Minnesota Dance Consort
MINNESOTA
Dance Consort
Classes/Workshops
Contemporary modern dance training across the Twin Cities, grounded in structure, strength, and expressive clarity.
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT
Structured • Foundational • Sustaining
Fundamental Movement gives dancers a dependable base practice for building strength, flexibility, coordination, and control. Its consistent, repeatable sequence tunes the whole body and develops stamina and awareness, providing a strong physical foundation to underpin your dance practice.
Class information:
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Fridays, 5:00–6:00 PM — in person at Tula Yoga & Wellness, 1162 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55104. Price: $22 or Tula class cards available.
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Sundays, 10:00–11:00 AM — online via Zoom. Price: $5 per class.
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Open level; ongoing; drop-ins welcome.
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Friday Registration: Register and pay directly through Tula Yoga & Wellness.
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Sunday Registration: Complete the form below to reserve your spot. Pay in advance via Venmo or PayPal, or pay by cash at class.
Embodied Foundations for Strength & Endurance
MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUE
Grounded • Dynamic • Intentional
Modern Dance Technique is a focused, one-hour practice centered on creating dance through clearly defined movement dynamics. Class work develops and recombines walks and glides, curves and circles, swings, falls, turns, and grounded rhythmic propulsion to cultivate strength, clarity, and expressive authority.
Rather than phrase memorization, the work prioritizes dynamic intention, spatial awareness, and compositional structure. Dancers engage contrast, weight, breath, and momentum as tools for shaping choreography in real time.
Rooted in Wigman-based practice and contemporary craft, this class builds technical precision while developing artistic confidence and embodied performance capacity.
Class information:
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Fridays 7:00–8:00 PM — Out on a Limb Dance Studio
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Sundays 3:30–4:30 PM — Out on a Limb Dance Studio
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Open level; ongoing; drop-ins welcome
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First two classes: $10; Drop-in: $12; 6-class card: $60; 8-class card: $72
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Class Registration: Complete the form below to reserve your spot. Pay in advance via Venmo or PayPal, or pay by cash at class
Note: Text Ray at (612) 275-5602 for studio door access code.
Expressive Modern Dance Training
MOVEMENT, MUSIC, & CONNECTION: DANCING WITH JOY
Welcoming • Expressive • Connected
A welcoming and joy-filled contemporary movement experience for older adults centered on music, creativity, and connection. Through gentle preparation, expressive movement, and accessible group activities, this class invites participants to explore rhythm, balance, coordination, and the shared pleasure of moving together. Taught by contemporary dance artist and educator Ray Terrill.
Class information:
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Tuesdays, 1:00–2:30 PM — Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55406
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Open level; ongoing; drop-ins welcome
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$10 General | $8 Tapestry Members
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No previous dance experience or partner needed
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Wear comfortable clothes, bare feet , socks or soft soled shoes
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Class Registration: Register and pay through Tapestry Folkdance Center
Photo credit: Stan Waldhauser
Creative Movement for Connection & Joy
COMING WINTER 2027
Zenon Zone Performance Group
Ray Terrill has been invited to create a work for Zenon Dance School’s Zone Performance Group as part of its 2026–27 season. The project will culminate in a public Zone showcase. Additional details will be announced soon.
Project Information:
Program: Zone Performance Group
Choreographer: Ray Terrill
Status: Scheduled for winter 2027 session
Additional details will be announced soon.
Expressive Modern Dance Training
Register for Classes
WIGMAN TECHNIQUE — OUT ON A LIMB
First two classes: $10 — no long-term commitment
Drop-in: $12
6-Class Card: $60
8-Class Card: $72 (Best Value)
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT — SUNDAY ZOOM
$5 per class
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT — FRIDAY AT TULA
Register and pay directly through Tula Yoga & Wellness.
REGISTRATION
Complete the form below to reserve your spot and receive class or studio-access information.
PAYMENT
Pay in advance via Venmo or PayPal, or pay by cash at class.