WHERE:
Mixed Blood, 1501 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55454
WHEN:
Public performances Friday March 28 and Saturday March 29 at 7:30 PM. Doors at 7:00 PM.
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Link to reserve tickets: BDIFest2025.eventbrite.com
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Mixed Blood Theatre, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Leslie Parker Dance Project, and the Center for Performing Art co-present Black Dance Improvisation Festival 2025 on March 28 & 29.
BDI Fest 2025 amplifies experimentation, solo dance improvisation, and dynamic storytelling with a powerful cohort of celebrated artists.
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Black Dance Improvisation
2024 Intensive
Produced by Leslie Parker Dance Project
In partnership with:
Barbara Barker Center for Dance
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Registration is full and is now at capacity. Drop-ins are welcomed if there is space!
Intensive Workshop Schedule
June 3-6, 2024
TU Dance Center
Saint Paul, MN
Workshop Session with
Ishmael Houston-Jones
June 10-13, 2024
Northrop Dance Studio
Minneapolis, MN
Workshop Session with
Merián Soto
June 17-18, 2024
Barbara Barker Dance Center
Minneapolis, MN
Workshop Session with
Cynthia Oliver
**Note the change in schedule: Cynthia Oliver is facilitating on June 17 & 18 only.
w/Leslie Parker & Collaborators
Performances by:
Black Dance Improvisation Intensive participants &
Music Collaborative with Michael Wimberly, Farai Malianga, Dameun Strange, and DeCarlo Jackson
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June 22, 2024
@
The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
FREE!
Donations accepted
The public offering of an experiment is a live collaborative improvisation performance drawing from Blackness in experimental music, storytelling, visual art, and dance.
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This is a Twin Cities Jazz Festival event.
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Leslie Parker Dance Project brings together improvisers in the Twin Cities who practice various models of improvisation globally to participate in three weeks of practice.
The Twin Cities Black Dance Improvisation Intensive 2024 is an extension of CtR methodology centering Black, Native, Indigenous, Artists of Color narratives. The focus is on creatives who are steeped in dance and performance practices to provide more opportunities to deepen awareness in Improvisation.
BDI Intensive 2024 is open to all!
