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Dancing Schools in Minneapolis

Dancing schools in Minneapolis offer everything from career-focused ballet and modern dance to ethnic dancing and social dancing for young people. The city's two ballet companies have respected schools training the ballet and contemporary dancers of the future. At the same time, there is a good choice of dance and movement classes for young people and adult amateurs.

  1. Young Dance

    • With the slogan "Transforming lives through movement," Young Dance announces its intention of helping young people build their minds and bodies "through the creative art of dance." The company's Community Dance Classes-- in creative movement, modern dance and ballet--are offered to boys and girls ages 1 to 18. "Adaptive" dance classes are specifically for young people with impaired mobility. The classes are open to all and structured so that students can start at any time.
      Admission to the organization's Young Dance Company, made up of 35 boys and girls, is by audition. The group studies modern dance, works with professional dancers and holds public performances in the Minneapolis area. Scholarships are available for both the open classes and the Young Dance Company.

      Young Dance
      3321 15th Ave So.
      Minneapolis, MN 55407
      612- 423-3064
      youngdance.org

    Minnesota Dance Theatre & The Dance Institute

    • The Dance Institute is one of the dancing schools in Minneapolis associated with a professional dance company. The school provides classical and contemporary training that emphasizes the technical and artistic requirements of a professional dance career. Founded in 2006, through the merger of the School of Minnesota Dance Theatre and Ballet Arts Minnesota, the school received a 2009 City Pages Best Of Award as "The Best Place to Learn to Dance."

      Minnesota Dance Theatre & The Dance Institute
      528 Hennepin Avenue, Sixth Floor
      Minneapolis, MN 55403
      612- 338-0627
      mndance.org

    Metropolitan Ballet of Minneapolis/St. Paul

    • The Academy of the Metropolitan Ballet of Minneapolis/St.Paul is a second dancing school in Minneapolis affiliated with a professional dance company. The school offers open classes for students of all abilities to train in classical ballet disciplines. In 2009, the academy launched a new professional training program for gifted dance students ages 13 to 23, with admission by audition and letter of recommendation. The professional program is designed to "bridge the gap" between apprentice and working dancer. Students in the professional program perform professionally during the year.

      MBA
      2806 Hedberg Drive
      Minnetonka, MN 55305
      952- 937-1387
      metroballet.org

    Social Dancing

    • A dozen teachers at The Social Dance Studios in Minneapolis deliver a full schedule of classes in all sorts of social dances. Students can practice salsa, West Coast swing, Argentine tango, bachata, cha-cha, East Coast swing, ballroom, nightclub two-step, hip-hop and more at the dance parties held at the studios, held on Friday nights in 2010. The school promises a sociable atmosphere and offers a first dance lesson free. You don't need to preregister or to bring a dance partner.

      The Social Dance Studio
      3742 23rd Ave. South
      Minneapolis, MN 55407
      612-353-4445
      socialdancestudio.com

    Ethnic Dancing

    • The Aalim School of Dance, affiliated with the professional Al-Bahira Dance Troupe and Middle Eastern dance performer Mirah Ammal, offers weekly classes in traditional belly dancing and folkloric dances of the Middle East and Mediterranean rim: Greece, Turkey and North Africa. The dancers also deliver dance and music workshops.

      Al-Bahira Middle Eastern Dance Theater
      and the Aalim School of Dance
      P.O. Box 19342
      Minneapolis, MN 55419
      612-703- 7002
      albahira.com

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