Do you have a two-car garage? Do you love the performing arts? Do you enjoy bringing people together? If you answered “yes,” then you could be a great host for the Neighborhood Garage Tour!
Off-Leash Area’s Neighborhood Garage Tour (NGT) is the company’s arts access program where the company travels from community to community with a truck full of lighting, staging, seating, performers, and more. Each weekend of the NGT the company transforms a typical two-car garage into a 40-seat black box theater, bringing joy, laughter, and wonder directly into metro neighborhoods.
A Garage Tour Host is a homeowner who, with our support, takes the lead in gathering an audience for the performances on a weekend of the tour. Hosts are encouraged to work with neighbors to help in their duties of promotion and getting the garage ready for the Garage Tour to arrive!
Off-Leash Area is especially looking for households where a person with disabilities resides, as Off-Leash Area’s mission includes working for equity and opportunity for all persons with all abilities.
Every year, past Garage Tour Hosts have asked to host again!
Threads Dance Nexus is a community hub that not only provides a home for Threads Dance Project but also strengthens the social fabric of our Minneapolis community through the unifying power of dance.
Our Space Includes:
1,480 square feet (37′ x 40′).
A professional-grade speaker sound system.
Barres, mirrors, and sprung floors.
Two ADA-compliant, gender-neutral changing rooms.
Large windows and a garage door, allowing for an abundance of natural light and fresh air.
Conveniently located in the Seward neighborhood, we offer free parking and free side street parking. We are a five-minute walk from the Franklin Light Rail Station and a 2-5 minute walk from the nearest bus stops (lines 2, 9, 22, and 67).
For more information or to request space, please fill out the Rental Inquiry Form.
ADT Ensemble Artist, Kealoha Ferreira, guides this weekly dedication to the vitality and life force of Water. In class, we will offer breath, dance, meditation, story, song, and reflection. Each class will take shape a little differently, staying responsive to the ongoing movements protecting the sacredness and longevity of water worldwide. Water Dances will begin with grounding movement, flow into dedicated time for personal practice/research/reflection, and close with collective sharing.
Class meets weekly on Wednesdays, from 9:45-11:00am, at the Shawngrām Institute for Performance and Social Justice. All who are committed to deepening their relationship with Water are welcome to participate. No previous dance experience is required. Sliding scale price: $0-$20.
Yorchhā Elements offers the foundations of a Yorchhā movement vocabulary. Yorchhā is Ananya Dance Theatre’s trade-marked contemporary technique that intersects principles of vinyasa yoga, classical Indian dance form Odishi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), and martial art form Chhau (also from Odisha). These traditional aesthetics are refracted and reimagined through transnational-feminist practices of solidarity and resistance to create a contemporary vocabulary of movement that dances forward our dreams for a just world.
Fridays, April 11-June 13
5:00-6:00pm
Virtual class
Instructor: Kealoha Ferreira
Sliding scale price: $0-$20
This is an entry-level class; no previous dance experience is required. Participants will receive a Zoom link upon registering.
This is Mathew Janczewski, and I’m reaching out to gather information for the upcoming 2025/2026 dance season. If you’ve already planned your schedule or have an idea of your season (or when you do), I would love for you to share your plans with me.
I’m volunteering to help coordinate activities for the next season and to provide input into DanceMN in collaboration with the Minnesota Presenters Network (MPN). Our goal is to support potential touring performances that could happen before or after your main productions. Additionally, this work may help open doors for block booking opportunities, simplifying the process for both you and the presenters.
If you’re interested in participating or would like more information, please feel free to reach out! I’m excited to help make connections and support our vibrant dance community.
Please note that there is also a direct way to input your information into the Minnesota Presenter’s Website if you are a Member (which has great affordable artist pricing).
Located in the heart of the Lyn-Lake community, The Arena is available for your rehearsal, class, and event needs! High availability Monday-Friday during daytime hours and on Saturdays and Sundays.
Our Space Offers:
1,305 square feet (30×40) of sprung, Marley dance flooring.
Wall-length mirrors with curtains.
Changing room.
Access to multiple bus lines, including the 21, 4, 23, 612, and 18.
Hourly rates range from $17-$25, with discounts/special offerings available to BIPOC and LGBTQIA2+ communities. Inquire for savings.
To request space, please email Mathew at arenadances@gmail.com.
Studio Stories this week is with the CANDY BOX 2025 Featured Artist Joe Chvala of Flying Foot Forum for Episode 179 airing at noon on Thursday, April 10!
Joe Chvala (Artistic Director/Flying Foot Forum) is the founder and artistic director of the highly-acclaimed percussive dance company, the Flying Foot Forum. In addition to the Flying Foot Forum, Chvala has directed, choreographed, and been commissioned to create new works for a variety of theater and dance companies including the Guthrie Theater, the Walker Art Center, the Ordway Music Theater, the Minnesota Opera, Chicago Shakespeare, Children’s Theater Company, Arkansas Repertory, Theater Mu, Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, the History Theater, The Alpine Theater Project, Park Square Theatre, and The Boston Conservatory.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Come see Flying Foot Forum along with featured artists, Doma Dance Theater and Cheng “Technica” Xiong at the 9th annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, April 24-26. Tickets here!
Join Minnesota Dance Theatre adult division with two new class offerings starting on Monday, April 14.
Ballet Fundamentals I — 6-week session
April 14 – May 19
Mondays, 7:00-8:30pm
Studio 6A
Session Tuition: $100
Ballet Intermediate
Starting April 14
Mondays, 7:00-8:30pm
Studio 2B
Cost: $17 single class drop-in, Paypal, cash or check
Adult Beginning/Intermediate Ballet
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm; Pointe, 8:00-8:30pm with Kerry Parker
Adult Intermediate Ballet
Saturdays, 9:30-11:00am with Justin Leaf, accompanied by Pat Lyles
Sundays, 11:00am-12:30pm; Pointe, 12:30-1:00pm with Sally Rousse, accompanied by Marya Hart
Adult Intermediate/Advanced Ballet
Mondays, 9:30-11:00am with Helen Hatch, accompanied by Tom Linker
Fridays, 9:30-11:00am with Kerry Parker, accompanied by Joe Strachan
Ballet classes with Vaganova Ballet Academy graduate Kirill Bak-Stepanoff teach the fundamentals of ballet technique using simple combinations, which allow students to focus on perfecting their skills, musicality, and movement.
Introductory Class: Perfect for those new to ballet and eager to give it a try.
Saturdays, 8:45-9:45am
Beginner Level: Designed for those with little to basic ballet experience.
Saturdays, 10:00-11:00am
Intermediate Level: For dancers with a foundational understanding of ballet technique.
Mondays, 7:00-8:00pm
Intensive Class: A dynamic barre workout followed by refined center combinations (no jumps).
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00pm
Pointe Technique: A 30-minute session focusing on strength, technique, and balance.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:00-8:30pm