Events

This performance aspires to reconnect the African diaspora to the evolution of American culture, highlighting the ongoing contributions of African traditions to contemporary artistic and cultural landscapes.

Event sponsors: The Dance Department, Committee on the Arts, Pedagogy Enrichment Fund, International and Global Studies, The Office of the Provost, Dean of the Faculty, Caroline McBride, and family & friends.

Tickets: https://www.middlebury.edu/college/box-office

The Dance Department invites you to join our Pizza Welcome to meet faculty and hear about our exciting semester at from 6-7 pm. Audition to perform this spring from 7-8 pm. No preparation is required.

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

Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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.

Creature Creation

This is less of a class and more of a facilitated time to ask ourselves “what else?” We will mobilize the body and generate heat so that we may move through new versions of ourselves. Through prompts, games, and material we can move collectively and have dance do what it needs to do for us.

Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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. 

Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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

Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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.