Workshops & Residencies
A dynamic and invaluable educational resource, EDT has provided workshops and residencies at K-12 schools and college campuses throughout Minnesota and the Midwest. Our interactive programs balance performance, demonstration and instruction.
School Dance Workshops
EDT's workshops develop students' skills and enhance their enthusiasm for world cultures by teaching traditional dances from Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. Workshops can center on a single culture or on a combination of several cultures and can be custom-designed to meet your needs.
Length: 45 minutes
School Residencies
World Dance and Culture Residencies focus on dance, music and cultural history from around the world. Regions include Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. Residencies give students more opportunity for long-term, in-depth work with an EDT artist.
Length: multiple 45 minute workshops that can be scheduled over days, weeks or months
booking school workshops and residencies
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EDT has partnered with the Young Audiences of Minnesota since 1985.
To book a school program, visit Young Audiences at www.yamn.org or call 651-292-3399.
To work with EDT directly, contact us at info@ethnicdancetheatre.com or call us at 763-545-9333
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Coming Soon. . . Factoids for THEN and NOW, EDT's Spring Show 2011
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May 13-15
Ethnic Dance Theatre presents THEN and NOW, its 37th Annual Spring Concert Series featuring the music and dance of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iran, Norway, Sweden, and Turkey at the Ritz Theater in NE Minneapolis.
One of the most compelling elements of a people's identity is its folk culture. EDT is known for the authenticity it brings to interpreting ethnic music and dance for the stage, and is respected for its work in promoting ethnic music, dance, and costume as art. The first half of the show--THEN--demonstrates our signature performance style at its best.
Folk cultures are constantly evolving, and the manner of presenting folk music, dance and costume on the stage has been undergoing much change around the world in recent years. In some instances, change in the style of presentation has preserved the baby of tradition, while in others, we feel it has not. In the second half of the show--NOW--audiences will experience something of a departure from EDT's traditional style as we present our own contemporary interpretation of ethnic dance, music and costume!
Presentation of THEN and NOW is made possible in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, the McKnight Foundation, the Target Foundation, and our individual donors.
**If you know something interesting--including your own personal story--about a culture represented in our current season, please tell us about it here!