Minneapolis, Minn. August 15, 2012 The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts is pleased to welcome back Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES September 21 & 22, 2012. ARENA begins its 17th Season with a world premiere and exciting sneak peak of The Main Street Project, recently awarded the National Dance Project Production Grant, slated to premiere in its entirety in 2014.

ARENA will also premiere a fun avant-garde company piece, Les Petites Choses, set to a variety of music, most notably, Katerine. huddle, a mens quartet, with music by 65daysofstatic and Radiohead - toys with the idea of expectations and the dichotomy of stereotypical, testosterone-driven images. Lastly, is the innovative These Yellow Sands, a re-working of a commission by the Walker Arts Center from 2001, set to the music of Michael Nyman. Dont miss out on this energetic modern dance company. Join us for The Cowles Centers first MEET THE COMPANY: Talk Back Series following the performance on Friday, September 21. This free addition to the productions is the ideal opportunity for audience members to ask questions about the performance and the company. Tickets are $28 and are available at 612.206.3600, in person at 528 Hennepin Avenue or online at www.thecowlescenter.org

About Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES

ARENA is one of the Twin Cities premiere dance companies. Reviewing for mnartists.org, Lightsey Darst 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.

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. The 2012/13 Season is presented by U.S. Bank with additional support from Ascent Private Capital Management and The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank www.thecowlescenter.org.

SEPTEMBER AT THE COWLES CENTER

vocaldente

Tickets: $30 Adults, $20 Students

September 15, 7:30pm

September 16, 2pm

Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES

Les Petites Choses

Tickets: $28

September 21-22, 8pm

MEET THE COMPANY: Talk Back Series Night Friday, September 21

First Peoples Celebrates: The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Awards

Tickets: $25

September 27, 8pm

Minnesota Concert Opera

I Puritani

Tickets: $25 Adults, $15 Students

September 28, 7:30pm

September 30, 3pm

Contact: Andrea Tonsfeldt

612.206.3631

atonsfeldt@thecowlescenter.org

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