Performances and Events
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The 2009-2010 season features a series of residencies linking Young Dance with professional and youth artists in our community, which will culminate in a performance at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance, May 13-15, 2010. Intercut means to interweave two separate, concurrent scenes of a film. The title is symbolic of our efforts to work with other arts organizations, share resources and skills, and deepen the artistic education and experience for all.
Leah Nelson, Zimbabwean dancer, choreographer, and producer will be creating a piece on Young Dance company members. Leah will be exploring creative writing with the youth as well as a variety of movement styles. She is committed to letting each Young Dance participant have his/her voice be an integral part of the creative process in making the completed dance work.
Michael Hay, from Phillips Community Television, and Justin Jones will guide a small group of dancers in creating dance films.Each session Young dancers will be shooting film, dancing, and viewing their footage. The series will culminate by screening the dance films at the Walker Art Center.
Composition students of Sarah Miller from Macphail Center for Music are collaborating with choreographers from Young Dance to make original dance/musicworks. The dance pieces will be performed at Macphails' Antonella Hall December 6, 2009 with live music, in addition to Young Dance Concerts.
Nic Zapko, actor and educator who is deaf, returns for a second year to Young Dance to work with company members and youth from our community who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. If you are interested in participating in this project, click here.

This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the COMPAS Community Art Program through a grant from the McKnight Foundation., the COMPAS Travelers' Arts and Diversity Program and by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature.

Check out our Young Dance Calendar on the company page for information on company rehearsals, class schedules, and upcoming events. calendar