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DCM Works in Progress showing

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Dance
The Dance Company of Middlebury presents excerpts from Native + Stranger, under development for performance in January. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

The Dance Company of Middlebury: Native + Stranger

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Dance
Native + Stranger is an interdisciplinary exploration of individuality, place, acquisition, lineage, and the construction of identity. Artistic Director Christal Brown collaborates with Rulan Tangen, Artistic Director of Dancing Earth, over two semesters. Post-show discussion on Friday night. Sponsored by the Dance Program, the Committee on the Arts, and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Tickets: $15/$12/$6

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury: Native + Stranger

Sponsored by:
Dance
Native + Stranger is an interdisciplinary exploration of individuality, place, acquisition, lineage, and the construction of identity. Artistic Director Christal Brown collaborates with Rulan Tangen, Artistic Director of Dancing Earth, over two semesters. Post-show discussion on Friday night. Sponsored by the Dance Program, the Committee on the Arts, and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Tickets: $15/$12/$6

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Dance Master Class with Michelle Gibson

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Dance
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Michelle N. Gibson’s work is firmly rooted in her own “New Orleans Second Line Aesthetic” that involves improvised movement, defined footwork, brass band music, and the embrace of communal ritual. The class structure includes history, theory, technique and practice. Explore the NOLA essence reflected in voice, facial expression, body language, and eye contact. Open to all abilities and experiences. Free
Open to the Public

Dance Fall Concert Auditions

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Dance
Advanced student choreographers audition dancers for the annual Fall Dance Concert, Dec. 1-2, which includes the 2017 Newcomers’ Piece, directed by Julian Barnett. Dancers chosen for performance must attend a minimum of two approved technique classes consistently each week in order to be eligible to perform in program-sponsored events. Taking class supports the development of artistry, technical range, and performance skill. The Newcomers’ Piece is open to anyone who has not yet performed in a dance program-sponsored concert. All are welcome.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Dance Alumni Showing

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Dance
Recent alumni return to provide an update on their careers in dance and to perform excerpts from their latest creative works. Tickets: $15/12/6; on sale October 30

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15/12/6; on sale October 30
Open to the Public

Dafra Kura Band

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Performing Arts Series and Dance
Hailing from Burkina Faso, the Dafra Kura Band fuses the high energy of the griot ancestral tradition and the contemporary sounds of modern African cities sourced from Manding tradition, nomad desert blues, and Afrobeat. Hear the band shine solo before their performances with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project later in the week. Olivier Tarpaga, artistic director.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Tickets: $10 General public/$10 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students
Open to the Public

The Moonfish and The Knife

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Dance
The Moonfish and The Knife is a dance-theatre piece inspired by the letters that the painter Salvador Dalí and the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca wrote to one another. Dali and Lorca shaped each other’s lives, each influencing the other in a dialog full of poetry, philosophy, sensuality, politics, and life. This piece invites the audience to journey through the imagination of these two artists, and discover the nuances of their erotic and tragic love. Miguel A. Castillo’s Senior 700 work in Directing and Choreography.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Moonfish and The Knife

Sponsored by:
Dance
The Moonfish and The Knife is a dance-theatre piece inspired by the letters that the painter Salvador Dalí and the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca wrote to one another. Dali and Lorca shaped each other’s lives, each influencing the other in a dialog full of poetry, philosophy, sensuality, politics, and life. This piece invites the audience to journey through the imagination of these two artists, and discover the nuances of their erotic and tragic love. Miguel A. Castillo’s Senior 700 work in Directing and Choreography.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public