About Young Dance
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For twenty years, Young Dance has offered a place for youth in our community to build body and spirit through the creative expression of dance. In the process of making dances, Young Dancers learn how to take an idea and make it into something. They learn how to participate in an ensemble, take risks, partner, lead, and listen.
We provide young people the opportunity for artistic expression, for achievement of high quality performance, and for appreciation of cultural and artistic diversity. In addition to teaching modern dance technique, we also
teach our students the creative process of making dances.
Young Dance is unique because dancers are encouraged to develop their own individual choreographic voice. Workshops in other art forms such as improvisational theater, puppetry, creative writing and visual arts broaden the creative experience - resulting in dancers who are not only moving bodies in space, but also thinking artists.
News
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Young Dance Session II classes start January 5th!
Our next session of dance classes starts in January. We offer dance classes for children ages 3 - 18. We are accepting registration for all classes. Go to the classes page for information, and call 612-423-3064 to register.
New Boys Get Movin' II class!
We are excited to add a Boys Get Movin' II class to accomodate the high demand of this unique dance class just for boys. Boys Get Movin' II will meet on Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 at the Center for Performing Arts. The dance class begins on 10/29. Boys Get Movin' II is for boys, ages 9-12 or previous dance experience. Go to classes for more information.
Young Dance launches Building Bridges Dance Project with Actor Nic Zapko and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students
Nic Zapko, renowned Twin Cities' actor who is deaf, will join Artistic Director Gretchen Pick to work with Young Dance company members and students from around the Twin Cities who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Participants will use ASL to tell a story which they simultaneously explore through movement. The performance piece will premiere at Patrick's Cabaret on March 29th and will be featured at the Young Dance Spring Concert, Building Bridges, May 14-16 at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance.
If you are between the ages of 10-18 and are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and would like to participate, please e-mail Gretchen or call 612-423-3064.
Special Thanks
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Building Bridges is a special project made possible by a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC).
We are also grateful to family and friends of young dance for their support:
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
Genius To Go
Kowalski's Markets
PKZ Creative
United Way Donor Designated Funds
The Winkler Family Foundation - in memory of Sam Costa and Barbara Goldfinger and in honor of Emily Winkler-Morey
The Moore Family Fund for the Arts of the Minneapolis Foundation
Contributions help provide scholarships, fund outreach programs and increase school and community access to performances. Please send your contribution to: Young Dance, 3321 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407. Young Dance is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and your contribution is tax deductible. If your employer has a matching gift program, please consider using it to make your gift go twice as far.
Young Dance is committed to making dance accessible to interested and motivated students. No child will be discriminated against because of race, gender, national origin, religion, or disability. Students will not be refused because of an inability to pay. For more information about need-based scholarships, please call 612-423-3064.