DCM: The Solo Project
January 31, Wednesday
4:30PM, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
The 13 performers of the Dance Company of Middlebury share solos they have made synthesizing their two semester exploration of individuality, place, aquisition, lineage, and the construction of identity.
Michelle Gibson Residency
Lecture
December 5, Tuesday
7:00PM Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Michelle N. Gibson creates works, teaches master classes, and presents lectures that are firmly rooted in her own “New Orleans Second Line Aesthetic" that involves improvised movement, defined footwork, brass band music and the embrace of communal ritual.
Master Class
December 6, Wednesday
4:30-6:00PM Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
The class structure includes history, theory, technique and practice. The presentation of information through full embodiment: NOLA essence reflected in voice, facial expression, body language, and eye contact. Technical proficiency of movement is emphasized (rhythm, intention, physicality).
Sponsored by the Dance Company of Middlebury and the Dance Program. Open to all abilities and experiences. Free and open to the public.
DCM Works in Progress Showing
December 7, Thursday
5:00 PM, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
The Dance Company of Middlebury presents excerpts from Native + Stranger, under development for performance in January. Free.
Native + Stranger
January 26-27, Friday-Saturday
8:00PM, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
The 2017-2018 Dance Company of Middlebury presents Native + Stranger: an interdisciplinary exploration of individuality, place, acquisition, lineage, and the construction of identity. Artistic Director Christal Brown collaborates with Rulan Tangen, artistic director of Dancing Earth, over two semesters.
Sponsored by the Middlebury College Program in Dance, the Committee on the Arts, the Professors of the Practice Program.
Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. go/boxoffice
2017-2018
Native + Stranger is an interdisciplinary exploration of individuality, place, acquisition, lineage, and the construction of identity. Artistic Director Christal Brown collaborates with Rulan Tangen, Artistic Director of Dancing Earth, over two semesters.
