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GUEST ARTISTS<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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The Dance Department theme for the 2025-26 academic year is Borders<\/em>. This could be geographical borders, physical or spatial borders, cultural borders and intersections, or figurative and conceptual borders. Many projects will choose to connect to this theme.<\/strong>
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SEPTEMBER 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

INFORMATION SESSION FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DANCE DEPARTMENT COMPANIES (COMPANYDANCE AND VESELICA)
September 3 from 5-6pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCE COMPANIES (COMPANYDANCE AND VESELICA) INFORMATION SESSION FOR AUDITIONS
September 5 from 3:45-4:45pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCE COMPANIES (COMPANYDANCE AND VESELICA) AUDITIONS FOR JUNIORS & SENIORS
September 8 from 3:45-5:45pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong>
Auditions for <\/em>the Dance Companies (Companydance and Veselica) are open to all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCE COMPANIES (COMPANYDANCE AND VESELICA) AUDITIONS FOR SOPHOMORES & FIRST YEARS
September 9 from 3-5pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong>
Auditions for <\/em>the Dance Companies (Companydance and Veselica) are open to all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NOVEMBER 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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FRESH SPACE – Fall Concert
November 1 at 2pm and 7:30pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fresh Space is a returning annual concert displaying the works of St. Olaf students, student organizations, staff and faculty, as well as groups from the greater Northfield area and Carleton College! It\u2019s an open show intended to bring area dancers and creators together to share a performance in The Wagner Bundgaard Studio on the St. Olaf Campus.<\/span>
Livestream Link<\/a> for 2pm Concert
Livestream Link<\/a> for 7:30pm Concert<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FIRST YEAR DANCE PROJECT INFORMAL SHARING
November 12 from 5:00 – 6:00pm in<\/strong> CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come join us for an informal sharing of several dance works that have been created and restaged on the First Year Dance Project. Come see what we have created and hear more about our process and the community created in FYDP. 

About First Year Dance Project (FYDP)<\/em>
First Year Dance Project (FYDP) is part of the Dance Companies (Companydance and Veselica), which provides dance performance and creative opportunities for St. Olaf College students. FYDP enables students new to the College and\/or new to the Dance Companies to get to know one another and build a community in a movement setting. During the span of one semester, FYDP dancers and the Dance Department faculty and staff become acquainted with one another by working together on the creation of new dance work, the restaging of existing dance works, and the teaching of master classes in various dance styles and genres. A range of movement and creative aesthetics, styles and philosophies are explored during this process, which results in an end of the semester sharing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SENIOR DANCE CONCERT 2025 – In Our Nature
November 20, 21 at 7:00pm and Nov. 22 at 2pm and 7:00pm <\/strong>in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1.
Senior dance majors present their senior dance capstone projects. Come join us for the 2025 Senior Dance Concert featuring the senior dance capstone projects of Senior Dance Majors Alice Boerner, Jade Burbank, Ariel Edwards, Hailey Frank, Nina Hodder, Joy Meyers, Janet Munoz Enriquez, Emily Sanchez, Leo Sanchez, Emma Smith, Sophie Smith, Kathryn Sprandel, Mary Staplin, and Liya Wetzler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please review the available reservations for the Senior Concert at this link <\/a>and click on the Sign Up button to reserve a seat. You can reserve up to 4 seats per name. By reserving a seat(s) you are guaranteed a seat. Walk up seating isn’t guaranteed and will most likely be on the floor. There is an overflow space to watch the concert via live stream in CAD 305 with seats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need accessible seating use the comment feature on the Sign Up to note this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Friday’s performance there will be a reception in the main hallway of the Center for Art and Dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live stream on Thursday, Nov. 20<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ST. OLAF CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERT – The last work, Benjamin Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb” is a collaboration with the St. Olaf Dance Department featuring dancers Alannah Brooks, Nina Hodder, Anna Jacobsen, ZeVon Johnson, and Mary Staplin and choreography by Dance Department Chair Heather Klopchin and dancers.
November 23 at 3:30-5:30 in Boe Chapel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chamber Singers, conducted by Associate Professor of Practice and Robert Scholz Endowed Chair in Music Therees Tkach Hibbard, will present their fall concert in Boe Chapel. This event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DECEMBER 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DANCE 231 CHOREOGRAPHY & IMPROV SHOWING
December 10 at 7:00pm in CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come see the creative research of students in Dance 231: Choreography & Improvisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARCH 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ECOTONES: 2026 STUDIO THEATER DANCE CONCERT
March 5, 6, at 7:30 pm and March 7 at 2pm in the Center for Art and Dance (CAD) Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong> on the campus of St. Olaf College.
Join us for Ecotones<\/strong>, an evening of movement exploring the “borderlands” between genres. Borrowing from the ecological term for zones of integration, this concert brings together St. Olaf\u2019s two distinct ensembles\u2014Companydance <\/strong>and Veselica International Dance Ensemble<\/strong>\u2014to celebrate the beauty of overlap and the emergence of new forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free-No Ticket Required. Family Friendly.
LIVESTREAM<\/a> Link for the show on Saturday, March 7th at 2pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APRIL 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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BORDERS SPRING DANCE CONCERT<\/strong>
April 30, May 1, and May 2 at 7:30pm in Kelsey Theater in the Theater Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us for BORDERS: SPRING DANCE CONCERT<\/strong>, the culmination of a year-long exploration by the Dance Department into the complex nature of borderlands. Borders marks a unique merging of St. Olaf\u2019s two distinct dance ensembles: Companydance<\/strong>, with its focus on a diverse range of contemporary explorations, and the Veselica International Dance Ensemble<\/strong>, which brings the rich traditions and global perspectives of folk and character dance. This collaboration showcases the broad range and diversity of the St. Olaf College Dance Department, highlighting the beautiful friction and unexpected harmony that arise when different styles collide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring physically compelling, visually captivating, aurally stirring, and thought-provoking choreography by faculty members Dr. Andrea Conger, Brian J. Evans, and Heather Klopchin, guest artists Kaleena Miller and Jake Nehrbass and by current St. Olaf students Ivy Andreson, Maggie Doran, Delaney Dresser, Rel Edwards, Maya Fonseca-Jersild, Hailey Frank, Z Johnson, Mickenson Sanon, and Mary Staplin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Tickets for the general public cost $10.00. St. Olaf College faculty, staff, and retirees receive two free tickets per production. St. Olaf students receive one free ticket per production with a valid student ID number. Tickets go on sale April 17. Please use the links below for ticket purchases. For ADA accommodations, please call 507-786-3096.
Tickets for Thursday Performance<\/a>
Tickets for Friday Performance<\/a>
Tickets for Saturday Performance<\/a>
Livestream<\/a> link for the Thursday, April 30 performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAY 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CELEBRATORY SHOWING
May 4 at 4:00pm in<\/strong> CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio\u00a01<\/strong>
An opportunity for students to present work or a different form of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCE 374: ADVANCED CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWING
May 14 at 7:00pm in<\/strong> CAD Wagner Bundgaard Studio 1<\/strong>
Come see the final projects of the Dance 374: Advanced Choreography class.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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