March 1, Saturday
Inland Empire
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
Years ago, a Polish film had been left unfinished due to the murders of its two leading actors. Nikki Grace (Laura Dern in an astonishing performance) signs on for a remake of the haunted movie and falls in love with her co-star, Devon Berk (Justin Theroux). A suspenseful, impossible-to-categorize masterwork, Inland Empire is a must-see for fans of David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive) and the three-time Academy Award Best Director nominee’s most ambitious experiment with digital video. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (USA, 2006, 172 minutes) Free
March 1, Saturday
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director
8:00 P.M., Mead Memorial Chapel
The legendary Tallis Scholars have specialized in performing sacred choral music since their founding in 1973, though they are known for commissioning new work as well. They have created a long shelf’s worth of definitive recordings, including the only early music album to win Gramaphone’s Record of the Year award. Their Middlebury program features the work that conductor Peter Phillips (knighted in 2005 by the French Ministry of Culture) calls the greatest choral work of the Renaissance: Tomas Luis de Victoria’s Requiem. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Tickets: $15/12/5
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March 3, Monday
Dance Elixir Residency: Master Class in Contemporary Ballet
2:45 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
All intermediate and advanced dancers are welcome. Free
March 4, Tuesday
Behind-the-Scenes Lunch and Discussion:
Leyya Tawil and Dance Elixir
12:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Artist in Residence Leyya Tawil introduces CAPITAL LIFE TRIPTYCH and leads a discussion about the work’s choreography and outlook on contemporary culture, along with members of her company who share their insights. Lunch is provided. Free
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March 5, Wednesday
Dance Elixir Residency: Master Class in Yoga
12:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Free
March 5, Wednesday
Dance Elixir Residency: Master Class in Intermediate/Advanced Modern Technique
2:45 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Free
***THIS EVENT CANCELLED***
March 6, Thursday
Eloquent Music
3:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Middlebury Student chamber musicians play among nineteenth-century American landscape photographs on view in the current museum exhibition. Free
March 6, Thursday
Poor Butterfly: A Geisha’s Journey from Puccini Opera to Jazz Standard
4:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
The Faculty Lecture Series presents this public lecture by Larry Hamberlin, Assistant Professor of Music. In 1898, John Luther Long’s short story “Madame Butterfly” offered a stinging indictment of U.S. imperialism in the Far East. But that story’s later musical and dramatic adaptations softened the harshness of Long’s critique and gave Americans a more palatable--if fictitious--portrayal of East-West relations. Hamberlin explores how Cho-Cho-San represents a constantly shifting personification of Japanese culture in sources ranging from Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly to the jazz standard “Poor Butterfly.” Refreshments are available prior to the lecture. Free
March 6, Thursday
Arts Week Alumni Panel
4:30 P.M., Johnson Memorial Building, Room 205
Alumni artists and artisans discuss their transition from Middlebury to making a living using their artistic talents. Featuring Caroline Ballou ’83, director of design at B.A. Ballou jewelry; Richard Bissell, fine woodworker/furniture maker; Judy Bonzi ’82, sculptor, leather and wood; installations; Nancy Howe ’73, oil painter; and Nancy Ravanel ’86, objects conservator, Shelburne Museum. Presented by the Career Services Office, 802-443-5407. Free
March 6, Thursday
Green Strategies for Historic Buildings: Jean Carroon
7:30 P.M., Johnson Building, Room 304
The Architecture &… lecture series is pleased to present Jean Carroon, AIA, LEED, principal for preservation at the architectural firm of Goody Clancy, Boston. Ms. Carroon, whose projects have included Trinity Church and the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston, is a national leader in appropriately integrating sustainable design with architectural preservation. Her lecture is part of the ongoing series exploring issues in design, organized as a collaborative venture between Middlebury College and Bread Loaf Corporation. Free
March 7, Friday
Arts Week Alumni Panel
12:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
(Buffet luncheon.) Alumni artists and artisans discuss their transition from Middlebury to making a living using their artistic talents. Featuring Rich Price ’99.5, songwriter/producer and composer ; and Damien Saccani ’95, film producer/independent filmmaker. Presented by the Career Services Office, 802-443-5407. Free
March 7, Friday
Albers Trio
with Pei Yao Wang, piano
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
All accomplished soloists, the three Albers sisters have flourishing careers as string players. Violist Rebecca Albers played on the Middlebury series last season in a program of chamber music with pianist Pei Yao Wang. Laura Albers (violin) and Julie Albers (cello), who complete the trio, first perform works by Beethoven and Martinů. Then they join forces with Wang for the grand Piano Quartet in A Major by Johannes Brahms. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $15/12/5
Pre-performance dinner: Rehearsals Cafe, 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $15
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March 8, Saturday
Christian A. Johnson Symposium in the History of Art and Architecture:
The Question of Collaboration
9:00 A.M.–1:15 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
A public symposium with papers presented by Middlebury College faculty and students of the Department of History of Art and Architecture. Cosponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Department of History of Art and Architecture. To register, order lunch, and request further information, please call 802-443-5234 (deadline March 3.) Free
March 8, Saturday
Arts Week Alumni Panel
11:00 A.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 209
Alumnus Christian Parker; ’93, Associate Artistic Director, Atlantic Theater Company, discusses his transition from Middlebury to making a living in the arts. Presented by the Career Services Office, 802-443-5407. Free
March 8, Saturday
4 (Chetyre)
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
Director Ilya Khrjanovsky’s unique and disturbing film 4 (Chetyre) is an apocalyptic journey through the dark heart of the new Russia. Three strangers meet in a Moscow bar and spin fantastic stories, all of them lies. They go their separate ways through a landscape filled with modern industrial horrors. The film was held up by Russian censors who wanted 40 minutes cut, but relented after the film won acclaim at film festivals around the world. In Russian with English subtitles. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Russia, 2005, 126 minutes) Free
March 8, Saturday
Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts Dedication
7:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Lobby
March 8, Saturday
Dick Forman Jazz Group
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
The Dick Forman Jazz Group (DFJG) delights audiences with its sparkling, straight-ahead, mainstream jazz in celebration of the music that’s been called “America’s national treasure.” Some of the region’s top players offer a program of great jazz—from blues to ballads to bebop—sure to set fingers snapping and toes tapping. Forman is a Department of Music Affiliate Artist. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free
March 8, Saturday
Curtain Up:
Scenes, Songs, and Monologues Celebrating Theatre at Middlebury
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Seeler Studio Theatre
The call went out, “We need your talents. Come join us for the dedication of the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts.” In response, a number of talented theatre alums will join current students to offer a special evening of theatre. Among the dozen or so alumni who hope to join us are Matt Saldivar ’89, presently on Broadway in Grease; Alex Cranmer ’98, recently seen in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx Is Burning; Cassidy Freeman ’04, staring in Razor Sharp; and independent recording artist Rich Price ’97. This promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Free
March 8–9, Saturday–Sunday
Leyya Tawil and Dance Elixir
8:00 P.M. each evening, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Leyya Tawil’s company Dance Elixir presents CAPITAL LIFE TRIPTYCH, a powerful and insightful series that uses choreography grounded in the power, weight and speed of the human body to investigate three facets of contemporary culture: mass media, political landscaping, and individual stance. The work features original music by Dance Elixir’s resident composer Topher Keyes. The program also features their recent repertory work Raincoat Rebellion, performed with an original score by renowned composer Stephen Rush. Tawil’s kinetic, charged, and earthy dances have earned her a place among the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Top 10 Choreographers to Watch in 2006,” along with other critical accolades. Visit www.middlebury.edu/arts for information on residency activities and master classes. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Tickets: $15/12/5
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March 8, Saturday
Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts
15th Anniversary and Dedication Celebration
10:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Lobbies
After all the performances and symposium activities conclude for the day, join us for an after-hours celebration of the CFA! Dress up, dance to the sounds of the Department of Music, and enjoy festive food and drinks as we toast the 15th Anniversary season in a “Beaux-Arts” style bash.
March 13, Thursday
Christian Nationalism? The Mountain of the Holy Cross
4:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
In this slide lecture, Professor of Humanities John McWilliams reflects on the fame of W. H. Jackson’s photograph Mountain of the Holy Cross in the contexts of Thomas Moran’s two paintings of the site and of Longfellow’s sonnet The Cross of Snow. Free
March 14, Friday
Florestan Trio
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
There are musicians whose performances one wants to hear at every opportunity, just because the playing is so thoughtfully prepared and exquisitely realized. The Florestan Trio (pianist Susan Tomes, violinist Anthony Marwood, cellist Richard Lester) has provided such performances, both live and on their many recordings of the major trio literature. Of their University of Chicago appearance a few years ago, Chicago Tribune music critic John von Rhein wrote, “The music spoke through them with all manner of tonal inflections, a quality that immediately set their readings apart.” Their Middlebury program consists of trios by Haydn, Ives, and Brahms (the B Major). Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $15/12/5
Pre-performance dinner: Rehearsals Cafe, 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $15
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March 15, Saturday
Pan’s Labyrinth
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
An imaginative young girl discovers an ancient labyrinth and embarks on a fantasy journey to immortality. Set in post-Civil War Spain, this Academy award-winning, adult-oriented fairy tale from director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, The Devil’s Backbone) is “an uncanny blend of gorgeous flights of the imagination and blood-curdling moments of brutality…so moving, heartbreaking, and wonderfully haunting, you sigh when the end credits roll.”—Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star. In Spanish with English subtitles. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Mexico/Spain, 2006, 112 minutes) Free
March 15, Saturday
Francois Clemmons: Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Expect rousing, joyful, fun music in tribute to St. Patty's Day from Twilight Artist in Residence Francois Clemmons. Special guests Market Zero will perform Irish tunes with a Celtic-Jam-Rock-fusion sound. Free
March 16, Sunday*
Diana Fanning, piano
4:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Affiliate artist Diana Fanning plays Bach’s majestic Partita in D Major, a stately and orchestral work, and perhaps the most beautiful of Bach’s keyboard suites. Next comes Janáček’s In the Mist, which is considered to be the composer's psychological self-portrait. Believing that his life’s work was unappreciated and misunderstood, Janáček poured all of his feelings of despair and alienation into this piece. The resulting composition fuses dramatic intensity with heartfelt lyricism and is regarded as his finest work for piano. Works of Frederic Chopin will comprise the second half of the program. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free
*PLEASE NOTE: this concert was incorrectly listed as Saturday March 16 in some concert programs-- please note it is actually Sunday March 16.
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