The CANDY BOX Dance Festival is a week-long dynamic sampling of featured performances, masterclasses, and in-progress showings, hosted by ARENA DANCES and presented April 21-26, 2025 at The Southern Theater. The CANDY BOX Dance Festival features both emerging and established choreographers, Happy Hour work-in-progress performances, and master class offerings.

Artist Announcement

Doma Dance Theater
Flying Foot Forum
Cheng “Technica” Xiong

Selected Happy Hour Artists

Nieya Amezquita & Kaitlyn Hawkins
Nervous Theatre
Yukina Sato

Meet the Panelists

Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Mathew Janczewski
Carlo Antonio Villanueva

Happy Hour Guests

Eva Mohn
Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance

Master Classes

4:00-5:15pm

Monday, April 21 – Alexandra Bodnarchuk of Doma Dance Theater
Tuesday, April 22 – Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance
Wednesday, April 23 – Joe Chvala of Flying Foot Forum
Thursday, April 24 – Cheng “Technica” Xiong
Friday, April 25 – Connor Berkompas of NERVOUS THEATRE

April 24, 2025

Featured Artists Program - 7:30pm

Doma Dance Theater Flying Foot Forum Cheng Xiong

April 25, 2025

Featured Artists Program - 7:30pm

April 26, 2025

Featured Artists Pay-as-able Program - 2:00pm

Featured Artists Program - 7:30pm

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Date: April 21-26, 2025

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454

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