Summer dance classes at the Arts Guild are intended to help dancers maintain their strength and skills, and to allow new dancers to try out a new form. This summer our offerings include a six week session of weekly classes in ballet and modern dance, and two weeks of dance camps, offering experiences in different genres to young dancers. Our Dance Theater Company will also have a one week intensive workshop.
A creative, safe, and non-competitive dance environment for all ages, the Northfield Arts Guild Dance Program offers classes at progressing levels in ballet, tap, jazz, modern dance and Mexican folkloric during the school year.
Financial Assistance for Class Fees
Dance Performances School Year Schedule of Dance Sessions
Our Teaching Staff
Dance Camps and Workshops
for ages 5+
Monday - Thursday, 10:00 -11:00 am
June 28 - July 1
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Class Cancelled
ages 5 +
Monday - Thursday, 11:00 am - noon
June 28 - July 1
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Class Cancelled
for age 5+
Using folkdances from around the world, this class will guide young dancers through simple village dances while reinforcing coordination and motor skills. This class will include Mexican Folkloric dance.
Monday - Thursday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
June 28 - July 1
for age 5+
Learn lively dances from the Mexican states of Veracruz, Jalisco and Nuevo Leon.
Monday - Thursday, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
June 28 - July 1
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Class combined with Folkdance Galore. Register for Folkdance Galore
for ages 7+
A run-through of awesome breakdancing moves! We will focus on basic uprock and downrock, as well as moves from other styles!
Monday - Friday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
July 12 - 16
for ages 9+
Around the world, traditional folkdances are learned for village festivals. We will learn intermediate level folkdances from Eastern Europe and beyond. No folkdance experience necessary. Prior dance experience recommended.
Monday - Thursday, 1 - 2:00 pm
July 12 - 15
for ages 9 +
Fans, sticks, handkerchiefs - many dance forms employ props. In this class we will learn folkdances that use props from around the world. No folkdance experience necessary. Prior dance experience recommended.
Monday - Thursday, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
July 12 - 15
for ages 10 - 18
Join others from the Dance Theater Company to develop outdoor performance pieces for the 2nd Annual Art in the Park event. If students have participated in the company previously, they are welcome to register. If students have not auditioned or participated in the company, they must request permission from an instructor before enrolling.
Monday - Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
July 12 - 15
Weekly Dance Classes
for ages 7 +
Mondays, 5:00 - 6:15 pm
June 14 - July 26
for ages 11 +
Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:15 pm
June 15 - July 27
for ages 13 +
Tuesdays, 5:15 - 6:30 pm
June 15 - July 27
for ages 14 +
Mondays, 6:15 - 7:30 pm
June 14 - July 27
for ages 12 +
Thurdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
June 17 - July 9
Dance sessions begin on the following dates. Payments are due on the first class day of each session. $10 late fee will be charged on accounts not paid by the 2nd week of the session
- September 14 - October 5
- October 12 - November 2
- November 9 - December 7(no class Nov. 23-28)
- December 14 - January 23(no class Dec. 21 - Jan. 2)
- January 23 - February 20
- February 22 - March 20
- March 22 - April 24 (no class Mar. 29 - Apr. 2)
- April 26 - May 22
Our Excellent Teaching Staff
Ann Mosey began dancing on her front porch, went on to receive a BFA, spent a decade dancing in NYC on scholarships from the Alvin Ailey School and the Merce Cunningham studio. Ann received a MFA in choreography, with extensive work in teacher education. Doctoral work focused on kinesthetic intelligence and hyper activity disorder. She taught at Ohio State, Arizona State, UW Milwaukee and several colleges throughout the Midwest.
Dance Artist
Kristin was first exposed to the wonders of dance as a student at the Northfield Arts Guild and went on to receive her B.A. in dance performance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She currently performs in the Twin Cities as a member of Out on a Limb Dance Company and as a freelance artist. Kristin is currently pursuing her M.S. in Library and Information Science and hopes to someday supplement her dance career by working as a children's librarian.
Dance Artist
Jessica started dancing with Doris Jarchow in tap and ballet when she was 5 and continued for many years with her. She has also studied with Charisse Ponder and studied Ballet, Tap, and Jazz under Toni Sostek while at St. Olaf. Jessica taught tap for several years for the Northfield Starlets. She currently lives in the Wanamingo area on a small farm with her family: husband Scott, daughters Sydney and Sophia and son Hayden. Prior to becoming a stay at home mom, Jessica worked with individuals with developmental disabilities and supervised group homes where they lived. She feels quite blessed to be back teaching tap and hopes her students are enjoying class as much as she is.
Dance Artist
Charisse has worked as dancer, teacher and choreographer. She has studied at the Joffrey Ballet in New York City along with a variety of other schools and companies in New York City. She has also studied dance with St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in Minnesota, and Meredith College in North Carolina. She has performed with the Classical Ballet Acadamy of St. Paul, Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Prairie Home Companion Show Live and other concerts. She currently teaches and choreographs in a variety of schools and theater productions.
Dance Artist
As a 4-year-old making her stage debut in a tutu, it was Megan's dream to be a Latin dance champion. Nowadays, she busies herself as a reporter for the Northfield News, acts in local community theater productions, sings constantly, paints wild splatter art for her walls and plays a mean game of cribbage. Formally trained in ballet, tap and jazz, Megan has explored numerous areas of dance over the years, including her favorite form of dance, partner dancing, and her most recent discovery, belly dancing. As far as hip hop is concerned, she says, "Hip hop dancing is fun. It sits well in your body, because you put your personality into relatively organic moves. And frankly, it makes you feel cool and hip."
Dance and Theater Artist
Shari has been teaching Creative Dance and Ballet at the Arts Guild since 2002. She is a four-time choreographer for Northfield High School�s Rock and Roll Revival and has choreographed several other area high school and community theater shows. She has also worked as a staff member of the Northfield Arts Guild�s Young People�s Theater Workshop, teaching dance and drama. Shari is a certified Global Somatics� Practitioner and is combining her somatic training with healthy ballet instruction and technique.
Dance Artist
Inara (Kate Southwick) has been studying belly dance at the Cassandra School of Middle Eastern Dance for over 12 years. She has taken workshops from internationally known instructors Raqia Hassan, Dahlena, Tamalyn Dahlal, and Ansuya. Inara has performed with the Guild of Oriental Dance at the Renaissance Festival, Festival of Nations, and various Twin Cities restaurants. She is also a member of Ammala Middle Eastern Dance & Music.
Dance and Music Artist
Kate Stuart began her career as a school orchestra director but soon realized Mozart and Beethoven were a bit modern for her tastes and she preferred to play Renaissance and Baroque music. Kate has been one of the music directors of the Twin Cities Recorder Guild since 1996, where she teaches recorder, coaches large ensembles and small consorts, and presents workshops in Renaissance dance. She has taught folkdance and historical dance in the Midwest and upstate New York, and for many years choreographed for Madrigal Dinners at the University of Iowa and Eastern Illinois University. And last but certainly not least, Kate is a homeschooling mom to two daughters.
Dance Artist
Anna has over 15 years experience dancing and teaching Mexican folkloric dance, and she has performed professionally in Mexico in ballet and in folkloric dance.
