admin | June 30, 2010

The Fashion Dolls’ second annual extravaganza.  Fashion.  Dance.  Theater.  A supermodel’s adventure.  This springtime bash features styles from local tastemakers, saucy live dancing by the Dolls, and couture cocktails.
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Tickets available now through the purchase of a season subscription.  Click here to purchase season tickets>>
Single tickets go on sale February 15.
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admin | June 30, 2010

A contemporary look at two all-time favorite fables.  A performance dance for the whole family.

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Tickets available now through the purchase of a season subscription.  Click here to purchase season tickets>>

Single tickets go on sale December 1, 2010.

Seating for this production is reserved.

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myron | June 29, 2010

Happy summer! I hope everyone keeps checking the website for all the great stuff happening this summer at The Ritz. This past season was a ball and thank you to everyone who continues to support The Ritz/Ballet of the Dolls. We have a fantastic new season planned, bringing to life on stage stories from the [...]

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admin | June 23, 2010

The Ritz is proud to host a CD release party for local bluegrass act The High 48s.  Since forming in 2006, The High 48s have grabbed the attention of festival audiences in the Upper Midwest and beyond, toured steadily, released two critically acclaimed CDs and won first place in the 2008 RockyGrass Band Competition in [...]

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admin | June 23, 2010

The CIA (Choreographers in Accord) invites you to help them celebrate local dance champion Jeff Bartlett.
Jeff Bartlett, beloved local lighting designer and Dance Community Liaison at the new Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, is in the intensive care unit of Hennepin County Medical Center after a fall at Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

Jeff [...]

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admin | June 16, 2010

Part of a weekend-long workshop, Al-Bahira Dance Theater presents Oyun Havalari, an evening of dance starring Artemis Mourat, international master Turkish and Rrom (“gypsy”) dance artist. The evening features a rich tapestry of ethnic and contemporary dance from the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, Eastern Europe and the Americas with artists Artemis Mourat, Al-Bahira Dance [...]

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admin | June 16, 2010

A holiday twist on the classic fairytale about a young man, his evil stepmother, and her daughters.  And they all lived happily ever after?

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Single tickets will go on sale October 15.

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admin | June 13, 2010

This dark tale of two sisters who let jealousy and career ruin their lives is inspired by Artistic Director Myron Johnson’s fascination with larger-than-life personas. Thus was born the lovechild of the notorious 1962 film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the tragic Tchaikovsky ballet Swan Lake. Starring Jane Black and Blanche White, Whatever Happened [...]

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myron | June 5, 2010

2 weeks and counting. This is going to be a show that makes you laugh, cry and ponder the question “what has the world come to?”
I guarantee that when you are at a gathering this summer, the topic of Ballet of the Dolls “Dance of the Pink Flamingos” is going to come up and you are [...]

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Laura | September 24, 2009

The critics loved it and so did you! Cantus puts the small band back together and covers more of your favorite pop songs. Join us for the latest Twin Cities tradition, the Covers concert.

General Admission.  Tickets available in advance online or by phone.

Adult: $27.50/Youth 12 & under: $13.75

Student Rush: $10 (at the door only, beginning [...]

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