Past Events

Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

Please join Meshi Chavez’s DANC 0160 Introduction to Dance class for an informal showing of movement studies and improvisational explorations developed over the course of the semester, featuring musical accompaniment by Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth.

Technique and Choreography, DANC0260, will share sections of choreography that students have made in an informal showing. Come and celebrate the culmination of the student’s creative work!

Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theater

What Is a Body? Dancing Outside the Lines: 

What else might a body be capable of?
What happens when it moves beyond the forms it knows? 

Dance Company Middlebury (DCM), directed by Visiting Assistant Professor Meshi Chavez with guest choreographer Jimmy Joyner, invites dancers into a pre-professional ensemble grounded in exploration, creation, and performance. 

Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. 

A rich taste of African culture
through powerful, vigorous,
high-energy movement

Let the beat of the drum move
your body. Participants will
learn songs, rhythms, dances,
and culture as we embark
on a journey of dances
from the African diaspora.

Class is accompanied by live
musicians to help participants
understand the communication
between the music and the
dance.

Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. 

Welcome home! Sit down, take your jacket off, and relax while we show you all the reasons I love my culture. Se Fue La Luz embodies the phrase, “I love you, but”. Through movement, light, and archival glimpses of Dominican culture, it holds accountability for the spaces where my community falls short while celebrating its beauty, rhythm, and love. Feel the Tambora in the merengue beats, chismear a little, and witness the truths embedded in my hair. 

The Senior thesis of Evelyn Rodriguez ‘26.

Engage with Leading Dance Professionals Each Month Through the Dance Department’s Movement Matters Workshop Series

Welcome home! Sit down, take your jacket off, and relax while we show you all the reasons I love my culture. Se Fue La Luz embodies the phrase, “I love you, but”. Through movement, light, and archival glimpses of Dominican culture, it holds accountability for the spaces where my community falls short while celebrating its beauty, rhythm, and love. Feel the Tambora in the merengue beats, chismear a little, and witness the truths embedded in my hair. 

The Senior thesis of Evelyn Rodriguez ‘26.

This is a screening of a new documentary, with a live Q&A with the film’s subject, dance choreographer Hadar Ahuvia.