now! Don’t miss this opportunity to join Minnesota Dance Theatre for the company’s parting performances.

Witness the Minnesota premiere of And yet here we are, by Seattle-based choreographer Nia-Amina Minor. This piece, originally created on Pacific Northwest Ballet, lives in an imaginative space propelled by rhythm. Set to a soundscape that is both turbulent and reflective, this work urgently explores what is and the possibilities of what could be.

The performance is rounded out by world premieres from local choreographer Javan Mngrezzo, MDT company member Zachary Tuazon, and MDT Interim Artistic Director Elayna Waxse. With music from Chopin to jazz to indie rock, this program displays the diversity and power of our remarkable dancers.

Friday, May 3 at 8:00pm – pay as able
Saturday, May 4 at 8:00pm
Sunday, May 5 at 2:00pm
Friday, May 10 at 8:00pm
Saturday, May 11 at 8:00pm
Sunday, May 12 at 2:00pm

Tickets: $32. Student: $20.

Apply to be Ballet Co.Laboratory’s 2025 Emerging Choreographer.

Are you a Minnesota-based emerging choreographer with formal ballet training? Apply for our Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program for a paid opportunity to create a new, full-length, staged production performed by the upper-level students at The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory in March 2025!

The story that Ballet Co.Laboratory will be asking the 2025 emerging choreographer to draw inspiration from is the children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, and inspired by Harold going to the state fair. Applicants can choose to present this narrative as a classical or contemporary ballet. The selected choreographer will work alongside the Ballet Co.Laboratory artistic team in selecting the music, designing scenic elements, creating costumes, and casting roles.

Choreographers applying to this program are encouraged to think critically about how ballet can continue to evolve – becoming more inclusive and forward-thinking. Artists are asked to create a production with a story line that sparks the imagination and challenges the audiences’ perception of what ballet is.

All applicants must live in Minnesota, have had formal ballet training, and consider themselves to be an emerging choreographer.

Applications close on May 10, 2024.

Balanced Body® Anatomy for Movement Professionals

Friday, May 10: 4:00-8:00pm
Saturday, May 11: 11:30am-6:00pm
Sunday, May 12: 9:30am-4:30pm
In person or online.

Fee: $499 + $60 materials

Anatomy is the foundation of our work as movement professionals. The more you understand about how the body works, the better equipped you are to teach your clients how to move better. In this course you will receive an introduction to the major tissues, joints and muscles of movement. Muscle origin, insertion and action are covered along with movement experiences to help you understand and remember not just the individual muscles, but how they work in synergy to create functional movements. The course includes a manual and video support.

Instructor: Matthew Hodge-Rice

Twin Cities Ballet Presents Coppélia in Paris

Coppélia in Paris, a family-friendly show, is Twin Cities Ballet’s fun twist on the world’s most famous ballet comedy. Set in 1920s Paris, the ballet mixes humor and incredible dancing. The story moves between “real life” company scenes and traditional dances of Coppélia, showing how life sometimes imitates art… or is it the other way around?

Saturday, May 11 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, May 12 at 2:00pm
At the Ames Center.

Tickets from $32.50, available at twincitiesballet.org/tickets.

These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through an operating support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.