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Ely Teachers Work with Dance Education Specialist Mary Harding
March 27, 2025
A group of teachers in Ely Public Schools recently worked with Perpich Dance Instructor and Dance Education Specialist, Mary Harding, to incorporate more movement into their lessons. The afternoon went by quickly, as they worked through various interdisciplinary strategies, used jazz choreography…
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Cleo Mack (Dance 1994) Shapes the Future of Arts Education
March 3, 2025
Cleo Mack (Dance 1994)Earlier this winter, Cleo Mack (Dance 1994) returned to the Perpich campus as a guest presenter for the 2025 Dance Summit hosted by Mary Harding, Perpich’s Dance Education Specialist. Over thirty years since she danced…
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2025 Minnesota Dance Summit
February 4, 2025
Minnesota dance educators came together this past weekend for the 2025 Dance Summit hosted by Mary Harding, Perpich’s Dance Education Specialist. This year’s guest presenter was Cleo Mack (Dance 1994), Director of Dance at Middlesex County Magnet Schools in New Jersey, co-owner…
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Perpich Dancers Participate in 2025 Minnesota High School Dance Festival
January 21, 2025
Dancers from Perpich Arts High School participated in the Minnesota High School Dance Festival on Friday, January 17, 2025. The festival was hosted by PiM Arts High School in Eden Prairie, MN and Borealis Dance Theatre. Dancers from Perpich, Anoka High School,…
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Perpich Arts High School Dance Program Presents “In Step”
December 9, 2024
From all corners of the state, the dancers of the Perpich Arts High School Dance Program moved their audiences with “In Step” on December 5th and 6th. The winter concert was the culmination of a semester of work. The dancers demonstrated their…
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Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: “Palindrome: Do Geese See God?” Exhibition
September 13, 2024
Perpich Studio Arts students opened their first exhibition of the 2024-2025 school year on Thursday, September 12th, 2024. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich galleries through October 18, 2024.
Titled “Palindrome: Do Geese See God?”, the show features artwork created over the…
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Perpich Students Participate in “Of the Earth” Climate Change Show at Art-A-Whirl 2024
May 21, 2024
Perpich Arts High School was offered the opportunity to participate in Art-a-Whirl this year as part of the second annual “Of the Earth” climate change exhibition that is spearheaded by local artist, Peggy Thompson, mother of Maggie Thompson (Visual Arts 2008).
Students partnered…
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Perpich Arts High School Dance Program Presents “Sense of Self, Sense of Belonging” – May, 2024
May 13, 2024
From all corners of the state, the dancers of the Perpich Arts High School Dance Program presented “Sense of Self, Sense of Belonging” on May 9 & 10, 2024. The spring concert was the culmination of a semester of work. The dancers…
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Minnesota Reflective Artist Award is Ready to Pilot – We Invite your Participation!
March 5, 2024
Through the Minnesota Reflective Artist Award, students develop artistic knowledge, skills, and thinking to deeply engage in practices of the artistic field and better understand themselves as an artist, musician, dancer, actor, and more!
The Professional Development and Resource Programs group at Perpich…
