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Tell it anyway, 2024 by Ralph Lemon

“As relevant as any living American artist. His art speaks directly to the moment that we find ourselves in.” —Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Among the most influential cross-disciplinary artists of his generation, MacArthur Fellow Ralph Lemon returns to the Walker with an explosion of sound and movement. Tell it anyway, 2024, an ambitious new performance, arrives 10 years after his landmark premiere of hybrid lecture-performance-musical Scaffold Room.

Brimming with artistic fury (and grace) befitting our times, Lemon and his multidisciplinary collaborators—including artists with backgrounds in performance, sculpture, acting, and music—examine issues of memory, race, and impermanence. Concurrently, Lemon and Kevin Beasley’s hypnotic sound and video installation Rant redux (2020-2024) is on view in the Perlman Gallery.

Tell it anyway, 2024 is an event/performance involving the participation of Kevin Beasley, Dwayne Brown, Lysis (Ley), Paul Hamilton, Darrell Jones, Ralph Lemon, April Matthis, Roderick Murray, Mariama Noguera-Devers, Okwui Okpokwasili, Angie Pittman, Samita Sinha, and Mike Taylor.

Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
Saturday, October 5 at 7:30pm
Tickets start at $15, fees included.

MotionArt First Friday Improv Gathering

Friday, October 4
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.

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

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

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Over Zoom

Floorwork, a communal conversation and shared meal, was developed to hold conversations, knowledge-sharing, and a supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

This October Floorwork will be over Zoom to catch up and hear from the community about the MN Dance Task Force (MNDTF). If you have not been able to make it to the Monday evening times, we invite you to join the conversation to learn of the MNDTF objectives and have your voice a part of the conversation.

Saturday, October 5
12:00-2:00pm
Suggested RSVP by October 4. Free to attend and held over Zoom.
Attendees are asked to fill out a new RSVP form for each monthly Floorwork event.

TU Dance Center: Dancing Together Workshop

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 that incorporate 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 as well as 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

Session 1: October 5 – November 9
Session 2: January 18 – February 22
Session 3: March 15 – May 3. No classes April 5 or 12.

Online registration required.
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Fall Fling—A Party in the Parking Lot

Young Dance invites you to celebrate community at the 4th annual Fall Fling:

Saturday, October 5
3:00-6:00pm

This party in the parking lot is fun for the whole family! Enjoy performances and interactive demonstrations by Young Dance, The ARC Minnesota, CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Smiling Drum, St. Paul Ballet, TaikoArts Midwest, and Youth Performance Company.

Other activities include a family-friendly makers’ market, dancing, games, art, and more!
The Mr. Tamales food truck will serve incredible Mexican cuisine, and Sweet Fruci will sell frozen delights.

The event is free.
The Fall Fling will continue inside at each partner’s location in the event of rain.

Dreamscapes: Adult Movement Practice at Roots and Wings Institute for Embodied Wisdoms

Roots and Wings Institute for Embodied Wisdoms: Brooklyn-bred and Twin Cities-based dancer-choreographer, educator and artist organizer Alanna Morris opens the Roots and Wings Institute for Embodied Wisdoms with dance classes for children and movement practice for adults.

Adult Movement Practice
Dreamscapes: co-creating the word we wish to abide
Saturdays, 12:00-2:30pm
September 28-November 2
6-week fall movement residency for somatic, embodied practitioners that balances somatic practice and collective dance/movement ritual.

Hour 1: Training for Dreamscapes is a movement practice that builds upon postural restoration, classical American modern dance techniques, traditional archives of the Malinké/Manding cultures, Haitian dance, Afro-Cuban dance, and contemporary movement. Much attention will be given to breath work and restorative practice, and can be taken as a drop-in class.

Hour 2: The Archive: Alanna will guide participants through aspects of Black Light Research: a methodology for ritualized living and performance practice – a movement practice which integrates body, mind and heart in a sophisticated ways, informed by somatic therapies, analytical psychology, Advaita Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Black feminist politic, Black political thought, and other frameworks of social and environmental justice. The cohort will work as co-researchers as Alanna guides the building of a ritual dance together. The last day will culminate in a celebration from 2:00-3:00pm!

Registration for The Archive closes on October 5.

This is revolutionary movement-as-practice.

Rescheduled: Rituals for Nothing/prayers to no god

Due to illness, the originally scheduled September 28 and 29 shows were canceled and rescheduled for October 6.

Join us for a something/nothing, for our griefs, for our beloved, for the circularity of time, and the gaps we live in. We are asking questions about ritual, grief, the gap between ourselves and the dead, ourselves and this land, the people, the history, the future, ways of seeing time, geologic and cosmic, pilgrimages and seeking, lies and divining, bringing down the stars, and the immense magnitude of care that is woven all around; we weave it backward and forwards too.

Featuring the incomparable Judith Howard, Krista Langberg, Sam Johnson, Jeffrey Wells, and Sylvan Madaus Derenne dancing alongside Monica Thomas and Theresa Madaus. With dramaturgy by Charles Campbell, lighting by Heidi Eckwall, and support by Matt Regan. Created by Theresa Madaus and Monica Thomas in collaboration with everyone/everything.

Sunday, October 6
12:45pm and 6:45pm
This performance is free, but registration is required.

The performance is outdoors at Crosby Farm Regional Park, about a 7-10 minute walk into the woods. Meet at the Crosby Farm Park picnic shelter at 12:45 or 6:45pm. There are two entrances to Crosby Farm Park – come to the one by the Marina. Use “Crosby Farm Regional Park Trailhead” in Google Maps to find the correct parking lot. Please bring your own camping chair or picnic blanket and dress to be outside for an hour. Email ritualsfornothing@gmail.com with any questions.

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

Theresa Madaus 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.

MN Dance Task Force Meeting

The MN Dance Task Force (MNDTF) meets every two weeks, on Mondays from 5:00-7:00pm. To sign up and be included in future communications, please email mndancetaskforce@gmail.com.

Next Meeting: Monday, October 7 at 5:00pm
4:45-5:00pm: Welcome to new visitors
Free to attend and hybrid: Zoom and the Red Eye Theater
Zoom Meeting ID: 883 5943 3977
Zoom Passcode: 997761

MNDTF is now focused on developing a dedicated service organization to better support the dance community in Minnesota with an intentional focus placed on moving toward an equitable dance ecosystem. We have two key objectives.

Primary Objective
Gather comprehensive input from the dance community regarding their needs, goals, and aspirations, and explore how a future service organization can address these effectively.

Secondary Objective
Assemble a group of 8-12 community members who will research and lay the foundation for creating this dance service organization.

Read the minutes from our most recent meeting on September 23, 2024.

Bonnie and Clyde – Collide Theatrical Dance Company

COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company presents Bonnie and Clyde at The Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis.
Thursdays-Sundays, October 11–November 3.

Notorious outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde come to life in this electrifying production told through Collide’s entertaining blend of dance and popular music. 

Discover the outrageous true story of two small town kids from Texas who were turned into legends by the American media. Bonnie and Clyde were a pair of daring bank robbers and fugitive lovers destined for a date with death. The mythology surrounding their story is part of American folklore, and it would be criminal to miss it!

Tickets available online at or by calling 651-395-7903, ext. 1. Season tickets are also available for purchase. For group discounts and questions, please email Grace@collidetheatrical.org.

Elizabeth Flinsch presents Dredged and Dammed: A Confluence

Minneapolis’ Southern Theater houses Dredged and Dammed: A Confluence, an experimental dance performance created and directed by transdisciplinary artist Elizabeth Flinsch on Sunday, October 13, 2024.

This raw and spirited piece brings together a collaboration of musicians and movers to evoke an ethereal world simultaneously forming and disintegrating in real time. The performance delves into the complex relationship between human control and the wildness of the Mississippi River, inviting audiences to reflect on environmental themes and our impact on nature.

Sunday, October 13
2:30pm – Pay as you can
5:30pm – $28

Elizabeth Flinsch 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 from the arts and cultural heritage fund.