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

Friday, December 6
6:30–8:00pm
Center for Performing Arts, Studio 105w – next to 38th Street entrance.

This event is open to people of all ages and abilities. Enjoy being present in the moment, responding to other dancers, finding new ways of moving, and discovering form as it emerges during this fun evening of creative movement. We’ll begin with an informal warm-up, then improvise together based on movement ideas offered by participants.

If you play an instrument or experiment with any sound, please feel free to bring it along!

Come to move, to dance, to observe, or some of each!

Suggested donation $5-$15. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Join Gretchen Pick, Executive Director of Young Dance, for training on teaching dance to individuals with disabilities.

Sunday, December 8
12:00–2:00pm
At Young Dance Studios
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This training will introduce the Young Dance practice and philosophy of integrating people with and without disabilities in dance classes. Participants will receive practical information through movement activities and a training manual to use as a resource in their classes.

The participation fee is a suggested donation of $25 or whatever works for you.

Take class from the Twin Cities’ most celebrated healer for dancers, Maryann Johnson, PT. 

Join Ballet Co.Laboratory for a Postural Restoration Institute-integrated ballet class:
Tuesday, December 10
6:30-8:00pm

The class begins with stabilizing exercises developed by the Postural Restoration Institute, followed by barre and center exercises that Maryann has crafted to support proper alignment and promote core strength for healthier dancing.

This class is appropriate for intermediate-level dancers with at least 2 years of experience. Class is capped at 25 dancers, so sign up soon!

Are you ready to step away from grief and stress and take a restorative journey toward joy, healing, and connection? Join us for the Moving Towards Joy workshop, a powerful 90-minute experience that combines movement, introspection, and journaling to guide you toward a more joyful and peaceful self. No prior dance experience is needed. Come as you are, and let’s move towards joy together.

December Session:
Wednesday, December 11, 6:30-8:00pm

January Session:
Tuesday, January 14, 6:30-8:00pm

Price: $50, includes a leather-bound Threads journal

Connect with Your Body: Explore the connection between stress, trauma, and the body. Identify physical areas where tension is held and gain insight into your emotional landscape through journaling.

Embrace Joyful Movements: Discover the healing power of movement with guided exercises inspired by Resma Menakem’s primal body movements. Create and share movement phrases that evoke joy, releasing trapped emotions.

Journal for Healing: Use the provided journal to process your journey towards a more joyful and peaceful place. Document your insights, reflections, and newfound clarity.

Please join Erin Thompson for a “Ring in the New Year” contemporary dance class in honor of New Year’s Eve. Before you make your New Year’s resolutions, find peace with internal awareness, thrust your holiday limbs into the ground, and fly across the floor flinging 2024 away!

Intermediate-Advanced Contemporary
Thursday, December 31
10:00-11:45am

In-person only! Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal.

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.

Concerto Dance offers an open master class in Erick Hawkins modern technique and non-traditional partnering with our visiting artist in residence Bill Wade, Artistic Director of Inlet Dance Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.

Monday, December 2
11:00am-12:30pm
At Creo Arts and Dance

Cost: $20 drop in rate
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Bill Wade is the Founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Inlet Dance Theatre. Since its inception in 2001, Inlet has earned an international reputation for artistic and education programming excellence. Wade is a nationally sought-after choreographer and dance educator whose choreography was recently enthusiastically received at Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out Series and his men’s focused work has been presented twice in Seattle’s “Men in Dance”.

Mr. Wade was chosen by Ohio Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Foundation, Playhouse Square Foundation, the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and The American Embassy in Santiago to conduct an award winning multi-phase international artist exchange program with artists from Easter Island (2006-2008). Inlet was the first American modern dance company to perform on the island.

In the 90’s, he enjoyed a long-term mentoring relationship with Alison Chase, then a co-artistic director of the world renowned Pilobolus Dance Theater. Alison Chase collaborated with Bill and students from Cleveland School of the Arts, creating An Urban Nutcracker, which received national attention from Dance Magazine, TIME magazine, and garnered a rave review in the Wall St. Journal.

Bill Wade – full biography

Friday, December 6
6:30–8:00
Center for Performing Arts, Studio 105w (next to 38th Street entrance).

This event is open to people of all ages and abilities. Enjoy being present in the moment, responding to other dancers, finding new ways of moving, and discovering form as it emerges during this fun evening of creative movement. We’ll begin with an informal warm-up, then improvise together based on movement ideas offered by participants.

Come to move, to dance, to observe, or some of each!

Suggested donation $5-$15. No one turned away for lack of funds.

For all you tappers, hoofers, and musical theatre dancers out there, come join in on the fun and learn the iconic opening tap number, “The Audition”, from the Broadway musical 42nd Street!

Class will be led by Julianne Mundale, Twin Cities’ own professional dancer/choreographer. Join her and other former 42nd Street performers from the regional and national tour productions in this choreography workshop! This is a fun class, not an audition… or is it?

Sunday, December 8
1:30-3:00pm
Price: $20. Free parking!

Space is limited. You must register to attend; no drop-ins. Text 612.508.1634 or email solcreativepas@gmail.com.