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Dance

Through continuous exploration through a variety of dance forms, dance students discover new ways of moving and innovative ways of creating in a collaborative environment, while establishing themselves as part of a community. Dancers will gain a deeper understanding of dance as a cultural experience through daily movement classes, choreography, and performance.  Whether you have always wanted to learn how to dance or have been dancing all your life, PiM Arts High School fosters a safe environment for students to challenge themselves artistically and academically.

18 credits required for Endorsement:

  • Dance Technique I -IV (11 quarters)
  • Dance Composition I
  • Dance Composition II
  • Dance Composition III
  • World Dance
  • Dance Wellness
  • Dance Elective (2 quarters)

Dance Electives Include:

  • Movement Studies
  • Arts Activism through Movement
  • American Dance Studies I & II
  • Special Topics in Ballet
  • Somatic Fitness
  • Dance Pedagogy
  • Improvisation and Partnering
  • Careers
  • Arts Internship
  • Arts Collaborative
  • Senior Capstone
  • Dance Conditioning and Somatics

Instructors

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Lara Ciganko

With over 35 years of teaching experience Lara Ciganko has taught at Minnesota Dance Theatre, Ballet Arts Minnesota, Florida School of the Arts; St. John’s River State College, Tallahassee Ballet, Booker High School VPA, and Deborah Vinton School of Ballet with whom she began her training. She earned her MFA and BFA (magna cum laude) in Dance from Florida State University and holds her Associate teaching credentials with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and Cecchetti USA. Aside from her extensive ballet training in the Cecchetti Method, she has also studied at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

She has performed with the Cleveland Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Tallahassee Ballet, Ballet Arts Minnesota, and the Vanaver Caravan. Ms. Ciganko is co-director and teacher of the Midwest School of Ballet, and director of both the Lipa Slovak Dancers and Carpathy (an adult and children’s Carpatho-Rusyn and Slovak dance ensemble). She is currently serving on the National Committee for Cecchetti USA, and is an Emmett Advanced Practitioner; a gentle muscle release therapy that addresses and improves pain and discomfort, body movement and the overall quality of life.

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Danielle Ricci

Danielle Ricci is an educator, choreographer, director, and dancer. She received her BFA in Dance Performance from University of California, Irvine in 2006 under direction of Donald McKayle. In 2014 she graduated with an MA in Arts and Cultural Management from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and earned an MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University in 2018. She has studied at The Ailey School in New York City as part of their Certificate in Dance Program studying with Milton Myers, Tracy Inman, Nancy Turano, and Sharon Wong. Danielle has danced professionally in California, Texas, and Minnesota performing with Loretta Livingston and Dancers, Austin Classical Ballet, and Austin City Ballet.

Danielle is the Founding Artistic Director of Borealis Dance Theatre- a professional modern dance company based in Minneapolis and Dance Camera North- International Dance Film Festival. She has also been a professor of dance at Winona State University and has presented work and taught at the American College Dance Festival Association upper Midwest conference in association with University of Wisconsin, River Falls where she has been a guest choreographer for the past five years. Her choreography has been recognized as “Best of the Festival” at the Frontera Fringe Festival in Austin, TX in 2010 and 2012. Danielle is currently working toward her certification for personal training and corrective exercise. She teaches modern, jazz, tap, musical theatre, improv and partnering, social justice through movement, and movement studies at PiM Arts High School. Learn more about Ms. Ricci at www.daniellericci.net.

Dance training can’t be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion, and humanity.
~Alonzo King

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🎨📸🎶PiM Arts High School is a tuition-free, four-year high school dedicated to the artistic and academic growth of every learner.🩰🎤🎭

Do you have your T-I-C-K-E-T-S to @emergingprofess Do you have your T-I-C-K-E-T-S to @emergingprofessionalsmn production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee? 

EPE's 8th annual production opens this Thursday, July 10th, and runs through Saturday, July 19th. Come laugh and spell with us—featuring past and current PiM students!

Tickets are available through the link in our bio.
📸: @christinepuddleswade
Congratulations to our cast and crew of Singin' in Congratulations to our cast and crew of Singin' in the Rain! They were honored for their achievements at the @spotlight_mn Showcase earlier this month.

PiM's production of Singin' in the Rain was awarded with the following:
⭐️ Honorable Achievement in Musical Theatre
⭐️ Outstanding Overall Technical Production
⭐️ Honorable Mention - Overall Performance
⭐️ Outstanding Overall Technical Team
⭐️ Outstanding Run Crew
⭐️ Outstanding Sound Crew
⭐️ Honorable Mention - Performance by an Ensemble
⭐️ Honorable Mention - Vocal Performance by an Ensemble
⭐️ Honorable Mention - Acting Performance by an Ensemble
⭐️ Honorable Mention - Movement/Dance Performance by an Ensemble

💫 Outstanding in a Lead Role: Jacob Marckel, Eli Zimmerman
💫 Outstanding in Technical Leadership: Una Guenter, Violet MacBlane Meyer
💫 Student Representative: Asher Maguire
💫 Triple Threat on Hennepin: Eli Zimmerman
Congratulations to PiM Singers for lending their m Congratulations to PiM Singers for lending their musical talents to the @mntwinsbaseball game last Thursday!
Our last day in Spain gave us the opportunity to v Our last day in Spain gave us the opportunity to visit an ancient (combined) Mosque and Cathedral in Cordoba, and then explore a Medieval Fortress and the windmills that inspired the famous text, Don Quixote. It's been an amazing trip!! Next stop: Minnesota! 🇪🇸
A night of Flamenco dance. In a cave. nbd. A night of Flamenco dance. In a cave. nbd.
Have you always wanted to work at PiM? Of course y Have you always wanted to work at PiM? Of course you have! We're hiring for the upcoming school year.

🍎 1.0 School Social Worker; full time

You can apply for this job along with others through the link in our bio!
The Alhambra in Granada deserves a post all its ow The Alhambra in Granada deserves a post all its own.
It has only been 3 days, but we've already done so It has only been 3 days, but we've already done so much! After exploring Madrid (The Prado, Royal Palace, Mercado El Rastro), we packed our bags and headed to beautiful Toledo this morning! Next stop: Granada!
It’s your local icon, legend, diva, Jennifer Coo It’s your local icon, legend, diva, Jennifer Coolidge impersonator, and EXTREMELY TALENTED 11th grade vis major; THE GWYN WIENS (@gwynnipoopoo_irl ) I am your student rep for the pim Spain trip!!! Be ready for more iconic posts…

#yourlocalpimdiva #gwyniscool #pimgoestospain #spain #madrid #toledo 
#theemailroldmetodoalotofhashtags #piminspain #internationaldiva #morehashtags
Hola, PiMsters! It's your favorite English teacher Hola, PiMsters! It's your favorite English teacher (Ms. Cole) acting as the chaperone representative for the PiMstagram takeover on the language trip to Spain! Follow me the next 10(ish) days as I take you through our adventures abroad! 🇪🇸 😎🥳🤠😛🤩🫵💅💃🕺
Congratulations to the class of 2025! 🎉🎓💜 Congratulations to the class of 2025! 🎉🎓💜 Check out this senior sign-off video that played at the end of graduation last week, created by Mack Martin, '25. 

We are endlessly proud of you all. Best of luck to you as you continue onward—don't be strangers!
Hi Pimsters!!! I’m Ash Topaloglu, a 12th grade v Hi Pimsters!!! I’m Ash Topaloglu, a 12th grade visual arts major, and I’m going to be doing the takeover for PiM fest!!
Join us for PiM Fest this Friday! 🎨 Spring Ar Join us for PiM Fest this Friday! 

🎨 Spring Art Market 
🍔 Burgers, hot dogs, and more grillables (veggie friendly too!) courtesy of the PiM Boosters
🍩 Donuts, cold brew & lemonade from @northstardonuts 
🎤 Live performances

And more! All happening in the PiM upper lot this Friday from 2:30 to 6pm. Celebrate the end of the school year in style!
hi pim! i’m miles (she/her) a senior vocal majo hi pim! 
i’m miles (she/her) a senior vocal major! today Louis and I will be taking you through the final choir concert of the 2024-2025 year, and our final Pim concert! 🤍
hii there! my name is louis ingolfsland 🙂 me and hii there! my name is louis ingolfsland :) me and Miles Molitor will be taking you on the journey for PiMs final vocal music concert for the year tonight!! :) 🖤
LOCATION CHANGE! Due to inclement weather, the spr LOCATION CHANGE! Due to inclement weather, the spring Instrumental music concert will be taking place in the White Box at PiM. 

Join us Wednesday, May 21st, at 7pm!
Step into summer with the two final music concerts Step into summer with the two final music concerts of the school year! 

🎤 Spring Vocal Music Concert on Tuesday, May 20th at 7pm at the Masonic Heritage Center
🎸 Spring Instrumental Music Concert on Wednesday, May 21st at 7pm at Staring Lake Amphitheatre in Eden Prairie (weather permitting; at PiM White Box in case of rain)

We can't wait to see you there!
Thank you all for coming tonight. I hope you enjoy Thank you all for coming tonight. I hope you enjoyed it just as much as we did. This was truly so much fun and we are going to miss our amazing and talented seniors next year. The past week has been so chaotic, but we made it and it was so worth it. This performance was only made possible because of how much time, effort and patience Ricci gave. We are truly so thankful to have her and we could not have done this without her she is truly such a talented and amazing teacher ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ @pim_dance @yyour_moms_new_boyfriend
Hiiiiiii PiM, I’m isla a 11th grad vis major and Hiiiiiii PiM, I’m isla a 11th grad vis major and I will be taking you with us on our school performance and our final Alice in Wonderland performance. We are so excited and so sad all at the same time.
Alice in Wonderland has one performance left tonig Alice in Wonderland has one performance left tonight at 7pm in the White Box! Enjoy some quick rehearsal shots from Wonderland, courtesy of @marmy_pim! 

Get tickets to tonight’s performance through the link in our bio now - but don’t delay. Tickets are limited!
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