The Cowles Center in downtown Minneapolis announced on January 31 that its 500-seat Goodale Theater would stop presenting dance on March 31—thus ending its planned season early—and subsequently close. Since opening in 2011, The Cowles Center has filled a major void in the Twin Cities’ arts scene by providing a theater designed for and dedicated to local dance, as well as office, rehearsal, and performance space for small and midsize arts organizations, including many of the area’s leading dance companies. 

Last dances, first-time collaborations, gatherings of disparate dancemakers—October’s dance card is full of intriguing events. Here are seven of the most enticing performances.

Pink Floyd’s 1979 album The Wall has already been adapted into a feature film and an opera, so why not a ballet? Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota has partnered with local tribute band Run Like Hell for The Wall: A Rock Ballet, filtering the storyline—that of a musician whose traumatic experiences become a metaphorical wall […]

We are deep into the fall season, and the steady stream of great performances has yet to let up. Here are the shows we’re keeping an eye on this month. It’s the End of the World as We Know It Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale. Photo by Rahi Rezvani, Courtesy Danse Danse MONTREAL AND NEW YORK […]