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Artist Talk with Middlebury's Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez

Sponsored by:
Dance
Join the Middlebury College Dance Department’s Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez for his artist talk - The Value of Life Lived With and Through Dance. This intimate evening reflects the processes and life events that led him to understand his worth while influencing his choreographic methodologies. Chavez will complete his two-year residency at Middlebury College at the end of this term.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Emergent Improvisation

Sponsored by:
Dance and Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Inspired by adrienne maree brown’s book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, this workshop explores the principles of emergence, interdependence, resilience, collaboration and communication through movement in the context of interfaith dialogue. Through improvisational practices, we will learn how small, adaptive changes can connect us across our differences and evolve over time.

Mahaney Arts Center Plaza

Open to the Public
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Ricochet

Sponsored by:
Dance
Middlebury College Dance Department Presents RICOCHET, this year’s senior dance thesis concert, featuring works by Hannah Laga Abram and Graham Shelor. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15/$10/$8/$5
Open to the Public
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Ricochet

Sponsored by:
Dance
Middlebury College Dance Department Presents RICOCHET, this year’s senior dance thesis concert, featuring works by Hannah Laga Abram and Graham Shelor. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15/$10/$8/$5
Open to the Public
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Research As Action

Sponsored by:
Dance
Research as Action is a community-activated, dance-based research installation conceived by Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez. This event includes multiple formations of artistic processes, audience participation, and live music created by Lisa DeGrace and Debora Felmeth. Research as Action investigates the questions: How is the worth of dance determined when it is enmeshed in the very fabric of the lives of those living it? Is it possible to make tangible these unseen moments? This event can only accommodate 25 people. 5 people will participate at a time. There will be several start times.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public
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Artist Talk with Omari Wiles: Vogue Fem Residency

Sponsored by:
Performing Arts Series and Dance
Come and Listen to New York-based Dancer and Choreographer Omari Wiles as he shares his Dance journey and experience in the Ballroom community. Wiles began his training in West African dance as a child, and himself learning, training and falling in love with other styles such as Hip-Hop, House, Modern, Jazz, and Vogue. Wiles has had the opportunity to work with many artists, featuring his range of dance. His choreography has been featured with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, John Legend, Jidenna, and Rashaad Newsome, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and many more.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

New Directions Arts Festival: Meet & Greet

Sponsored by:
Provost's Office, Studio Art, Arts Council, Dance, Music, and Theatre
Join us for cider and cookies and meet the faculty and students of the New Directions Arts Festival. The Festival is an interdisciplinary performance with music, dance, visual art, and theatre, led by Dr. Matthew Evan Taylor (Music), Michelle Leftheris (Studio Art), Laurel Jenkins (Dance) and Michole Biancosino (Theatre).

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Open to the Public

Faculty Dance Concert

Sponsored by:
Dance
An evening of works from the Dance Department Faculty including Michael Abbatiello, Christal Brown, Meshi Chavez, Laurel Jenkins and Lida Winfield. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15/$10/$8/$5
Open to the Public