Ordway Summer Dance
Dance to live music Thursday nights on Landmark Plaza, 5th and Market Street, in downtown Saint Paul. Free summer fun!
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, along with the Landmark Center, The Saint Paul Hotel and the Saint Paul Public Library system enthusiastically announce the free Summer Dance program, a weekly social dance event at Landmark Plaza. Beginning June 17, Summer Dance highlights a different social dance technique every Thursday with basic lessons by professional dance companies and the subsequent invitation to put those lessons to practice during open dancing the rest of the evening with a live, local band. Dance, relax and experience the vibrant energy of downtown Saint Paul in the summertime.
5:30pm Beer and wine for purchase throughout the night.
6:00pm Fun dance demos and free lessons.
7:30-10:00pm Live Music provided by a different band every week!
(In case of inclement weather the dances will move inside the Ordway).
Ordway Summer Dance has also partnered with the Saint Paul Public Library system to bring you dance-themed films at the Central Library's Friday Movie Night. Join us in Central Library's Kellogg Blvd Courtyard each Friday at 9:30pm
Summer Dance & Movie Night Schedule
THURSDAY SUMMER DANCE
June 17 SALSA
6:00pm Dance Instruction with MANUEL & CARMEN RUBIO
7:30pm Dance Demonstration by ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO and Live Music from SALSA DEL SOUL
June 24 SWING
6:00pm Dance Instruction with ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO
7:30pm Live Music THE SENDERS
July 8 TANGO
6:00pm Dance Instruction with CINEMA BALLROOM
7:30pm Live Music MANDRAGORA TANGO
July 15 DISCO
6:00pm Dance Instruction with ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO
7:30pm Live Music BOOGIE WONDERLAND
July 22 CAJUN/COUNTRY
6:00pm Dance Instruction with FLORY KATZ & RICK ERNST
8:00pm Live Music KEVIN ANTHONY AND THE TWIN CITY PLAYBOYS
July 29 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
6:00pm Dance Instruction with ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO
7:30pm Live Music ROCKIN‘ HOLLYWOODS
Aug 5 BALLROOM
6:00pm Dance Instruction with CINEMA BALLROOM
7:30pm Live Music JERRY O’HAGAN ORCHESTRA
Aug 12 REGGAE/WORLDBEAT
6:00pm Dance Instruction with KENNA SARGE
7:30pm Live Music NEW PRIMITIVES
FRIDAY MOVIE NIGHT - 9:30pm
June 18: “Dance with Me”
Vanessa Williams stars in this 1998 film as an instructor in a small dance studio in Houston. While preparing for the World Open Dance Championships, she encounters Rafael, who is searching for the father he’s never known — and who happens to be a great dancer.
June 25: “Top Hat”
It’s a case of love at first sight for musical revue star Jerry Travers, and the object of his affections, Dale Tremont, leads him on a merry chase from London to Italy. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers shine in this 1935 film about mistaken identities, true love and lots of dancing.
July 9: “Take the Lead”
Based on a true story, the movie tells of the struggle of a dance teacher, Pierre Dulain, to give to a group of problem kids a second chance by exploring their dance skills. Antonio Banderas stars in the 2006 film.
July 16 “That’s the Way I Like It”
Set in Singapore in 1977, “That’s the Way I Like It” follows Hock (Adrian Pang), a Bruce Lee fan, as he discovers the joys of disco when he’s dragged unwillingly to “Saturday Night Fever.”
July 23 “Urban Cowboy”
John Travolta stars in this 1980 drama about a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a honky-tonk Houston bar.
July 30 “Footloose”
When teenager Ren and his family move from Chicago to a small town in the West, he’s shocked to be living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal. With the senior prom around the corner, only Ren has the courage to initiate a battle to abolish the outmoded ban and revitalize the spirit of the repressed townspeople.
August 6 “Mad Hot Ballroom”
In this compelling 2005 documentary, the students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city-wide dance competition.
August 13 “SABAR”
An African-American, California-born hip-hop girl resists the ancestral call of the Senegalese dance “Sabar.” When she finally gives in, she discovers more than a dance — she finds herself.
Films are cancelled in case of rain
Learn more at the St. Paul Library website >
