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Featured Events

  • Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public

  • West African Dance and Drum Class

    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.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public

  • Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public

  • Se Fue La Luz

    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.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public

    Free

  • Se Fue La Luz

    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.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public

    Free

  • Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public

  • West African Dance and Drum Class

    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.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public

  • Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public

General Event Information

All events listed are open to the public and are FREE unless otherwise indicated. For further information, call 802-443-3136. Join the MAC’s electronic mailing list



Tickets and information available at the Box Offices:

Mahaney Arts Center and McCullough Student Center

802-443-MIDD (6433)

Complimentary Ticket Policy

Before each show, Box Office Manager Leeeza Robbins emails everyone in a dance or theatre class so they can order comps in advance. Complimentary tickets are NOT available on the day of the performance.

Everyone enrolled in a dance or theatre class, as well as dance majors, may get a total of one comp ticket for each program-sponsored performance.

If a student is participating in a dance, they can get a total of two tickets.

Tickets are NOT cumulative—each student can receive only up to two tickets per show, no matter their involvement.

The only exception is if the student is doing their senior work; Leeeza will work with the student directly for up to four (4) tickets per performance.

If the student has any questions about the policy, email the Box Office Manager Leeeza Robbins at robbinsl@middlebury.edu.

Middlebury Performing Arts Series

The Dance Department works closely with Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series (PAS), Vermont’s longest-running performance series. In addition to sharing our spaces, PAS brings notable dance artists to campus who often join our classes and interact with our students and faculty.