Touring

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Zenon Dance Company, one of the nation’s only professional modern and jazz dance repertory troupes, continues to build its eclectic repertory by commissioning significant works from such acclaimed American choreographers as Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, Bebe Miller, Tere O’Connor, Danny Buraczeski, Seán Curran, and Andrea Miller. The Zenon dancers are renowned for their extraordinary stylistic diversity, technical mastery and artistic integrity. They’re also a national favorite among critics and audiences for their fearless physicality and emotional intelligence. Repertory works showcase the dancers’ responsive embrace of contemporary dance, and offer presenters a signature evening by a peerless troupe described as “the dance company that can do it all” and “in a league of its own” by the Star Tribune.

As Minnesota’s leading contemporary dance company, Zenon has toured regionally, nationally, and abroad. As well as performing, the company has taught choreography and dance classes at the pre-school, K-12, and college level as well as at local dance schools. Zenon also works with high school and college sports teams to build flexibility, strength, and coordination, as well as with various other groups such as Rotary Clubs, nursing homes, art and kinesiology classes, and dance lines.

National/International

Zenon Dance Company has performed throughout the United States at such esteemed venues as The Joyce Theatre and Jacob’s Pillow, as well as at colleges and festivals throughout the country. The company has also toured to areas as far-flung as Aruba, Guam, Russia, Saipan, Switzerland and Budapest.

Midwest

Zenon loves performing in its own backyard—the Midwest—in such communities as Grand Marais, Clearbrook/Gonvic, Wadena, Elk River, and Fergus Falls.

Performance + Residency

Zenon Dance Company is available for evening-length public performances, holiday performances of The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose, as well as residencies and outreach sessions for students and adults. More information.

Selected Touring Repertory

Zenon Dance Company maintains an active repertory of more than 20 jazz- and modern-dance works, from which we’ll customize a program for your institution. For a full repertory list click here.

Deluxe Edition, 2010 by Morgan Thorson (8 dancers)
Music: design by Morgan Thorson
“a cheeky celebration of the beautiful body…” — Star Tribune

Swing Concerto, 2010 by Danny Buraczeski (9 dancers)
Music: Brave Old World, Artie Shaw, Louis Prima
“downright terrific…brought down the house.” — The New York Times

Picnic, Lightning 2009 by Andrea Miller (6 dancers)
Music: AGF, Chopin, Joy Division
“infused with electrifying physicality…The dancers often seem like shape-shifters wending their way through a volatile emotional labyrinth” — St. Paul Pioneer Press

Not From Texas 2009 by Megan McClellan, Brian Sostek (8 dancers)
Music: Lyle Lovett
“[a] hoedown throwdown, featuring [a] complex and fast-paced partnering style” — Star Tribune

The Shape of Wind 2008 by Wynn Fricke (4 dancers)
Music: Original composition by Peter O’Gorman
“…like sand-washed beach glass with its unique yet naturally muted beauty.” — Star Tribune

Hard Bargain 2008 by Seán Curran (4 dancers)
Music: Handel (opera arias sung by David Daniels)
“wittily explores aspects of masculinity in a filigree of movement where Baroque arm gestures become slap fests and fluid athleticism unfolds with courtly grace” — St. Paul Pioneer Press

The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose
“Kinetic wit and Mere Goose’s wisdom abound as the Zenon dancers unleash their rambunctious physicality and theatrical panache on a pantheon of deliciously wayward creatures cavorting to Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Suite’ score” — St. Paul Pioneer Press

Contact Information

To download a copy of our touring brochure, click here. For rates and more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 612.338.1101.