Dance Network of South Dakota

10/05/2026

Have you registered for DNSD Convention 2026 Mitchell ?!

10/04/2026

🕺 CASEY PARADIES
DNSD 2026 Convention Faculty Instructor Bio: Casey Paradies

Casey Paradies is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC and holds a BA and MA in Theatre from UND and an MFA in Theatre Directing from The University of South Dakota. He is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and currently teaches theatre at South Dakota State University.

He has danced across the Midwest and upper-East Coast and 6 countries in Europe with *Up with People’s: Roads*. Professionally he has played a variety of roles including The Emcee in *Cabaret*, Ensemble in *Chicago*, Will Parker in *Oklahoma!* Lord Montague in *Romeo and Juliet*, and was a founding actor of Jack DyVille’s NYC company F.A.C.T.

As a director/choreographer Casey has helmed many productions around the Midwest including *Shrek, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof), The Best Little Wh******se in Texas, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Full Monty, Macbeth, Newsies, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Footloose, Oklahoma, Nunsense, Grease,* and most recently *Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.*

Registration is open. Follow us for more information.
Classes for Ages 7-adult.
Dance Network of South Dakota 2026 will be held Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22, 2026 at the Highland Conference Center, Mitchell, SD.
Friday evening, November 20, 2026 we plan to have a special welcome event, location TBD in Mitchell.

You don’t want to miss this!
Grab your spot and share with other dancers and dance teachers, family of dancers! 📆 💃 🕺 Tag your dance teachers, dance parents and students, and your dance studio and spread the word.

Dance Network of South Dakota group

10/04/2026

🕺 BLAKE KRAPELS
DNSD 2026 Convention Faculty Instructor Bio: Blake Krapels

Blake Krapels is a 2011 United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts, trained in New Jersey under the tutelage of Billy Larson and Jamie Salmon. In 2015 Blake graduated with a BFA from The Juilliard School, where he performed repertoire by William Forsythe, Merce Cunningham, Elliot Feld, Jose Limon, and Peter Chu. In addition to his core training, Blake participated in Summer Intensives at Nederlands Dans Theatre and Springboard Danse Montreal. After graduation, Blake spent 4 years with Philadelphia’s BalletX where he performed at The Vail Dance Festival, Joyce Theater, Cleveland Danceworks, Kennedy Center and The Belgrade Dance Festival. He has performed with The Metropolitan Opera, Keigwin & Company, GroundWorks Dance Theatre, Konverjdans, DanceAspen and South Dakota Ballet, where he is the acting Associate Director. Throughout his performance career he has worked with choreographers Matthew Neenan, Penny Saunders, Cayetano Soto and Yue Yin.

He is currently a freelance choreographer, performer and teacher based in Philadelphia. He is on faculty at The Joffrey Ballet School in NYC and travels the country scouting talent for Joffrey's various training programs. Blake’s choreography has been presented at The Kennedy Center, First State Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Program, South Dakota Ballet, Flight Path Dance Project, DanceAspen and DeSales University. In the spring of 2024 he launched Sonder Space, a collaborative dance project alongside Andie Yorita and Zach Kapeluck.

Registration is open. Follow us for more information.
Classes for Ages 7-adult.
Dance Network of South Dakota 2026 will be held Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22, 2026 at the Highland Conference Center, Mitchell, SD.
Friday evening, November 20, 2026 we plan to have a special welcome event, location TBD in Mitchell.
DNSD Convention 2026 Mitchell
You don’t want to miss this!
Grab your spot and share with other dancers and dance teachers, family of dancers! 📆 💃 🕺 Tag your dance teachers, dance parents and students, and your dance studio and spread the word.

Dance Network of South Dakota group

10/03/2026

Registration open now!
Grab your spot and share with other dancers and dance teachers, family of dancers! 📆 💃 🕺
https://dancenetworksd.org/dnsd-convention-registration-2026-mitchell-sd

Dance Network of South Dakota 2026 will be held Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22, 2026 in Mitchell, SD at the Highland Conference Center, Mitchell, SD.
Friday evening, November 20, 2026 we plan to have a special welcome event, location TBD in Mitchell.

You don’t want to miss this!
Tag your dance teachers, dance parents and students, and your dance studio and spread the word.

Dance Network of South Dakota group

08/25/2026

Save the dates! 📆 💃 🕺
Dance Network of South Dakota 2026 will be held Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22, 2026 in Mitchell, SD at the Highland Conference Center, Mitchell, SD.
Friday evening, November 20, 2026 we plan to have a special welcome event, location TBD in Mitchell.

You don’t want to miss this!
Tag your dance teachers, dance parents and students, and your dance studio and spread the word.
More information to come!

Dance Network of South Dakota group

07/16/2026

Thanks to South Dakota Ballet and Madeleine Scott for your commitment to helping foster connection and education in our South Dakota and northern plains region dance community. And for making scholarships to further dance opportunities available.

So thankful to see students from so many dance studios come together (16!).
I was so glad to see so many familiar faces of dancers from across the state with many I’ve seen at past Dance Network of South Dakota annual convention and hope to see all at our November 21-22, 2026 annual convention, this year in Mitchell, SD!
-Josh Easter, DNSD President

07/16/2026

Well done to South Dakota Ballet, Madeleine Scott, and all who helped make this event happen.

So thankful to see students from so many dance studios come together.
I was so glad to see so many familiar faces of dancers from across the state with many I’ve seen at Dance Network of South Dakota. We were thankful to have Madeleine as one of our instructors at the DNSD Convention 2025 Pierre .

05/20/2026

Do you enjoy Hip Hop or Contemporary? Or maybe want to learn more of these styles?
You can still register for South Dakota Ballet’s Hip Hop + Contemporary Lab coming up in June!

Also, we would love to hear about all of the Summer Intensives students and teachers are attending.
There is a poll in the Dance Network of South Dakota group to add where you are attending this year.

ONE MONTH AWAY ✨

This summer, we are thrilled to welcome dancers into the studio for an inspiring season of training, creativity, and artistic growth.

Launching our summer programming is the NEW Hip-Hop + Contemporary Lab | an immersive experience designed for intermediate and advanced dancers who are ready to expand both their versatility and artistry. Dancers will train in contemporary and hip-hop techniques while diving deeply into creative process, choreographic exploration, musicality, performance quality, and artistic collaboration.

🚨 Limited spots remain — register today at southdakotaballet.org to reserve your spot!!!