Join us on June 23rd at the Minnesota Saints Game! Not only have we worked out a fabulous package price for you, but $5 of the proceeds from each tickets will help out our London Performers!

Each ticket includes Admission, a voucher for a Hot Dog and Soda, and a Saints Hat! Can’t be that price at only $15 per ticket (normally a $23 value!!).

Ready to Order?

Order online at SAINTSGROUP.com and once inside the site use the GroupPassword of NorthlandDance.

Or Order by Mail by clicking here to download our form and send it in via mail. Checks are payable to The St. Paul Saints.

See you there!

Follow along in the coming months as we get ready to travel to London to perform at the 2012 Olympics!

From July 28 – August 5th 2012, sixteen of our Northland School of Dance talented dancers will travel with teachers and chaperones to London. This is the 4th time Northland has been invited to perform, an honor we take very seriously!

Watch for more information as we prepare our routine, costumes, fundraising, and learn more about the customs and history of London and the Olympics. And of course, be sure to check back while we post photos from London!!

Northland’s Summer Tech Classes!

This is where the superstars are born!

For much of the summer, many of our advanced students are in New York, in Las Vegas, in LA competing and performing and winning summer scholarships to presitgious ballet and dance companies. Those students started HERE! With Northland summer tech!

For existing Northland students – this is where the rubber hits the road! Keep up that fierce work ethic and keep improving, keep getting stronger!

If you have never taken a dance step in your life, if you are on a high school dance line and want to take your dancing up a notch, if you are in gymnastics or figure skating and want to enhance your technique – these classes are for you too!

If you are looking for a new dance home – you can come experience the Northland way and see if it feels like home. Stop by the desk and the friendliest (for real) office staff will give you all the information you seek on classes, lines, auditions, etc. There is never any pressure – we want you to want to join us!

Come meet the heart and soul of Northland – the mother/daughter talent powerhouse team of  Teresa and Corrie. There is a reason thousands of graduates still love them and remember their Northland years as some of their finest.

There is a reason our kids start pining for classes after just a two week break. We work them hard but they reap the benefits in their dancing and their life and they consider Northland one of their favorite places to spend their time. We know you will agree!! Come experience the Northland way!

July Tech Classes
Monday July 11, 2011
Room A
4:00 – 5:00 Adv Leap & Turn
5:45 – 7:00 Adv Jazz
7:00 – 8:00 Beg / Int Leap & Turn
Room C
4:30 – 5:30 Just Ups
5:30 – 7:00 Beg / Int Ballet
7:00 – 8:00 Acro

Tuesday July 12, 2011Room A
4:00 – 5:00 Pilates Mat
Room C
5:00 – 6:00 Pre Pointe
6:00 – 7:00 Adv Pointe Turning
7:00 – 8:30 Adv Ballet

Wednesday July 13, 2011Room C
5:45 – 6:45 Adv Tap
7:00 – 8:00 Beg / Int Tap

Thursday July 14, 2011Room A
4:45 – 6:00 Stretch
6:00 – 7:15 Beg / Int Jazz
7:15 – 8:00 Beg / Int Ballet
Room C
4:30 – 5:30 Level 2 Pointe
5:30 – 7:00 Adv Ballet
7:15 – 8:30 Int Ballet

Monday July 18, 2011Room A
4:00 – 5:00 Adv Leap & Turn
5:45 – 7:00 Adv Jazz
7:00 – 8:00 Beg / Int Leap & Turn
Room C
4:30 – 5:30 Just Ups
5:30 – 7:00 Beg / Int Ballet
7:00 – 8:00 Acro

Tuesday July 19, 2011Room A
4:00 – 5:00 Pilates Mat
6:00 – 7:00 Int Hip Hop
7:00 – 8:00 Adv Hip Hop
Room C
5:00 – 6:00 Pre Pointe
6:00 – 7:00 Adv Pointe Turning
8:00 – 9:30 Adv Ballet

Wednesday July 20, 2011Room A
5:45 – 6:45 Beg Hip Hop
Room C
5:45 – 6:45 Adv Tap
7:00 – 8:00 Beg / Int Tap

Thursday July 21, 2011Room A
4:45 – 6:00 Stretch
6:00 – 7:15 Beg / Int Jazz
7:15 – 8:00 Beg / Int Ballet
Room C
4:30 – 5:30 Level 2 Pointe
5:30 – 7:00 Adv Ballet
7:15 – 8:30 Int Ballet

Adv. / Int. $165.00 / 1/2 a session $85.00
Beg. $130.00 / 1/2 a session $70.00
Taking an individual class – charge is by the individual class cost. Call the studio for more details

Open Pointe with Lisa Peterson – Room B
Wednesday July 13th Thursday July 21st Tuesday August 2nd
6:45 – 8:15 5:00 – 6:30 5:00 – 6:30
Thursday July 14th Tuesday July 26th Thursday August 4th
4:30 – 6:00 5:00 – 6:30 5:00 – 6:30
Wednesday July 20th Thursday July 28th
6:45 – 8:15 5:00 – 6:30

$75.00 for all classes or $14.00 per class

Classes are canceled today – Monday February 21st.

Ballroom (6 week session)
Starts Tuesday March 1st 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Floor Pilates (6 week session)
Starts Tuesday March 1st 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Tuesday’s and Thursday’s

Dance Class
Starts Monday February 28th 10:00 – 10:45 AM
3 – 5 years old

Mommy and Me
Starts Monday February 28th 11:00 – 11:30 AM
18m – 3 years old

Did you EVER dance at  

Northland School of Dance? 

No matter HOW long ago! 

If so… 

Then…

We… 

Want…

You…

BACK…

For ONE AMAZING NIGHT!!!

• Did you have a metal Smurf lunchbox?
• Did you wear iridescent lip gloss?
• Were leg warmers sooo not just for dance class but anytime you wanted to feel smoking hot in public?
• Did you ever wear a crocheted vest for school pictures? 
• Or worse – a dickey???
• Fingerless lace gloves?
• Did you ever pretend you were Jennifer Beals from Flashdance and dance around your basement to Maniac???
• Did you beg your Mom to let you go to the FAME school even though it was in New York City and you lived in Blaine?
• And here’s the cincher  –  Did you ever wear a terry cloth sweatband across your forehead to dance class here at Northland?

If you answered YES to any of these questions YOU are a Northland dancer from the past and we WANT YOU BACK!!!   

This is Northland’s 40^th year of dance education!!!  That’s HUGE!  We have dedicated part of our BIGGEST show to highlight YOU – the Northland alumni! 

Mark your calendar for SATURDAY NIGHT JUNE 18^th!!!!!  We want YOU in a special Northland Alumni number!!!!!!  DON’T MISS THIS CHANCE TO BE A ROCK STAR!

Do you live out of state?  NO WORRIES!!!  The practice video will be posted on Shutterfly!

Please join us for the most fun you’ll ever have dancing down memory lane! 

What you need to do is MUCH simpler than getting that big 80’s hair you had all through high school!

JUST DO THE FOLLOWING….

• Email Barb at Nsodbarb@aol.com that you are ALL OVER THIS and CANNOT WAIT to get on stage and shake your groove thing again! 
• Email Barb  at Nsodbarb@aol.com your FAVORITE ROUTINE titles from your years at Northland.  From these suggestions – we’ll choreograph an alumni routine and finale.
• Email Barb at Nsodbarb@aol.com to purchase your tickets and give her your size for your commemorative T-Shirt.  This MUST HAPPEN BEFORE APRIL 1^st, 2011.  Please don’t miss out!!
• Email Barb at Nsodbarb@aol.com your email address so she can send you out your rehearsal schedule.
• Bring your husband, kids and friends – show them how you STILL GOT IT!!!
• PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO ALL YOUR NSOD FRIENDS!!!
• Don’t worry about costumes or shoes – we’ll handle those details.
• Mark your calendars for Sunday June 19^th for an alumni party at a park.  Details will follow later this spring.

Looking forward to hearing from YOU!

What do an Olympic Gold Medal, an Oscar and the Juilliard School have in common?  If these items are on your resume, you have reached the top of your game in your passion!

Those legs! Those feet!

Northland's Maddie

One of our own Northland graduates has attained this level.  Maddie Swenson (2010 graduate) is currently a freshman at the Juilliard School in the heart of New York City.

Juilliard's 2010 Freshman Class

The Juilliard is the most prestigious fine arts college in the world and it’s name is synonymous with dazzling talent.  As if that were not enough, it is located smack dab in the most exciting part of the most exciting city in the world – New York City!

Maddie recently came home for a visit and talked to a beginner/intermediate ballet class on her road to the Juilliard.

On leave from the Juilliard - Maddie visits Northland

To earn this spot – Maddie had to edge out thousands of other applicants for her place in the freshman class.  Getting into the Juilliard is as competitive as getting into Harvard.

But the real work started years before she sent in her application to the admissions committee.

Maddie’s success came from her personal commitment to pour 100% into her classes and her dream and to push herself by….

• spending thousands of hours at Northland learning and perfecting her technique
• competing all over the US and the world in all genres of dance
• attending the prestigious St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts for her high school career
• attending and winning scholarships at the biggest national workshops such as JUMP, NYCDA (New York City Dance Alliance), West Coast Dance Explosion and more
• being open to learning from all the teachers that came into her life

Maddie back in the day...

The audition process for The Juilliard was equally rigorous.

• Step one – Maddie completed the application, then sent in letters of recommendations from her academic and dance teachers as well her transcripts (Maddie was an outstanding student – brains to match the talent).
• Step two – Maddie attended one of the half dozen national open auditions for a slot in the school.  Imagine the pressure to be flawless at the audition.  Essentially you have 20 minutes to convince a panel of judges you deserve this spot more than thousands of other dancers….now that’s pressure!

In the Juilliard Studios....

Maddie is adjusting to her new life in New York City.  She has dance classes 5 days a week and dances roughly ten to twelve hours a day – every day - Monday through Friday!  On weekends, Maddie tries to decompress a bit from the intensity of the week.  She likes to shop (no shortage of places to thin your wallet there), take in Broadway shows, eat at her favorite New York restaurants, pick up an occasional tap class or stroll the world famous Central Park.

The biggest challenge for Maddie was being away from her family  – whom she misses something fierce – but she knows they love and support her enough to love her from five states away so she can live her dream.  The second biggest adjustment has been the dorm food – which Maddie tells us is not exceptional.  That seems to be a universal sentiment of all college freshman everywhere…enter Ramen Noodles…

Northland is overwhelmingly proud of Maddie – and is proud that they helped teach, shape and create such a fine performer.

Teresa - a pivotal teacher for Maddie

  

Corrie -- a huge creative influence on Maddie

 

There are other dancers coming up the ranks at Northland that we would not be at all surprised to see joining Maddie at The Juilliard.

 

We all look forward to where Maddie’s career will go next – but no matter where it goes – she will always be loved and admired by her first dance home – Northland.

  

Northland School of Dance held it’s first annual WINTER BALL recently and it was a smashing success!   Our ballrooms were packed with young ladies ranging from infants to high school seniors, and the special men in their families.  The gals all had on their best finery, their hair in up-do’s, their high heels on — ready to dance the night away!  The special Dads, Uncles and Grandpas all wore suits and huge smiles – they were escorting the most beautiful girl in town!    Each couple had the chance to dance under the twinkling lights enjoying the antics of our lively DJ.  Tables were laid out with delicious treats and beverages.  Each young lady was given a handmade corsage by the man in her life, then the duo had a keepsake photo taken to remember the night that celebrated them.  If one night of dancing is not enough for you - come JOIN US for our FABULOUS and FUN Ballroom and Salsa classes!!!!

One look at these happy faces and you’ll see why you want to be here next year!

Dancing with the Stars future contestants!

What are pretty dresses for but to twirl?

My Daddy Loves Me!

Everyone do the YMCA!

Cutting up the dance floor with Dad!

Our Dads are not shy!

Another cute couple!

Double the joy!

Time to refuel!

Northland's Amazing and Wonderful Family!