Dance

An ensemble of dancers and musicians demonstrates the ability to compose engaging and coherent pieces “in the moment” after a semester-long study of improvisation as a performing art. Directed by Lida Winfield and Michael Chorney. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free

Open to the entire College community; register at the first class.

Open to the entire College community; register at the first class.

Open to the entire College community; register at the first class.

Open to the entire College community; register at the first class.

Open to the entire College community; register at the first class.

The dance program provides pizza and salad for this informal gathering offering an opportunity to socialize and catch up as a community. Free, let us know you will attend by contacting dance@middlebury.edu

A showing of collaborative work with Julian Barnett (Artist in Residence) Melanie Maar (Movement Matters Artist) and Kenta Nagai (Japanese Musician/Composer). Having overlapped and melded within the New York and international dance field for over 15 years, Visit seizes upon the opportunity for collaborative performance and a shared interest in phenomenal bodies, fluid cultures, and vulnerable structures. Sponsored by the Dance Program and the Japanese Studies Program. Free and open to the public.

Blending the basics of movement therapy, a warm-up of Pilates and yoga, and the twerk in its many forms, The Lady B will guide you through a series of twerking tools to increase your visceral vocabulary in a purposefully non-appropriative setting. Free

An informal evening of dance experiments by the new batch of choreographers emerging from the Improvisational Practices course, facilitated by Laurel Jenkins. Live music by Michael Chorney, Ron Rost, Matthew Taylor, and Peter Hamlin. Live light design by Jennifer Ponder. Free