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Master Class with Lela Aisha Jones

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Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre Lela Aisha Jones is a movement performance artist that has come to understand dance as an archival practice, and her body “as an artistic archive—a creative storage space for movement and culture derived from the individual and collective lived experiences of blackness.” Some of her most influential experiences in the field of dance has come from working with nationally and internationally renowned artists, including Sulley Imoro (Ghana), Nia Love (U.S.), Anssumane Silla (Guinea Bissau), and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women (U.S.) Jones a
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Long Gone

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Visiting Lecturer in Dance Lida Winfield and alumna Ellen Smith Ahern ’05 have been collaborating since 2010. In this lecture/demonstration, they show excerpts of Long Gone, a duet which weaves dance and spoken word to celebrate heartfelt, funny, and irreverent memories of those long gone, and explores how our dead continue to live and evolve through memory and imagination. Passionate about making dance an open dialogue between performers and audiences, Ahearn and Winfield discuss their creative process, welcome questions, and perform excerpts. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free

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Liz Lerman: "Making Rules, Breaking Rules"

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Location:Dance Theatre What happens when we cross borders, cross disciplines, and cross domains? How can that serve our personal inquiry, our professional development, and the building of knowledge? Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, and the recipient of numerous honors, including a 2002 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship and a 2011 United States Artists Ford Fellowship in Dance.

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Interdisciplinary Storytelling: Silent and Spoken, Movement and Stillness

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Participants in this course, facilitated by Lida Winfield, share the results of their explorations with movement and narrative in a final showing. Through improvisation and structure, they create stories through body and voice in order to look at, create, tell, and share personal stories, as well as those of others. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

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Informal In-Process with guest artist Michael J. Morris and Movement Matters Maree ReMalia

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Come view an informal in-process sharing of a solo work Michael J. Morris is choreographing with Maree ReMalia. Sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Movement Matters and the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Chellis House with support from Environmental Studies and the Writing Program. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

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In/Voluntary Motion

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MFA Thesis Concert by Paula Higa In/Voluntary Motion investigates disabilities and disability culture. Paula Higa’s choreography takes inspiration from dystonia, a disability characterized by involuntary, often spasmodic movements. Her study of dystonic movements, in collaboration with visual artist Neil Marcus, produced patterns and phrasing for this piece. Higa aims to bring awareness to disability culture, ultimately questioning the perception of disability as a dysfunctional condition. Original music by Patricia Julien. Sponsored by the Dance Program.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

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Improvisational Practices Course: Gaga Class

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Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre Gaga is a new training method that provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination. Offered by Maree ReMalia, Andrew W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Choreographer at Middlebury. Open to all ages 16+, no previous experience necessary. Sponsored by Movement Matters. Free
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Until the Golden Tides

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An evening of dance works by visiting assistant professor of dance Scotty Hardwig and Salt Lake City-based dance artist Molly Heller. The concert includes Hardwig’s new trio Before we mothernaked fall, exploring the poetic processes and expressionist sensibilities of works by Dylan Thomas; Heller’s This is your Paradise, an east coast premiere confronting struggle, resistance, hope and faith; and a brand new duet. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

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Dancing with Robots: Responsive systems, feedback loops and choreographic experimentation in the digital age

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In this lecture demonstration, dance and digital media artist Scotty Hardwig will share the theory and methods behind his work with digital dance-making practices. This lecture will be centered around three of the fundamental processes he works with artistically: screendance (dance-for-camera), motion capture for live performance, and responsive performance systems (robotics).

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

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