Minneapolis, Minn. February 13, 2012 The Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts is thrilled to welcome back Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES for the second time in The Goodale Theater. ARENA DANCES will perform in the ARENA as part of their Sweet 16, March 2nd and 3rd at 8pm. The company will feature signature works as well as a premiere solo by Mr. Janczewski.

In the ARENA features selected works from the companys innovative repertoire in addition to the world premiere of Forward Reminiscence, a solo choreographed for Mathew Janczewski by Robin Stiehm. The evening includes Quartet, a signature work of the company, Threshold and Susie Brackin & Heather Klopchin in Frozen River. The production will give audiences a glimpse into the great diversity of ARENAs work over the last 16 years.

Celebrate sixteen years of engaging dance with Mathew and ARENA DANCES. Tickets are $28 plus handling fees and can be purchased by call 612.206.3600 or going online to www.thecowlescenter.org.

About ARENA DANCES

Founded in 1995 by founder/Artistic Director Mathew Janczewski, ARENA DANCES is one of the Twin Cities premiere dance companies. MNartists.org has called Janczewskis work physically brilliant yet emotionally intimate, dramatic, widely varied, witty and heartfelt. ARENAs works, while abstract, bring audiences into the worlds and emotions presented on stage. Janczewski consistently seeks to create dances that speak to the human condition in all its glorious, wrenching and magical ways and to transport audiences through the beauty and breathtaking physicality of his movement. Over the past 16 years, Janczewski has created more than 30 works that ARENA has performed nationally and internationally to great acclaim.

About The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the Twin Cities' newest arts center and the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the newly refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; the Hennepin Center for the Arts, home to 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; and the new U.S. Bank Atrium. The Cowles Center fills the need for a place that is a catalyst for the creation, presentation, education, enjoyment and celebration of dance and the performing arts in the Twin Cities. www.thecowlescenter.org.

Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES

in the ARENA

Friday, March 2 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 3 8pm

Single tickets - $28

Location: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

528 Hennepin Avenue South at 6th Street, Minneapolis

Tickets: The Cowles Center Box Office

612.206.3600

11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday and Saturday & Sunday two hours prior to performances Online anytime at www.thecowlescenter.org Group discounts are available

MARCH AT THE COWLES CENTER

Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES

in the ARENA

Friday, March 2 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 3 8pm

Single tickets - $28

Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater

We, The Others

Friday, March 9 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 10 8pm

Sunday, March 11 7pm

Single tickets - $20

Cantus

The Singing Revolution: Songs from the Baltic Awakening

Friday, March 15 7:30pm

Single tickets - $10-25

Flying Foot Forum and The New Standards

20th Anniversary

Friday, March 16 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 17 8pm

Single tickets - $25

Minnesota Dance Theatre

La Cathedrale Engloutie & Ancient Air

Friday, March 23 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 24 8pm

Sunday, March 25 2pm

Single tickets - $20-32

B-boy J-Sun presents Hip-Hop?

Friday, March 30 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 31 8pm

Single tickets - $12-18

Contact: Andrea Tonsfeldt

612.206.3631

atonsfeldt@thecowlescenter.org

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