A dance instructors advises students in the dance studio.

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

  • Dance Company Middlebury Info session & Auditions

    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. 

    Mahaney Arts Center

    Closed to the Public

  • Introduction to Dance Class Showing

    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.

    Mahaney Arts Center

    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

  • Dance 260 Informal Showing

    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 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

  • Spring Dance Concert

    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

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public

    $15/10/5

  • Spring Dance Concert

    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

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public

    $15/10/5

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.