2019 Summer Program for Children & Teen
The TU Dance Center Children & Teen Program introduces the joy of creative movement and beginning dance technique. Classes, divided by age, provide a comprehensive base on which to expand by developing body awareness, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength and musicality. Click here to download the complete Children and Teen summer program schedule.
To register, please complete the four-step registration process. 1) Please find the online pre-registration below under the specific level you are interested in and select a payment option, 2) Make a tuition payment (in full or by selecting a payment plan), 3) If requesting a payment plan please submit the TUDC Payment Plan Form Summer 2019. and 4) Click here to submit the Children & Teen Summer Program online registration form.REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!
CREATIVE MOVEMENT/DRUM: JULY 22-26
Students will experience the connection between movement and creativity through rhythmically driven classes aided by live percussion. During this 1-week program, students will create their own musical instruments and integrate them into their movements and creative discoveries. Students are required to bring simple materials for their Arts/Crafts session. Ages: 5-710 hours/week Monday-Friday 9:00-11:00am
*Informal showing on Friday, July 26, 10:00-11:00am Tuition: 300.00
BRIDGE LEVEL: JULY 15-27
This two-week program is aimed for students preparing for a deeper engagement in dance. In this level, students receive introductory technique classes with focus on the creative process. Students will learn various styles and concepts of dance. Technique classes will be aided by live music. Students will participate in the creation of a short dance. Ages: 9-1416.25 hours/week Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 3:00-6:30pm; Tuesday-Thursday, 1:00-4:30pm; Saturday, July 27, 11:30am-2:00pm
*Informal showing on Saturday, July 27, 1:00-2:00pm Tuition: 485.00
TEEN LEVEL: JULY 8-27
This 3-week program is an entry level for students typically aged 15 – 20 that will focus on the techniques of modern, hip hop, and West African Dance as well as workshop/choreography. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of dance technique along with exploring their individual artistic expression.7 hours/week: Monday & Wednesday, 1:00-3:30pm; Friday, 11:45am-2:30pm; Saturday, July 27, 11:30am-2:00pm.
*Informal showing on Saturday, July 27 from 1:00-2:00pm Tuition: 300.00
2019 Summer Intensive Pre-Professional Program
The TU Dance Pre-Professional program is an intensive course of study integrating modern, ballet, African, and repertory work for students up to age 24. The program has five levels. For level placement, please contact School Director Laurel Keen at education@tudance.org or 612-440-9028. Placement can be done by attending an open class at TU Dance Center (by appointment only), by submitting a video link (modern and ballet phrase), or during the first day of classes of the intensive. Click here to download the complete Pre-Professional intensive schedule.
To register, please complete the four-step registration process. 1) Please find the online pre-registration below under the specific level you are interested in and select a payment option, 2) Make a tuition payment (in full or by selecting a payment plan), 3) If requesting a payment plan please submit the TUDC Payment Plan Form Summer 2019. and 4) Click here to submit the Summer Intensive Pre-Professional online registration form.REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!
LEVEL 1: JULY 8-27
This is an entry level for students typically aged 11 and older who wish to experience focused dance training. Students will be introduced to different forms of dance with a balance between building strong technique and exploring their artistry.16.25 hours/week: Monday-Friday, 9:30am-1:00pm; Saturday, July 27, 11:30am-2:00pm
*Informal showing on Saturday, July 27, 1:00-2:00pm
Tuition: 730.00
LEVEL 2: JULY 8-27
This level is designed for students typically aged 13 and older who wish to experience focused dance training. Students will be introduced to different forms of dance as well as artistic expression through movement.18.75 hours/week: Monday-Friday 11:00am-3:00pm; Saturday, July 27, 10:00am-2:00pm
*Informal Showing on Saturday, July 27, 1:00-2:00pm
Tuition: 835.00
LEVEL 3: JULY 8-27
This level is designed for students typically aged 14-16 with two or more years of formal training. Students will explore their artistry through technique classes and workshop/choreography that will help to build their knowledge of dance.18.75 hours/week: Monday-Friday 11:00am-3:00pm; Saturday, July 27, 10:00am-2:00pm
*Informal showing on Saturday, July 27, 1:00-2:00pm
Tuition: 835.00
LEVEL 4: JULY 29-AUGUST 17
This program is designed for advanced pre-professional students (ages 17-24) who are interested in strengthening technique, developing their artistry and participating in a professional level creative process. Students will work with TU Dance Artistic Directors Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands, TU Dance Center teaching artists, as well as guest artists Marcus Jarrell Willis (New York) and Maurya Kerr (San Francisco) who will be creating with the students during the 3-week intensive. TU Dance Center fosters an environment where each individual is welcomed and supported as they are challenged artistically and physically through the art form of dance. Our goal is for each student to develop and incorporate new technical skills and discover a clearer sense of their artistic voice and the artistic questions they would like to pursue. The Summer Intensive will culminate in a performance opportunity for its participants.30.75 hours/week: Monday-Friday 9:30am-4:30pm, Saturday, August 17, 10:00am-1:30pm & 4:00-8:30pm*
*Performance on Saturday, August 17 at 7:00pm
Tuition: 1425.00
LEVEL 5: JULY 29-AUGUST 17
This program is designed for advanced pre-professional students (ages 17-24) who are interested in strengthening technique, developing their artistry and participating in a professional level creative process. Students will work with TU Dance Artistic Directors Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands, TU Dance Center teaching artists, as well as guest artists Marcus Jarrell Willis (New York) and Maurya Kerr (San Francisco) who will be creating with the students during the 3-week intensive. TU Dance Center fosters an environment where each individual is welcomed and supported as they are challenged artistically and physically through the art form of dance. Our goal is for each student to develop and incorporate new technical skills and discover a clearer sense of their artistic voice and the artistic questions they would like to pursue. The Summer Intensive will culminate in a performance opportunity for its participants.30.75 hours/week: Monday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm. Saturday, August 17, 10:00am-1:30pm & 4:00-8:30pm*
*Performance on Saturday, August 17 at 7:00pm
Tuition: 1425.00
Summer Open Classes
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OPEN CLASSES
TU Dance welcomes beginning, intermediate and advanced dancers to join TU Dance Open & Company Classes. Open classes are $14/class, or $120 for a 10-class card; no pre-registration is required. Credit card, cash or check is accepted on site for drop-in classes; 10-class cards may be purchased on-site or online here with a credit card. A confirmation e-mail will follow your successful online class card purchase. Please print your confirmation e-mail/receipt and bring it to your first class to pick up your 10-class card. 10-Class Card: 120.00
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MASTER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Adult Beginning Modern Workshop with Thern Anderson (Midday), Fall 2019
This 6-week workshop with Thern will teach body and spacial awareness, rhythm and phrasing, ensemble dancing and injury prevention through modern dance patterns and improvisation. Thern Anderson started dancing at the University of Minnesota and has performed with Choreogram Dance Company, Spira, Oregon Dance Consort, and most recently performed as READ MORE>>
Adult Beginning Ballet Workshop with Tina Anderson, Fall 2019
This 6-week ballet technique workshop emphasizes alignment, placement and somatic awareness. The class consists of barre and center work that focuses on balance, classical line, connecting steps, and simple turns and jumps. Tina Anderson Wallum’s 23-year performing career included principal and soloist work with Minnesota Dance Theatre, Ballet Minnesota, Ballet Arts Minnesota, READ MORE>>- Adult Beginning Modern Workshop with Thern Anderson (Evenings), Fall 2019
This 6-week workshop with Thern will teach body and spacial awareness, rhythm and phrasing, ensemble dancing and injury prevention through modern dance patterns and improvisation. Thern Anderson started dancing at the University of Minnesota and has performed with Choreogram Dance Company, Spira, Oregon Dance Consort, and most recently performed as READ MORE>> 
W(Righting) Your Truth Workshop with Brother(hood) Dance!, August 24 & 25
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. W(Righting) Your Truth with Orlando Hunter of Brother(hood) Dance! is a creative writing incubator for dancers and writers (poets, songwriters, and scholars) to investigate ideas in which they may not have had the space to explore or are dreaming about how to actively and effectively READ MORE>>
Master Classes with Maurya Kerr and Marcus Jarrell Willis, August 10
Join visiting guest artist Maurya Kerr for diving into being, a class that offers an improvisatory landscape of generative play and imaginative rigor. Participants will shape-shift and risk-take; challenge self-conceived limits of generosity and curiosity; fortify creative, investigative, and physical stamina; plummet into joy, failure, and the exquisite messiness of READ MORE>>
Modern/Contemporary Master Class with Marcus Jarrell Willis, April 20
Join us as visiting guest artist Marcus Jarrell Willis teaches a Modern/Contemporary master class at TU Dance Center. The class is a blend of familiar Horton-based technique exercises with other modern release forms during the warm-up portion. The remainder of the class is an exploration of the continuous development of READ MORE>>
Dancing Your Story Workshop, May 6 – July 1
Join teaching artists Thern Anderson & Mary Moore Easter in a dance and writing workshop with curriculum designed for adults ages 55+. Participants will explore creative exercises in which the two art forms are inextricably linked and expand their range of physical expression through improvisational activities and practicing set choreography. READ MORE>>
Investigating Composition: A Workshop Series
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED Please join us for a 3-Day Workshop Series with Uri Sands, Leslie Parker and Laurel Keen. Participants will begin each day with a brief class or warm-up followed by a workshop format including improvisation, phrase work and discussion. There will be a common thread of READ MORE>>
Bharatanatyam Master Class with Ragamala Dance Company, March 23
Please join Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy for a Bharatanatyam master class at TU Dance Center. Taught by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy of Ragamala Dance Company, this master class introduces participants to the Pandanallur lineage of Bharatanatyam, focusing on the rhythmic, gestural, and expressive vocabularies that are the underpinnings of the form. In READ MORE>>
Master Class with Marjani Forté-Saunders – March 2
Join visiting guest artist Marjani Forté-Saunders for a master class for Intermediate/Advanced students at TU Dance Center. Marjani is pleased to be visiting TU Dance on behalf of Urban Bush Women. Her Contemporary Forms class will ground students in the African Diasporic and Modern Contemporary techniques that undergird both UBW's repertory and READ MORE>>