Dance

Kickoff event for the 2015 Clifford Symposium, The “good” Body. Reception to follow in the lower lobby. Free Clifford Symposium Information: Taking inspiration from the recent onslaught of racialized violence and the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this three-day academic symposium interrogates the ideas of assumption, access, and accountability through the lens of artistic engagement, dialogic process, and self-study.

Pam Barenbaum: “The Body under Hostile Takeover” Anson Koch-Rein: “Have You Seen Him As Her?: Gender, Clothes, and the Body in ABC’s Guided Tour of Caitlyn Jenner’s Closet”

Anatoly Smeliansky, Associate Artistic Director of the Moscow Arts Theatre and Director of the Moscow Arts Theatre School, will discuss the history and evolution of what is arguably the most famous theatre company in the world.

In this lecture presentation, Sophie Bufton ‘15.5 presents her independent research in dance history with an investigation of early German ausdruckstanz philosophy, with a focus on the works and influence of Mary Wigman, and how images and notions of “the ideal body” existed or were challenged during the interregnum period in Europe. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free

Artist-in-Residence Gabriel Forestieri and collaborators Loren Dempster and Adrian Jevicki transform Middlebury’s natatorium into a multidisciplinary performance venue. The project combines light, puppetry, projections, swimmers, divers, dancers, actors, musicians, and singers. A live feed of underwater dancing displays to the board above the pool, while projections light the surface and floor. A floating choir mixes with a soundscape composed directly from the space itself, using contact microphones both out of and in the pool.

Artist-in-Residence Gabriel Forestieri and collaborators Loren Dempster and Adrian Jevicki transform Middlebury’s natatorium into a multidisciplinary performance venue. The project combines light, puppetry, projections, swimmers, divers, dancers, actors, musicians, and singers. A live feed of underwater dancing displays to the board above the pool, while projections light the surface and floor. A floating choir mixes with a soundscape composed directly from the space itself, using contact microphones both out of and in the pool.

Body & Earth DLA Project Screening