Past Events

Please join the departments of Arabic, Chinese, Dance, German, Japanese Studies, Luso-Hispanic Studies, Philosophy, Russian, and Theatre for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines. 

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

Arabic | MAC 221 | 3:30-4:15 pm

Dance | MAC Dance Theatre (110) | 3:30-4:15 pm

Japanese Studies | MAC 232 | 3:30-4:15 pm

Russian | MAC 125 | 3:30-4:15 pm

Theatre | Seeler Studio Theatre | 3:30-4:15 pm

Chinese | MAC 232 | 4:45-5:30 pm

German | MAC 121 | 4:45-5:30 pm

Luso-Hispanic Studies | Seeler Studio Theatre | 4:45-5:30 pm

Please join us for the Middlebury Dance Department’s Spring Dance Concert, an evening of original choreography, music, and improvisation. The concert features students from Daniel Miramontes’ Choreography & Performance (DANC 0360), Lida Winfield’s Advanced Improvisation (DANC 0461), and McLean Macionis’ Advanced Electronic Music (MUSC 0212) courses. The performance will also feature live music by Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth along with original lighting design.

Buy tickets here

Please join us for the Middlebury Dance Department’s Spring Dance Concert, an evening of original choreography, music, and improvisation. The concert features students from Daniel Miramontes’ Choreography & Performance (DANC 0360), Lida Winfield’s Advanced Improvisation (DANC 0461), and McLean Macionis’ Advanced Electronic Music (MUSC 0212) courses. The performance will also feature live music by Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth along with original lighting design.

Buy tickets here

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. 

Dance 261 Improvisation Showing

Spring 2026

Professor Christal Brown

Camila Bisono ‘27

Michel Rabih Abboud ‘28

Ashley Zeledon ‘27

Joshua Glucksman ‘24.5

Charlie Lasky ‘28.5

Helen Carle ‘29

Edla Lahtiranta ‘29

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 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.