Community Classes
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Young Dance Classes are open to everyone! Our classes are structured so that dancers can jump in and join a class anytime during the year. Students of all levels and backgrounds enjoy our collaborative and creative approach to dance!

Young dance offers creative movement for preschoolers, modern dance classes for kids ages 7 and up, and a class just for boys ages seven to ten who are interested in exploring dance in a gender neutral environment. Classes are held in south Minneapolis and are open to everyone! You do not have to be a member of The Company to participate in our dance classes.

2011-12 Registration Information and Class Descriptions

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Students can register by phone, mail, or online.

Pay by Credit Card online through Paypal, or mail a check or cash.

Scroll down this page to Pay online for any class through PayPal. Just click the 'cart' button, choose a session, order, and pay.  If any class is notated as “full” please call before paying online. Download and complete registration form and mail or bring to your first class.

Phone: (612) 423-3064
Mail: and mail to the following address:
Young Dance 3321 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 55407

2011-12 Fall/Winter-Spring Sessions- Class offerings

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Session I- Fall Sept. 19- Dec. 17, Session II- Winter-Spring Jan. 9- May 12
Child and Parent Class- Ages 1- 3 with caretaker
Friday 10:15-11:00, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Be your child's dance partner. Explore music, connection, and developmental movement.

 

Creative Movement One - Ages 3-5 Pre-K
Monday 4:30-5:15, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Tuesday 4:30-5:15, Location: Center for Performing Ats
Saturday 9:15-10:00, Location: Matthews Park Recreation Center
Introduction to dance through games, stories, and music.

Creative Movement Two - Ages 5-7 K-1
Monday 5:15-6:00, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Saturday 10:00-10:45, Location: Matthews Park Recreation Center
Develops your child's motor skills and enhances creativity through music and dance.

Boys Get Movin' - Ages 7-10
Tuesday 5:15-6:15, Location: Center for Performing Arts

**time change/different from brochure**

Exciting full bodied-movement in a class just for boys.


Level One Modern Dance - Ages 7-10
Tuesday 4:30-5:30, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Introduction to modern dance through technique, improvisation, and creating dances.

Middles - Ages 10-13
Tuesday 5:30-7:30, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Modern dance learning through technique, improvisation, and choreography. Class is divided into levels A and B according to experience.

High School Modern Dance - Ages 13-18
Thursday 6:00-8:00, Location: Barton Open School
Modern dance with emphasis on improvisation and dance performance.

Modern Technique Intensive - Ages 12-18
Monday 5:45-7:15, Location: Hennepin Center for the Arts- Suite 215
Intermediate level class for dancers with previous experience.

 

Dance Making - Ages 8-12 (grades 2-5)
Learn techniques of modern dance, improvisation and composition. Location: Matthews Park, Mondays 6:00-7:00, Jan. 9 - 23rd - FREE

Dance Making - Ages 12-18 (grades 6-12)
Learn technique of modern dance, improvisation and composition. Location: Matthews Park,
Mondays 7:00-8:00, Jan. 9 -23rd - FREE

 

All Abilities Dancing

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A program designed to give youth living with physical disabilities a quality dance experience that emphasizes ability and redefines dance for our community.

Adaptive Creative Dance - Ages 7-18
Wednesday 5:00-6:00, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Dancers living with mobility impairments explore elements of dance
with a focus on positive body awareness, creativity, teamwork,
motor co-ordination, and expression.

Dance for All Abilities - Ages 7 and older
Thursday 4:30-5:30, Location: Courage Center
Through partnering skills this class will emphasize communication,
collaboration, and performance.

Power Ballet - Ages 8-18          
Saturday 1:30-2:30, Location: Center for Performing Arts
Dancers who mobilize with wheelchairs explore elements of Ballet with a
focus on positive body awareness, creativity, teamwork, and motor
co-ordination.

Class Times and Online Payment

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2011-2012 FAll, Winter-Spring Sessions

Locations:

Center for Performing Arts- CPA, Matthews Park Recreation Center- MP, Barton Open School- BS, Courage Center- CC, James Sewell Ballet Studio- JSB

CLASS
 DAY-LOCATION TIME
PAYMENT
CHILD AND PARENT CLASS
 		FRIDAY-CPA  10:15-11:00
Child and Parent Class

CREATIVE MOVEMENT ONE
MONDAY- CPA
  4:30-5:15  Please call if interested in this class.
CREATIVE MOVEMENT ONE
 		TUESDAY-CPA  4:30-5:15

 

Please call if interested in this class.


CREATIVE MOVEMENT ONE

SATURDAY-MP

 9:15-10:00  
Please call if interested in this class.
CREATIVE MOVEMENT TWO
 		 MONDAY-CPA  5:15-6:00  
 
Please call if interested in this class.
CREATIVE MOVEMENT TWO
 		 SATURDAY-MP  10:00-10:45  
 
Please call if interested in this class.
 
BOYS GET MOVIN'  TUESDAY-CPA  5:15-6:15  
Boys Get Movin'
LEVEL ONES
 		 TUESDAY-CPA  4:30-5:30  
Level Ones
MIDDLES (A and B)
 TUESDAY-CPA  5:30-7:30  
Middles
HIGH SCHOOL
 THURSDAY-BS  6:00-8:00  
High School
MODERN TECHNIQUE INTENSIVE
 MONDAY-JSB  5:45-7:15  
Modern Intensive
ADAPTIVE CREATIVE DANCE
 WEDNESDAY-CPA  5:00-6:00  
Adaptive Creative Dance
DANCE FOR ALL ABILITIES
THURSDAY-CC  4:30-5:30  
Dance for All Abilities
POWER BALLET
 		 SATURDAY-CPA  1:30-2:30  
Power Ballet

 

General Information

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Instructors

Young Dance classes are taught by working dance professionals with rich artistic backgrounds, extensive dance training and teaching experience.

Locations
Classes are held at convenient Minneapolis locations and are accessible by bus. View Maps

Clothing and Shoes
Just wear comfortable clothes that don't inhibit movement in any way. Examples are: loose fitting or stretchy pants, comfortable shirt, leotards. We dance barefoot, no shoes or tights required.

Cost
Young Dance is committed to making dance classes accessible to children and teens from all income levels. Fees are listed in the class schedule. Contact Young Dance to make an individual payment plan if needed.

Scholarships
Scholarships are available and are based on financial need. Please call 612-423-3064 for more information.

Transportation assistance
If you need assistance with transportation, we have a carpool network. Please call 612-423-3064 for more information.

What is creative movement?
Children are introduced to dance through movement games, images, stories and music. Students explore all that their bodies can do and discover "dance steps" of their own imaginations. These classes are a great preparation for any dance technique class.

What is modern dance?
Our modern dance classes mix traditional technique to develop strength, coordination and flexibility with an emphasis on nurturing the dancers' creative skills through improvisation and composition. Through dance, our students develop a sense of themselves as movers and as thinkers.

What is Boys Get Movin'?
Boys Get Movin' is a dance class just for boys, taught by a male instructor, where students can engage in exciting full-bodied movement. With a bunch of rambunctious boys jumping, running, playing games and goofing, throw in some creativity, brain-building, a sprinkle of dance technique, and Yoga, it is a class so fun, you might just forget it's a dance class.