MN Dance Task Force

Upcoming through June 14th as seen at https://dancemn.org/

Red Eye Festival’s WIP60: Kenna-Camara Cottman - June 4 to June 6
https://events.humanitix.com/red-eye-festival-2026-wip60-kenna

Dance Hang: A Community Hang Out - June 6
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH5xv4597U31n6o4Yt18quBKOTwO_crXWipyXYMt8KqSdVQQ/viewform

Corpus Dance Works Presents Line of Scrimmage - June 11 to June 15
https://tix.gobo.show/events/event/6phe2r4qvFp3IMBjS6Xo

Red Eye Festival’s WIP60: Leila Awadallah - June 11 to June 13
https://events.humanitix.com/red-eye-festival-2026-wip60-leila

Inhuman: A Trip Through Autocracy’s Caustic Debris - June 12 to June 20
https://skewedvisions.org/inhuman2026/

Fast Forward by A Dancer’s Place Productions at the Luminary Arts Center - June 12 to June 14
https://my.luminaryartscenter.com/2847

Duniya Drum and Dance Presents: Bridges of Rhythm: A Path of Generations - June 13
https://duniya-drum-dance.square.site/shop/show-tickets/HKLT2LNDX4KYDIKTJAUIXOAP?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc

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Upcoming through June 7th as seen at https://dancemn.org/

Red Eye Festival’s WIP30: DejaJoelle, Kat Purcell - May 28 to May 30
https://events.humanitix.com/red-eye-festival-2026-wip30

Zenon Dance Zone and Block Z Spring Showcase - May 29 to May 31
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/j698pj2

Red Eye Festival’s WIP60: Kenna-Camara Cottman - June 4 to June 6
https://events.humanitix.com/red-eye-festival-2026-wip60-kenna

Dance Hang: A Community Hang Out - June 6
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH5xv4597U31n6o4Yt18quBKOTwO_crXWipyXYMt8KqSdVQQ/viewform

Red Eye Festival 2026 | WIP30 | DejaJoelle | Kat Purcell Red Eye presents the 2026 edition of the Red Eye Festival, formerly known as the New Works 4 Weeks Festival: an annual gathering for live performance works.

McKnight Foundation president Tonya Allen has a great piece in Star Tribune: “How Minnesota became a national model for investing in rural communities” all about the Minnesota Initiative Foundations, what they have built in greater Minnesota, and why they still matter.

You might be asking, what are the Minnesota Initiative Foundations? That's a great reason to read her op-ed.

The MIFs, as we like to call them, emerged from a period of crisis for rural Minnesota. By the mid-1980s, farms were foreclosing, mining and manufacturing jobs were disappearing, and young people were leaving in droves.

Our response at McKnight was to listen first. Then-Board chair Virginia McKnight Binger and then-CEO Russ Ewald spent a year traveling the state. The result? Six independent regional foundations, each with a mission shaped by the communities they serve.

Forty years later, the MIFs have become a national model for investing in local communities and have helped strengthen every region of our state. The lessons we can learn feel particularly urgent today as Greater Minnesota and rural communities across the country face similar and new, emerging challenges.

Alongside Tonya’s perspective, the presidents of each of the six MIFs highlight place-based solutions they’re finding to issues facing people in their regions:

💬 Brian Voerding with Initiative Foundation on building trust and relationships with social capital in Central Minnesota

👩‍🍼 Tony Sertich with Northland Foundation on solving for Northeast Minnesota’s deep shortage of child care providers

🏘️ Karen White with Northwest Minnesota Foundation on finding safe, stable housing for struggling families

📍 Benya Kraus with Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation on how they’re addressing rural resource gaps for small town vitality

💸 Scott Marquardt with Southwest Initiative Foundation on how they’re partnering to expanding business loans for local entrepreneurs

☀️ Anna Wasescha with West Central Initiative on their efforts to bring cities together to reduce their energy costs through solar

🔗 Read more from Tonya about how this 40th anniversary can be equal parts retrospective and roadmap: https://www.startribune.com/rural-minnesota-duluth-economics-charitable-giving/601846098

🔗 Read the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations presidents’ reflections on important local issues and their solutions: https://www.startribune.com/rural-mn-economics-housing-child-care-agriculture/601846167

Upcoming through May 31st as seen at https://dancemn.org/

Public Showing of Karla Grotting’s New Work for Rhythmically Speaking - May 20
https://rhythmicallyspeakingdance.org/summer-show/

Red Eye Festival 2026 Works-in-Progress 15: Edna Hand, Gaya Sani, Jarek Pas - May 21 to May 23
https://redeyetheater.org/performa.../red-eye-festival-wip15

MN Dance Task Force: Notes and Next Meeting - May 22
https://docs.google.com/.../13cSSNm1V8YkhUTelI8.../edit

A Body (Un)Becoming - May 22 to May 23
https://www.tickettailor.com/.../bethgraczykprodu.../2106096

Mass for the Endangered with Kayla Schiltgen and Borealis Chamber Artists - May 23
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/borealischamberartists/event/massfortheendangered/

Quick Study No. 1 - May 27
https://www.maggiezepp.com/040897151892

Red Eye Festival’s WIP30: DejaJoelle, Kat Purcell - May 28 to May 30
https://collections.humanitix.com/2026-red-eye-festival

Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener: Open Machine - May 29 to May 30
https://www.walkerart.org/whats-on/rashaun-mitchell-silas-riener-open-machine/

In Full Bloom from St. Paul Ballet - May 29 to May 30
https://www.stkate.edu/oshaughnessy/events/category/series/in-full-bloom-spring-showcase-from-st-paul-ballet/the-oshaughnessy-at-st-catherine-university/st-paul-minnesota/

Zenon Dance Zone and Block Z Spring Showcase - May 29 to May 31
https://zenondance.org/zone/showcase/

Mass for the Endangered Choreography by Kayla Schiltgen with input from dancers. In partnership with the College of St. Scholastica and regional environmental organizations.

Upcoming through May 24th as seen at https://dancemn.org/

Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Mary Poppins - May 15 to May 17
https://www.balletcolaboratory.org/

TU Dance Center Student Spring Showcase and CULTIVATE, A Trainee Program - May 15 to May 17
https://www.tudance.org/tudc-2026-student-spring-showcase-cultivate-a-trainee-program-may-15-17/

Katha Dance Theatre Presents Sadhana 2026 - May 17
https://www.kathadance.org/performances/sadhana/

Public Showing of Karla Grotting’s New Work for Rhythmically Speaking - May 20
https://rhythmicallyspeakingdance.org/summer-show/

Red Eye Festival 2026 Works-in-Progress 15: Edna Hand, Gaya Sani, Jarek Pas - May 21 to May 23
https://redeyetheater.org/performances/red-eye-festival-wip15

MN Dance Task Force: Notes and Next Meeting - May 22
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cSSNm1V8YkhUTelI8_6JxBWdh8f9Awj/edit

A Body (Un)Becoming - May 22 to May 23
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bethgraczykproductions/2106096

Kuumba: A Gathering of Black Dance and Theatre - May 22 to May 23
https://southerntheater.org/shows/kuumba-a-gathering-of-black-dance-and-theatre

Sadhana | Katha Dance Theatre Join us for Sadhana, our annual school showcase, as we celebrate a year’s worth of hard work by our dedicated students! All are welcome. Sadhana 2026 will take place on May 17, with two showtimes: 12:30 pm and 3:45 pm. Please note that 1 ticket will get you into both shows!

Dance Hang is a free Minnesota dance community coming together and sharing space, conversation, resources, works in progress, etc. Let’s just hang and see where conversation takes us, or come with your specific questions, concerns, or ideas.

Saturday, June 6, 12:00-2:00pm
RSVP by Friday, June 5.

In-person: Tapestry Folkdance Center
3748 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Virtual: Join Zoom Meeting
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88587221732?pwd=b5YTdaFaa8VbGnsiZykgSGjJ21UYJN.1

Meeting ID: 885 8722 1732

Passcode: 752686

Upcoming through May 17th as seen at https://dancemn.org/

CANDY BOX Dance Festival - May 6 to May 9
https://cur8.com/projects/17610

Perfume of the Pearl: Work-in-Progress Sharing - May 8
https://www.facebook.com/events/1688921672294863/?rdid=i3zxOj8Ob8hOFzBa&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F1SxqzbQBNb%2F #

Young Dance Presents Body As Voice at TEK Box - May 8 to May 9
https://youngdance.org/tickets/

Flamenco en la primavera - May 10
https://tcflamenco.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExYlVVZzBtRVZNcUxIdzN5Q3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7JqTne2SLxilS84M2gdIzF-fIzMaAnNoNNR36WlS-VSuk_o_xV3k2Nlo0vng_aem_N6ocCT6P1xPAXNx0O3BKuQ

Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Mary Poppins - May 15 to May 17
https://www.balletcolaboratory.org/mary-poppins

TU Dance Center Student Spring Showcase and CULTIVATE, A Trainee Program - May 15 to May 17
https://www.tudance.org/tudc-2026-student-spring-showcase-cultivate-a-trainee-program-may-15-17/

Tickets – Young Dance Tickets Tickets are on sale now for the Company Performance, Body as Voice! Please note: Tickets can be purchased for one performance at a time. To buy tickets for multiple shows, complete your first purchase, then return to the Tickets page to select another show. Friday Evening, May 8 at 7:00pm Ge...