Auditions for the Dance Company of Middlebury: Presence as Performance

Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 10:30 AM
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

The Dance Company of Middlebury 2019-20, directed by Professor Karima Borni in collaboration with guest artist Meshi Chavez, is looking for committed and courageous dancers for a pre-professional dance training immersion program. This year we will focus our interdisciplinary investigation on the pursuit of embodied presence as the cultivation of authenticity and responsiveness. You will learn, contribute, collaborate and engage in depth with performativity as a crucial component of the artistic process, leading to the creation of a full-length produced show in January 2020.

Students must be on campus for the pre-semester workshop held September 6-8. Class rehearsals will then run during Fall semester Monday through Thursday from 4:30-6:30pm, and as a J-Term course during Winter term (includes tour travel TBD).

For auditions, please prepare a one-page written statement about your background and why you are interested in participating in DCM. Please show up ready to dance.

Contact Karima Borni with any questions: kborni@middlebury.edu

The Dance Company of Middlebury

The Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM) is an essential component of our advanced studio course offerings. It is a credit-bearing course, open by audition to sophomores through seniors, that requires two semesters of participation for one academic credit. DCM reinvents itself every year under the direction of a different dance faculty member or guest artist and offers our students opportunities to explore collaborative, interdisciplinary, and community engagement projects through dance. Typically, the company develops a concert of new work during the fall and presents an informal showing/discussion of work-in-progress in December. In January, they put finishing touches on the concert and fully produce two evening-length concerts toward the end of the month. During the last week of Winter Term, DCM takes their work on the road touring regionally, nationally, or even internationally.

Click on the links at left to read more about recent DCM achievements.